At the end of the top 8 of the "Yingshi Cup", Li Xiaoqiang returned to China, and at this time, nearly three-quarters of the time of the entire 92 years was almost completed.

Entering the last quarter of 92, Li Xiaoqiang has become a busy man in the Chinese chess world, and he is a real busy man!

In the professional chess world, the so-called busy person is synonymous with good condition. If you can win all the time, and if you can guarantee that you can survive all kinds of chess battles, then you will naturally be very busy. The current Li Xiaoqiang seems to be in this state. can take a brief look at what games Li Xiaoqiang needs to participate in in the next period of time.

First of all, the international part: the first is naturally the semi-finals of the 2nd "Ying's Cup", Li Xiaoqiang's opponent is Cao Yanzi, which is a trilogy, and the time of the match has been determined, at the end of this year. If Li Xiaoqiang can go further, the final will be played in '93.

In addition to the Ying's Cup, the 4th Toyo Securities Cup will also be held soon. As the defending champion, Li Xiaoqiang certainly doesn't have to worry about qualification, this competition is a must.

The above two are individual competitions, and the other is a new team competition this year, and the first "Three Kingdoms Tournament" is about to start. Because it is a new World Championship, the Chinese Chess Academy attaches great importance to it and basically sends the strongest lineup to play. At present, the Chinese side's lineup has been determined, Nie Whirlwind, Ma Xiaofei, Liu Dazhui, Cao Dafang and Li Xiaoqiang are the Chinese lineup of the first Three Kingdoms Tournament.

It is slightly different from the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament in that the order of appearance in the Three Kingdoms Tournament is not fixed, and there is no so-called "coach" or "deputy coach". As long as you notify the opponent 2 hours in advance of the start of each game, you can tell the opponent who is playing. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang's current playing time is unknown. However, as Li Xiaoqiang himself, considering his age, he should still be humble when he should be humble. He still wants to play as a pioneer. Of course, this has to be done first and foremost through management.

The above is the international competition part. Domestic competitions: At present, the "chess king battle", "national hand battle" and "celebrity battle" are also getting better. It's time for the final challenge. In these three competitions, Li Xiaoqiang actually had the opportunity to compete for the right to challenge. In the past few months, Li Xiaoqiang has actually been making great progress. But in a domestic competition like this, the first few rounds of the tournament are not really in the spotlight. Only at this time can it attract a little eyeball...... Therefore, in the recent period, Li Xiaoqiang has made a sense of presence in the sports section or Go section of major media. In this way, it makes people feel that Li Xiaoqiang is really busy now.

After returning from South Korea, the protagonists of the domestic chess world became Li Xiaoqiang, Nie Whirlwind and Liu Dazhui. First of all, the "National Hand Battle" challenger decision was held, with Li Xiaoqiang facing Liu Dazhu. In this game. Li Xiaoqiang successfully defeated his opponent. In this way, Li Xiaoqiang once again got a chance to play five games with Ma Xiaofei. Not only that, but Li Xiaoqiang's winning streak continues, and everything looks very good.

But at this time, Li Xiaoqiang finally lost in the domestic arena. The first is the "Chess King Battle", Li Xiaoqiang was defeated by Nie Whirlwind, and the "Fifteen Chess Battles" with Ma Xiaofei came to naught.

The so-called disaster is not a one-way street, in the "celebrity war" circle, Li Xiaoqiang was also blocked. Sniper. Li Xiaoqiang's is Liu Dazhui. As a result, the situation in the entire "celebrity war" cycle has become confusing.

The "Celebrity Battle" loop consists of 8 players. Before losing to Liu Dazhu, Li Xiaoqiang's situation was originally very good. Not only did he take the top spot with a 5-0 record, but those five wins also included a set win over Nie Whirlwind. Entering this year. Li Xiaoqiang and Nie Whirlwind have officially played each other 8 times, more than the total number of previous games. The two sides were tied 4-4, and neither took advantage of anything.

After losing to Liu Dazhu, Li Xiaoqiang. Liu Dazhui and Nie Whirlwind are both 5-1. There is one final round left in the round-robin circle. If Li Xiaoqiang wants to get the right to challenge, he also needs to look at the faces of others. In the final round, Liu Dazhui's opponent happened to be Nie Whirlwind. If Liu Da Hammer wins. Then he gets the right to challenge unconditionally. If Nie Whirlwind and Li Xiaoqiang win at the same time, Li Xiaoqiang will get the right to challenge. If Nie Whirlwind wins and Li Xiaoqiang loses, it will be Nie Whirlwind who has the right to challenge. So the situation is a bit confusing right now. Overall, Liu Dazhui is in the best situation, because he only needs to win the last game, and he doesn't have to look at other people's eyes.

Eight cinnamon fragrance, golden autumn October. Jiangnan, Shencheng.

During the month, numerous Go tournaments will be played here. The last round of the "Celebrity War" round-robin circle, the first stage of the "Three Kingdoms Tournament". Even the 7th "China-Japan Go Tournament" will be set up here for the first time in a long time. Therefore, just after the National Day, Li Xiaoqiang and many national players came here and quietly waited for the coming of the game.

"Xiaoqiang, come and see, the Japanese have given you a nickname again. Haha, the flow of change? That doesn't sound like a good nickname......"

It was reporter Zhang Da who came in. Before this, Li Xiaoqiang was talking and laughing with Ma Xiaofei and Liu Dazhu. Everyone talked about the upcoming "Three Kingdoms Tournament" together. Seeing reporter Zhang Da walking in excitedly, everyone stopped the topic just now. Li Xiaoqiang glanced at it and saw that reporter Zhang Da was holding a magazine in his hand, which seemed to be the latest issue of Japan's "Qidao" magazine.

"Oh? Take it and see what the Japanese have to say. ”

Seeing reporter Zhang Da come in, Ma Xiaofei and Liu Dazhui took the magazine with a smile and looked through it. In the Chinese national Go team, most players know a little Japanese, and it is rare for someone like Li Xiaoqiang to not understand Japanese. However, in Japanese, there is a lot of kanji used, and with a variety of chess games and pictures, you can even understand a little bit of it.

Seeing Ma Xiaofei and Liu Dazhui looking at it with great interest, Li Xiaoqiang also pretended to come up. In this latest issue of "Chess" magazine, a long review of the game was published, and this game happened to be the game in which Li Xiaoqiang eliminated Zhao Zhixun in the "Ying's Cup".

The chess review was conducted in the form of a dialogue, and Li Xiaoqiang paid attention to the main points: the main speakers of the chess review were actually two Japanese chess masters, Hideyuki Fujisawa and Kobayashi Koji, supplemented by young chess players such as Noriki Ita and Hideki Komatsu. The length of the chess review is also very long, which shows the importance that "Qidao" magazine attaches to this chess review.

"Hehe, what does this chess review say? What do they think of this game? ”

Simple things can be understood a little, but Li Xiaoqiang is crazy about specific Japanese characters, so he has this question. Liu Dazhui smiled at Li Xiaoqiang:

"What else can you do, it's just that you won them too hard. You know. At present, the two strongest in Japan are Kobayashi and Zhao Zhixun, but so far, the two of them can't make peace with you. Do you say they are depressed? This game of chess review is nothing more than an analysis of what you are really good at. There's nothing new in that, in fact, since last year, it's already been a cliché. ”

"Cho Ji-hoon loses himself in the "Changing Stream" ......"

At this time, Ma Xiaofei also came over with a smile to join in the fun:

“…… This "flow of change" was said by Kobayashi Koji, who praised you in the article. said that in this game of chess, "Xiaolin Liu" actually used it better than him, and he deeply admired it. It is also said that your chess moves are unpredictable, and it is difficult to catch your weaknesses. That's why he calls your chess "Flux Flow". Okay, Xiaoqiang, you're majestic enough now. You must know that it is not easy to add the word "stream" to your nickname, and in the eyes of the Japanese, you are now a master of the founding of the sect......"

"Hey, hey. What Kobayashi said doesn't count......"

Li Xiaoqiang was proud in his heart, but he was humble in his mouth. Li Xiaoqiang thought to himself, fortunately, it is not the Internet era, no matter what. This "change flow" is at least much better than any "zombie flow" or "gutter flow". If this is the Internet era, I don't know what nickname the majority of chess fans can give me.

“…… How can I listen to Xiaolin's words, I won Zhao Zhixun, at that time. No matter who wins Zhao Zhixun, it is equivalent to helping him get angry. He should have said two kind things for me, and it was reasonable for him to praise me like that. Do you think so? ”

"Hahaha, look at your ...... guy"

saw Li Xiaoqiang looking triumphant. Ma Xiaofei next to him couldn't help but open his mouth to hit him:

"Hehe, I said Xiaoqiang, this "Changing Stream" is a good call, but in my opinion, the Japanese don't have any good intentions. In the early years, there was also a Japanese chess player who was called "Changermind", so you can be regarded as "Changerflow II" at best. And don't forget, what happened to that "change stream" in the end? Calling you "Changing Stream" is obviously cursing you, but it's ridiculous that you're still smug there. ”

"Huh!?"

Li Xiaoqiang thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case, and the good mood just now suddenly disappeared.

In the Go world, there are many media who like to divide chess players into two categories, one is the feeling school, or the art school, and the other is the actual combat school, which is also commonly known as the winner and loser. If you really want to be more serious, such a classification is actually not reliable at all. But there is no way, since everyone is divided like this, it takes a long time to call, and everyone will get used to it.

Classifications like this are not easy to score among some chess players, such as Mr. Wu Qingyuan, and it is not easy to say whether he is an artist or a winner. Or both. But in the other part of the players, this classification seems to be appropriate.

For example, like Hideyuki Fujisawa, like Hideyo Otake, they are standard "art schools". And Kobayashi Koji and Zhao Zhixun are the opposite of them, they are typical of the "winner and loser".

In the early years of Japanese chess, "Gorgeous Hideyuki" was praised as a representative of "artistic Go". However, what many people don't know is that back then, there were two "art schools" who were also famous, and the fame of the two of them was no less than that of Fujisawa Hideyuki.

One of them is Mr. Takeo Hirohara, who is known as "the best in the world in terms of local feelings", "uncrowned emperor", and "chess master".

The other is Mr. Toshiro Yamabe, who is known as the "Changing Yamabe" and "Yamabe Magician".

What Ma Xiaofei just said about "Changing Flow" refers to this old gentleman. Why did Ma Xiaofei use this old gentleman to make fun of Li Xiaoqiang? This is because this old gentleman is very famous, but his career achievements are a bit unmatched. The old gentleman's best result should have been the right to challenge Japan's "Honinbo Battle", but the reality is very cruel, he was beaten 4-0 by Sakata Eio in that "Honin Causebo Battle". achieved Sakata Eneo's record of 17 consecutive victories in the final of the "Ben Yin Fang War".

Now that Ma Xiaofei compares this old gentleman with Li Xiaoqiang, it is no wonder that Li Xiaoqiang's face will collapse.

"Hey, I said Xiaoqiang, you can't really be angry, right?"

"Where, I wondered, if they are so famous, why do they always fail to achieve good results? , in their Go, what exactly are the flaws? ”

"Oh?"

After listening to Li Xiaoqiang's words, everyone became interested now. Including reporter Zhang Da, everyone enthusiastically discussed the difference between "artist" and "winner and loser". (To be continued......)