At around 4 p.m., Mr. Lin Haifeng appeared in the research room. When the seniors arrived, Li Xiaoqiang, who was discussing the chess game with Yu Bin, Zhang Da reporter and others, hurriedly gave way to the center of the research room and invited Mr. Lin to take a seat. Mr. Lin smiled and waved his hand, signaling that he was not polite, and then asked casually:

"Xiaoqiang, how is it, do I need to play the day after tomorrow?"

Li Xiaoqiang also replied truthfully: "According to the current situation, it is very likely that you will play. ”

In this year's China-Japan Go Tournament, the Japanese side made a change, that is, foreign players are allowed to participate in the competition on behalf of the Japanese team. In this way, for the first time in the Japanese lineup of this tournament, there were two foreign chess players. One is South Korean Yoo Shixun, who has been knocked out of the ring by Chang Rensheng in front. The other one is Mr. Lin Haifeng.

Mr. Lin is the deputy marshal of the Japanese side, if Chang Rensheng can pass the pass of Kobayashi Jue today, he will directly rush to Mr. Lin Haifeng's account.

"Oh, the momentum of young people is so great now, it seems that an old guy like me really can't play chess anymore." Mr. Lin sighed casually, and then sat down to study the chess game.

For the emotion of the predecessors, no one naturally took such a stubble. Mr. Hayashi should also have felt that in the past 1994, in fact, not only the world chess world is changing, but the current Japanese chess world is also shaking violently, the most important of which is that the Japanese 7 major title battles ushered in a large area of change of ownership.

From the late 80s to the early 90s, the internal pattern of the Japanese chess scene was super stable. A large number of "consecutive hegemony" phenomena have been produced. What Kobayashi Koji "Chess Holy War" 8 consecutive hegemony, "Celebrity Battle" 7 consecutive hegemony, "Qi Holy War" 6 consecutive hegemony, in addition to Zhao Zhixun's "Ben Yin Fang Battle" 10 consecutive hegemony, Kato Masao "Throne Battle" 8 consecutive hegemony, Lin Haifeng "Tian Yuan Battle" 5 consecutive hegemony and so on. Almost all of them were done during this time period.

However, just this year, the Japanese chess scene has undergone drastic changes, and the seven major titles have ushered in a large number of changes of ownership. Marked by the "Chess Holy War", Kobayashi Koji lost to Zhao Zhixun with a score of 2-4 in the "Chess Holy War", marking the collapse of the "Kobayashi Dynasty". Not only that, but Mr. Kobayashi also failed to stabilize his position in the "celebrity war". He faced the challenge of Masaki Takemiya in the "Celebrity Fight".

To say that in the Japanese "six supers". Mr. Takemiya is the one with the fewest titles. There is a rule in the Japanese Go world that if you win a title for 5 consecutive times in a certain title battle, you can get an honorary title. Masaki Takemiya is also the only one in the "Six Supers" who does not have an honorary title. And in his previous battle record with Kobayashi Koji, he basically won less and lost more, so before the "celebrity war" started, everyone was still generally optimistic that Kobayashi could defend his title.

However, in this year's "Celebrity Battle", Mr. Takemiya played well, and it seems that his luck is also so good that he wins the first two games of the seven-game chess by half-eye. On the other hand, Kobayashi Koji. He seemed to have been injured by these two sets and a half eyes, and finally lost 1-4 and lost the title of "celebrity" that he had held for 7 years.

If it is only these two titles that change hands, it can also be seen as Mr. Kobayashi's personal reasons, and the titles are still in the hands of super-first-class chess players after all. But in other small titles, the Japanese chess world seems to have finally ushered in a newcomer. For example, Mr. Lin Haifeng's title of "Tianyuan", which he has maintained for 5 years, was taken away this year. And the one who took away his title was Liu Shixun, who had just lost to Chang Rensheng in the ring.

Yoo Si-hoon also came out of South Korea's "Chongam High School". He was a few years older than Li Shifo, when Cao Yanzi accepted Li Shifo as an apprentice. There are still people in the Korean chess world who hope that Seo Bong-so can take Yoo Shi-hun as an apprentice. It is said that when he was young, he had a good relationship with Li Shifo. When he went to Japan to develop, Li Shifo still hoped that he could stay.

However, this young chess player who only ran to Japan to develop when he could not see his way out in South Korea, but he took the lead in breaking through the defense line of the "six supers" and won the title earlier than Ida Kiki and others. This shows how serious the "fault" in the current Japanese chess world is. In the age group of 20 to 30 years old, there is no young chess player who can carry the beam. Mr. Lin's emotion just now may also include this meaning.

"Xiaoqiang, Mr. Otake and Mr. Kato asked me to pass on the message before I came. I hope you can go to the new dojo in the next two days to mentor the young chess players. ”

For this request, Li Xiaoqiang readily agreed. This was originally an appointment. With horizontal comparisons with China and South Korea, the Japanese chess community now sees its own "fault" phenomenon very clearly. Chess players in their 20s are not good, so let's increase the training of chess players in their 10s. I saw Zhang Xu, and I saw Jingwu under the mountain. Hane Naoki and Takao Shinji's generation, can the situation be a little better?

After Mr. Lin Haifeng came to the laboratory, Li Xiaoqiang did not continue to discuss the topic of second-hand chess with Ms. Yumi Hotta, but began to pay attention to whether Mr. Lin Haifeng would play the day after tomorrow.

When Ms. Yumi Hotta said goodbye, Li Xiaoqiang took out a stack of manuscripts and said to Yukari Umezawa:

"Yukari, this is something I wrote with Fang Lao. Ms. Yumi Hotta wants to know about it, and I think it has all of them. I would like to let you take a look at it first, and then ask you to convey it after you fully understand the fundamentals of ancient Chinese chess. Remember, don't make my image too bad. ”

Yukari Umezawa's mood looked a little low. In fact, since Li Xiaoqiang came to Japan this time, when the two were together, Yuka Umezawa could obviously feel Li Xiaoqiang's estrangement from him. Of course, this change is very subtle, Li Xiaoqiang is just a little less joking with Yuka Umezawa, and he is more polite when he speaks. However, the more polite Li Xiaoqiang spoke, the more uncomfortable Yukari Umezawa felt in his heart.

Yukari Umezawa remembered last year, when Li Xiaoqiang lost to Cao Yanzi in the "Ying's Cup", when he bravely held Li Xiaoqiang's arm.

"Me and him...... Is it true that you can't even go back to the past......" Yuka Umezawa was confused in her heart.

"What Li Sang told me, I will definitely do it well......"

Looking at Yukari Umezawa in front of him, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart. But there is no way, don't look at Li Xiaoqiang's two lives, he doesn't have much experience in dealing with this kind of thing. Of course, Li Xiaoqiang knows a little about Yukari Umezawa's heart for him. But in Li Xiaoqiang's heart, he and Yukari Umezawa have never started.

Since he didn't start, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know what to say now, let alone how to do it.

Seeing Yuka Umezawa's listless appearance, Li Xiaoqiang could only squeeze out a smile:

"By the way, I almost forgot, many people say, you are my full-time translator, just now Mr. Lin invited me to the new dojo, you, the full-time translator, should not be absent."

"They didn't invite me."

"I invite you."

Umezawa Yukari raised her head, her eyes were a little more bright, she took a deep look at Li Xiaoqiang, and repeated what she had just said again:

"As I just said, I will definitely do a good job of what Li Sang confessed......

Looking at the back of Yukari Umezawa leaving, Li Xiaoqiang could only continue to smile bitterly, he didn't know what he should do at all.

At around 5 p.m., the match between Chang Rensheng and Kobayashi Satoru ended. There were no surprises in the subsequent process, Chang Rensheng defeated Kobayashi Satoru as he wished, and he achieved 5 consecutive victories. Chang Rensheng, who walked out of the research room, was so excited that his face was flushed. Li Xiaoqiang understood why Chang Rensheng was excited. It's not just a matter of winning in a row, it's more important that he sits in front of Mr. Lin Haifeng.

It's like sitting in front of Mr. Takemiya for the first time that year. Being able to play against Japan's top players is almost a dream that this generation of chess players has had since childhood. Now, although the "Six Supers" are getting old, Chang Rensheng is still excited.

"Keep up the good work, keep it up!"

After the game, Li Xiaoqiang, Yu Bin, Zhang Da reporter and others all expressed their heartfelt congratulations to Chang Rensheng, and when Chang Rensheng held Li Xiaoqiang's hand, he was just smirking happily.

On the second day, Li Xiaoqiang, Chang Rensheng and others visited the new "Mugu Dojo", which is not far from the Japanese Chess Academy, covering a large area and the environment is quite elegant. Being able to get such a large piece of space in Tokyo, where every inch of land is at a premium, it can be seen that the disciples of Kitani's disciples have a lot of energy in Japan and have a wide range of contacts. From this new dojo, you can also see the determination of Japanese Go, a determination to work hard again.

In the new dojo, Li Xiaoqiang saw the hero of Otake, Masao Kato and Yoshio Ishida and other most qualified disciples of the Mugu sect, and it is said that most of the three of them are currently working on this new dojo and are the standing teachers of the new Mugu dojo. In addition, I heard that Masaki Takemiya, Kobayashi Koji, Zhao Jixun and others also often go to the dojo to guide young chess players.

As for the young chess players, Li Xiaoqiang saw the later Japanese Go "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings", and saw Kobayashi Koji's "inner disciple" Kono Lin and so on. To say that the "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings" and others originally had their own divisions. However, the new "Kitani Dojo" is said to be a "teaching without class", completely breaking the doorway, as long as there are potential outstanding young chess players, they are welcome to study in the dojo.

"This is completely the model of the Chinese national team......"

Li Xiaoqiang was secretly surprised to see this scale, he didn't know what the future world chess pattern would become after this change.

"This is the first time Li Sang has visited the dojo. Come on, come on, then we want to ask Li Sang and this kid to play a game of chess......"

When Li Xiaoqiang walked into the dojo, he saw that the hero of Dazhu had been holding a little Zhengtai. It can be seen that the hero of Otake can't hide his love for this little Zhengtai:

"This child is 6 years old this year, the same age as Jihoon when he entered the dojo. But he's much better than he was back then. Even Mr. Hideyuki said after playing a game of chess with him that if Li Sang is a treasure of Chinese Go, then this child will be a treasure of our Japanese Go. ”

Li Xiaoqiang fixed his eyes and saw that this kid ...... Isn't it Yuta Iyama's little Shota? (To be continued......)