In the last game of the group stage of the "Top Ten Battle" of Chinese Go, Li Xiaoqiang played against Liu Dazhui. At present, the game is coming to an end, and reporter Zhang Da asked Ma Xiaofei, who has been stopping to watch the game, to judge the situation:

"Ma Xiao, who do you think is more likely to compete with you for the championship of this top ten battle?"

"Hehe, judging from the current situation, it should be a sledgehammer that is more likely. Great, sledgehammer, it should be said that this game of chess Xiaoqiang has been a bit unreasonable since the morning. The unreasonable chess of the master is like this, especially Xiaoqiang's unreasonable hand, it is difficult for ordinary people to hold him. But the sledgehammer went down very well today, and he pinched Xiaoqiang's seven inches since the morning and kept him from turning over. Although Xiaoqiang did his best to turn over the river and the sea, the whole situation has been firmly controlled by a sledgehammer. You have to know that there are not many chess players who can do this in front of Xiaoqiang. So Sledgehammer deserves credit today, he did a great job today......"

"Oh."

In fact, according to the level of reporter Zhang Da, it is not that he has not seen the situation of this game of chess clearly. He asked Ma Xiaofei just now, just to reconfirm. Sure enough, before Ma Xiaofei's voice fell, the game of chess had officially ended. Li Xiaoqiang saw that there was nothing to continue, and he readily chose to vote and admit defeat.

In this way, Li Xiaoqiang ranked 3rd in the group stage of this year's "Top 10 Battle" with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, and could only compete for 5th place in the final qualifying round. This was his worst record since his first appearance in the "Top 10". When Li Xiaoqiang participated in the "Top 10 Battle" for the first time at the age of 13, he ranked 7th this time, and since then, Li Xiaoqiang has never fallen out of the top 4 in the "Top 10 Battle".

And with the loss of this game of chess, Li Xiaoqiang was ambitious and wanted to take this "top ten battle" as the opening point of his dynasty, so he naturally went bankrupt.

Of course, about "opening a dynasty" or something. It's just that the private communication between Li Xiaoqiang and reporter Zhang Da is not enough for outsiders, so this will not make Li Xiaoqiang a laughing stock. What the outside world saw was only Li Xiaoqiang's two very ordinary losses.

It is very common for professional chess players to win or lose. No matter how strong a player is, there are times when he loses. Li Xiaoqiang's loss to Cao Dafang and Liu Dazhui this time was slightly unexpected by everyone, but it was not a shocking surprise. To know. These two are also the first-class top nine in the domestic chess world. Even if Li Xiaoqiang is now considered super first-class, but with the most popular concept, even if it is super first-class and first-class, it can only be 2 to 1 at most, and it is impossible to score 3 to 0 with others.

Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang's loss in the "Top Ten Battle" this time did not cause much reaction from the outside world. Everyone just thinks that this may be Li Xiaoqiang's state ups and downs for a while, without too much association with others.

Sometimes it has to be admitted that the word "state" is indeed a wonderful phrase. It's tempting to attribute a player's loss to "poor form", but if you think about it, it's true. You will find that the term "state" is an excuse most of the time, and it doesn't really explain anything.

For example, reporter Zhang Da, this time reporter Zhang Da's opinion is different from others. In the opinion of reporter Zhang Da, if Li Xiaoqiang wants to really start his own dynasty, there are still several problems to be solved. Exception: The two games lost by Li Xiaoqiang in the top ten this time happened to expose Li Xiaoqiang's two problems.

Losing to Cao Dafang, it was Li Xiaoqiang's mentality, which at least shows that Li Xiaoqiang is not mentally ready to establish a dynasty. And what about losing to Liu Da Hammer? In fact, it also shows that Li Xiaoqiang is not technically ready.

Today. Especially through the first two sets of the "Tianyuan War" finals, anyone can perceive the changes in Li Xiaoqiang. Feel his progress. His chess is becoming more and more comprehensive while maintaining his strengths. He no longer depends on a particular way to win. But the problem now is that Li Xiaoqiang has not been able to use it freely when switching between different styles.

For example, the game of chess with Liu Dazhui is a good example. When Li Xiaoqiang plays chess in different styles, his moves sometimes seem stiff, and he sometimes even plays unreasonable chess.

Reporter Zhang Da thinks. For Li Xiaoqiang, the previous problem is easy to solve. Mentally, as long as Li Xiaoqiang is given a certain amount of time, then it has never been a problem for him. The latter question is difficult to say. Li Xiaoqiang is completing some kind of metamorphosis, yes. But when will this metamorphosis be completed? To what extent can it be transformed? This is not a question that reporter Zhang Da can explain clearly, or even a question that anyone can explain clearly.

Reporter Zhang Da: The others are not clear. But one thing he can be sure of is that if Li Xiaoqiang can complete this transformation, if his chess can really change freely. Then the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty" may really come.

Reporter Zhang just doesn't know how long it will take to wait.

The "Top 10 Battle" ended in the group stage of Hui Province. A group of national players soon moved to Ganyuan, where everyone played the final qualifying match. The qualifying match is a duel between two groups with the same ranking, and finally ranks the "top ten" of Chinese Go. Li Xiaoqiang is ranked 3rd in the group, and in a competition for 5th place, he naturally does not have much interest. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang focused more attention on the final title fight.

In fact, most people are the same as Li Xiaoqiang, everyone mainly wants to see Ma Xiaofei's performance, to see if he can become the champion of the new "Top Ten Battle" this time, and to see if he can be one step ahead of Li Xiaoqiang and take the lead in becoming the "full champion" of the domestic chess world.

As a result, in the expectation of everyone - the final final, there was still a small upset. Liu Dazhui finally defeated Ma Xiaofei, and he won the championship of this year's "Top 10 Battles" of Chinese Go.

After the competition, the champion Liu Dazhui was interviewed by reporters, and the excited Liu Dazhui said:

"In fact, when I defeated Xiaoqiang in the group stage, I felt that I had a drama this time. You can think about it, for Xiaoqiang, the "demon king", I can catch his flaws this time, what does this mean? This shows that I'm in pretty good shape right now. So in the final, against the "little demon" of Ma Xiao, I think of course I have no reason to be afraid. People are dissatisfied with the fact that I have been cheering myself on like this when I am competing. I didn't expect it to work. As a result, everyone saw it, and in the end, I really took this little demon, hahaha......"

Compared with Li Xiaoqiang, Liu Dazhui can be regarded as Ma Xiaofei's real rival, they belong to the kind of "rematch victory" that they refuse to leave to each other. After the game, hearing Liu Dazhui ridicule himself like this, Ma Xiaofei could only show a helpless wry smile. But then again, Liu Dazhui was able to win Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei in a row this time, and his "Top Ten Battle" championship is well deserved.

The "Top 10 Battle" is over. Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei returned to the finals of the "Tianyuan Competition". Neither of them could become the final wishful performers on the battlefield of the "Top Ten Battle", so they naturally paid more attention to the competition for the "Tianyuan Competition".

Before the third game, the most talked word was actually "clean sheet". Since Li Xiaoqiang is currently 2-0 ahead of Ma Xiaofei, if Li Xiaoqiang wins this game of chess again, it will be a 3-0 "clean sheet". The chess match between Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei has been played nearly 10 times so far. However, no matter who they are, they can't keep a clean sheet yet. Including 7 or 8 years ago, the two also competed for the first time in the "Tianyuan War", at that time, although the level of the two sides was very different, Ma Xiaofei also failed to "clean up" Li Xiaoqiang.

Therefore, before the start of the third game, even Ma Xiaofei himself said that he would do his best in the game and go all out to avoid being "clean sheet". As a result, in the game, Ma Xiaofei really did what he said. In this game, he gave full play to his light and elegant, flexible and changeable style, and won a game quite beautifully.

At this time in the game, although Li Xiaoqiang still led with a score of 2-1, the whole wind direction seemed to have changed. The previous game was still discussing "clean sheets", but now some people are talking about the "big reversal". Indeed, Ma Xiaofei won the third game quite beautifully, while Li Xiaoqiang seemed to be in poor shape recently. Including the two games of the previous "Top Ten Battle", this is Li Xiaoqiang's third game of recent loss. And before that? In the 95 years since entering the 95th year, in the first 2 months, Li Xiaoqiang has only lost 2 games. In this way, everyone will naturally talk about Li Xiaoqiang's "state".

At the end of March 95, the last two games of the final of the Chinese Go "Tianyuan Competition" continued. At this time, the new "Fujitsu Cup" will soon start in Japan. And the final day of the "Toyo Securities Cup" is also approaching. The competition between Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei is becoming more and more in full swing.

In the 4th game of the "Tianyuan War" finals, the organizer specially invited the newly released "Top 10 Battle" champion Liu Dazhui to explain this game of chess.

“…… This game of chess is very important to Xiaoqiang, if you win, you will naturally have nothing to say, which marks the change of "Tianyuan", if Xiaoqiang loses, then I think Ma Xiao really has the possibility of reversing......"

“…… Why do I call these two monsters? This actually shows a commonality between the two people. Both of them are very flexible. This flexibility does not necessarily refer to specific techniques, but more to their way of thinking. I've always believed that flexibility in thinking is the real flexibility. For example, these two people in today's game are typical representatives of this. Sometimes when you play chess with them, you can't figure out what they're thinking when they're playing. That's the biggest headache, and that's why I call them all yokai......"

“…… Although both are known for their flexibility, their specific styles are different. How so? Ma Xiao's flexibility has an elegant taste, while Xiaoqiang's flexibility reveals a fierceness. Everyone knows that Ma Xiao is a big money fan, so in his Go, it is difficult to see him take the initiative to attack, and most of the time he wins by curing solitude or breaking the air. In comparison, I think Xiaoqiang's chess style is a little more comprehensive, and he is proficient in attacking and treating solitary. That's why I want to call Xiaoqiang the demon king, and Ma Xiao can only be called the little demon ......"

“…… So what will this game of chess look like today? Now let's take a look at ......"

Shortly after Liu Dazhui's listing explanation, his eyes widened because he had a hunch that he would see a different game today. (To be continued.) )