"The reason why I prefer Shi Xiangxia is very simple, just because I think Shi Xiangxia seems to be a little bit more powerful than Fan Xiping."

When Mr. Wu Qingyuan asked why he preferred Shi Xiangxia, Li Xiaoqiang replied with a smile.

This is actually not Li Xiaoqiang's true words. The real reason why Li Xiaoqiang likes Shi Xiangxia: is because Li Xiaoqiang regards Shi Xiangxia's predecessors as the same kind of people as himself.

Although more and more people are now praising Li Xiaoqiang's Go talent, thinking that he is a super Go genius like Mr. Fan Xiping. But deep in Li Xiaoqiang's heart, he still always thinks that he is just an ordinary person. When others see their so-called talents, especially when they are young, many of them actually "cheat" by themselves.

Therefore, on this issue, Li Xiaoqiang has always been trembling, even now, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he may be a piece of chess material, but he should not be a super genius, at least not like a super genius of Fan Xiping and Wu Qingyuan. His "genius" level may be at the same level as Shi Xiangxia at most.

With Li Xiaoqiang's own understanding, Li Xiaoqiang likes to declare that Shi Xiangxia is his idol - since they are the same kind of people, they naturally have to be closer emotionally.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang said that "Shi Xiangxia seems to be a little more powerful than Fan Xiping", which is not entirely true. Although since ancient times, everyone's evaluation of Fan Xiping seems to have been a little higher than Shi Xiangxia. The so-called "Fan Shi Fan Shi", "Fan" has always been ranked in front of "Shi".

Even if the two jointly created the "Danghu Ten Bureaus", it has always been recorded in books that when the "Danghu Ten Bureaus" is mentioned, Fan Xiping will be praised, and Shi Xiangxia will become a supporting role. For example, a "Fan Xiping Epitaph" written by the literary master Yuan Mei describes it like this:

“…… There is only one person in the sea. Difference Yaya. However, Shi raised his eyebrows and pondered, or the sunset did not have a son, and Xiping frolicked and sang, and he snored on the platform after the end of the ......"

Now you should know why everyone has a higher evaluation of Fan Xiping. The original intention of this article was to praise Fan Xiping's quick thinking, but after others read such a text, it is easy to make up such a scene in their minds: Shi Xiangxia was thinking hard with a sad face. And Fan Xiping is excellent and easy to deal with. In this way, the judgment is made.

But I have to say that Yuan Mei may be regarded as a literary master, but he may basically be a layman for Go. For example, his text praising Fan Xiping is actually written in a layman's style.

In real history, once Li Shishi lost to Luo Shenzhu, and after losing the chess, Li Shishi said very depressedly:

"He won me like a play......"

Indeed, the "play the same" way to win. This is what everyone likes to hear, and this kind of talk sounds particularly cool. But then again, who really knows something about Go, who would think that Luo Shenzhu's level is higher than Li Shishi because Luo Shenzhu won Li Shi "like playing"?

Comparing the level of two people, of course, it is necessary to use chess to speak.

For example, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that Shi Xiangxia is slightly stronger than Fan Xiping, and he can't be groundless. Of course, after all, these two have always been side by side. The gap can't be as big as Li Shishi and Luo Shenzhu. There is only one basis for Li Xiaoqiang, that is, in the famous "Danghu Ten Rounds". The results of the two were evenly divided, with each winning 5 sets. But one of the intriguing details is that in these 10 games, the two sides are not equal.

The rules of Medieval chess are a bit different from those of modern times, and in Medieval Chess is the white side first. In the "Danghu Ten Games" that we can see, Shi Xiangxia only played 4 games with white first. And what about the chess that he played after black, but there were 6 games!

You must know that "Seat Chess" has no purpose, and Shi Xiangxia can draw with Fan Xiping with two more games, which is very telling in itself.

Ancient legends. The real "Danghu Ten Rounds" is actually not only 10 games. In the 4th year of Qianlong, Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia accepted the invitation of Zhang Yongnian, who was a laker, to teach chess at his home. Zhang specially invited Fan Shi and the two to play against each other, originally intended to be a demonstration, but he didn't think about it, but he played a famous game through the ages. And the statement of "Danghu 13 Bureau" is also seen from the diary of the descendants of the Zhang family, which should be credible.

It's a pity that due to war and other reasons, it is no longer possible to see all 13 games. In fact, before "Danghu", the two had played a ten-game chess game in the capital in the early years of Qianlong, but the ten-game chess game has not been handed down. In fact, Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia played against each other, and there are only 11 games in total.

So what was the final outcome of the 13 games played by the two of them in Danghu? Now it has become a mystery for the ages. However, all indications show that at least Li Xiaoqiang believes that Shi Xiangxia is more likely to win one more game of chess.

The reason why Li Xiaoqiang doesn't use this real reason, but uses this reason to explain why he prefers Shi Xiangxia, to put it bluntly, he is still afraid that others will say that he is hypocritical:

“…… Now everyone says that you Li Xiaoqiang are more like Fan Xiping, but you yourself want to say that you prefer Shi Xiangxia. What the? You say that you and Shi Xiangxia are the same kind of people? Look, you see, you're fake modesty, you have such a good talent and you still pretend not to admit it, you guy is hypocritical......"

Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang wants to use "Shi Xiangxia is stronger than Fan Xiping" as his reason. I think Shi Xiangxia is stronger than Fan Xiping, I like a strong person, then others naturally have nothing to say.

"Hehe, others say that you are like Fan Xiping, but you yourself prefer Shi Xiangxia, and your ideas are unique and interesting. So Xiaoqiang, tell me, we won't compare the two seniors here, you prefer Shi Xiangxia a little bit, there should always be other reasons, right? For example, in Shi Qisheng's Go, what qualities are more attractive to you? “

Faced with Mr. Wu Qingyuan's inquiry, Li Xiaoqiang thought for a while:

"Compared with Fan Qisheng, I always feel more at ease when I watch Shi Qisheng's chess. That's right! Down-to-earth, that's what it feels like! I feel that Shi Qisheng's chess is more down-to-earth than Fan Qisheng's, which is why I like him. ”

After saying this, Li Xiaoqiang's eyes brightened, because he had almost guessed what Mr. Wu Qingyuan wanted to say to him.

"Yes, steadfast! Xiaoqiang, you have realized your own problem, this phenomenon is very good......" Speaking of this, Mr. Wu's thinking was a little wild, and he suddenly turned to another question:

"Xiaoqiang, when you played that trick in the first game of chess, many people praised your "pruning ability", and some people even thought that your "pruning ability" was already the strongest in the world. So what do you think yourself? Do you think your "pruning ability" is already the strongest in the world? ”

Li Xiaoqiang fell into thought again, and after a while, Li Xiaoqiang's eyes became bright again. At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang looked at Mr. Wu Qingyuan's eyes full of gratitude:

"Sir, I know, there is indeed a person in the world who has a stronger "pruning ability" than me. Of course, he's only a little bit better than me in that regard. Hahahaha......"

Li Xiaoqiang suddenly opened his mouth and laughed, he laughed very heartily, which is a kind of happiness after having "enlightenment" in his heart.

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Wu Qingyuan, and Mr. Wu Qingyuan was also looking at Li Xiaoqiang. After Mr. Wu was sure that Li Xiaoqiang understood what he meant, he decided not to talk so much nonsense.

"Yes, pruning and pruning, the key lies in the word "cutting". Xiaoqiang, your problem now is not that you know too few things, but that you know too many things. Cut out some unnecessary things properly, then you will become stronger, Xiaoqiang, do you know what I mean? ”

"I understand a little, so I want to ask sir, what should I do?"

Mr. Wu Qingyuan pondered for a while, and then said to Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, you are so powerful now, I can't teach you such a thing. However, you are now far from the true combination of rigidity and softness, and you are actually missing the last step! You have done well enough in the rigid aspect, but in the soft aspect, you are still a little lacking......" Speaking of this, Mr. Wu looked at Li Xiaoqiang with a smile:

"Didn't you like Shi Xiangxia the most just now? You should know how he realized the Tao back then, he was enlightened in the water back then, so what about Xiaoqiang you, why can't you learn from him. ”

Li Xiaoqiang was convinced, this time he was really convinced, and he said to Mr. Wu Qingyuan from the bottom of his heart:

"Thank you, Mr. Wu......"

The conversation between the two is like a dumb riddle. Many people actually listen to the clouds, mountains and fogs, and they don't seem to understand, such as reporter Zhang Da, who actually didn't fully understand the conversation between the two. However, Li Xiaoqiang still has a game of chess today, and reporter Zhang Da had to wait patiently.

After Li Xiaoqiang finished "guiding" Gu Dali, reporter Zhang Da finally caught Li Xiaoqiang again:

"Xiaoqiang, tell me, what kind of "pruning ability" you and Mr. Wu talked about, who do you think is stronger than you? ”

Li Xiaoqiang said with a smile:

"Then who else can there be, isn't it the "Shi Xiangxia of the world" in your mouth. ”

"Li Shifo? He? Xiaoqiang is not right, Li Shifo's mid-game power ......"

"The ability to prune has never been just about the ability to calculate paths. Didn't you listen to what Mr. Wu said, the key to pruning and pruning is a prune. For example, if a game of chess is compared to a war, some people are good at waging wars, such as those so-called genius chess players, but some people are good at ending wars. Now that I think about it, people who are good at ending battles are often more terrible than people who start wars. Because if a person can take the initiative to end the war, then this person, he is often the victor. ”

Reporter Zhang Da thought about it carefully:

"Your analogy seems to have some truth."

Li Xiaoqiang sighed: "It's not a little reasonable, but very reasonable!" I used to be obsessed with how to wage war...... It's a pity that if Mr. Wu had reminded me earlier, I wouldn't have fallen for them in the second game. ”

"It's not too late to make amends, and it should be too late for you to know this truth now."

"Of course......"

When he said this, Li Xiaoqiang was high-spirited:

"At least if they want to trick me now, I'm afraid it won't be so easy......"

On the second day after the end of the "Weijia" game, Li Xiaoqiang went to Shencheng to meet the 3rd "Yingshi Cup" five-game chess final after the 3 games. (To be continued.) )