In the capital, in the restaurant near the Chinese Chess Academy, Luo Shenzhu, who had been drinking and sweating on his forehead, raised his glass to Chang Rensheng again:

"Come on, come on, you must drink this glass of wine, no matter what, you can't drink it if you don't drink it......"

In the main seat of the table, Chang Rensheng, whose tongue had been drunk, maintained his last sobriety:

"Also...... Still drinking, I remember you have me more than 3 cups, little pig. What's your reason for this cup? If you can name any suitable reasons, then I'll do it with you. ”

Reason...... Luo Shenzhu's eyes rolled, and finally his eyes fell on Li Xiaoqiang:

"This last glass of wine, congratulations on meeting the boss in the "Tianyuan Competition", and I wish you to take advantage of the east wind of the ring competition to make the boss in one go. ”

Hearing Luo Shenzhu say this reason, Chang Rensheng, who was already ready to resolutely not drink, came back again:

"Good...... That's a good reason. This...... This reason is reasonable, I ...... drink this wine."

It is January 1995, and it has been more than a week since Li Xiaoqiang returned to China. In the past few days, the biggest news in the Go world is that Chang Rensheng defeated Mr. Lin Haifeng, who defeated Huanglong with a wave of 6 consecutive victories and invited the Japanese coach Otake Hero.

6 consecutive wins, the first defeat of the super-first. This is, of course, something to celebrate. According to the rules that everyone has continued since the beginning of the national junior team, Chang Rensheng's meal should have been invited a long time ago. It's just that after returning to China, the domestic "Tianyuan War" started, and most of the people here, including Li Xiaoqiang and Chang Rensheng, had to participate in the "Tianyuan War" competition, so this wine has been delayed.

Today, the "Tianyuan War" competition has come to an end temporarily after 3 rounds, and everyone found a chance to drink Chang Rensheng's celebration wine. Li Xiaoqiang looked at Chang Rensheng, who had been drumbling, and couldn't laugh or cry a little:

"I said you are...... You're a little too kind, aren't you? The reason why the little pig is so bad, you even toast to him. ”

"This reason is not bad......" Zhou Dayang, who was sitting next to Li Xiaoqiang, was also drunk and his face was flushed. He grabbed Li Xiaoqiang's arm. Li Xiaoqiang highly doubted that if he shook his hand, this guy would probably get under the table:

"Old ...... Boss, you may not know, just say that I can make you, if it were replaced by me, I would definitely drink, I believe everyone here would definitely drink. Right...... For us. This is the most ...... The biggest reason. ”

Listening to Zhou Dayang's "drunken heart", Li Xiaoqiang laughed:

"That's okay, after I finish cleaning up Li Shifo this time, I'll wait for you to clean me up, it's a rare opportunity, but it depends on whether you have the ability."

After 3 rounds of single elimination, this year's "Tianyuan Battle" has decided the top 4. In this year's tournament, the generation of chess players present here played well. In addition to Li Xiaoqiang, Chang Rensheng and Zhou Dayang also entered the top 4 strongly. The last place went to Liu Dazhui, who is known as the "man of Tianyuan Competition" in China. And Li Xiaoqiang's opponent in the next round happens to be Chang Rensheng, who is currently in hot form.

Compared with the "Tianyuan War", the match between Zhou Dayang and Liu Dazhui will continue as originally planned. But the game between Li Xiaoqiang and Chang Rensheng had to be postponed. The reason for the postponement is that because of the arrival of the first "China-South Korea Hand Competition", the three-time confrontation between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo is about to start, so the domestic competition must make way for this.

Listening to Li Xiaoqiang mention Li Shifo, Luo Shenzhu and others stopped a little bit:

"Boss, there should be no problem cleaning up Li Shifo this time, right?"

"Who knows? We haven't seen each other in a year. Anyway, I want to clean him up. It's certainly not as sure as it will be you. Don't forget, I played him the last time. That's still the chess I lost. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaoqiang stretched his waist and put on a boss posture:

"Let's disperse, I think it's going to be like this today. I said you people, don't just think about dealing with me, don't forget that there is a Li Shifo over there. I'll see when you'll be able to clean him up. That's what you can do. ”

The first "China-South Korea Hand Match" is scheduled to be held in China, and the time is the day after tomorrow, and after drinking this wine, the opening ceremony will be held at the China Chess Academy tomorrow. So Li Xiaoqiang didn't drink too much today. He offered to break up, and everyone didn't blame him for ruining the fun.

The upcoming "China-South Korea Hand Match". This is the first time that China and South Korea have held a bilateral confrontation match, and it is the confrontation between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo, the confrontation between two of the best young chess players in China and South Korea, and even in the entire world chess world, which naturally attracted great attention from the entire Go community and the majority of chess fans.

There are many international competitions in January, and in addition to this match, there will be the subsequent Three Kingdoms Tournament and the "Toyo Securities Cup" at the end of the month. In terms of importance, this bilateral confrontation may still not be as impactful as the World Championships. In the minds of many people, the importance of this confrontation between Er Li may not be as important as the battle between Ma Xiaofei VS Cao Yanzi that will be staged at the end of the month.

However, considering the current pattern of the world chess scene in general, especially the current situation of the Go world in China and South Korea. These two trilogy contests are still hyped as a decisive battle at the highest level of Chinese and Korean Go.

"Xiaoqiang, you can't lose, you must not lose this match...... the day before the official game started, reporter Zhang Da crossed his fingers and analyzed Li Xiaoqiang:

“…… You must know that for the match between you and Li Shifo, the outside public opinion is generally more optimistic about you. As for Ma Xiao's match against Cao Yanzi, considering that Ma Xiao did not have any good record in the previous World Series, he was optimistic about Cao Yanzi. So you get it now, right? It's okay if you win the game, but if you lose the game...... Especially if you lose both games, then you will definitely get more scolding. ”

Li Xiaoqiang rolled his eyes: "I said Zhang Da reporter, I really don't know what your intentions are?" Do you have anything to say about the competition? You're obviously trying to increase the pressure on my heart. ”

"Hehe, doesn't this mean that you have a big heart...... "Reporter Zhang Da turned to fart: "Say that you have a calm atmosphere every time you compete, the more important the game, the more critical the moment, the better your performance will be." I just reminded you of the importance of this match, and you don't know how hot the media in China and South Korea are arguing about your match. ”

"How hot is it? That's what the South Korean side mainly says? ”

"Hey! More than 6 percent of chess fans think that Li Shifo can win, and less than 4 percent think you can win. ”

"Oh, 4 out of 10 Koreans think I can win?"

"yes, 4 into a little bit. How? You seem to be happy with this ratio? ”

"Hahaha......" Li Xiaoqiang smiled, and he patted the shoulder of the big reporter: "...... Yes, of course I'm satisfied. I said reporter Zhang Da, you still don't know the urine sex of Koreans? Well, especially your Korean counterparts, I can have close to 40% support, which is already very good. ”

Reporter Zhang Da smirked twice, and finally he asked again:

"Xiaoqiang, what about you? What do you think of this game? I think it's better for you to have a big grasp of this kind of trilogy. How sure do you think you are winning? ”

"I said that we haven't met for a year, what kind of chess can we play? I don't know ...... bottom of my mind."

Speaking of this, Li Xiaoqiang's expression suddenly became serious, and he stared at reporter Zhang Da with blazing eyes:

“…… But one thing you're right about is that it's a game you can't afford to lose. In my mind, it's okay to lose to Teacher Ma, or even to Cao Yanzi, but I can't afford to lose to this Li Shifo. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"Hehe, you stupid ......" Li Xiaoqiang regained his composure: "...... I can't figure out such a simple truth. Because of this Li Shifo...... He's the same age as me. ”

Li Xiaoqiang walked into the arena with this mentality of "can't afford to lose". Of course, Li Xiaoqiang never thought that this mentality would affect his competitive state. They are all veterans who have been fighting in the professional chess world for nearly 10 years. Li Xiaoqiang believes that he can still withstand such a little pressure. In fact, Li Xiaoqiang was full of desire, and he was eager to fight Li Shifo. Especially in this era when there are not many international chess battles. It's really not easy to fight Li Shifo once.

At the same time, Li Xiaoqiang believes that the current Li Shifo should also be eager to fight with him. Li Xiaoqiang believes that compared with himself a year ago, his chess skills should have improved to a certain extent. What about Li Shifo? Li Shifo, who will be able to torture and kill Ma Xiaofei in two years.

What is his current level? Li Xiaoqiang really wanted to know. (To be continued......)