Tokyo, Japan Chess Academy, on the day of the 7th "Fujitsu Cup" round of 16, in the morning, Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da reporters walked on the way to the venue.

Since Li Xiaoqiang entered the professional chess world, as long as Li Xiaoqiang participates in international competitions, as long as it is possible, as long as the conditions are promised, Zhang Da reporter will generally accompany Li Xiaoqiang to take a step. In his own words: As long as he "sends Li Xiaoqiang into the arena", it will probably bring good luck.

This kind of habit and tacit understanding between friends has lasted for many years. And judging from the current situation, the two have no intention of making changes.

"By the way, is it really good for you to treat other little girls like this?"

"Huh?"

Li Xiaoqiang knew that at this time, reporter Zhang Da would turn into a chatter. He likes to talk to himself at this time to relieve his pre-match stress. Li Xiaoqiang has always understood and appreciated the good intentions of reporter Zhang Da. It's just that I didn't expect that today's reporter Zhang Da would start with this topic.

What reporter Zhang Da said is naturally Yukari Umezawa.

"Little girl? It would be nice if she was still a little girl, and because she is not, she has become a big girl, so I don't know how to get along with her. ”

Unconsciously, Yukari Umezawa is now over 20 years old, and this is really a "big girl". Li Xiaoqiang's meaning of "not easy to get along with" is naturally easy to understand.

In recent years, Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa have been packaged by the media as a "golden boy and girl"-like couple. It must be pointed out that among them, of course, there is a reason for the media to fan the flames, but in fact, there is also an active side of the Go community.

You know, the professional Go world is actually a fairly closed circle. Most of the chess players are simple, and in the words of later generations, most of the chess players have more than IQ and insufficient emotional intelligence. The external manifestation of such a group of people is that their social skills are relatively weak. So in the Go world. The idea that "fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders" is quite serious. If nothing else, if you take the situation where chess players and chess players become husband and wife, it seems that this ratio is much larger than that of other industries.

If Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa can really become a couple, whether it is the Chinese Go community or the Japanese Go community, they are actually quite happy to see it. Not only that, but it is said that just some time ago, the Japanese media, which had good things, conducted a poll on this matter:

"What do you think of the love affair between a chessboard wizard and a beautiful girl in the chess world?"

The response has been generally positive. Li Xiaoqiang became famous very early, and his awesomeness is deeply ingrained in the hearts of Japanese chess fans. Strictly speaking, Li Xiaoqiang has actually always stepped on the position of Japanese chess players. But not to mention, the more this is the case, the more positive Li Xiaoqiang's image will be. Li Xiaoqiang's fan base in Japan is no less than that in China, and if Li Xiaoqiang can become a Japanese son-in-law, the vast majority of Japanese chess fans will raise their hands in favor.

But the current problem, the so-called "love affair between a chessboard wizard and a beautiful girl in the chess world", is actually not a real relationship at all, but like a child's house. Everyone dressed up out of the romance. If you're young, it doesn't matter if this continues. But now the situation is different, Mei Zedu has grown into a real "big girl", can Li Xiaoqiang still treat others like before?

Li Xiaoqiang is essentially an ordinary person with a strong sense of vanity. For example, if he senses that Umezawa has a good opinion of him, then his first reaction is to be complacent, and nothing else. But isn't there a saying that all love that is not for the purpose of marriage is a hooligan? Li Xiaoqiang's vanity may be there, if a girl chases him. He would have acquiesced with a smile. But if he really wants to do something "hooligan", then he really can't do it, at least it's not natural to do it.

For example, this time I came to Japan. On the surface, he and Yukari Umezawa are as familiar as ever, and they can talk when they need to talk, but they obviously increase their politeness. This kind of rawness and politeness, Yukari Umezawa is the most obvious, so she has been in a low mood these days. In addition to Mei Ze, as the reporter Zhang Da who is most familiar with the process of their relationship, he can actually see a clue.

"Reporter Zhang, what do you say I should do?"

"Hehe, although I don't know what you should do, I still think that your attitude yesterday was very bad. Xiaoqiang, it's not me talking about you, your ability in this area is far worse than your level of chess. In this regard, you must at least be tactful, at least not to make the little girl too uncomfortable. You should ......"

"Alas...... Vulgar hands! ”

Just when reporter Zhang Da was proudly about to teach Li Xiaoqiang a few tricks, he was unceremoniously dismissed by Li Xiaoqiang

interrupted, and then an inexplicable sentence came out.

"Huh? Vulgar hands? What do you mean? ”

Li Xiaoqiang looked thoughtful: "It's nothing, I mean to say, in the past few days, I have indeed played a bunch of vulgar hands, alas, there is really no way, because in that regard, I seem to only do this...... But then again...... Sometimes it's a bit of a vulgar hand...... The effect is not necessarily bad. ”

After saying this, Li Xiaoqiang ignored reporter Zhang Da, and he strode into the game room. Leaving reporter Zhang Da alone outside dumbfounded:

"This Xiaoqiang, his speech is becoming more and more inexplicable...... Well, vulgar hands? What do you mean...... "......

At more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the round of 16 was in full swing. In the research room, Team Leader Hua stared at Ma Xiaofei nervously:

"Ma Xiao, what is the current situation?"

Because 4 Chinese chess players encountered 4 super first-class. As the head of the Chinese delegation, the pressure on the team leader is not ordinary. To be honest, in today's matchup situation, the Chinese team is in danger of being shaved head. The more you are afraid of something, the more you feel as if what you are afraid of is becoming a reality.

For example, just today, when the game is going on at this time, the chess game is naturally not over yet, but Team Leader Hua always feels that the situation of the four games of chess is very tight, and it looks like a tragedy is about to be staged. Therefore, he had no choice but to pull Ma Xiaofei and ask this and that.

Seeing that Team Leader Hua was nervous like this, Ma Xiaofei had no choice but to smile and comfort him:

"Hua Lao, don't be nervous, although the overall situation is not good, there is also a clear advantage, such as this ......"

The plate that Ma Xiaofei used his finger turned out to be the plate of Hua Xuemin VS Dazhu Hero:

"Yu Bin's plate, now it seems that he is powerless to return to the sky, Lao Nie's plate. I think it's already on the losing side. But in this game, although Hua Xuemin is irrational and gives the opponent a chance, the current scene is relatively chaotic. But objective analysis, due to her previous advantage is relatively large. The hope of winning this set is still relatively high. ”

"Oh?" Although he heard Ma Xiaofei say this, Team Leader Hua's interest was still not high. It must be admitted that although Hua Xuemin is likely to cause an upset, this is a world series after all. At this level, no one would pin their hopes on a female player. Even if Hua Xuemin wins. If she is the only chess player to enter the top 8, it can basically be announced that the Chinese team of this year's "Fujitsu Cup" has failed again.

"What about Xiaoqiang's game of chess? Xiaoqiang vs. Xiaolin. Who do you think is good and who is bad? ”

Hearing Team Leader Hua ask about Li Xiaoqiang's plate, Ma Xiaofei showed a playful smile:

"They played a very interesting game, and the two people's vulgar hands were one after another, just like performing a complete set of vulgar hands. It's interesting, it's really interesting, this chess looks very tasteful. It seems that both of them have come up with their own efforts to press the bottom of the box......"

"You ......"

Team leader Hua was speechless for a while at Ma Xiaofei's answer. Team Leader Hua is concerned about the pros and cons of the situation, not how the process goes. Besides, this game of chess has actually been paying attention. As Ma Xiaofei said, the vulgar hands of the two people are one race over the other. This would be if the player's name was redacted. Team Leader Hua really doesn't look down on such a chess game, how can he look like two amateur chess players playing chess. Ma Xiaofei also said that this is their "pressing the bottom of the box" kung fu, is there such a burying of people like him?

Team Leader Hua was so angry that he didn't speak, but the reporter Zhang Da on the side was interested:

"I went to the Japanese chess players just now to inquire about it. They all think that Xiaolin's real air lead should occupy a certain advantage at present, and you have different opinions on the difficulty of Ma Xiao? Do you think the current situation is still unclear? ”

"Yes, Xiaoqiang's chess is not so easy to understand. Without careful analysis, I can't see such a situation clearly! ”

Ma Xiaofei said categorically.

"Oh? Why is that......"

After Ma Xiaofei slowly explained, Team Leader Hua and reporter Zhang Da also slowly figured out the meaning.

To say that Kobayashi Koji is the current king of the Japanese chess world. In real history. He is even considered to be the king of the world chess scene before Li Shifo. Then he must have something unique about it. One of Mr. Kobayashi's most praised skills is his ability to "operate safely". He is known as "the first person to turn advantage into victory".

If we want to talk about his talent, we have to mention his "vulgar hand". You must know that the "vulgar hand" in Go is generally a derogatory term, but Kobayashi Koji can use the "vulgar hand" to a great effect.

To use a simple analogy, if Mr. Kobayashi can see that he can make a profit in a certain part, then he will not hesitate to make this half of his eyes clear in a series of "vulgar hands", and he will take this benefit first. The use of "vulgar hands" actually means the loss of change. Generally speaking, very few chess players dare to play like this, and using this style of play requires strong control and judgment skills. In a complex situation, if you want to see the "half-eyed" clearly, not many people can actually do it. But Kobayashi Koji has this unique talent.

What's even more terrifying is that when Xiao Lin uses his unique stunt, when he judges clearly, due to the opponent's loss of change and room for maneuver, when the "subway stream" rumbles by, the opponent often has nothing to do, and can only be helplessly defeated. This is Kobayashi's most typical winning routine.

"We all know Xiaolin's vulgar hands, but what about Xiaoqiang's vulgar hands?"

"Xiaoqiang's vulgar hands are another type. Of course, I don't think it's accurate to define these moves as "vulgar moves", Xiaoqiang's vulgar moves are more from the efficiency of the chess pieces, and many of his methods are actually very advanced and more obscure. How so? Xiaoqiang is not a descendant of ancient chess, and he has absorbed a lot of nutrients from ancient chess. ”

"Starting from the sub-effect? How to understand? ”

"It's really hard to say normally, so I'll just give you a score. Anyone who plays chess should be said to want to pursue the highest efficiency, if there is such a move, it looks like the shape of the chess is stretched, the efficiency is very high, we give this move a score of 10 points, and at the same time, after playing this move, we also leave the opponent the next move worth 9 points. But this is often not the case with Xiao Qiang, who often plays the kind of chess that looks like it can only be rated as 5 points, and then only leaves the opponent with a 3-point chess. In this comparison, who do you say has the highest child effect? ”

"I see."

"Hehe, don't look at me, it's very simple to make an analogy, but it's very difficult to be Xiaoqiang."

"How?"

"There are two difficulties in this, the first is that everyone's thinking inertia is difficult to overcome, because when everyone plays chess, the first thing to consider is to stretch their chess shape. Because that kind of chess seems to be very efficient, and the kind of chess that seems to be worth only 5 points may have been actively ignored when thinking about it. Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is ......"

In the domestic arena, Li Xiaoqiang can be regarded as Ma Xiaofei's main opponent, and in the international arena, Ma Xiaofei has also experienced Kobayashi Koji's years of tempering. So just this afternoon, when he commented on the two main opponents, Ma Xiaofei looked a little talkative.

“…… The most important thing is that even if you find a move that is worth 5 points, you want to make sure that your opponent's next move is only worth 3 points, which is very difficult. This also requires a unique talent, so to speak, at least in the current world chess scene, Xiaoqiang's talent is unique in the world! In his game of Go, there are very few rules. I think his kung fu practice has a lot to do with ancient Chinese chess. ”

After listening to Ma Xiaofei's words, Team Leader Hua and reporter Zhang Da were thoughtful:

"Do you mean to say, look at the mountains or ...... the mountains?"

"Yes, a lot of chess looks vulgar, such as a lot of chess played by Xiaoqiang, such as a lot of chess in the Middle Ages. But are they really vulgar hands? No! Such chess is actually a very high realm, a realm of "looking at the mountain or the mountain"! By now you should know why I said they had done their best to press the bottom of the box, right? ”

Hearing that Ma Xiaofei brought the topic back again, Team Leader Hua and reporter Zhang Da didn't care about talking about the "realm" issue, and they hurriedly cared about the most realistic problem at the moment.

"By the way, what do you think of the current situation? You just said...... You still can't see clearly? ”

Hearing this, Ma Xiaofei shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"Yes, I watched all 4 games of chess just now, Xiaoqiang's chess is obscure, and there is no way to use conventional judgment, if you don't study it carefully, how can you give an accurate judgment for a while."

Regarding Ma Xiaofei's words, reporter Zhang Da didn't know for a while, so Team Leader Hua could still understand. This is because professional chess players generally use various references when judging the situation, and this kind of reference is often the "constant" and "fixed formula" in Go.

For example, one of the simplest "small eyes high hanging support retreat", as long as it is this kind of normal, sometimes we don't need to point at all, and reflexively think that this is "two points", as a professional chess player, of course, there are a lot of such "normals" stored in the brain, and then use means such as "hand cutting" in chess, so that it is easier to judge the situation.

However, many of the chess pieces played by Li Xiaoqiang are not "normal" at all, so it is really not so easy to judge when there is no reference.

“…… On the surface, Xiao Lin's real space is a little more, but Xiao Qiang's chess is also very good? What's the problem......"

Ma Xiaofei was immersed in analyzing the situation, while Team Leader Hua and reporter Zhang Da were looking at him blankly.

By 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I saw that the situation of Nie Whirlwind and Yu Bin's two games of chess was getting worse and worse. Everyone simply stopped researching. Everyone only stared at Li Xiaoqiang's game.

Only at this time did reporter Zhang Da notice:

Ma Xiaofei's eyes slowly lit up! (To be continued......)