During the Spring Festival of 97, Li Xiaoqiang spent it in the capital.

The reason why he celebrated the New Year in Beijing was because Li Xiaoqiang had good results during the previous year, and he went hand in hand in various international competitions, which led to a period of intensive competition schedule after the year. And many of the games were held in Beijing, which is why Li Xiaoqiang chose to spend the New Year in Beijing.

On the whole, Li Xiaoqiang had a relatively comfortable life this year. Among them, the good results in the early stage are one thing. But the most important thing is that after running a construction site with his uncle Hu Yi a year ago, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly found that his relationship with Lin Mengyu seemed to have improved a lot.

To be honest, although Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know if Lin Mengyu has completely let go of the matter in Yukari Umezawa. But Lin Mengyu's attitude towards herself has improved, and she is as dull as Li Xiaoqiang can also feel. Li Xiaoqiang felt that Lin Mengyu was much more gentle with him. Although Lin Mengyu was very gentle in the past, Li Xiaoqiang felt that she was even more gentle now than before.

There is another thing that Hu Yi told him, he said that some time ago, when Li Xiaoqiang was hiding in Shencheng, Lin Mengyu didn't call him uncle. But after going to the construction site, Lin Mengyu changed his name to uncle again.

Although Li Xiaoqiang didn't know what was going on, it didn't prevent him from having a comfortable Spring Festival.

Now that the Spring Festival has passed, Li Xiaoqiang is about to start a new journey.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Xiaoqiang came to the Chinese Chess Academy, but saw reporter Zhang Da. As soon as reporter Zhang Da met, he was babbling:

"Xiaoqiang, a good news and a bad news, and a more special news, which one do you want to hear first."

Li Xiaoqiang was in a good mood during this time, and he was much more pleasing to the eyes when he saw Zhang Da, so he said with a smile:

"Don't worry, don't worry, come one by one."

Reporter Zhang Da glanced at the radiant Li Xiaoqiang:

"Then I'll start with the bad news, and the bad news is the latest rating that has just been announced. You're still a little bit behind Ma in second place. ”

"Oh."

The current Chinese Go grading system, because it is much more reasonable in design than in previous lives, is more authoritative since it is more reasonable. Since it is more authoritative, it is more valued by chess players and ordinary chess fans. Moreover, the rating system also has a function, which is an important reference index for chess players to qualify for certain important tournaments.

Here's a simple example. For example, the lineup of the Chinese Chess Academy organized a certain Three Kingdoms Tournament is now not comparable to the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, and all the places are designated. Among the 5 entry places, one or two may be specified, and the rest of the places need to be selected.

However, China's national conditions make it impossible for all professional chess players to be selected. The only way to solve this problem is to rely on the rating and let the top 16 or 32 players in the rating participate in the selection.

Although the current Li Xiaoqiang no longer cares about the qualifications for one or two trials. But as a professional chess player. If there is a chance to be number one, no one wants to be the second.

Since the final of the "Toyo Securities Cup" in 95, Ma Xiaofei's rating has been stable over Li Xiaoqiang. Li Xiaoqiang felt that if this situation continued for another year or two, he was likely to wear the hat of "the second in ten thousand years". If that's the case, then this ...... Li Xiaoqiang felt that this was really damaging his prestige.

Since November last year, everyone has seen Li Xiaoqiang's obvious recovery, and the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament helped the Chinese team win the final championship and be invincible in various world competitions. Up to now. Li Xiaoqiang has reached a 10-game winning streak on the international stage.

Although it is said that when a professional chess player is in good shape, it is not uncommon to achieve consecutive wins. The record of ten consecutive wins is not remarkable at all, for example, Li Shifo once had a record of more than 40 consecutive wins. But you know, if you only look at the international stage, the record of 10 consecutive wins is quite remarkable.

Compared with Li Xiaoqiang's bravery, Ma Xiaofei's performance was unsatisfactory some time ago. Although it can't be said that he is in a sluggish state, there is obviously still a certain distance from everyone's expectations for him.

Before the latest band scores are announced. Many people think that Li Xiaoqiang should be able to surpass Ma Xiaofei this time. But now it seems that Li Xiaoqiang still failed to complete the transcendence.

"And the good news? And what's the good news? ”

"The good news is: the results of this year's top 10 votes have come out, and this time you surpassed Ma Xiaofei and was once again voted No. 1 by chess fans."

Li Xiaoqiang laughed when he heard this result, thinking about this result is also normal. In the past year, Ma Xiaofei won two world runners-up, and Li Xiaoqiang helped the Chinese team win the "Zhenlu Cup". In the words of Team Leader Hua: "In the eyes of most people, there are only champions, and even in the eyes of some chess fans, the world runner-up does not know how to play chess." ”

Li Xiaoqiang himself estimated that even if he learned from Fujisawa Hideyuki, he only won the 4 games of the Three Kingdoms Tournament last year. It is very likely that they will be voted No. 1 of the year by the majority of chess fans.

"Okay, now that I know the good news and the bad news, what is that "special news" you're talking about? ”

"The special news is: this year's "Tian Yuan War" challenger has been produced, Xiaoqiang, do you know who has obtained the qualification to challenge you this year? ”

Reporter Zhang Da actually sold a pass at this time, but I have to say that reporter Zhang Da's pass is really low-level enough.

"Tian Yuan War" has always been the earliest title battle in China every year. Especially this year, because Li Xiaoqiang is the reigning "Tian Yuan", and he has a busy schedule in the next few months, there are multiple World Series to participate in. In order to take care of his schedule in the international arena, the "Tian Yuan Battle" was deliberately advanced, and the Wuban Chess Challenge will start in a few days, and the schedule is also very tight, even if the challenge is played in 5 sets, the whole tournament will end in February.

The Goban Chess Challenge is held in the capital, but the "Challenger Decision Battle" is not. The "Challenger Decision Battle" was held in Shencheng yesterday, and Li Xiaoqiang does not yet know who won the final challenge. Li Xiaoqiang came to the chess academy today to inquire about the news. However, after listening to reporter Zhang Da's words, Li Xiaoqiang already knew who won the final challenge.

The "Challenger Decision Battle" of the Tian Yuan War was fought between Liu Dazhui and Chang Rensheng. Then the one who gets the final right to challenge must be Chang Rensheng! Because only when Chang Rensheng gets the final right to challenge, this news can be called "special".

"Alas, unconsciously. I found myself getting old. Reporter Zhang Da, do you say ......?"

Hearing Li Xiaoqiang say that he was "old", and seeing Li Xiaoqiang put on an old-fashioned appearance, reporter Zhang Da actually wanted to laugh, but he still didn't laugh out loud in the end. Because he understands Li Xiaoqiang's state of mind at this time.

Although Li Xiaoqiang is only in his early 20s, reporter Zhang Da has known Li Xiaoqiang for 10 years. 10 years! Li Xiaoqiang has been playing in professional chess for 10 years. In any industry, if you have been in the industry for 10 years. That is, of course, qualified to be called a "veteran".

Although Li Xiaoqiang will definitely face the challenge of his peers or junior chess players in the future, although it is said that a new generation will replace the old, this is the eternal law of anything. But the day really came. Reporter Zhang Da believes that the current Li Xiaoqiang must have a special taste in his heart.

"Chang Rensheng, this kid, has been very strong recently, he just challenged in the "Celebrity War" a few years ago, and now he is coming to my territory again. I haven't played with him in a while, so I don't know how far he's grown now. This time I really have to weigh it carefully. ”

Li Xiaoqiang's emotion was only for a while, after he finished sighing. Li Xiaoqiang quickly chatted with reporter Zhang Da about the upcoming "Tianyuan War" finals.

Li Xiaoqiang said that he wanted to "weigh and weigh" Chang Rensheng, and he was certainly qualified to say such things. It's strange to say, everyone has been getting along day and night for so many years, although Li Xiaoqiang has always been far ahead, but to this day, others are not without a record of defeating Li Xiaoqiang. Since Luo Shenzhu broke Li Xiaoqiang's "undefeated golden body", in the past year or two, like Shao Weigang. Zhou Dayang has defeated Li Xiaoqiang in official matches.

But only Chang Rensheng, he is in the Chinese Go "Eight Horses". It is recognized that the comprehensive strength is second only to Li Xiaoqiang. And compared with others, he seems to have fought a lot more with Li Xiaoqiang. But so far, he has never won against Li Xiaoqiang in an official match.

For a full 10 years, counting from the national junior team that year, Chang Rensheng is already the third in China's rating, and he has not even opened Hu in front of Li Xiaoqiang. This is, of course, a strange thing. Therefore, the two met in the title final this time, which also added a lot of topics to the media.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about the final victory. No one was optimistic that Chang Rensheng would be able to win the final victory. Especially in the chess match, Li Xiaoqiang is notoriously stable and notoriously difficult. In recent years. In the entire world chess world, there are only a few people who can beat Li Xiaoqiang in the chess match. Even last year's double world champion Li Shifo, he did not have a record of defeating Li Xiaoqiang in a chess match.

Therefore, for the next five-game chess, everyone talked about the most, that is, the question of whether Chang Rensheng can open Hu in Li Xiaoqiang's hands.

"Now that everyone outside says that you are Chang Rensheng's bitter hand, I am surprised, according to Xiao Chang's strength, it will not be enough. Xiaoqiang, do you have any tricks for dealing with Xiaochang? ”

"The trick? Hehe......"

Li Xiaoqiang laughed when he heard this. Of course, Li Xiaoqiang has no tricks. It's just that in Li Xiaoqiang's opinion, Chang Rensheng is an honest child, he plays chess too modestly, and basically never messes around on the chessboard. Therefore, his chess style, when his skills are not enough, it is difficult to pose a threat to players with a higher level than him, which is why he has never been able to win against Li Xiaoqiang.

"If you want me to say, Chang Rensheng's mistake is that he really inherited the mantle of Teacher Nie, and his layout is too good. Fortunately, he rarely fell behind in the first half of the game. I guess that's the main reason why he hasn't been able to beat me. ”

"What do you mean?"

"You think, because he has been leading in front, then he basically doesn't need any reversal, since he has never practiced reversal, then what kind of winning and losing hands is also very strange to him. I can always win Chang Rensheng, and I don't have any other advantages, but in this regard, I am a little bit stronger than him. ”

"Hahaha, you kid, it's also wrong for people to have a good layout, and only you, Li Xiaoqiang, can come up with such a crooked reasoning."

When reporter Zhang Da laughed, Li Xiaoqiang asked:

"By the way, Rensheng didn't go back to the chess academy with you?"

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Chang Rensheng appeared in front of Li Xiaoqiang, and he didn't know if it was unintentional or not, Chang Rensheng said loudly to Li Xiaoqiang:

"Boss, I'm here, I'm already ...... Here it comes! ”

"Hehe, you're here......" Li Xiaoqiang looked at the special opponent in front of him.

"It's really a new era now......" Li Xiaoqiang sighed in his heart again. (To be continued.) )

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