In December 1994, the 6th Toyo Securities Cup was rekindled. Li Xiaoqiang, Nie Ma and others flew to Seoul, South Korea again, and a new round of competition in the world chess world will be launched here.

Before the departure, some domestic media commented that this was the most complete lineup of the Chinese side in recent years. By looking up the past records, people with a heart found that Nie, Ma, and Li, the three leaders of different ages in the Chinese chess world, entered the top 8 in the world at the same time, and this is the first time in their impressions.

With this discovery, coupled with the fact that Chinese Go is now doing well in foreign warfare. The results are good, and the morale of the media has become very high. Therefore, everyone is generally optimistic about the top 8 battles.

The optimism in the media seems to have affected the players as well, with the three Chinese players generally speaking in a much higher profile than usual when they delivered their "pre-match speeches".

"This time, our Chinese team has a neat lineup, and before the departure, many people even think that the most likely to lag behind is my ......" In the "Eve Sacrifice", Nie Whirlwind's hearty laughter resounded throughout the audience:

“…… To be honest, I was upset when I first heard that. Am I that bad now? Later, I thought about it carefully and found that others were really right, I am indeed the biggest time bomb of the Chinese team now......"

“…… Still, I'm confident that I'll be able to play tomorrow. Why? Because I have strong teammates around me, I feel very relieved to think of them. If you are down-to-earth, you will be relaxed, and you can play good chess when you are relaxed. I'm here to remind Mr. Hiroshi Yamashiro that you might be facing a very relaxed opponent tomorrow......"

It was Ma Xiaofei's turn to speak, and Ma Xiaofei, who usually likes to speak like clouds and mountains and fog covers, is also rare to be high-profile. However, his statement was relatively simple and straightforward:

"As you know, my opponent, Mr. Yoo Chang-hyuk, is a World Champion. What I want to say to you is: thank you Xiaoqiang, he gave me the confidence to win the World Championship now. ”

After Ma Xiaofei's words were finished, the microphone was handed to Li Xiaoqiang's hand. At the same time, the whole venue resounded with good-natured laughter, wasn't Ma Xiaofei's "confidence" established through Li Xiaoqiang? To know. The just-concluded "Ma Li Juban" has not only aroused a lot of comments in the domestic chess world, but also is quite eye-catching in the entire international chess world. Now that everyone hears Ma Xiaofei talking about this, of course they all want to hear what Li Xiaoqiang will say.

Li Xiaoqiang didn't take this stubble first, he first aimed at his opponent Yitian Jiji.

"Mr. Ita was the runner-up in the last competition, and he is strong. The last time I played Mr. Yitian, it was a chess game I lost, but unfortunately I have no chance of revenge in the Three Kingdoms Tournament......"

Li Xiaoqiang mentioned that his winning streak in the first Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament last year was ended by Yitian Kiki. Li Xiaoqiang is still participating in the 2nd Three Kingdoms Tournament this year. But the management no longer wants him to be a pioneer. At present, the 2nd Three Kingdoms Tournament has also reached the final moment. In the previous match, only Cao Dafang of the Chinese team played well, he won three consecutive victories, and among his winners was Yitian Kiki.

At present, the situation of the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament is stalemate. China, Japan and South Korea all have only two players left. The Chinese team is Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei, the Korean side is Cao Li's master and apprentice, and the Japanese team is Masao Kato and Masaki Takemiya. The competition will not be held until the end of the year. Of course, since there is no fixed main player in the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament, Li Xiaoqiang does not know when he will play.

“…… As you all know, I'm quite vindictive, and I've been looking for revenge since my last loss to Mr. Ita. And I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm just as confident about tomorrow. Because ......"

Speaking of which, Li Xiaoqiang glanced at Ma Xiaofei with a smile:

“…… I would also like to thank Mr. Ma here. Because after playing against him, I feel that I have made a move, and I have indeed made a move! ”

"Wow, the chessboard wizard is still playing chess. How terrifying does that have to be? ……”

"Hehe, to put it bluntly, I play chess, which is a very rare thing among chess players......"

Since it's a "pre-game speech", there must always be an explanation for being low-key or high-profile. Therefore, most people will not take Li Xiaoqiang's words seriously. Of course. The "majority" in this definitely does not include reporter Zhang Da. After the "Eve Sacrifice" ended, he found Li Xiaoqiang in a hurry and asked Li Xiaoqiang why he dared to say that he had played chess.

Facing Zhang Da, the reporter looked like a curious baby. Li Xiaoqiang naturally smiled and did not answer. But to say that Li Xiaoqiang is completely talking about it, it seems a little wrong.

Dream of chess!

This is Li Xiaoqiang's biggest basis.

Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know what's going on, since he played two chess matches with Ma Xiaofei. I often dreamed about Go, and it seems that the situation of Go has reappeared. It's not easy, Li Xiaoqiang himself doesn't know how long this has been the case.

In Li Xiaoqiang's impression, this situation appeared three times in his previous life. The first time was when I was getting started, the second time was when I reached the level of the first stage of my amateur, and the last time was when I was able to play 9d on the Internet Go. This has happened once in my life, and that was before I participated in the ring for the first time. Through that frequent dream of Go, Li Xiaoqiang felt that he had truly completed the transformation from an amateur chess player to a professional chess player.

After so many years, this is the case again. And Li Xiaoqiang also found that the situation was slightly different this time. When I used to dream, I always dreamed of some tesuji and wonderful hands. For example, during the beginner's period, you will dream of "rats stealing oil", and during the early amateur period, you will dream of "goshawk fighting rabbits", and so on. However, in my recent dreams, I often dream of some "slow hands" and "evil hands".

For example, during the bitter struggle with Ma Xiaofei, the inconspicuous slow hands or problem hands that he made frequently appeared in his dreams, making him sleepless at night......

"Okay, okay, don't ask so much. There's a game tomorrow, so take a good look and see if I'm talking big. ”

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang can't be sure of things like "dreaming about chess", let alone sharing it with reporter Zhang Da. Li Xiaoqiang regards this phenomenon more as a beautiful psychological suggestion. Therefore, in the face of Zhang Da's entanglement, Li Xiaoqiang just excused himself to have a game tomorrow, and then sent him away.

"Okay, I'll have to take a good look tomorrow to see why you dare to brag about such......"

On the second day, the 6th "Toyo Securities Cup" Top 8 officially began. One of the sets was played by Li Xiaoqiang against Yitian Kiki. In this game, what can reporter Zhang Da see?

As the "crown prince" of Japanese Go, the current Ita Kiki has not been able to officially "ascend the throne". However, his skills have grown and he is currently very active in the seven major Japanese titles, and on the international stage, Noriki Ita is one of the best players in Japan. Especially in the last "Toyo Securities Cup", Ida Kiki reached the final of the World Series for the first time, although he lost to Cao Yanzi in the end, but it also marked that Ida Kiki has become a first-class chess player in the world chess world.

Ita Kiki's chess is very "positive" and has a unique charm of Japanese Go. Li Xiaoqiang even believes that if you want to choose a typical representative of the "Japanese stream", Yida Kiki may be more representative than Otake Hero. If you want to learn the Japanese orthodox game of Go, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that the best thing is to turn over the chess games of Yida Kiki. In his game of Go, he can often appreciate a lot of the essence of Japanese Go.

It also pays attention to the chess shape, and it is also dignified, but Yida Kiki does not have the "turtle step" of the Otake hero. Compared with the heroes of Otake, Yida Kiki's chess talent may be slightly inferior, but he has an atmospheric chess style and natural moves, and the taste of chess seems to be purer than Otake.

In today's game, reporter Zhang Da has been watching the game in the viewing room. In his opinion, in today's game of chess, Ida Kiki has brought out almost all of his characteristics. Not to mention the dignified and upright chess, and the shape of the chess is beautiful, and the moves are natural, which simply gives people a feeling of flowing water.

You must know that reporter Zhang Da also received formal training when he was young. Therefore, for a while, when reporter Zhang Da admired Yitian Kiki's chess ...... Tsk, he just felt like he was hooked.

Of course, the real reason for Zhang Da's fascination may not be this. More importantly, the reason is that the soldiers are bloodless.

Reporter Zhang Da saw a bloodless battle!

The time was less than half past four in the afternoon, and the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Yitian Jiji was over. Soon after the game, Li Xiaoqiang walked up to reporter Zhang Da with a smile:

"Drunk? Reporter Zhang Da. ”

Reporter Zhang Da happily hugged Li Xiaoqiang:

"Hahaha, it seems that you really don't brag...... By the way, I said Xiaoqiang, I obviously feel that Yitian's chess has been playing well, right? Why did he lose out of battle for some reason? ”

"Hehe, Yitian's chess is playing well, and his chess is very good-looking. But there's one thing you can't see at your level, and I can see it. Not only did I see it today, but I also caught the weakness, so I won and it was as simple as that. ”

"Oh? What do you see? ”

"Slow!"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled and said to reporter Zhang Da:

"I saw Yitian's "slow", and I grabbed a few steps from him slowly, so I didn't fight bloodily. Do you understand? ”

"Huh?" Slow"? I didn't see what Yitian was "slowing", even if there were so many people in the research room just now, no one thought that he was losing on "slowing". I said Xiaoqiang, you won't be talking about it. ”

"Hahahaha." At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang smiled happily, because he suddenly found that through the ten-time confrontation with Ma Xiaofei, his chess seemed to have really improved. Although this progress is inconspicuous, with this improvement, I can distinguish myself from many chess players. At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang rose to a kind of realization:

From now on, first-class masters of this level like Yitian Kiki can already treat them as "starters"!

"Reporter Zhang, I don't blame you, because not long ago...... I can't feel so much slowness. (To be continued......)