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"Li Tiezui, since you can predict that it will be Kong Erjie who will win the right to challenge this time, can you predict whether you can defend your title this time?"

"Hey, hey."

The final of the "World Chess Holy War", which is held every two years, is coming again.

In this year's "World Chess Holy War", the top 4 who broke into the final 4 happened to be the four young masters who were most favored by everyone, they were Gu Dali, Li Shishi, Kong Erjie and Zhang Xu.

In the semifinals, Kong Erjie defeated Gu Dali 2-0, and Li Shishi defeated Zhang Xu 2-1. In the final challenger decision, Kong Erjie defeated Li Shishi 3-1 and qualified to challenge Li Xiaoqiang.

There is no doubt that the challenger is menacing. If it was 1 year ago, not many people were optimistic that Kong Erjie would be able to obtain this right to challenge. So after entering this year, Kong Erjie has long become the most popular candidate to challenge Li Xiaoqiang.

Like Gu Dali 2 years ago, Kong Erjie won the right to challenge this time, and the completion is expected.

In last year's "Fujitsu Cup", Kong Erjie broke South Korea's big and small Li in a row, and in the subsequent finals, Kong Erjie made persistent efforts to defeat his compatriot "Brother Niu" to win the championship.

After becoming the world champion, Kong Erjie seems to have really pierced the layer of window paper, and after entering this year, he has won the "Samsung Cup" and "LG Cup" one after another.

In a little more than one year, Kong Erjie won 3 world championships in a row. Now he is not only brilliant, but his chess skills and what he shows on the board are also widely praised. He came to Li Xiaoqiang with such a posture.

Li Xiaoqiang is facing such a challenger this time.

"Reporter Zhang, what do you think is the probability that I will defend my title this time?"

Reporter Zhang Da was speechless. Today, Li Xiaoqiang has held the throne of "World Chess Saint" for 8 years, from the beginning of the struggle with Li Shifo to the challenge of the younger chess players, you can see a lot of "rational analysis" every time, and there are many voices that are not favorable to Li Xiaoqiang every time.

But in fact? 5-3 twice, 5-2 twice, in the final of the "World Chess Holy War", Li Xiaoqiang never even let his opponent drag it to the tiebreaker.

Especially in the decisive battle with Gu Dali 2 years ago, there were obviously more voices optimistic about Gu Dali before the game, but in the final result, Li Xiaoqiang's performance made everyone speechless.

This time, it's very similar to what it was two years ago. is also a long-awaited challenger, the young man is still menacing, the only difference seems to be that Li Xiaoqiang is two years older.

So will the situation be different this time?

There is still a lot of "rational analysis" before the game, and there are still a lot of different voices, but because he is Li Xiaoqiang, this is a game about Li Xiaoqiang, as long as he faces Li Xiaoqiang, then no one can win easily.

At least reporter Zhang Da can't say such things.

Reporter Zhang Da stared at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes: "Xiaoqiang, you guy, I asked you what you think in your heart, but you asked me instead." Aren't you known as "Li Tiezui"? I'm now discovering that you're more and more like the old showman you used to be. ”

"How?"

"Mr. Xiuxing was able to win 4 games of chess a year back then, but what about you, now you can only win 5 games in two years, and you are about to become a hero who only wins 5 games in 2 years."

"Hahahaha."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled happily: "I said Zhang Da reporter, you can't talk nonsense, let's get acquainted with each other, if you dare to say nonsense, I can still sue you for slander." How did I become a hero who only won 5 games in 2 years, and if so, what happened to last year's "Ying's Cup"? ”

Reporter Zhang Da was once again speechless.

Today, Li Xiaoqiang has indeed lost his former dominance. Once the "all-champion champion" in the domestic chess world, Li Xiaoqiang once gathered the four major domestic challenge titles in one. But since Gu Dali took away the "chess king" and "national player" 2 years ago, Li Xiaoqiang not only failed to regain the title, his territory was further encroached upon by young people---- just last year, Li Xiaoqiang lost the "celebrity" title again, so until now, only the "Tianyuan" title with the most consecutive times remains in Li Xiaoqiang's hands.

It is also a coincidence that it was the menacing challenger Kong Erjie who snatched the "celebrity" from Li Xiaoqiang last year. With this five-game chess, Kong Erjie also became the fourth chess player who could defeat Li Xiaoqiang in the chess match after Ma Xiaofei, Li Shifo, and Gu Dali. Also with this battle, the results of the next "World Chess Holy War" final seem even more confusing.

Li Xiaoqiang's dominance in the domestic chess world is gradually disappearing, and the situation in the international arena is not much better.

In various world competitions, there has been news of Li Xiaoqiang's loss in the past two years. If in the early years, "Li Xiaoqiang's loss was news", then since last year, Li Xiaoqiang's loss seems to be no longer news.

In particular, the world competitions held by two Koreans, the "LG Cup" and the "Samsung Cup", due to the faster and faster pace of the competition, the time of the competition is getting shorter and shorter, and Li Xiaoqiang is becoming more and more powerless in these two competitions.

Among them, it is particularly worth mentioning the "Samsung Cup", in the early years, Li Xiaoqiang was very close to the "Samsung Cup", the first 3 "Samsung Cup" were all won by Li Xiaoqiang alone, but now, Li Xiaoqiang has not been able to get involved in the "Samsung Cup" for many years.

But then again, although Li Xiaoqiang's dominance has gradually disappeared, in the past two years, Li Xiaoqiang's performance has not been without bright spots. Its biggest highlight is the 6th "Yingshi Cup" that he just mentioned with reporter Zhang Da.

In the 6th "Ying's Cup" that ended last year, the final championship trophy fell to Li Xiaoqiang, who defeated South Korean chess player Choi Poison in the final to win the championship, and the final score was 3-1.

From the opponent to the score, this championship is not worth mentioning, and among the many championships won by Li Xiaoqiang, this is a relatively ordinary one. But from another point of view, this championship has an extraordinary significance.

"Miraculous 4 in a row! This "Ying's Cup" championship is like a footnote to Li Xiaoqiang's career. ”

This is an evaluation given by the media after Li Xiaoqiang won the championship last year. It should be said that this evaluation is still relatively objective and in place.

Although due to the emergence of the "World Chess Holy War", the status of the "Ying's Cup" has declined. However, the prize money of the "Ying Cup" is the second largest in all world competitions. What's more important is that the "Ying's Cup" is held every 4 years, and Li Xiaoqiang has never let this championship fall aside since the 3rd competition, which is difficult to imagine.

When Li Xiaoqiang won the "Ying's Cup" for the first time, that year happened to be 1997. That year happened to be the beginning of the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty" recognized in the Go world. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang once again picked up the "Ying's Cup", which does have extraordinary symbolic significance.

This championship allowed Li Xiaoqiang to ensure that at least one world championship was recorded every year since 1997. This championship allowed the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty" to continue, and made everyone realize that even until now, the "Li Xiaoqiang era" is far from the end.

In the same way, because of this championship, Li Xiaoqiang did not admit that he was "a good man who only won 5 games of chess in 2 years", because of this championship, which made the next "World Chess Holy War" decisive battle more full of suspense.

Despite the menacing challenger, no one dared to say that Li Xiaoqiang would fail.

"Xiaoqiang, just tell me the truth, you must tell me the truth this time, you can't fool me like you did in the last competition, do you think you can defend your title this time?"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled, of course he knew what reporter Zhang Da meant.

In the last competition, Li Xiaoqiang made a high-profile statement before the game, declaring that he knew Gu Dali's weaknesses, so he was confident in defending his title. Before the game, many people, including reporter Zhang Da, didn't believe Li Xiaoqiang's words, thinking that he was just a relatively low-level psychological warfare. As a result, after the game, everyone found out that Li Xiaoqiang really knew Gu Dali's weaknesses, and Gu Dali at that time was simply vulnerable in front of Li Xiaoqiang.

Last time it was like that, so what about this time?

"You don't give me a hippie smile, you can give me an honest explanation."

After Li Xiaoqiang thought for a while, Zhengse said to reporter Zhang Da:

"Let's be honest with you, Kong Erjie is different from Gu Dali, I don't see any obvious weaknesses in him, and I am not completely sure of winning him, but I still have to say that I am still full of confidence in the next final. Let's put it this way, I may not be sure of winning, but I have the belief that I will win. ”

"This... This is not like your usual you, I said Xiaoqiang, can you explain it to me? ”

Li Xiaoqiang smiled:

"I'm afraid I don't need to say the first reason, you know, if I defend my title this time, I will be able to achieve 5 consecutive hegemony...

Reporter Zhang Da also smiled, this reason does not need to be said by Li Xiaoqiang, in order to dominate 5 consecutive times, Li Xiaoqiang will definitely attach great importance to this game, he must have made sufficient preparations for this game, this is something that you don't need to think about at all.

"And what besides this reason?"

What other reason is there? At this time, reporter Zhang Da suddenly found that Li Xiaoqiang in front of him suddenly turned into a philosopher, his expression became blurred, his eyes were as profound, he seemed to be answering his own question, and he seemed to be talking to himself:

“。。。 Is there any other reason? If there is, it should be that I am not reconciled... ”

"Unwilling?"

“。。。 Yes, it's because I'm unwilling, Zhang Da reporter You know, I, Li Xiaoqiang, have been playing Go for decades, don't say hypocritical words, although I, Li Xiaoqiang, have achieved achievements that are difficult for many people to achieve. But now in this game, I feel more and more confused, because I find that I don't understand more and more... ”

“。。。 Although Kong Erjie is very strong, his chess... I still know his chess, at least all the chess he plays, I understand all the chess, and it has never been beyond my understanding... ”

Li Xiaoqiang looked at reporter Zhang: "Reporter Zhang, when I say this, can you understand what I mean?" ”

Reporter Zhang Da acquiesced:

"Xiaoqiang, is this the reason why you have been lonely and persevering?"

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )