In March 1997, Li Xiaoqiang, who had just achieved the "Tianyuan" triple hegemony in China, began to attack in the international arena.

The time has just entered March, the first day of the top 8 of the "Ying's Cup", Zhang Da reporter took out a piece of paper and showed it to Li Xiaoqiang, which showed Li Xiaoqiang's schedule for the recent period:

In early March, in the top 8 of the 3rd "Ying's Cup", Li Xiaoqiang played against Cao Yanzi, the venue of the game, China Chess Academy.

From early March to mid-March, the group stage of the "Top 10 Battle" of Chinese Go. The venue of the competition is Pengcheng, Special Administrative Region.

In mid-March, the top 8 of the 8th "Toyo Securities Cup", Li Xiaoqiang VS Zhao Zhixun, the venue of the game, Seoul, South Korea.

In late March, the final qualifying match of the "Top 10 Battle" of Chinese Go, the venue of the competition, Ganyuan Province, China.

In late March, the first "Samsung Cup" top 8 match, Li Xiaoqiang VS Cao Yanzi, the venue of the game, the Korean Chess Academy.

In early April, the first two rounds of the 9th Fujitsu Cup were held in Tokyo, Japan......

After Li Xiaoqiang saw it, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then he pretended to sigh:

"Fortunately, I'm young now, and my body is great, otherwise I really can't stand it."

In the next month or so, Li Xiaoqiang will travel to 3 countries and 6 places to participate in 5 different competitions. Although these games add up to only about 10 games of chess, an average of 3 days a game of chess, such a game density does not seem to be large, but the key problem is that these games are not held in one place, basically one shot has to change places, such a back and forth, is Li Xiaoqiang's biggest headache.

In the past, Li Xiaoqiang did not encounter the so-called "devil's schedule". However, Li Xiaoqiang still feels that this "devil's schedule" is a bit special, because of the next 5 competitions he needs to participate in. Four of them are World Series, and all of them are single-elimination tournaments that are win-or-lose.

Li Xiaoqiang even feels that what kind of results he can achieve in the next year may be able to set the tone in March. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang reminded himself that he must be in the spirit of twelve points and deal with the next intensive schedule.

And the first battle of this intensive schedule. The "Ying's Cup", which has the highest championship prize in all world competitions and can only be turned once in 4 years, has come to Li Xiaoqiang.

"Lao Cao, they've already arrived, right?"

Reporter Zhang Da looked at the table below: "If you didn't miss it, they should have arrived by now." Let's go, what are you still doing in a daze, it's time for the grievances between you and Lao Cao to be resolved. ”

Hearing what "grievances" reporter Zhang Da mentioned, Li Xiaoqiang laughed in his heart while walking with reporter Zhang Da to the venue of the opening ceremony of the top 8 competition.

Where did he and Cao Yanzi have so many grievances? It's just hype from media reporters. In Li Xiaoqiang's view, if Cao Yanzi and Lao Nie have a bit of a "grudge". That's in the past. Now there are so many "grievance" stories with myself, which just shows that Lao Cao is indeed amazing. After fighting the seniors and fighting the peers, after fighting the peers and fighting the juniors, he was entangled with several generations of Chinese chess players.

"Alas, if in the last few decades, I can have a little grudge with several generations of Korean chess players like Lao Cao, then my career will be brilliant. Don't you think? Reporter Zhang Da. ”

"Tsk. Legendary, a generation of legendary Li Xiaoqiang. ”

Hear the cynicism of reporter Zhang Da. Li Xiaoqiang suddenly remembered a topic about legends in later generations:

"Reporter Zhang, I advise you not to talk about any legend every day, do you know what the definition of a legend is?"

"I don't know, so you can hear it."

"The rarest thing in this world is not honor, not power, not money. It's legendary. A hundred laurels are not enough to become a legend, and the premise of a legend is ......"

"What is it?"

"The premise of the legend is that the world has changed because of you."

"Hahahaha."

Seeing Li Xiaoqiang say this sentence in the tone of the "animal world" of the imperial court, reporter Zhang Da first leaned forward and leaned back with laughter. After reining in his smile, reporter Zhang Da thought thoughtfully:

"The premise you said seems ordinary, but if you think about it. That's a bit of a high standard. By this standard, there aren't many people in the Go world who can be called legends. But no matter how you calculate it, it seems that Lao Cao can also meet the standard of legend, at the very least, Korean Go has changed because of him. And what about you......"

Speaking of which, reporter Zhang Da turned to Li Xiaoqiang with interest:

"Xiaoqiang, do you think you are up to the standard of a legend? Or rather, when are you ready to become a legend? ”

Hearing that reporter Zhang Da actually said such a thing, Li Xiaoqiang laughed:

"I said Zhang Da reporter, did you talk like that? Please, I'm young now, and I'm still in my prime, so where can I have time to think about something as distant as a legend. ”

"Don't think about it, then we'll do it, step by step according to the standards of legends...... Xiaoqiang, I suddenly feel that the standard you just said is not enough, and I think there is at least one more to add. ”

"Which one?"

Reporter Zhang Da looked at Li Xiaoqiang deeply: "I think that if you want to become a new legend in the Go world, then the most basic premise is that you must defeat the old legend." Xiaoqiang, don't you say? ”

"Hey, don't say it so seriously......" Li Xiaoqiang waved his hand very casually:

“…… I know what you mean, don't you just want me to defeat Lao Cao. Although Lao Cao boasted about Haikou before the game, I Li Xiaoqiang ...... It's not that easy to deal with. ”

Li Xiaoqiang is talking about an incident that happened a while ago. Li Xiaoqiang and Cao Yanzi met in the quarterfinals of three World Series in a row, which made the duel between the two attract a lot of attention, and at the same time, another war of words broke out between the Chinese and South Korean media.

Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know why, he and Li Shifo don't have so many topics when they meet, but as long as they meet Lao Cao, they don't know why it's so easy to cause a war of words.

In the final of the "Fujitsu Cup" that year, the Chinese and South Korean media caused a war of words because of the two of them, and this time they actually came again. Of course, since it's a war of words, you can't fry cold rice there forever, you have to have new ideas, otherwise you can't fight the war of words if you keep going over and over again.

The cause of this war of words is actually nothing new, and even Fujisawa Hideyuki's old god stick is to blame. Didn't the old god stick say that "Cao Yanzi is the first, Ma Xiaofei is the second", "Li Xiaoqiang is the first, Li Shifo is the second" two famous statements? And the source of this war of words is actually here.

For "Li Xiaoqiang No. 1, Li Shifo No. 2", at least so far, neither Korean chess fans nor Korean media have nothing to say, although Li Shifo is last year's double champion, but based on the performance of the two in recent years, no matter who has to admit that Li Xiaoqiang seems to be slightly stronger than Li Shifo.

Compared with Li Shifo, Li Xiaoqiang's "No. 1" is no problem, but compared with Cao Yanzi's "No. 1", which is the real "No. 1"? This has left the Chinese and South Korean media arguing.

It's not surprising to think about it, saying that Li Xiaoqiang and Cao Yanzi "who is the No. 1" is actually putting aside other factors such as age, achievements, and mutual records, and simply comparing the Go talents of the two. And things like "talent", that is actually the most unclear, neither quantifiable nor standardized. It's just something like this, and everyone is still happy to do it. Therefore, the focus is on "Which one is more talented, Li Xiaoqiang or Cao Yanzi?" "There was another war of words between the Chinese and South Korean media.

The war of words is also a war of words, something like this that has no conclusion, it will not take a few days to stop. But Cao Yanzi personally ended up:

"Li Xiaoqiang's Go talent is certainly good, but I don't think he is a Go genius, just not a genius in the traditional sense. So what? Even if Li Xiaoqiang is a genius, his genius is a bit different......"

Maybe Cao Yanzi's meaning was not clearly expressed, or maybe the reporter took it out of context. In short, as soon as Cao Yanzi's words came out, this war of words continued to heat up, and it also triggered a big discussion about the genius of Go. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm busy at work until I get home late.,This chapter isn't actually finished.,It's just a rush to upload before midnight.,Sorry.。

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