Since his rebirth, the topic of ancient Chinese chess has always been a hurdle that Li Xiaoqiang can't get around. ◎ Top Novel,

The reason in this is very simple, because for Li Xiaoqiang, ancient chess has always been a talisman for him, a talisman used to cover up his "mystery of origin".

This situation is actually quite easy to explain. From Li Xiaoqiang's point of view, imagine that for any reborn person, "rebirth", a major secret that only belongs to him, is absolutely impossible to share with anyone. Even in the face of the people closest to me and the most trusted, I am afraid that such a secret cannot be shared with them. Therefore, under normal circumstances, whenever there is a problem related to "rebirth", the reborn person will only try to cover up all kinds of "abnormalities".

Take Li Xiaoqiang as an example, when he chose Go in his life. His current road to Go can be said to be full of all kinds of "abnormalities". His outstanding performance in the 3rd and 4th China-Japan Go Tournaments should be regarded as "abnormal". He became a Chinese Go "celebrity" at the age of 13, which is also "abnormal". And just today, just now, he once again stood at the pinnacle of the world chess world and became the "double champion" of the world series. Then in most people's common perception, this is a very "abnormal" event.

However, it must be pointed out that these "abnormal" events have occurred under people's noses, and there are traces to follow. When everyone thinks of Li Xiaoqiang's achievements over the years, they will only sigh at the speed of his progress and the high talent of his Go, but it will not make people have any other connections.

What is really unclear about this is actually the "mystery of the origin" of Li Xiaoqiang's chess power. A child, no one had ever seen him touch Go before, and even his relatives didn't know that he had learned Go. But as soon as he debuted, everyone found that he already had a very high level. It's been many years since this happened, and not many people are thinking about it now. But if someone really thinks about it, they will find that this is not scientific at all. How to look at it, there is a strange feeling.

Therefore, in order to explain this matter, Li Xiaoqiang arranged an identity for himself as a "descendant of ancient chess". He weaves a fictional story to illustrate and explain where he came from. Interestingly, Li Xiaoqiang has always been very vague about his experience of "enlightenment". Most of the rumors about "Li Xiaoqiang learning chess" in the outside world are actually made up by the outside media. But one thing must be admitted that any brain supplement from the outside world is inseparable from Li Xiaoqiang's intentional guidance, intentionally or unintentionally.

In the past life, especially in the new century, the "ancient and modern controversy" in the Go world has always been an enduring topic. At that time, Li Xiaoqiang, who was a senior chess fan. He was very interested in such a topic at the time. He would watch with great interest the quarrel between the "ancient faction" and the "ancient depreciation" faction on the forum. However, at that time, he could only be regarded as a bystander, and he generally would not be directly involved in this kind of controversy.

The reason is very simple, because although Li Xiaoqiang finds such an argument very interesting, it is impossible for such a debate to be fruitful. It's easy to get down to a boring war of words. Although there are many ways to determine a person's Go level, Go is essentially a game of winning and losing. No matter if you blow the ancient chess to the sky, or depreciate it to worthless, those ancient national players will not be able to climb out of the grave to compete with you.

Since it is impossible to quantify. Then it's hard to compare. Since there is no comparison, such a debate will never lead to a conclusion that can be unanimously agreed upon.

This is Li Xiaoqiang's basic attitude towards this "ancient and modern dispute" in his previous life. In other words. Li Xiaoqiang held a kind of "agnosticism" back then.

However, in this life, because Li Xiaoqiang has been using ancient chess to cover up his identity as a reborn, he strives to "build" himself into a qualified "ancient chess heir". Then on any occasion, whether in public or private. Li Xiaoqiang will only say good things about ancient chess, and will not say anything bad about ancient chess. Especially in the face of reporters Zhang Da, who are more familiar with their friends, if they dare to speak out against the ancient chess. Then Li Xiaoqiang promised to blow his beard and glare at him.

What's more, because Li Xiaoqiang has been talking about ancient chess, in order to be worthy of his identity as a "descendant of ancient chess". Originally, he was only a "half-hanger", but he has spent some effort on second-hand chess over the years.

It must be admitted that with the improvement of Li Xiaoqiang's chess strength, with the growth of his knowledge. In particular, after he cooperated with Fang Lao and opened up a serialization of the ancient chess column in the "Go" magazine, Li Xiaoqiang himself also had an in-depth and detailed understanding of a large number of ancient scores, and with the deepening of research and understanding, it should be said that the current Li Xiaoqiang, he can also be regarded as a relatively qualified "ancient chess expert".

Over the years, Li Xiaoqiang has often encountered reporters asking him questions related to ancient chess. It is said that according to Li Xiaoqiang's understanding of ancient chess, according to his experience, he should be without pressure to answer such a question, not to say that he is at ease, at least he can deal with it freely. But today, Li Xiaoqiang, who is already known as an "expert in ancient chess", fell into deep thought when he faced the reporter's question of "how to see ancient chess" again.

So what is Li Xiaoqiang thinking about now? How was he going to answer this time?

That's right, today's Li Xiaoqiang, he really doesn't want to be as perfunctory as in the past. He wants to take this opportunity to let more people know some ideas and concepts of ancient chess. He wanted to explain his understanding of second-hand chess.

It must be pointed out that although after so many years, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he has enough knowledge of ancient chess, at least in this world, there are not many chess players of his own level who can understand ancient chess better than himself. But to this day, Li Xiaoqiang still holds an "agnosticism" on the level of ancient chess when looking at the level of ancient chess.

Li Xiaoqiang believes that due to the different rules and different methods of calculating the victory and defeat, there is actually a big difference between ancient chess and modern Go, which are fundamentally two different ways to play. To use a simple analogy, if the art of Go is described as a mountain, then whether it is ancient chess or modern Go, it is actually a process of climbing to the top of the mountain along different roads.

It's like climbing Mount Everest, which can be done along the north slope or along the south slope. One thing is for sure. Neither of these "mountaineering teams" has yet reached the summit, so who has reached higher heights than these two "mountaineering teams" that have appeared in history? Since there are no very effective tools to compare and measure, no one can really tell.

It must be said realistically, at least in Li Xiaoqiang's mind, he thinks so. For example, Li Xiaoqiang asked himself, according to his current level, if he really met those top national players in ancient times, he would encounter Huang. Fan, one of Shi's names. Although Li Xiaoqiang will not think that he will definitely lose badly, will he be sure to win others? Li Xiaoqiang thought in his heart: he was not sure at all.

And Li Xiaoqiang will definitely not be like some "backbone chess players" in later generations said: "If he encounters these ancient chess masters, he is confident that he will win the ......"

Li Xiaoqiang knows in his heart that one of the most powerful arguments in favor of "the present must win over the ancient" is actually the so-called "evolution theory", and many people subconsciously believe that after so many years of development, especially in modern times, the professional Go system has been very standardized. So after so many years of development and so many years of knowledge accumulation, today's people have stood on the shoulders of the ancients. There is no doubt that people today are taller than the ancients.

All right. Li Xiaoqiang admits that such a view is in line with common sense and the general view of most people, which is also the reason why in real life, the "Chonggu School" will always be in the minority. But Li Xiaoqiang just thinks. This so-called "evolutionary theory" without going through the brain is probably one of the most untenable arguments.

Leaving aside the particularity of the art of Go, "accumulation of knowledge" is not necessarily more useful than "personal talent". If you have to emphasize "knowledge accumulation" above all else. I am afraid that even in the modern professional Go circle, it can attract a lot of opposition. Even the "theory of evolution" itself may not be suitable for the special situation of the Go world.

As you know, the so-called "evolution", the so-called "accumulation of knowledge", there must be a prerequisite here, that is, there must be inheritance, or there must be inheritance! You have to inherit the good things first, so that there is "accumulation". Only on this basis can we talk about improvement and development.

So in the game of Go, does modern Go have an "inheritance" from medieval chess? Nope! Modern Go and Medieval Go, each of them has its own system, with its own completely different ideas and concepts, but in fact, it is two completely different independent paths. Since modern Go cannot talk about the "inheritance" of medieval chess, then where does the so-called "evolutionary theory" begin?

In Li Xiaoqiang's view, due to the "seat system" in ancient chess, there will be many limitations at the beginning. This also leads to the limitations of second-hand chess. However, some of the concepts and advantages of medieval chess happen to be the lack of modern professional Go.

So what Li Xiaoqiang is thinking about now is such a question:

"What kind of method is used to illustrate the advantages of ancient chess, to explain some obvious differences between ancient chess and modern Go, so as to avoid some boring verbal disputes?"

In front of the public, on an occasion like today, Li Xiaoqiang, who was the focus of the audience, thought about such a question. Therefore, it is natural, at least in the eyes of reporter Zhang Da, the current Li Xiaoqiang, he seems to be habitually wandering there again.

Fortunately, this time Li Xiaoqiang didn't let reporter Zhang Da worry for long. Because at this moment, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly remembered a post he had read in his previous life, a post that could be used to explain the concept of ancient chess. Therefore, he quickly made a decision, and the whole person returned to normal.

Thanks to the network of later generations, with such an example, it should be able to answer this reporter's question very well. Well, yes, yes, to give such an example, it seems to prove that I am a genius Li Da is well-informed, which happens to be worthy of my current identity and status......"

After making up his mind, Li Xiaoqiang came to a chessboard with a smile on his face. Without saying a word, he began to set up chess on the chessboard.

After seeing Li Xiaoqiang's actions, the surrounding chess players and reporters looked at each other, not knowing what Li Xiaoqiang wanted to do for a while. However, many people soon realized that Li Xiaoqiang wanted to "play chess and talk". Looking at this, Li Xiaoqiang now wants to use the chessboard to answer the question raised by the reporter just now.

"What does he want to pose?"

After seeing Li Xiaoqiang's chess moves, the surrounding reporters and chess players surrounded him, all wanting to see what was going on. Indeed, let's not talk about everyone's curiosity. Just talking about the "world double" in chess, this is already very attractive. Therefore, a circle of people soon gathered around Li Xiaoqiang, and everyone wanted to see what medicine he bought in his gourd.

Li Xiaoqiang's move to play chess was fast, and it only took a while for Li Xiaoqiang to set up the chess pieces on the chessboard. Everyone noticed that Li Xiaoqiang seemed to be playing a life-and-death problem of Go on the chessboard. What makes everyone feel a little strange is that Li Xiaoqiang put a total of 8 life and death problems, 4 on a chessboard, and Li Xiaoqiang used 2 chessboards and kept placing 8. What makes everyone feel even more strange is that Li Xiaoqiang's life and death questions, these chess shapes seem to be very similar. Strictly speaking, these 8 different chess shapes are actually the same topic.

"What the hell is he trying to do?"

After seeing Li Xiaoqiang's actions, many people around him were even more strange, they now had no idea what Li Xiaoqiang wanted to do. However, there were many well-informed chess players and reporters at the scene, and after they saw Li Xiaoqiang's chess shape, they quickly whispered there:

"Oh? I seem to be familiar with this picture of Xiaoqiang, I should have seen it somewhere. This should be a very classic life-and-death question, right? What is the name of this topic? It's called...... Called......"

"That's right, this is indeed a classic life-and-death problem, if I'm not mistaken, in the "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra", this life-and-death question should be called "Seven Sages", right? It's strange, this tesuji is indeed very classic, and it is also very useful in actual combat, but what does Xiaoqiang want to illustrate with this chess shape......

That's right! What Li Xiaoqiang is now putting is the classic chess form "Seven Sages" in the classical life-and-death problem.

Li Xiaoqiang's use to explain the difference between the concepts of ancient and modern Go is to start with this "Seven Sages" (to be continued......