Li Xiaoqiang went to Seoul, South Korea to participate in the semifinals of the "Samsung Cup" with a relaxed mentality. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this year's "Samsung Cup", the top 4 players are Li Xiaoqiang, Chang Rensheng, Gu Dali and Li Shifo. It shows the situation of the top 3 chess players in China's rating to encircle and suppress Li Shifo alone. And Li Xiaoqiang's opponent in the semi-finals is Gu Dali, which is a civil war between Chinese chess players, which is why Li Xiaoqiang seems very relaxed.

In fact, not only Li Xiaoqiang was relaxed alone, but when the three participating chess players went to Seoul accompanied by Yu Bin, the entire Chinese delegation seemed very relaxed.

In recent years, due to Li Xiaoqiang's strength, Chinese Go has ensured its leading position in the world chess arena. It can be said that the current Chinese Go is far less hungry for the champion than in the previous life, and the real hunger for the champion has become Japanese and Korean Go, which allows all Chinese chess players to participate in the world competition with a relaxed attitude.

"Boss, anyway, your most important task at the moment is to defend the World Chess Champion, and a small game like the "Samsung Cup", I think it should not be in the eyes of your old man, so just let me win this time... By the way, who do you think is more likely to win the challenge of the World Chess Saint this time, Li Shishi and Zhang Xu... ”

Li Xiaoqiang couldn't cry or laugh, in Gu Dali's mouth, the "Samsung Cup" has become the so-called "small competition". However, the real situation is indeed like this, in terms of influence and importance, the "World Chess Holy War" is indeed a notch above other competitions. A champion of the "World Chess Holy War" is equivalent to 3 to 4 other world championship championships, and entering the top 4 of the "World Chess Holy War" is equivalent to winning the championship of another world competition, which has formed a consensus in the professional Go community.

It is precisely because of this that while Gu Dali is competing himself, he will pay attention to the duel between his two peers in another arena.

At present, the "battle for the right to challenge" of the "World Chess Holy War" is in full swing. This game used five-way chess, and when Li Xiaoqiang came to Seoul this time, Li Shi and Zhang Xu temporarily fought 1-1.

Originally, before this, everyone was relatively more optimistic that Li Shi could get the right to challenge, but considering that not long ago, Zhang Xu had just defeated Li Shi in the final of the "Fujitsu Cup", so it is really hard to say who can go up to challenge Li Xiaoqiang now.

In fact, for Li Xiaoqiang, no matter who comes up to challenge the two of them, Li Xiaoqiang naturally doesn't care, but Gu Dali, who is watching from the wall, feels pressure at this time.

Among the chess players of Li Xiaoqiang's generation, Li Xiaoqiang's position has been determined, and it can be said that to this day, Li Xiaoqiang's status in the rivers and lakes has been unshaken. But what about the next generation of chess players? Now that Zhang Xu and Li Shishi are competing for the right to challenge, does it mean that Gu Dali and they are already slightly behind by half a position?

"No matter who gets the right to challenge, you don't have anything to do with Gu Dali, so you have to work hard, I'm like this anyway now, and the position of the boss will always be handed over one day, I think in the boss's mind, I also hope that his position will be inherited by a Chinese chess player."

Hearing the battle for the right to challenge Gu Dali's "World Chess Holy War", Chang Rensheng on the side also "taught" Gu Dali's old-fashioned "lesson".

At present, in the domestic chess world, Chang Rensheng and Gu Dali are competing for the second position in China. In fact, until now, Chang Rensheng's state has been maintained very well. The rating scores announced every month, in addition to Li Xiaoqiang, are far ahead, sometimes Gu Dali ranks second, and sometimes Chang Rensheng surpasses him.

But this kind of competition is actually meaningless, because the result is already doomed, Gu Dali because of the age advantage, in such a competition, he is destined to be the final winner. Chang Rensheng naturally knew this, so at this time, he would also come from Nie Whirlwind's sect to "teach" Gu Dali as a "senior brother".

"Hehe, thank you Brother Chang for your concern, I will definitely work harder in the future, I think my efforts will start with the next game."

"You're dreaming... Chang Rensheng scolded with a smile.

Chang Rensheng certainly has reason to say that the "fickle" "Samsung Cup" has new measures every year, and this year, in addition to shortening the time of the competition, the format of the semi-finals and finals has also changed. Since this year, the semi-finals and finals of the "Samsung Cup" have also become trilogy.

How difficult is it to beat Li Xiaoqiang in a chess match? Chess players like Chang Rensheng have a deep understanding. When was the last time Li Xiaoqiang lost in a chess match? That goes back many years ago, when Li Xiaoqiang failed to challenge Ma Xiaofei in the domestic "celebrity war". Further recall that since Li Xiaoqiang's debut, the chess players who have really won Li Xiaoqiang in the chess tournament are only Li Shifo except Ma Xiaofei.

And except for Ma Xiaofei, even Li Shifo rarely wins Li Xiaoqiang in the chess match, and only once or twice in my impression is that Li Shifo won Li Xiaoqiang in the semifinals of the World Series. If it comes to the finals, then no matter what kind of turbulent waves, the person who has the last laugh is always Li Xiaoqiang.

Except for these two people, other chess players, including Chang Rensheng, have never won against Li Xiaoqiang in Fanqi. It is for this reason that Chang Rensheng will laugh at Gu Dali, this is an idiot's dream.

But that's the case with everything, all accidents happen inadvertently.

In the third game of the semifinals of the "Samsung Cup", the biggest Go news of the year was born: Gu Dali defeated Li Xiaoqiang in the middle game, thus advancing to the final with a score of 2-1.

This is the second time Li Xiaoqiang has lost in the international arena this year, and more importantly, this is still a defeat in the chess match. This is a rare time since the beginning of the new century, Li Xiaoqiang has lost in a chess match.

After losing, Li Xiaoqiang looked depressed. If you lose to Zhang Xu last time, Li Xiaoqiang's mood is relatively calm, because he knows that as a professional chess player, it is impossible to win in a row, and it is normal to occasionally encounter opponents who are in a burst of state, and it is normal to lose one or two games.

But this time, Li Xiaoqiang was really depressed. Because what made him depressed was not only the loss of the game, but also the way in which the game was lost.

"I originally thought that Li Xiaoqiang's big dragon would never be killed, but I didn't expect you to have today...

This is a joke made by Li Shifo and Li Xiaoqiang, who defeated Chang Rensheng with the same score after the semifinals, and Gu Dali met in the "Samsung Cup" final.

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Li Shifo fixedly, and he didn't know what it was like.

"Hey, what are you watching me do like this, you have to figure it out, this time your big dragon was slaughtered, and it wasn't a match between me and Gu Dali...

Li Xiaoqiang's defeat today really reminded him of Li Shifo's loss in real history.

It was in the "LG Cup" final of a certain year, and Li Shifo encountered Li Xiaoqiang's newly recruited disciple "Bloodthirsty Maniac" Xiao Jiang.

It was the first time that "Bloodthirsty Maniac" broke into the World Series finals, and it was also the first time that Li Shifo stood on the World Series finals stage after "N Lianya".

Is Li Shifo still good? This was the answer that many people wanted to know at the time.

In the first game of the finals, at least in the first half of the game, everyone seemed to see Li Shifo at the peak. Li Shifo played smoothly all the way, giving full play to his "control flow", and achieved a clear advantage in less than 100 hands. But in the end ...

"It's really similar to the process of today's game of chess... Thinking of the game of chess in real history, and then looking at today's game of chess, Li Xiaoqiang sighed in his heart.

In the second half of today's game of chess, when Li Xiaoqiang had already achieved a clear advantage, Gu Dali suddenly made a strong move, and he made a "cold move" that Li Xiaoqiang didn't notice...

“。。。 Strictly speaking, Gu Dali's move is actually not valid, Li Xiaoqiang could have done his own dragon in many ways... ”

In real history, Li Shifo's game was explained by Li Shifu in the South Korean TV studio, and it happened that today's game between Li Xiaoqiang and Gu Dali was also explained by Xiao Li. And it is said that Li Shishi has to explain this game of chess, if it is a match between Li Shifo and Chang Rensheng, he is not interested.

Li Shishi explained: "... It's a pity that Li Xiaoqiang made a losing move at this time... ”

Li Shishi pointed to Li Xiaoqiang's move and said:

“。。。 This is a casual exchange, this is a seemingly inconsequential "play", but this move is actually a fatal vulgar move. Everyone, please see... If Li Xiaoqiang didn't sell the taste here, then he could have created a robbery here, and if there was a robbery, then there would be no need to worry about the life or death of this big dragon, but it's a pity... ”

“。。。 In the past, it was rare for everyone to see Li Xiaoqiang make such a mistake, but why would he make such a problem now? One reason I saw was that this was not unrelated to the shortening of the time of the Samsung Cup, because this defeat was too much like a "fight", and everyone can imagine that when the game came to this time, Li Xiaoqiang must have fallen into a time panic. In addition to this obvious reason, we might as well guess that this is not unrelated to Li Xiaoqiang's age, and his computing power has begun to decline... ”

“。。。 No one can deny that Li Xiaoqiang is still the undisputed world No. 1 at present, but I want to say that Gu Dali's victory in this game of chess has strengthened my confidence and challenged Li Xiaoqiang's confidence! I'm looking forward to challenging Li Xiaoqiang right now, and no one can condemn me to challenge Li Xiaoqiang's determination... ”

“。。。 Because today the game is like a signal ... ”

“。。。 I think many years later, when everyone recalls this game, when everyone comments on this game of chess, they may describe this game as a gap, yes, a gap of the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty"! ”

"Is this game of chess really a gap for me? . . ."

After losing chess, depression turned to depression, and emotion returned to emotion, but Li Xiaoqiang could only collect his mood and prepare for new challenges. (To be continued.) )