While many reporters were waiting, the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Shuzo Ohira began.

This game has received a lot of attention. Obviously, there is a lot of interest in topics like "five wins in a row". Although the competition was held in Harbin, it still attracted many reporters, including Yamada and others. As is customary in Go matches, photographers are allowed to stay in the game room and take pictures for five minutes after the start of the match. Li Xiaoqiang noticed that there were many more reporters in the game room today than in his previous games.

If you want to take photos of a Go match, of course, it is best to take a picture of the player's moves. Experienced chess players, 5 minutes before the game, often cooperate with reporters to take pictures of their chic moves. Li Xiaoqiang is obviously still a professional rookie. When he dropped the first move, there were still many reporters who did not take pictures. When everyone is ready to shoot him for the second move...... The 5 minutes were up, and the staff began to clear the field.

To say that Li Xiaoqiang doesn't understand human feelings at all, he obviously wronged him. It's just that he has had a few thoughts in those 5 minutes. Li Xiaoqiang was in charge of this game of chess, and when he saw the third move, his mind turned sharply. I didn't think about cooperating with the reporter to take pictures at all.

This is due to the fact that the opponent played a "diagonal" layout. Similar to the diagonal layout of the "seat", of course, the opponent Dahei Kudan both fell on the "small mesh".

Li Xiaoqiang himself has never been in a "diagonal" layout. This is because he believes that this kind of layout is not easy to play first. Li Xiaoqiang has always believed that the biggest reason why Chinese ancient chess has to put four "seats" first is to offset the benefits of the first move. Li Xiaoqiang doesn't care if this is the case or not, anyway, he thinks so.

Li Xiaoqiang's view should have some truth. At least after the implementation of the "big sticker" in later generations of Go, there were fewer and fewer "diagonal" layouts in professional competitions. It may not even be 1 Chengdu. This also proves the correctness of this view from another angle.

So when Li Xiaoqiang saw that his opponent laid out the "diagonal", he first "felt happy in his heart", thinking that he had taken advantage of it in the third move.

This "joy in my heart" is only a flash. Because of how big this "cheap" is, Li Xiaoqiang also has no score in his heart. He just felt like he was taking advantage. Another thought immediately occupied Li Xiaoqiang's mind.

"My opponent wants to fight me!"

It is very natural for Li Xiaoqiang to think like this. "Diagonal" layouts are rare, but they do exist. Especially some "force-based" chess players. Still prefer this layout. There is a consensus in the Go world: playing a "diagonal" layout, it is easy to form a fierce battle on the chessboard.

Mr. Ohira is a "strange player", a standard "force and quantity" chess player. It was all too normal for him to choose such a layout. However, Li Xiaoqiang still felt a little unusual, and his third thought came to him:

The opponent's strategy in this game of chess is to insist on "self-oriented"! ”

Li Xiaoqiang's idea seems a little strange. Aren't many professional chess players playing chess like to "focus on me"?

Yes, there is nothing wrong with that. However, when everyone faced Li Xiaoqiang, it seems that no one insisted on "focusing on me", not one!

Li Xiaoqiang has entered the professional Go circle. From the earliest Japanese amateur Four Heavenly Kings to the recent Kobayashi Satoru, no chess player insists on "focusing on me". In their match with Li Xiaoqiang, they wanted to catch Li Xiaoqiang's weaknesses more. It's more about wanting to "fight the weak with the strong". Instead of "self-centered".

Truly. Li Xiaoqiang at this stage. In everyone's opinion, his characteristics are too obvious. First, there is a lot of ingenuity, and second, there is a lack of skill. Both of these things seem to be on the table.

Whimsy is certainly hard to guard against. So when everyone is trying to find a way to deal with Li Xiaoqiang, the first thing they think of bullying him is "lack of skill", which is natural. If a person has a weakness in chess, and this weakness seems to be very obvious. That must be wanting to "hit the snake and hit the seven inches", and the most extreme is the game against Kobayashi Satoru in the upper game. The opponent does not hesitate to give up the playing method he is good at, but also to grasp Li Xiaoqiang's "weakness".

Mr. Ohira's movements are very chic. There is no such thing as slapping the chess pieces hard. However, he only played the second move, and Li Xiaoqiang felt his determination and felt a little unusual.

This is the reason why Go is called "hand talk"!

"Then let me show you what a real weird wrist is!"

Although he felt the determination of the other party, Li Xiaoqiang had no reason to be afraid. In fact, he is more afraid that his opponent will bully him with "skill". Ideas don't come all the time. For example, the game of chess against Norio Kudo. I found that the "test hand" was completely lucky, and it was impossible to have a "flash of inspiration" on the plate. Li Xiaoqiang has always believed that that game is the most dangerous game he has won.

Now the opponent wants to "fight" with him, not that he is confident in his strength. It's just that Li Xiaoqiang thinks. If a chaotic war situation is formed, there will be more opportunities for "fishing in troubled waters." As a "starter", of course, I prefer such a situation. This is Li Xiaoqiang's true thoughts.

Li Xiaoqiang slowly took out a white seed. Fall onto the board......

The competition had just begun, and there was no tension in the research room. Due to the arrival of Hideyuki Fujisawa, Chinese and Japanese personnel sat in a research room. The Chinese chess players are very familiar with Fujisawa Hideyuki, and they are all willing to get close to this old man. In the research room, Nie Whirlwind and Fujisawa Hideyuki were the loudest. The two were comparing and rowing there, and they didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about. The first chess game was passed to the research room, and Nie Whirlwind glanced at it:

"Ha Lu Ha, down the diagonal. Xiaoqiang, this kid, finally has the opportunity to play "Zazi Go" next time, and I don't know how many times he encountered such a situation when he was learning chess......"

Even now Li Xiaoqiang is speaking out, saying that he has never played "Zazi Go" at all. It is estimated that no one believes it, and his identity as a "descendant of ancient chess" has almost been implemented. Although his "master" will never be found.

Fujisawa Hideyuki also glanced at the game. The number of hands is still very small, and there is nothing to study about the content of chess. Fujisawa Hideyuki was silent, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The Chinese personnel present were relaxed. Indeed, the current situation on the Chinese side is absolutely favorable in the ring. The remainder led 8-4. There is optimism in China. Although in the first competition, due to Jiang Zhujiu's outstanding performance, he also had a big lead. However, at that time, everyone was shrouded in Japan's "super-first-class myth", and more of them were unsure.

Now it's different, two consecutive wins in the ring. Chinese chess players are much more confident. In particular, there is the "iron gate" of Nie Whirlwind, which sits behind the most luke. Some people already think that a three-game winning streak in the ring is within reach.

Everyone regards Li Xiaoqiang's game with the mentality of "winning a game and earning it, and losing a game should be learned". There was no pressure at all.

Since there was nothing to study, Yamada took advantage of this time to interview his colleague Zhang Zhidong. Collect information from Li Xiaoqiang. Of course, reporter Zhang Da will not let go of any opportunity to shoot Li Xiaoqiang's ass, and Li Xiaoqiang was naturally praised by him.

After 12 consecutive defeats in training games, it was natural that he deliberately chose to "start with suffering". Looking at the "Thirteen Chapters of the Book of Chess", it is natural to arm one's mind with the classic theory of Go.

"Does Li Sang really study ancient Chinese chess in his usual practice?"

In fact, this is the topic that Yamada is most interested in. It is important to know that since the abolition of the "seat system" in Japanese Go, Japanese Go has never looked down on Chinese Go.

In China, there has always been a story about the Phantom Ann Inshuo who was defeated by Xiuce's "Wonderful Hands". said that after he lost to Xiuce, he once wanted to come to the "Heavenly Empire" to learn Go, and learned from Zhou Xiaosong, a Chinese national player at that time. I hoped to challenge the "Ben Yin Fang Family" again after completing my studies, but I didn't make it for various reasons.

Unfortunately, this is just a story. To be more precise, this is just a Chinese in YY. Such fake stories are easy to debunk. First of all, this "story" is only circulated in China, and there is no record of it in Japan. Not only is there no record, but based on other records in Japan, it can be inferred that he could not have come to China to learn chess.

The "Lin family" of the four major families in Japan, although they often make soy sauce in their country. There is a lot of Go information that has been handed down. Among them, there is an evaluation of ancient Chinese chess, although their evaluation is also full of loopholes, but it is still very authoritative in their country.

They believe that the top level of Chinese ancient chess like Shi Xiangxia and Fan Xiping is about five dan in their country. is just enough to reach the high-level level, and interestingly, they have a high evaluation of Xu Xingyou. thinks that he and Huang Shifan are at the same level.

When Xu Xingyou was given the third son by Huang Longshi, he was already 4 or 5 years old. Even if he eats the elixir later, it is impossible for it to rise to such a high level. The higher the level, the more difficult it is to play, which is an obvious matter of common sense. But that's what the Japanese think, and this is still their "authoritative judgment."

Huan'an Yinshuo is above the level of the seventh dan in their country, so it is impossible for him to come to China to learn from a "fifth dan". This is not logical.

Why is Xu Xingyou valued by the Japanese? That's because his chess game is very much in line with the Japanese appetite. The style of chess is very similar to that of Japanese Go. Because of this, they praised Lao Xu.

"Of course, he also studied ancient Chinese chess ......"

Zhang Zhidong just wanted to continue to shoot Li Xiaoqiang's sycophants. But he suddenly got stuck, and he suddenly remembered Li Xiaoqiang's inference that "Xiu Ce is a high school student". Although Zhang Zhidong felt that what Li Xiaoqiang said seemed to make sense. However, Zhang Zhidong is a good young man after all, and he can't say bad things about "international friends" no matter what.

"Ahem......"

Zhang Zhidong just wanted to change the topic.

"Oops! What kind of chess is this! ”

The two reporters turned their heads to look over. It was Nie Whirlwind who was making a fuss there, and Fujisawa Hideyuki on the side frowned.

It turned out that the second chess game had already been passed in, and the two reporters hurriedly surrounded it.

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang was thinking with his head down. (To be continued......)