"Mr. Otake, congratulations on winning the Celebrity Battle challenge, it's amazing. I've seen your final decision to win Jihoon, and it's a beautiful game! Now it seems that the task of stopping the little wizard of the Chinese chessboard can only be handed over to you to complete, so please do your best then. ”

"Whereever, my win is just a fluke. China's Li Sang's strength is very strong, and now it seems that no one is sure that he will definitely win him, you and Zhixun can't do it, and China's Nie Jun doesn't seem to be able to. As for me, I'm even less sure. To be honest, in the face of Li Sang, I think I am at a disadvantage in all aspects, and the only thing that is not lacking may be the fighting spirit...... By the way, Swallow, what's going on in your country? I heard that you have lost two more titles, and I see that you are much more emaciated this time, and you seem to have a lot more gray hair on your head......"

At the beginning of June, the season of the "Fujitsu Cup" top 8. At present, the Japanese and Korean chess players participating in the top 8 tournaments have arrived at the China Chess Academy, where everyone will start a new round of competition.

In the top 8 of this year, Chinese chess players occupy half of the country, Japanese chess players occupy 3 places, and South Korean chess players only Cao Yanzi is left. The whole pattern looks a bit like "Japan and South Korea jointly resist China".

Cao Yanzi studied in Japan when he was young, and as a genius who was unanimously favored by the Go world, he was naturally very familiar with Otake Hero, Zhao Zhixun and other disciples of Mutani who were famous in the Japanese chess world. Therefore, after arriving in China this time, due to the very good results of Chinese Go in the past year, everyone is a little bit of a hater. Cao Yanzi, Dazhu Hero and Zhao Zhixun naturally got together to chat.

Everyone chatted and chatted, and naturally talked about the current situation of the world chess world. Especially when talking about Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo. The three big masters even sighed there, saying that young people nowadays are too impolite, and they don't know how polite they are when they play chess.

Speaking of Li Xiaoqiang, it's better, talking about Li Shifo. Both Dazhu Hero and Zhao Zhixun found it very strange. Because judging from the performance of the international chess battle, the current Li Shifo seems to clearly show his immature side. After he shined at last year's "Toyo Securities Cup", everyone was full of expectations for Li Shifo. However, it came to this year's "Yingshi Cup" and "Fujitsu Cup". Li Shifo has 2 consecutive "one-round tours", and he has lost to non-top chess players. It's a big surprise.

On the contrary, Cao Yanzi made it to the top 8 in both world competitions and performed well. Therefore, in the eyes of people in the Chinese and Japanese chess circles, the one who can represent the highest level of Korean Go in the world chess battle can still only be Cao Yanzi. But things are so strange, Cao Yanzi, who is majestic in the international chess world, is at a loss when he meets Li Shifo in the domestic chess world. In the past two months, Li Shifo seems to be venting his anger at losing in the World Series. snatched two titles from Cao Yanzi in a row.

Faced with this situation, no one can say why. Cao Yanzi couldn't say it clearly, so in the face of Dazhu's hero's question, Cao Yanzi had to scratch her head in embarrassment, as if she was a little embarrassed and said:

"Stone Buddha is strong, he's really strong! You don't yet know the true power of the Stone Buddha. Don't look at the fact that I've played the most chess with Shi Buddha, in fact, I haven't really understood his secrets. However, I have a feeling that perhaps the person who knows the most about the Stone Buddha should be Li Xiaoqiang of China. It's a strange feeling, even though I know it's not a good idea. But that's what I think......"

After chatting about Li Shifo, the three of them focused on Li Xiaoqiang again. especially talked about Li Xiaoqiang and Nie Xuanfeng's recent "six chess".

Since last year, due to the excellent performance of Chinese Go, especially Li Xiaoqiang. The chess game of China's domestic chess game has attracted more attention from the Japanese and Korean chess circles. South Korea introduces famous games from China every month, and they will definitely not miss a game like Li Xiaoqiang vs Nie Whirlwind. The Japanese "Qidao" magazine is even more straightforward, and Li Xiaoqiang hosted a serialized lecture on Go technology in the Shencheng "Go" magazine, and they reprinted it in full.

The so-called technical lectures hosted by Li Xiaoqiang are actually a by-product of his and Fang Lao's systematic research on ancient chess. Li Xiaoqiang has always had a dream to justify the name of ancient chess and let more people know about it. Hence the title of this technical lecture "The Tricks of Ancient Chess". Many of the difficult tricks in ancient chess were written by Li Xiaoqiang himself. Reveal the connotations one by one. I didn't expect this lecture to be very popular among chess fans once it was launched. This lecture. Let everyone see the richness and colorfulness of ancient chess. The serialization of this lecture in a Japanese magazine is also an attempt to be included in this technical lecture. Learn the secret of Li Xiaoqiang's strength.

"Compared with Li Shifo, I think Li Xiaoqiang's performance is much more normal. The current Li Xiaoqiang is naturally an excellent chess player, a top master who is not inferior to anyone! But at least he doesn't have the strange dominance of Li Shifo. I originally thought that Nie Jun should have found a way to deal with him. However, judging from the recent game of chess, the chessboard wizard is still very difficult to deal with......"

Speaking of this, Mr. Zhao Zhixun shook his head again and again, and he continued:

“…… A fleeting opportunity, an opportunity that was not an opportunity, was seized by him. thus plunging Nie Jun into a quagmire. Tsk, I can't describe the ability to grasp the fighter, it's really enviable. Senior Brother Otake, at this point, you must be fully mentally prepared when you play against him. ”

What they are talking about now is naturally the final of the "Top 10 Battle" of Chinese Go that has just ended. Just like Zhao Zhixun said, before the game started, more people were still optimistic about Nie Whirlwind. Because judging from the just-concluded "Tianyuan War" five-game chess, maybe it was the chess style that restrained each other, or maybe it was because Li Xiaoqiang's technical weaknesses were discovered, Nie Whirlwind seems to have found a way to deal with Li Xiaoqiang.

However, judging from the game that has just ended, this view does not seem to be necessarily reliable. Judging from the more than 40 moves in the front, Nie Whirlwind seems to have a certain upper hand. However, starting from the 50th move, Li Xiaoqiang seized a fighter plane, thus making the whole situation chaotic. In a scuffle, Li Xiaoqiang won the battle......

After listening to Zhao Zhixun's words, Dazhu Hero did not immediately intervene. At this moment, he seemed to be in a daze, he seemed to be thinking about something. For a long time, he didn't seem to notice that Zhao Zhixun and Cao Yanzi both looked at him. He seemed to be responding to Zhao Zhixun's question. It's like muttering to himself:

"Does he really have no weaknesses? …… Are you sure? …… I do not know...... The only thing I know for sure is that I've been preparing for this game for 2 months...... That's right! During this 2-month period. Sometimes, even in my sleep, I seem to be looking for a way to deal with him...... "......

"Everybody knows. Why has Mr. Nie been wearing that suit for so many years? You see, it's June now, and he's still in a suit. Let me tell you, this incident is really related to the hero of Otake......"

On the other side of the chess courtyard, there was also a group of people gathered together to chat. They are Chang Rensheng and Zhang Da reporter them. Of course, the center of these people is Li Xiaoqiang, who has just returned from his hometown.

defeated Nie Whirlwind to win the championship of the "Top Ten Battle", avoiding the embarrassing situation of no championship in China. The current Li Xiaoqiang is naturally in a good mood. Unlike Mr. Otake's side, the topic here is much lighter. Indeed, although Otake Hero is ranked among the "six supers", although his current state is amazing. But you must know that his opponent this time is Li Xiaoqiang, Li Xiaoqiang, who has been making great progress all the way, and Li Xiaoqiang, who has become a habit of winning chess in the international arena. Considering Mr. Otake's age. Therefore, most people in China think: Li Xiaoqiang vs Dazhu Hero, then Li Xiaoqiang should have the upper hand.

Among them, especially reporter Zhang Da, he wrote in a prediction article just published:

“…… The top 4 seats in this year's Fujitsu Cup. The most stable seat, I think one point will belong to Li Xiaoqiang...... As for other Chinese chess players, objectively speaking. The other games are not optimistic, whether it is Ma Xiaofei vs Zhao Zhixun or Liu Dazhui vs Cao Yanzi, the Chinese players are slightly inferior, and if they want to advance, they must go through hard work......"

Well, considering that reporter Zhang Da is Li Xiaoqiang's brainless fan, everyone will not be surprised if he says anything. However, when Li Xiaoqiang defeated Nie Whirlwind in the "Top Ten Battle", Li Xiaoqiang, who brought countless surprises to everyone, seemed to be back. He's looking just as good right now. As a result, optimism is growing.

Everyone agreed: Since Li Xiaoqiang can win Wu Gong and Kato, he can break Xiaolin and Lao Zhao. So dealing with a dying old bamboo is naturally not a problem......

For example, just now. The topic of Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da fully reflects this relaxed mentality. They didn't talk about the upcoming game, but instead talked about the gossip about "why does Nie Whirlwind keep wearing a suit".

Li Xiaoqiang actually knew about this gossip, so he didn't interject, and laughed and listened to Zhang Da reporter's eyebrows dancing and chatting with Chang Rensheng about this gossip.

This matter has to start with the 1st China-Japan Go Tournament. In that year, when Nie Whirlwind faced Kobayashi Koji, who had won 6 consecutive victories, Nie Whirlwind went to the Chinese table tennis team to borrow a set of sportswear. He wore a big red tracksuit with the word "China" printed on his chest and played against Kobayashi, and won the battle. This is Nie Whirlwind's famous "China Red Incident". Many people know about this, but after that, there may be many people who don't know.

After this match, Otake Hero takes Nie Whirlwind to a high-end suit shop in Tokyo. I gave a very expensive hand-sewn suit to Nie Whirlwind. In the meantime, Mr. Otake didn't say anything else, but after that, as everyone can see, Nie Whirlwind will always be dressed in a suit and leather shoes whenever he appears in public.

Yes, Nie Whirlwind actually understood the meaning of Dazhu Hero at that time. Dazhu Hero wants to tell Nie Whirlwind that your appearance in sportswear represents a unique emotion for you, and I understand this. However, after all, Go is an elegant game, and it also has its own unique culture and etiquette, so I send you a suit and ask you to respect Go itself on any occasion.

The above is the gossip of "why does Nie Whirlwind keep wearing a suit".

I thought I was going to face this very interesting opponent soon. Li Xiaoqiang smiled in his heart.

"Aesthetic bamboo, feeling bamboo, turtle step bamboo, rapid chess fairy ......"

"Which one will I bump into in the game?" (To be continued)