After finalizing the matter of his disciples, Li Xiaoqiang refocused his attention on the battle in the chess world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The chess world has really changed now, and every time I sit in the game room, I always have a feeling that I am old."

This is a sentence that Li Xiaoqiang often said in interviews with reporters after entering the new season.

Since this year, the pattern of the world chess scene has indeed changed a lot. Entering the new year, the number of games played by Li Xiaoqiang began to decrease. There are two reasons for this: the first is because of the decrease in the number of World Championships this year, and the second is because Li Xiaoqiang controls almost all the important titles in the country, and he does not have to participate in all the qualifiers of these competitions.

may be because of this reason that Li Xiaoqiang's feeling of "he is old" is so strong.

The just-concluded "Tianyuan War" pre-selection was challenged by his disciple Chen Xiaoqiang.

In the subsequent Chinese Go "Top Ten Battle", Li Xiaoqiang's opponent in the final was Gu Dali, who returned home in the "Tianyuan War".

Immediately after the news came from the "National Hand War" pre-selection, it was the "Nerve Knife" general Luo Shen Pig who won the right to challenge this year's "National Hand War".

In the "CCTV Cup" TV rapid chess match, Li Xiaoqiang encountered Gu Dali again.

In this game of Chinese Go "Chess King Battle", the last person with a smile was Chang Rensheng.

These people cover the three generations of "dragon, tiger and leopard" chess players in the Chinese Go world, no matter who comes up to challenge, these people have a common characteristic, that is, these people are younger than Li Xiaoqiang.

This year, Li Xiaoqiang, who has been fighting in the chess world for more than 10 years, finally realized that his role has completely changed, from constantly challenging others in the past to fully accepting the challenges of others.

I remember that when Chang Rensheng just won the right to challenge the "Chess King Battle", Li Chang and the two were supposed to compete for the championship of a domestic competition, which is a normal thing in recent years. But some media actually used such words to report the news:

“。。。 The subsequent final of the "Chess King Battle" will be a duel between two veterans in the Chinese chess world... ”

It was the word "veteran" that greatly stimulated Li Xiaoqiang's nerves.

So what is the performance of the stimulated "veteran" Li Xiaoqiang? His performance is quite worthy of the audience.

Although after entering this year, Li Xiaoqiang no longer has the terrifying dominance of last year, and there are often news of his losses in the arena, but overall, Li Xiaoqiang's performance is still satisfactory.

In the "Tianyuan War" that ended at the earliest, Li Xiaoqiang repelled his disciple Chen Xiaoqiang with a score of 3 to 1, thus successfully defending the "Tianyuan". This victory is another record for Li Xiaoqiang, because after defending his title this time, Li Xiaoqiang has achieved the "Tianyuan Ten Consecutive Hegemony".

Although this record is not the longest consecutive hegemony record in the world chess world, there are Cao Yanzi's "national players" 16 consecutive hegemony and Ma Xiaofei's "celebrity" 13 consecutive hegemony in front of this record, but in any case, "Ten consecutive hegemony" is a milestone-like record, this record surpasses Mr. Gao Chuange's "Ben Yin Fang" nine consecutive hegemony, and Zhao Zhixun's "Ben Yin Fang" ten consecutive hegemony record is tied.

In addition to the record of Lianba, Li Xiaoqiang's skill level is also speechless.

"Judging from the situation in this final, there is still a relatively large gap between my level and the master, even if it is the game I won, in my opinion, it is more like the master's intention...

After the challenge failed, Chen Xiaoqiang said in an interview with reporters.

In fact, not only Chen Xiaoqiang, but everyone who has watched this final feels that Li Xiaoqiang's loss seems to be intentional. In the losing game, Li Xiaoqiang sacrificed the "extremist tactics" that have rarely been used in recent years, he chose the "cosmic flow" in that game of chess, and laid out a large-scale appearance at the beginning, and then lured Chen Xiaoqiang into the battle, as if to deliberately test the ability of the "hardcore work expert".

However, in that game of chess, "Chen Xiaoqiang" still withstood the test.

However, except for this game of chess, Li Xiaoqiang showed ease in several other games, and he used his experience and deeper skills to make Chen Xiaoqiang unable to find a decent opportunity in the game.

The current Li Xiaoqiang seems to be playing a kind of "happy Go", but it's just an alternative "happy Go", and it is a "happy Go" that only belongs to Li Xiaoqiang... ”

After observing Li Xiaoqiang's performance in the first half of 2005, reporter Zhang Da felt so emotional.

The real situation seems to be true, Li Xiaoqiang now plays chess, especially in domestic competitions, he often picks the strongest place of the opponent to play.

He competed with Chen Xiaoqiang to attack and kill orphans, to compete with Gu Dali for pure strength, and to compete with Luo Shenzhu for speed and robbery.

Li Xiaoqiang's gameplay has certainly reduced his winning rate a lot, but it has also allowed everyone to see a very comprehensive Li Xiaoqiang, which has made him gain more praise.

When the former "chessboard wizard" disappeared and was replaced by a "Go encyclopedia" like Li Xiaoqiang, seeing such a change, I really don't know what it feels like... ”

In an article by reporter Zhang Da, he pretended to sigh like this.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang's change only appeared in the domestic arena, and once he competed in international competitions, Li Xiaoqiang was still the invincible and invincible Li Xiaoqiang.

However, in the entire first half of the year, Li Xiaoqiang did not participate in many international competitions, and a few sets of international matches were only the first few rounds of the World Series:

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Samsung Cup" round of 16, Li Xiaoqiang, who had a bye in the first round, defeated Che Minzhu, who represented the Americas, and successfully advanced to the top 8. . . ”

“。。。 The just-concluded "Fujitsu Cup" top 8 match, the most eye-catching game is the defending champion Li Xiaoqiang and South Korea's cutting-edge chess player Choi Poison match, and finally Li Xiaoqiang won the battle, after this competition, Li Xiaoqiang in his next championship at the same time, but also let his international unbeaten record expand to 28 games... ”

“。。。 In the round of 16 of the "LG Cup" that ended yesterday, Li Xiaoqiang won again! This time he defeated the Japanese new chess saint Hane Naoki 9dan, and after this battle, Li Xiaoqiang's winning streak in international tournaments has been extended to 29 games! This is a very remarkable record! This is perhaps a record that can never be broken by anyone else! Out of Li Xiaoqiang himself, maybe in Li Xiaoqiang's next international competition, this record will be ancient. Who will stop Li Xiaoqiang in the international arena? Who will win Li Xiaoqiang's game now? To be honest, when I typed this sentence on the keyboard, even I was bored with it. Because of such a sentence, I have been typing on the keyboard for a year and a half, and everyone has been asking such a question for a year and a half, but still no one knows the answer... ”

Because of this winning streak, although Li Xiaoqiang's level in these competitions is not high, the opponent is not particularly strong. But after the accumulation of this set, Li Xiaoqiang's victory is particularly eye-catching.

In the world chess world in the first half of the year, in addition to Li Xiaoqiang creating records step by step, the most eye-catching thing may be the incident of Li Shi's calling for Li Xiaoqiang.

After being strongly suppressed by Li Xiaoqiang in the second half of 2003, Li Shishi was almost dormant for a year, and it was not until this year that there were signs of recovery. Of course, in the entire first half of the year, Li Shishi's condition was not particularly good. In addition to the "Fujitsu Cup", the "Samsung Cup" and the "LC Cup" he was out early.

But don't forget that these weren't the most important races for the whole first half of 2005. The most important and influential tournament in this period of time is, of course, the 3rd "World Chess Holy War", which is in full swing.

"It doesn't matter how you lose other games, it doesn't matter if you lose the whole world, in my eyes, now there is only a "World Chess Holy War"! Because I think that only by beating Li Xiaoqiang in this biggest and most important match will it really make sense, because only in this way can I undo the humiliation I have suffered... Yes, I'm not afraid to tell you that now I have the right to challenge this "World Chess Holy War", and it is bound to win! No one should try to stop me from challenging Li Xiaoqiang's determination... ”

This was when the third "World Chess Holy War" reached the top 4 stage, and Li Shishi publicly called out to Li Xiaoqiang.

In the just-concluded "World Chess Holy War" top 8 match, Li Shishi just defeated Li Shifo with a score of 2-0, and while avenging the revenge of the last competition, he is ready to attack Li Xiaoqiang again.

After Li Xiaoqiang heard Xiao Li's words, he didn't care about Xiao Li's shouting, but laughed at Gu Dali beside him:

"I heard a strong force, Xiao Li didn't take you seriously at all...

Li Shishi's opponent in the top 4 of this year's "World Chess Holy War" happens to be Gu Dali.

Seeing the top 4 lineup of the "World Chess Holy War" that has just been produced, this makes Li Xiaoqiang once again feel that the current world chess world is really "changing the world". In addition to Gu Dali and Li Shishi, the other two are South Korean chess player Choi Poison and Japanese chess player Zhang Xu.

At this stage of the game, the remaining few are all "post-80s" chess players, even Li Shifo and Chang Rensheng, these "post-70s" chess players are hard to find, not to mention veterans such as Zhao Zhixun and Wang Licheng.

At present, in addition to the Chinese chess world, the Japanese chess world and the Korean chess world can be said to have quietly completed the change of dynasty.

There are still "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Korean chess world, but the current "Four Heavenly Kings" are no longer the same as before, Li Shifo, Li Shishi, Choi Poison and Park Yongxun, these four are now called the "new Four Heavenly Kings" of South Korea.

And what about the Japanese Go world? Marked by Naoki Hane's capture of the "Chess Saint" and Zhang Xu's capture of the "Honinbo", the current Japanese chess world has officially entered the era of the "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings".

"You and South Korea's Xiao Li, then like me and their Li Shifo, are called "lifelong rivals", now I hope you can fight a little more... ”

In the Chinese Chess Academy, Li Xiaoqiang taught Gu Dali a lesson in the tone of his predecessors. In the face of Li Xiaoqiang's "senior" shelf, Gu Dali, of course, only had to be submissive:

"Yes, Boss, I'll try not to disappoint you."

The time came to July 2005, at this time, Li Xiaoqiang was about to go to Japan to participate in the semi-finals of the "Fujitsu Cup", and Gu Dali and Li Shishi were also about to start the top 4 competition of the "World Chess Holy War".

Originally, at this time, everyone was attracted by the exchange between the two young people, Gu Dali and Li Shishi, which was a contest known as the "battle for the future".

But what everyone didn't expect at this time was that Li Xiaoqiang's game was later called "the most important game of the year". (To be continued.) )