At a little after 6 p.m., the round of 16 of the 6th "Toyo Securities Cup" ended. In the end, there were no surprises, and three Chinese players made it to the top 8.

In this round of the game, the most eye-catching is naturally the battle between Nie Whirlwind VS Li Shifo. So when the final results came out, many reporters surrounded Nie Whirlwind.

“…… What the? How do I feel now, you ask? My biggest feeling is...... Compared with his master Cao Yanzi, Li Shifo thinks Cao Yanzi is more difficult to deal with......"

Li Xiaoqiang, Liu Dazhui and others stood not far away, smiling and watching Nie Whirlwind talk there. This is the first game between Nie Whirlwind and Li Shifo, and it is normal to receive a little more attention. And according to Nie Whirlwind's status in the rivers and lakes, it is not a big deal for him to evaluate the junior chess players who have just won. Is Nie Whirlwind's win against Li Shifo considered an upset? Of course not! At least at this time, it seems that the winner of last year's "Ying's Cup" won the "Toyo Securities Cup" champion the year before last, and such a result is certainly not unpopular.

What really surprised everyone was the content of this chess game: crushing! Nie Whirlwind completely defeated Li Shifo in a crushing posture. In this game, Nie Whirlwind seems to show Li Shifo's weaknesses under the microscope, and he seems to have completely exposed Li Shifo's shortcomings in public, which is the most interesting.

During the interview with Nie Whirlwind, he also won chess, and Ma Xiaofei, who is now in a good mood, said jokingly to Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, in fact, I think Lao Nie's game today is very similar to the game when Dazhu won you. It is said that this Korean prodigy once said that what he admires most is the chess style of Lao Nie and Lin Haifeng. I used to be a little weird that their style wasn't like that at all. But after watching this game, I finally got a little bit of an idea. Well, what is missing should be made up, roughly like this. ”

"Hehe, incisive!" Li Xiaoqiang gave Ma Xiaofei a thumbs up.

Regarding Ma Xiaofei's opinion, Li Xiaoqiang still basically agrees. Li Shifo said that he admired the chess style of Nie Whirlwind and Lin Haifeng. But are their styles similar? They may be a little similar in some outward forms, but in the eyes of professional chess players, their styles are completely different.

For example, Nie Whirlwind's main way to win chess is mainly to rely on his super prelude skills and rely on the overall situation to win. And what about Li Shifo? Everyone knows that Li Shifo's advantage is mainly in the middle and back game. These are fundamentally two completely different styles. Then why did Li Shifo say that he admired Nie Whirlwind's type of chess style the most? This is what Ma Xiaofei said well.

What is lacking is what is filled.

This situation is not only Li Shifo's body, in fact, Li Xiaoqiang himself has experienced, for a certain talent that he does not have, he is often even more envious, and he is more eager to have it. Not only chess players, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that for the entire human race. This is probably one of the natures as well.

watched Nie Whirlwind talking and laughing with reporters, and then looked at Li Shifo next to him who was expressionless and speechless. Li Xiaoqiang thought in his heart; If he wasn't a reborn, then Li Shifo, who saw this look, probably wouldn't list him as the number one enemy in his mind, right?

Regardless of whether others will look down on Li Shifo because of this, Li Xiaoqiang decided that he would not.

That's right, Nie Whirlwind was able to infinitely magnify Li Shifo's weakness. But how many whirlwinds are there in the entire world chess world? Even if you want to replicate Nie Whirlwind's winning pattern, then you have to have that ability. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang believes that Li Shifo's loss today is just a special case. We can't underestimate Li Shifo because of this. It's like losing to Hero Otake two years ago. Even if there are many players who want to copy Otake's winning method, how many of them have done it?

The level of Go has reached the current level of Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo. As long as you are aware of your shortcomings, you will immediately find ways to make up for your shortcomings. For example, when Li Xiaoqiang realizes that he lacks a "sense of balance", he will find a way to make up for it. Of course. Li Xiaoqiang chose a more extreme path. Now even Li Xiaoqiang himself feels that his current chess seems to be becoming more and more extreme. Integrate the essence of "21st Century Go", from an extreme imbalance, to see if we can move towards a relatively high level of balance. This is the path of cultivation that Li Xiaoqiang has chosen in the past 2 years. Li Xiaoqiang didn't know if it was right to do this. I don't know if I can achieve my goal. But Li Xiaoqiang knows that he will stick to this road after all.

What about Li Shifo? Of course, what Li Shifo thinks about the current Li Xiaoqiang is not clear. However, judging from the real history, Li Shifo took a different path. He cultivated the balanced method to the extreme.

"Hehe, when my extreme unbalanced play meets your extreme balanced play, I really don't know what kind of sparks will collide......"

At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang began to think crankily again.

Li Xiaoqiang's crankiness did not last long. Since the end of this round of matches, the draw ceremony for the top 8 will be held immediately. At this time, Nie Whirlwind also got rid of the reporter's interview, and he returned to the army. After coming back, Nie Whirlwind was still muttering dissatisfied:

These journalists ...... It's like I'm winning a game of chess and it's a great thing......"

After hearing Nie Whirlwind's complaint, everyone laughed. Indeed, Nie Whirlwind certainly has reason to complain. In the past, Nie Whirlwind, he also tasted the taste of "seeing the mountains at a glance". At that time, he only lost chess was news, and when did it become news to win chess again? In Nie Whirlwind's opinion, it might just be a very ordinary thing for him to win Li Shifo. A very common thing is actually regarded as news by others. This will naturally make the arrogant Nie Whirlwind very unhappy.

However, if you are not happy, you will not be happy, and Nie Whirlwind, who won the chess, is still in a good mood on the whole. When he walked into the venue of the lottery ceremony, he talked about the topic of "demining" again:

"I told you two that although I don't feel that Li Shifo is very good, he is a landmine, and a big landmine. Now my demining mission is complete, right? It's up to you......"

In addition to the three Chinese chess players, there are also two Korean chess players and three Japanese chess players who entered the top 8 of the "Toyo Securities Cup". The two Korean players are naturally Cao Yanzi and Yoo Chang-hyuk, and the three Japanese players are Cho Ji-hoon, Noriki Ita and Hiroshi Yamashiro. Before the official start of the lottery ceremony, everyone was bored, and you even divided the five "mines" into grades.

It is very strange that the 5 chess players are divided into 3 grades by everyone. Among them, Cao Yanzi was divided into the first grade by everyone. Considering that Cao Yanzi has performed very well in the World Series in the last 2 years, reaching the finals 4 times in 4 major competitions, this time she entered the top 8 smoothly. Therefore, this time it was queued up by China as the number one enemy.

In the second gear are Cho Ji-hoon and Yoo Chang-hyuk. As a veteran super-first-class chess player in Japan and the youngest of Japan's "six supers", Zhao Zhixun's strength naturally dare not be underestimated. In fact, in the World Series in recent years, Zhao Zhixun is the most consistent chess player in the Japanese team, and the top 8 and top 4 are commonplace for him. Even from the perspective of the entire world chess world, Zhao Zhixun may be ranked in the top 3 the number of times he has entered the top 4. Of course, the reason why the reigning Japanese "chess master" is relegated to the second tier is naturally because he has not yet won the world championship.

Everyone juxtaposes Yoo Chang-hyuk and Cho Zhixun for the same reason. Because Liu Changhyuk is already a world champion, and his rapid growth in the past 2 years is obvious to everyone.

As for the third tier, there is nothing to say, but the "stalwart chess players" in Japan are ranked in the third tier among the top 8 in the world, does this need a reason?

The draw ceremony was ready to begin, and players from three countries came to the venue one after another. Li Xiaoqiang swept the entire venue. The Chinese delegation was in high spirits, and everyone was talking with smiles. The atmosphere on the Korean side looked a little depressing.

Indeed, in today's round of competition, the Chinese team scored one point. Although everyone knows that the tournament has just entered the top 8 stage, the first one or two victories do not mean anything at all. However, it must still be admitted that the way Nie Whirlwind and Li Xiaoqiang won chess today, one was "dragon slaughter victory", and the other was "crushing victory". This way of winning is still a very big blow to the Koreans.

It's like an NBA game, when the score is deadlocked, if a player comes up with a powerful dunk or a nice block. This may not determine the final outcome, but it will definitely boost everyone's momentum.

After a short wait, the draw ceremony officially began. Since it is necessary to take care of the principle of "domestic players do not meet in advance", then among the two Korean chess players, one must meet the Chinese player and the other will meet the Japanese player. Therefore, for the sake of convenience, the draw will start with Korean chess players first.

Cao Yanzi walked to the front desk first, and when he unfolded the small note in his hand, he looked at Zhao Zhixun with a smile.

Zhao Zhixun, Cao Yanzi's opponent in the next round is Zhao Zhixun.

Faced with this result, Zhang Da reporter in the audience was first elated:

"Hahaha, yes, yes, we just selected the No. 1 mine and the No. 2 mine, they fought first......"

Next is Liu Changhyuk to the stage, and his opponent is Ma Xiaofei.

After this result came out, everyone also looked at Ma Xiaofei with a smile. The meaning is obvious:

"Now it's your turn, and in the next round of mine action, it seems that you ...... the most difficult"

Now there are only two "third-class mines" left. At the end of the lottery ceremony, Li Xiaoqiang smiled and stretched out his hand to Yitian Jiji.

Noriki Ita. The top 8 of the 6th "Toyo Securities Cup".

Li Xiaoqiang's opponent is Yitian Kiki. (To be continued......)