In the final of the 3rd "Ying's Cup" World Professional Go Championship, Li Xiaoqiang won the crucial third game. He is only one step away from the final victory and Li Xiaoqiang's fourth world title.

In the laboratory, when the news of Li Xiaoqiang's victory was confirmed, all Li Xiaoqiang's supporters were happy for him. Reporter Zhang Da interviewed Mr. Wu Qingyuan at the first time.

“…… Now it can be basically considered that the champion of this year's "Yingshi Cup" will belong to Xiaoqiang. Xiao Qiang played this game well, he showed an extremely high level in today's game, and I even think that he played better in today's game than in the first game. On the other hand, his opponent showed a hint of impatience and panic in today's game......"

It must be admitted that Mr. Wu's comments are still very objective. In the heart of reporter Zhang Da, he actually agrees with Mr. Wu's opinion very much. No matter from the perspective of comprehensive strength, competitive state, and on-the-spot strategy, there is no reason why Li Xiaoqiang will lose to Liu Changhe.

However, after listening to Mr. Wu's words, reporter Zhang Da began to mumble. There is no other reason, because Mr. Wu's words are familiar with how to listen to them.

“…… Now it can be basically considered that the champion of this year's "Yingshi Cup" will belong to Nie Jun. This game is a famous game of black chess, and Mr. Nie showed an extremely high level in today's game, while his opponent Cao Yanzi showed a rare panic in today's game......"

They are both highly respected celebrities in the Go world, but Wu Qingyuan and Fujisawa Hideyuki are different. Hideyuki Fujisawa is a big mouth, but Wu Qingyuan is not. Fujisawa Hideyuki likes to be a god stick, but Wu Qingyuan rarely judges the junior chess players. It can be said that in addition to the famous "ordinary heart", Wu Qingyuan is also more impressive in the above paragraph.

It's a pity that Wu Qingyuan rarely made a prediction, but he failed to become a god like Fujisawa Hideyuki. He said this 8 years ago...... No matter how you look at it, it has a bit of a "crow's mouth" meaning.

Now 8 years have passed, and the same "Ying's Cup" is also 2 to 1. Even in the third game, the black side won. Now, whether it is Mr. Wu's prediction or his tone of voice, it is exactly the same as 8 years ago.

Thinking of this, reporter Zhang Da decided to save character for Li Xiaoqiang:

"Mr. Wu, I know that Xiaoqiang played a good game of chess today, but can you tell me what you think Xiaoqiang still has shortcomings? Or rather...... What difficulties do you think he will have in the next races? ”

"Inadequate and difficult?"

Mr. Wu Qingyuan is a simple person. There are not as many fancy intestines as reporter Zhang Da. After listening to reporter Zhang Da's question, he really thought about it for a while. After thinking for a while, Mr. Wu shook his head:

"No, I don't think Xiaoqiang has any shortcomings, and I don't think he will have any difficulties in the next games. After all, Xiaoqiang's strength is there, his comprehensiveness, and his current state have formed a certain suppression of his opponent, so I can't think of any reason for Xiaoqiang to fail. ”

"It's over...... it's over"

Reporter Zhang Da began to mourn for Li Xiaoqiang at this time. He said in his heart, Xiaoqiang, it's really not that I don't want to help you, but if Mr. Wu has to ruin your character like this, then I can't do anything.

"This and this. Is it really not difficult at all? …… For example, let's say ......"

"For example, what?"

"For example...... Xiaoqiang played the 4th game white. ”

Mr. Wu Qingyuan looked at reporter Zhang Da with very pure eyes:

"Why, Xiao Zhang, do you think that Xiao Qiang's execution in the 4th game is a disadvantage?"

"No, no, no, I don't mean that......" Reporter Zhang Da hurriedly denied: "But Mr. Wu, you think that the first 3 games of this game were won by the side that held black, so do you say that this 4th game is ......?"

Mr. Wu still doesn't understand the amorous feelings, and he still doesn't know why reporter Zhang Da must say what "difficult" he says. I saw Mr. Wu Qingyuan smile and say to reporter Zhang Da:

"Under the rules of the big sticker, of course, it is easy to play white, do you still have any questions about this? As for the first 3 games, black wins. So Xiao Zhang, why can't you think the other way around? Since black has won so many games, it is probable. Isn't it time for white to win? ”

"Hey, that's ...... too"

Reporter Zhang Da failed to "save character" for Li Xiaoqiang, so he had to end the conversation with Mr. Wu Qingyuan. After leaving, reporter Zhang Da secretly scolded himself for being stupid. If you ask what is not good, you have to ask the question of holding black and white. Wu Qingyuan: Who is that? It can be said that in a century, there has never been a more powerful chess player than Wu Qingyuan in white chess. He can win so much chess without sticking to the eye, let alone the big sticker now. In his mind. There is no doubt that white is better at playing chess.

Is Mr. Wu Qingyuan a "crow's mouth"? Fortunately, reporter Zhang Da didn't have to dwell on this issue for long.

In late June 1997, after a day of rest, the fourth game of the 3rd "Ying's Cup" five-way chess final was quickly played to see if Li Xiaoqiang could win his fourth world championship. The answer is soon known.

"I said reporter Zhang, why do I think you've been a little weird in the past two days, always looking like you're chattering."

"Huh? Do I have ......?"

Before the start of the 4th game, it was as usual that reporter Zhang Da accompanied Li Xiaoqiang to the court.

"Why not, don't you know yourself? Say, what happened? ”

"It's really nothing...... Alas, 3 years. ”

"What did you say?"

Reporter Zhang Da stopped, and he looked at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes:

"Xiaoqiang, I mean, it's been 3 years since you last won the World Championship."

The last time Li Xiaoqiang won the world championship, it was the "Fujitsu Cup" in August 94, and now it is the end of June 97, and it has been almost 3 years since then.

After listening to reporter Zhang Da's words, Li Xiaoqiang fell silent. For a long time, Li Xiaoqiang patted reporter Zhang Da on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, this opportunity is ...... I'm not going to let it slip away again......"

After saying this, Li Xiaoqiang did not look back. He strode into the game room.

At 9:53 a.m., Li Xiaoqiang walked into the game room. Two minutes later, Yoo Chang-hyuk arrived. At 10 o'clock in the morning, with the referee's order, this high-profile game kicked off.

For Li Xiaoqiang, this match is a match point. For Yoo Chang-hyuk. Today is already a last battle. In the first three games of this final, the black side won. So when it is Liu Changhe's turn to be in charge of black today, what kind of method will he use to deal with Li Xiaoqiang? This is a question that a lot of people were interested in at the beginning of the game.

Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhe did not disappoint, shortly after the start of the game, to be precise, when 8 chess pieces had just fallen on the chessboard, that is, each of them only played 4 moves, at this time the research room was already full of discussions.

Of course, the two didn't make any weird starts today. One could even say. Today's start is very ordinary, but because the two sides of the game are Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhe, there are enough topics for everyone.

"As expected, today Liu Changhe really sacrificed the "Chinese stream", and many people speculated before the game that he should choose this opening today......"

That's right, Liu Changhyuk's choice of the start today is very ordinary, that is, the "low China flow" of the general road goods. Recently. Liu Changhe liked this layout very much when he was in charge of black. Especially not long ago, Liu Changhe played a five-way chess title battle with Cao Yanzi in their country. That match was won by Yoo Chang-hyuk with a score of 3-2. And Yoo Chang-hyuk won 3 games of chess. All of them start with the "Chinese stream". Even the game he lost was related to the "Chinese flow" - in one of the two games that Lao Cao won, Lao Cao also used the "Chinese flow" opening.

Due to Yoo Chang-hyuk's excellent form this year, he has been extremely active in both domestic and international arenas. He is in the international arena this year, as long as he is in charge of black, as long as it is a key game. Without exception, he adopts the "Chinese stream". And the results are quite good.

In the second game of the "Ying's Cup" final, some people wondered why Liu Changhe didn't use the "Chinese stream", and later learned that it was to adopt a targeted strategy. However, it is clear to everyone that the so-called "targeted play" is actually the same as the "throwing knife" in Go, and in many cases can only be used once.

So right today. When Liu Changhyuk faced a battle against the odds, it was certainly not surprising that he offered his favorite, most familiar, and most experienced "China Stream" this year, and at the same time brought him a lot of victories.

Liu Changhe laid down the "low Chinese stream", and Li Xiaoqiang should use the "two stars". The first 5 moves are all very common responses in Go. When Li Xiaoqiang dropped the sixth move, in fact, this move was also very common and common, but because it was played by Li Xiaoqiang, it also caused a lot of discussion in the research room.

"Huh? Li Xiaoqiang is actually hanging on the side of "Xiaomu"? This move was a bit of a surprise, I thought he would hang on the side of the "star......"

If Liu Changhe is an expert in "China Stream", then Li Xiaoqiang certainly does not make much concessions.

Especially many years ago, after Li Xiaoqiang made that step against Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki in the "Toyo Securities Cup". In this time and space, because this move is Li Xiaoqiang's "initiative", this move is nicknamed "Li Xiaoqiang's point corner".

What's more interesting is that in the past few years, a lot of research has been carried out in the Go community around this move, and many "newbie new types" have been produced. Just like Masao Kato and Kobayashi Koji in Japan back then, when the two were still at their peak in the 80s, as long as the two of them met together, they liked to practice a "small eye low hanging a low clip" style, and later that style was called "Kobayashi-Kato style".

And now, all the new changes that have now occurred around "Li Xiaoqiang's Corner" are collectively known as "Xiaoqiang-Xiuxing Changes" by the Go world.

Of course, there is a premise for the so-called "Xiaoqiang-Xiuxing Change", that is, it must revolve around the "star" position of the "China Stream", and other changes cannot be counted. Therefore, just today, Li Xiaoqiang did not go down "Xiaoqiang-Show Changes". He made a move on the 6th move, "small eyes and big flying sideways", which was a little surprising.

You must know that "Xiaoqiang-Xiuxing Change" revolves around the "star position", and this step of "Xiaomu Dafei Sidehang" revolves around "Xiaomu". In the last year or two, this move has become very popular in the Korean chess world. Among them, especially Liu Changhyuk, he has played a lot of chess like this, and he has a lot of experience in dealing with this situation. Therefore, everyone always feels a little surprised when they see Li Xiaoqiang "hanging" here.

"Two high clamps, I estimate that Liu Changhe will most likely play the "two high clamps", and when he encounters this situation, he will usually go down here......"

The 7th move did not surprise everyone, and Liu Changhe did make a move of "two high clamps", which is also his favorite way to play.

However, in the 8th move, Li Xiaoqiang's play was surprising again.

"What? Xiaoqiang actually made this move "Xiaofei", this move is not ......"

That's right, Li Xiaoqiang made a move "Xiaofei", of course, this move is not a very special means. In this part, when white has to deal with the "two high clamps" of black chess, the most common is to have three responses, one is "big flying", and the other is "touching", which directly "touches" on the "small eye". And the other kind is Li Xiaoqiang's "Xiaofei".

Strictly speaking, these three responses are very common, and like the "Xiaoqiang - Xiuxing Change", in recent years, there has also been a lot of research in the Go world around the changes here. Therefore, everyone is familiar with the changes here.

Of course, many of the changes here have not yet been called "stereotyped" because the changes here have only taken place in Korea in recent years, and many of them have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, in the present, the changes here can only be regarded as "routines".

Li Xiaoqiang's "Xiaofei" just now is one of the three "routines". However, this step "Xiaofei" is still a bit special, it is slightly different from the other two "routines".

The initiator of this step of "Xiaofei" is Liu Changhe, who is now sitting opposite Li Xiaoqiang!

That's why there's a lot of talk about it.

Li Xiaoqiang In such an important competition, he used a one-step "original" approach, what does he mean?

In the research room, reporter Zhang Da smiled when he saw today's start:

"Interesting, interesting, today's game of chess, as soon as it comes up, it is a big competition between China and South Korea......" (To be continued.) )