"It's really troublesome Xiaoqiang during this time, and he has played so many chess games with me. Hehe, I hope you don't get caught up in my stinky chess, if it affects your future games, then I'll be a sinner again. ”

"Teacher Rui, what are you talking about, in fact, I have learned a lot from you. It's hard to imagine that you haven't played tight chess in years. Chess is not born at all, it is not simple! It's just incredible, and there's no idea how you're staying in shape. Besides......"

When he said this, Li Xiaoqiang raised his head and said with a smile to Jiang Zhujiu, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the battle:

“…… Besides, didn't I snatch the qualification of the seeded players who originally belonged to Mr. Jiang this time, so accompanying you to practice more chess can be regarded as a kind of compensation for me. ”

"Hahahaha......"

This is in Shencheng. In a hotel with a good environment, the cold winter has passed, the wind of early spring is blowing warmly from the window, and there is a faint fragrance of flowers in the air. Li Xiaoqiang took a deep breath and carefully identified the ingredients of the floral fragrance. Yes, there are peonies, there are cloves, and it seems that there are magnolias. The slightly sweet, slightly sweet aroma is the unique flavor of green leaves and grass that has been moistened by the sun during the day and the night dew.

There are still 2 days left before the opening of the 2nd "Ying's Cup". is currently playing chess with Li Xiaoqiang, and it is naturally Rui Liwei Jiuduan, who is known as the "No. 1 woman in the world to play Go".

In the upcoming "Ying's Cup", Rui Xiawei Jiudan is qualified to participate. To have the opportunity to participate in the World Series, she has not played an official professional competition for several years, she is naturally very excited, Rui Jiudan and Jiang Zhujiu returned to China more than 10 days in advance, ready to participate in the upcoming World Series.

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang had actually been in Shencheng for a while. He and Nie Whirlwind's "Tianyuan War" five-game chess final was also held in Shencheng, and the first three games have been played, and Li Xiaoqiang is temporarily behind with a score of 1-2. After that, the final of the "Tianyuan War" will be suspended and will continue until the first two rounds of the "Yingshi Cup" are over.

The 2nd "Ying's Cup" is still 2 days away. Domestic masters such as Nie, Ma, Liu, and Cao who qualified for the competition naturally came to Shencheng a long time ago. Competitors from other countries and regions will also arrive in this day or two. At that time, another grand event in the world of professional chess is about to open.

Some time ago, Rui Weiwei, who was obsessed with chess, was looking for someone to play chess everywhere. Crazy chess practice, catch one by one, even if it is Zhang Da reporter. It's a chess addiction. What especially surprised her was that she found the best "sparring partner" during this time, and this person was Li Xiaoqiang.

In the interval of the "Tian Yuan War" chess finals. As long as she asked Li Xiaoqiang to play the game, Li Xiaoqiang basically did not refuse to come, and readily agreed. Not only that, but the way the two agree to play chess is also full of tricks, whether it is blitz chess in 10 seconds and 15 seconds, or normal rapid chess in 30 seconds and 60 seconds, or even the kind with no time limit. A game of chess that is played for hours is super slow. Li Xiaoqiang agreed to everything as long as time permitted.

So to be honest, in the face of such a talkative Li Xiaoqiang, Rui Xiaowei is still grateful. To say a few years ago. Li Xiaoqiang must also call himself "Teacher Rui". But now it's different, Li Xiaoqianggui is the world champion, and he is already one of the top chess players in the world at present, and he is a favorite to win the championship in any competition. In front of him, he must be "starting". People are willing to play chess with them. Of course, I have benefited more and can fully achieve the purpose of "training". But what about people? Because he has been out of the mainstream of professional chess for several years, others play with himself. People may not have much to gain.

"Xiaoqiang, you have also played a lot of chess with our brother during this time, I don't know how you feel about her current chess? What kind of results do you think she can achieve in this "Yingshi Cup"? ”

"No, no, no, don't talk about me. I haven't played a formal tournament in years, and I'm not good at all right now. I already feel very satisfied to be able to compete, where do I dare to hope for any good results. I position myself as the one who comes to make up the numbers, I just hope that I don't lose too ugly......"

The 2nd "Ying's Cup" will open soon. Today is also the last training game played by Li Xiaoqiang with "Brother Xia" before the game. Therefore, this game of chess also attracted many onlookers, including both national team players and some people in the Shencheng Go community.

After this game of chess is played, everyone's expressions are relaxed, and they gather together to chat, and the topic of everyone's conversation is naturally inseparable from the upcoming "Ying's Cup". While chatting, reporter Zhang Da suddenly threw such a question to Li Xiaoqiang. Hearing reporter Zhang Da's words, before Li Xiaoqiang could speak, Rui Xiaowei expressed his modesty again and again.

"Teacher Rui's chess is very familiar, very familiar! It's really admirable, I never thought she could be so proficient in chess. In the case of not playing an official tournament for several years, the chess skills have not been abandoned at all, which shows that he has still worked hard in chess, and it is very remarkable to be able to do this. If you want me to say, according to Teacher Rui's current level, how far can she play in the Ying Cup? Of course I can't say well. The only thing I can be sure of now is that according to Teacher Rui's current state, she can win any chess player in this world, and if anyone dares to underestimate Teacher Rui, then it is likely that Teacher Rui will suffer in the game. ”

"Any chess player?"

"Yes, any chess player!"

In a small room, Li Xiaoqiang, in front of many Go insiders, is analyzing Rui Liaowei's "prospects".

To say that this situation is actually very weird, Li Xiaoqiang is the youngest in the room, and the person he is currently evaluating has to call people "teacher" a few years ago and even now. And now, he looks like a god stick, judging other people's character.

But when Li Xiaoqiang was talking, no one felt that there was anything wrong. The professional Go circle is originally a circle where strength is respected. It's not about age, it's about strength. Whoever is strong seems to be the authority when he speaks, and others are willing to listen to his words.

Li Xiaoqiang is a new nine-dan, the youngest professional nine-dan in the world, and a two-time world champion. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, in the subconscious of many people. has regarded him as the existence at the top of the professional Go world. Therefore, when Li Xiaoqiang speaks, everyone will listen carefully.

Not only are everyone listening to Li Xiaoqiang's comments, but many people are even carefully observing Li Xiaoqiang's expression. For example, reporter Zhang Da, what he meant couldn't be clearer, he wanted to see if Li Xiaoqiang was telling the truth, or was polite and perfunctory there.

Relying on reporter Zhang Da's familiarity with Li Xiaoqiang, only a short time later, reporter Zhang Da came to a conclusion in his heart: Li Xiaoqiang is indeed telling the truth now.

In other words, Li Xiaoqiang does think: The current Rui Xiaowei has the ability to defeat "any chess player"!

"Brother Xiao has been out of the professional front line for several years. Could it be that her chess skills are really not retreating? That's a bit weird. But looking at Xiaoqiang's appearance, he really doesn't look like he's saying kind words. How can this be......"

No matter what reporter Zhang Da thinks, in short, he has made a decision in his heart at this moment:

In the next game, you must pay close attention to the performance of "Brother Xia". Especially in the first few rounds, it is necessary to focus on the competition of "Brother Xia".

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang's words are not nonsense. As a reborn, in real history, the 2nd "Ying's Cup" did not have Chinese chess players to participate, so Li Xiaoqiang is like many Chinese chess fans. I didn't pay much attention to this game. It can be said that in addition to being the champion of Xu Bongsu in that competition, the most eye-catching thing is the performance of Brother Xia.

Not to mention that she reached the top 4 in that competition. The best result ever achieved by a female chess player in a world professional tournament. Just a few "tidbits" of Brother Di in that competition are enough to make people impressive.

Several tidbits of Brother Yi are related to "tears".

The first tear was that Brother Yi unexpectedly eliminated Li Shifo in the first round of that competition. This hit Li Shifo, who was full of ambition at the time. The night after the game. A South Korean Go reporter saw Li Shifo crying and talking to his father on the phone on the streets of Tokyo. (In real history, the 2nd Yingshi Cup was opened in Tokyo) said that he never wanted to play Go again. It can be seen that he lost to "Brother Xia" at that time. What a blow to Li Shifo.

To say that from 92 to 96 years, although Korean Go has risen in an all-round way, Li Shifo is also their domestic overlord, but in the international chess world, Korean Go seems to be more reliable Cao Yanzi and even the other two kings. During that period, Li Shifo still gave people a feeling of "foreign war and insider", although Li Shifo also won the championship of the "Toyo Securities Cup" many times, but the "Toyo Securities Cup" was a competition hosted by South Korea, and the finals were basically held in South Korea. As long as Li Shifo goes abroad and participates in competitions held in other countries, his results are always worse, which is also an indisputable fact back then. This situation lasted until 96 years, until Li Shifo defeated Ma Xiaofei in the "Toyo Securities Cup" and "Fujitsu Cup" in succession, which slowly completed his transformation from "No. 1 in Korea" to "No. 1 in the world".

The second tear was when Brother Yi entered the top 4 of the 2nd Yingshi Cup, and she lost to the Japanese veteran super first-class chess player Otake Hero Kudan with a score of 1-2 in the semifinals. Brother Xiao burst into tears at that time.

Of course, Brother Xia's tears were different from Li Shifo's, who shed tears because he couldn't accept the result of losing to a female chess player. And what about Brother Xia? It is certainly not unacceptable to reach the semi-finals of the World Series and lose 1-2 against the best players.

The reason for Brother Di's tears:

"After losing this game, I didn't play again, and I don't know when I will ...... my next official professional match."

This is the reason why "Brother Xia" wept. It must be admitted that the situation at that time was indeed moving.

"Okay, let's put aside the matter of Brother Xiao, Xiaoqiang, you can talk about it, which chess players do you think are the favorites to win the championship?"

"Hehe, what you say can embarrass me, the current world chess world, everyone's level is very close, even at the top level, there are more than 10 people with similar levels, now predict who can win the championship, then I really don't have that ability, I don't think anyone can predict."

"Xiaoqiang, let's talk about it, you yourself are naturally at the top level. You don't care about other people, just talk about your own feelings, for example, if you want to win the final championship, who would you least want to meet? ”

A room full of people, especially reporter Zhang Da, coaxed there, insisting that Li Xiaoqiang be a magic stick. At this time, Li Xiaoqiang just smiled, and he didn't want to open his mouth again.

You know, this question is different from the previous one, Li Xiaoqiang said that Brother Di "can win any chess player", but in everyone's mind, no one will list Brother Di as a candidate for the championship. Let's not talk about the current situation of the world chess world, it is an era of competition for hegemony. The difference in level between them is extremely subtle, and no player is significantly higher. Take Li Xiaoqiang himself, he has been brilliant in the World Series in the past year, winning 2 World Series championships in a row, but this only shows that he has reached the top level of this era, and it cannot be said that he is better than others.

For example, he will lose to Ma Xiaofei in the final of the title game in China, which can better reflect the level than a single game. Therefore, the current Li Xiaoqiang, at least cannot be said to be stronger than Ma Xiaofei. As for Ma Xiaofei, so far, he has not even reached the top 4 of the World Series. Whenever the World Series comes, no one even lists him as a candidate for the championship in the first tier.

The above is the current situation in the world chess world, with the Japanese Liuchao and Nie Cao and other former top chess players still maintaining a high level, they are far from withdrawing from the stage of history, and chess players of all ages are also rising rapidly. It can be considered that this may be an era of change of dynasty, but the change of dynasty has only just begun. This is a time of strife. It is also an era when there is no absolute king.

The 2nd "Ying's Cup" opened in such a background that even if Li Xiaoqiang, as a reborn, could not predict the final result.

For example, although Li Xiaoqiang knows that in real history, it was Mr. Seo Bong-so who won the championship of this competition. But when Li Xiaoqiang himself is immersed, when history has completely changed. In Li Xiaoqiang's mind, he will never list Xu Bongsu as a candidate for the championship of the first echelon.

The 2nd "Ying's Cup" began under such circumstances. (To be continued......) i1292