In mid-December 1998, the final of the 2nd "Samsung Cup" Professional Go Masters was held in Shencheng, China. The two sides are Li Xiaoqiang 9 dan and Zhao Zhixun 9 duan.

In the first game, it was Zhao Zhixun who took the lead in the ninth section.

"Something special? What else else can Lao Zhao have in this regard? ”

Since the opening ceremony the night before, Zhao Zhixun said, "I prepared something special for Li Xiaoqiang", reporter Zhang Da has been chanting this sentence.

Zhao Zhixun is a master who has been famous for a long time, and his chess style can be said to be well-known to everyone. And he and Li Xiaoqiang are also old rivals, and they have met many times in the international arena. The two of them met in 2 World Series last year alone, played a total of 4 games, and it can be said that they are very familiar with each other.

In the eyes of reporter Zhang Da, the current Li Xiaoqiang and Zhao Zhixun can be called the kind of opponents who "know themselves and know their opponents", so for this five-game chess final, reporter Zhang Da really can't think of any new tricks that Zhao Zhixun can play. It was this confusion or curiosity that started with the first game. "Zhao Zhixun's special things" has become the focus of reporter Zhang Da's attention.

Not only reporter Zhang Da, but many people also want to see what "special things" Zhao Zhixun has prepared, including Li Xiaoqiang himself.

During the 2-hour game in the morning, reporter Zhang Da did not see anything "special", because Zhao Zhixun's moves were normal and particularly in line with Zhao Zhixun's style. The only feeling of reporter Zhang Da is that Lao Zhao is going down very fast today. As a well-known "long examination school", it is rare for Lao Zhao to be so fast in the prologue stage, which fully shows that he came prepared this time.

Li Xiaoqiang in the game room is different from Zhang Da reporter, although he has not fully seen Zhao Zhixun's so-called "special things", but he is vaguely aware of it.

Zhao Zhixun's "special things" were not hidden for long, about half past one in the afternoon, the whole world was close to 50 chess, and Zhao Zhixun's one-handed chess triggered Li Xiaoqiang's first long exam. And during Li Xiaoqiang's long exam, in the research room, Zhao Zhixun's strategy for playing this game of chess was also revealed to the world.

"Tsk, it's not a loss of "burrowing weasels", Lao Zhao is also fighting today, this chess grabbing is too fierce. ”

It must be pointed out that when Li Xiaoqiang just started the long exam, reporter Zhang Da still didn't see Zhao Zhixun's "special things". The main reason for this, as he said, is that today's black chess is played in the typical style of Zhao Zhixun.

Zhao Zhixun is a well-known expert in the treatment of orphans, a realist through and through, and a special love of playing chess. And at the beginning of today, it seems that he has already embarked on this path, so reporter Zhang Da didn't feel anything at this time.

However, reporter Zhang Da doesn't feel anything, it doesn't mean that others don't feel it either. Next to reporter Zhang Da, when he saw Zhao Zhixun's latest moves, like Li Xiaoqiang in the game room, Nie Whirlwind also fell into deep thought.

"Old Nie, have you noticed something?"

"Well, that's what Zhao Zhixun meant today. Tsk, he really fought hard today, and he was willing to put down his body...... Well, it doesn't matter if this move is good or bad, but it seems to be a good idea to use this way of thinking to deal with Xiaoqiang......"

Nie Whirlwind's words made Reporter Zhang Da confused, and at the same time made Reporter Zhang Da a little crazy:

"Old Nie ......"

At this time, Nie Whirlwind raised his head and explained to reporter Zhang Da:

"What was your first impression when you saw black?"

"Didn't I just say that? This move is very fierce. Isn't this typical Lao Zhao style? ”

Nie Whirlwind smiled: "Yes, even you can see that this move is too fierce, so I can now understand what Zhao Zhixun means." This move is ostensibly in line with Zhao Zhixun's style, but in fact it is not, because in the eyes of professional chess players, this move is a bit too much to grab the air, and it has gone too far. Zhao Zhixun is also a professional chess player, even if he is particularly fond of the field style of chess, he rarely takes such an extreme move, but he played like this today. You know now what I mean when I say he's willing to let go of his body. ”

Seeing that reporter Zhang Da was still ignorant, Nie Whirlwind reminded again:

"I remember that when Xiaoqiang was young, he seemed to mention a method of playing, which is called an extremist tactic......"

Extremist tactics! Reporter Zhang Da suddenly realized at this time. How could he not know Li Xiaoqiang's extremist method that Li Xiaoqiang's most proud work in adopting this method was to slaughter Ma Xiaofei and a big dragon in the first "Tianyuan War".

"Haha, extremist tactics! Lao Zhao actually used extremist tactics to deal with Xiaoqiang......"

Reporter Zhang Da now of course understands what it means to "put down the body", and usually adopts this kind of method, which is used by the weak to deal with the strong. Mr. Zhao Zhixun, as a long-established super-first-class master, he adopted this line of thinking to deal with Li Xiaoqiang today, which of course belongs to "putting down his body".

"Hehe, Lao Zhao uses this method to deal with Xiaoqiang, isn't this a big knife in front of Guan Gong? Lao Nie, why do you think this is a good idea? ”

After figuring out Zhao Zhixun's "special things", Zhang Da reporter was still very happy at this time, and he was satisfied with Zhao Zhixun's "attitude", because he used this method, as if he was admitting in his heart that he was not as good as Li Xiaoqiang. Second, Li Xiaoqiang is the "original" of this method, so Zhang Da reporter is really not optimistic that Zhao Zhixun can beat Li Xiaoqiang with this method.

"After Xiaoqiang has come to this point, it can be said that all professional chess players in the world are studying Xiaoqiang and thinking about how to deal with Xiaoqiang. Xiao Zhang, you can think about it, in the past, when everyone dealt with Xiaoqiang, which method was most often used? And Zhao Zhixun's thinking today is very interesting, at least few people have thought of using this method to deal with Xiaoqiang before. On this point, I also think that black chess is a good idea today, at least I want to know the effect of Zhao Zhixun's move now. ”

Reporter Zhang Da now almost understands what Nie Whirlwind means. In the past, when everyone dealt with Li Xiaoqiang, the most common method used was actually Li Shifo's method.

Li Xiaoqiang does not pay attention to "balance" in chess, which is well known in the world chess world. The more chaotic the situation on the chessboard and the more "unbalanced" the pattern on the chessboard, the easier it seems that Li Xiaoqiang will play, which is everyone's understanding of Li Xiaoqiang.

Playing chess is always a-for-tat, to play to the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, to find a way to avoid the opponent's areas of expertise, this is a very normal way of thinking. Therefore, when everyone plays chess with Li Xiaoqiang, they always subconsciously want to maintain a "balanced" situation, thinking that doing so can inhibit Li Xiaoqiang's play. Just like Li Shifo and Ma Xiaofei, they dealt with Li Xiaoqiang.

It should be said that there is nothing wrong with this line of thinking, but why do other people use this method to deal with Li Xiaoqiang with poor results? This is mainly due to Li Xiaoqiang's very good official level.

That's right, using this method may indeed be able to inhibit Li Xiaoqiang's play, so that he can't take advantage of it in the prelude and midgame. But as we all know, the so-called "balanced" situation often means fine chess, and it is true that Li Xiaoqiang can't take advantage, but it often also means that you can't take advantage either.

Therefore, if you want to defeat Li Xiaoqiang in this way, you also need to have a prerequisite: you must have super official kung fu, at least not inferior to Li Xiaoqiang's official kung fu.

Why is it that in today's world chess world, Ma Xiaofei and Li Shifo are the two chess players who have won the most against Li Xiaoqiang? That's why.

And today, Zhao Zhixun did not adopt this line of thinking, he did the opposite, and was ready to use more extreme methods to deal with Li Xiaoqiang's extreme. This is a new attempt, at least no one has taken this method to deal with Li Xiaoqiang before, so even Nie Whirlwind "really wants to see the effect of this".

"Interesting, Zhao Zhixun obviously came prepared this time, I think with his hard work, his idea is also commendable."

After analyzing Zhao Zhixun's intentions, everyone returned to the current situation. Reporter Zhang Da asked Nie Whirlwind:

"Old Nie, what do you think Xiaoqiang is thinking now?"

Nie Whirlwind said with a smile: "The reason why Xiaoqiang is taking the exam now should be that he also understands Zhao Zhixun's intentions. And with the black chess move, the whole pattern is facing a major divergence, this game of chess is a battle or a draw, all in Xiaoqiang's thoughts, so of course he has to think about it clearly at this time. “

"According to Xiaoqiang's temper, I guess most of him will choose to fight, right?"

Nie Whirlwind looked at the chessboard in front of him again: "According to common sense, it should be like this, but have you noticed that although the black chess piece is very fierce, he does not have a lone chess piece in the whole game." So it's war or peace, I guess Xiaoqiang really can't make up his mind for a while......" Speaking of this, Nie Whirlwind shook his head and sighed:

"It seems that Zhao Zhixun has really made careful preparations for this final, and it is difficult for him to ...... for his hard work."

Yes, this is the second time that Nie Whirlwind has mentioned Zhao Zhixun's "hard work" today.

Reporter Zhang Da also observed the chessboard at this time, and found that the current situation is really as Nie Whirlwind said, although Zhao Zhixun grabbed a lot of real space, but there is really no lone chess on the chessboard.

Of course, it is impossible for white to gain nothing at all to form this pattern, just when black is desperately fighting for real space, in the middle of the chessboard, white has vaguely formed a huge shape.

"There are usually two ways for white to deal with this pattern, one is to take the initiative to create a fighter and find a way to induce black to appear a solitary piece. It is not difficult for white to achieve this goal, as long as it forcibly expands the appearance and forces black to play into. Another way is to directly use this appearance to encircle the air, although this is not a good way in the ordinary situation, but in today's special situation, because the black chess play is too extreme, the move has lost its nature, white chess a big empty can completely compete with all the black chess on the ground, so this method should also be feasible, now it depends on how Xiaoqiang chooses. ”

"Then old Nie, do you think the situation of white chess is good now?"

Nie Whirlwind shook his head and said: "It's not a question of whether the situation is right now, I believe that Xiaoqiang's current long exam, he won't think about the current situation." ”

"And what is he thinking about now?"

"Take the initiative!"

"Because of Zhao Zhixun's hard work, the current initiative seems to be in the hands of black chess, whether he can regain the initiative, this should be the focus of Xiaoqiang's thinking at present, and I think this will also be the key to determining the outcome of this game."

Can Li Xiaoqiang regain the initiative? At more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after more than half an hour of long exams, Li Xiaoqiang began to fall.

Because of Zhao Zhixun's hard work, there was an unexpected start in the "Samsung Cup" final. (To be continued.) )