In September 2003, when the SARS epidemic was almost over, Li Xiaoqiang came to Shencheng from Beijing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the eldest brother Li Xiaogang's house, Li Xiaoqiang is teasing his little nephew. Li Xiaogang and Zhao Qinqin have been married a long time ago, and now their sons are 3 years old, and babbling children are the cutest time.

"This kid, in the future, I want to train him to become a professional chess player."

Holding his cute little nephew, Li Xiaoqiang felt that he couldn't help but say such a sentence.

Sister-in-law Zhao Qinqin didn't appreciate it at all: "Go and go, my son doesn't want to be a chess player, it's boring and not fun." Besides, with your second uncle here, no matter how hard he tries, it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve your achievements, so what is the meaning of being a professional chess player? , if you are so good as a teacher, you and Lin Mengyu will have one. ”

Listening to Zhao Qinqin's words, Li Xiaoqiang smiled awkwardly. Due to the "SARS", Lin Mengyu also accompanied Li Xiaoqiang to Shencheng to relax. Li Xiaoqiang peeked at Lin Mengyu, and sure enough, Lin Mengyu, who was also teasing the child, looked gloomy after listening to Zhao Qinqin's words.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiaogang was very clever to divert the topic, and he said to Li Xiaoqiang with a smile: "The child is so young, do you see that he can have a future in chess now?" ”

"Hehe, that's of course, the descendants of our old Li family, all of them are extremely smart...

In real history, when this little nephew was 7 or 8 years old, he did show a good talent for Go, and after learning Go for a while in preschool, he was indeed advised to continue learning. At that time, Li Xiaogang didn't care, but in the end, it was because his mother Zhao Qinqin was reluctant that the matter was stopped.

After chatting about children, Li Xiaogang asked Li Xiaoqiang about his visit to Shencheng this time:

"How was this competition? Feeling a little special, right? ”

"yes, that's kind of special."

"So, you should get married quickly, you really think you are still young now." Li Xiaogang said.

Li Xiaoqiang was stunned.

After the end of SARS, most of the Go tournaments were rekindled, and due to the blank time some time ago, the following fixtures were unusually intensive. For example, in the current Shencheng, there are two important competitions launched at the same time.

One of them was the semi-finals of the 2nd "World Chess Holy War" and the "Challenger Decisive Battle". The other one is the five-way chess final of the domestic "chess king battle".

In terms of influence and specifications, a domestic title battle cannot be compared with the "World Chess Holy War", and the top 4 players of this year's "World Chess Holy War" are China's Chang Rensheng, Zhou Dayang and South Korea's big and small Li, the standard Sino-Korean confrontation, which of them can be qualified to challenge Li Xiaoqiang? It can be said that it is quite remarkable.

However, this "Chess King Battle" is different, and the final of this "Chess King Battle" is also very eye-catching. There is no other reason, because it is Gu Dali and the young chess player Gu Dali who have won the right to challenge this "Chess King Battle"! After years of waiting, the domestic "little tigers" chess players have finally stepped onto the highest stage of domestic chess battles.

In recent years, the older generation of chess players such as Liu Dazhui and Cao Dafang have gradually faded out of the line. And since the beginning of this year, Ma Xiaofei has been defeated in other competitions in addition to sticking to a "celebrity" position. Therefore, except for Yu Bin, a "post-60s" chess player, the domestic chess world is basically the world of "Eight Horses".

"Chang Rensheng challenged Li Xiaoqiang in a certain chess battle", "Zhou Dayang challenged Li Xiaoqiang in a certain chess battle",

"Luo Shen Pig competed with Li Xiaoqiang for the championship in a certain chess battle"... This is the current situation of the domestic chess scene in recent years.

Of course, this situation is very normal and in line with the normal law of metabolism, but this law is too monotonous, especially in the contrast of the Korean chess world, the growth rate of China's new chess players is also a little too slow. It was against such a background that Gu Dali stood out in the "Chess King Battle" and obtained the qualification to challenge Li Xiaoqiang, which of course attracted the attention of the Go community.

"Because of Li Xiaoqiang, Chinese Go can still maintain a leading position in the entire world chess world, but as we all know, this leading position is not solid, and sometimes it may be because a chess player has suddenly risen to change this pattern. For example, since last year, why has South Korea's Go been able to surpass China in terms of overall results? It is because their Li Shi has risen that other young chess players have also grown up rapidly. As Gu Dali, who has always been compared with Li Shishi, Gu Dali, who thinks that he is "guilty of eight characters" with Li Shishi, his growth rate has not met everyone's expectations. But fortunately, this time Gu Dali finally stepped onto the highest stage of domestic chess battles, which is a breakthrough! Although this breakthrough came a little late, the young chess players have come this far. In the face of the powerful Li Xiaoqiang, no one thinks that Gu Dali can have many chances, but everyone hopes that Gu Dali can fully play his level when facing Li Xiaoqiang, at least create enough trouble for Li Xiaoqiang. What can he do next? Let's wait and see... ”

Li Xiaoqiang accepted Gu Dali's challenge, which was also the first time Li Xiaoqiang accepted the challenge of a junior chess player in a domestic chess battle. It's no wonder that when answering Li Xiaogang, Li Xiaoqiang himself said "It feels a little special".

Because at this time, Li Xiaoqiang finally realized: he is no longer young!

Li Xiaoqiang and Gu Dali's first chess contest began in such a situation.

"I can't count the road anymore as a young man...

During the competition, Li Xiaoqiang expressed such feelings to the outside world from time to time. Of course, no one cares about Li Xiaoqiang's statement, and more people think that Li Xiaoqiang is just fake modesty.

This five-game chess presented a result that everyone liked, and Li Xiaoqiang defended his title as the "chess king" with a score of 3-1. Gu Dali was able to snatch 1 point from Li Xiaoqiang, which allowed everyone to see his impact and witness his growth. At the same time, Li Xiaoqiang successfully defended his title, which also made everyone realize that Li Xiaoqiang is still standing at the top and showing a good competitive state.

Only Li Xiaoqiang himself knows that his feelings are not fake, through this competition, Li Xiaoqiang really feels: he has no advantage over young people like Gu Dali in terms of pure arithmetic.

The so-called "calculation of the road strong" generally includes two aspects, one is "fast calculation", the other is "deep calculation", in terms of "fast calculation", Li Xiaoqiang has never had an advantage. Since he was a child, Li Xiaoqiang has never been as "fast" as Luo Shen Pig, let alone compared with Gu Dali, who is faster than Luo Shen Pig.

As for "deep calculation", this has always been Li Xiaoqiang's advantage. In the past, Li Xiaoqiang crushed his predecessors and his peers, and a very important factor was to rely on his "deep calculation".

But this time in the face of Gu Dali, Li Xiaoqiang really felt that his advantage in this area disappeared.

The 3 games he won relied more on his comprehensiveness, his deeper understanding of Go, coupled with Gu Dali's lack of experience and his slightly rough weakness.

As for the game of chess that I lost, it was actually a competition that I took the initiative to guide into a pure arithmetic road, and after a competition, I found that I really didn't have any advantage.

"It seems that I really don't accept the old man. . .

After defending the "chess king", 28-year-old Li Xiaoqiang expressed such feelings in his heart.

After finishing his game, Li Xiaoqiang did not leave Shencheng immediately, but stayed to pay attention to the "World Chess Holy War" competition.

At the same time that Li Xiaoqiang repelled Gu Dali's challenge, the top 4 of the 2nd "World Chess Holy War" has ended. As a result, in the two "Sino-Korean confrontations", both ended with South Korean players winning.

Two 2 to 1! Li Shifo defeated Zhou Dayang 2-1, and Li Shishi defeated Chang Rensheng 2-1.

The final challenge will be between South Korea's big and small lees.

After knowing this result, Li Xiaoqiang's expression suddenly became grim.

In the whole world chess world, is it really time to change the dynasty again? (To be continued.) )