Chapter fifty-nine
The last set of the "Top Ten" group stage of Chinese Go, Li Xiaoqiang vs. Liu Dahui. The game is coming to an end. Zhang Da reporter asked Ma Xiaofei, who has been stopping to watch the game, to judge the situation:
"Ma Xiao, who do you think is more likely to compete with you for the championship in this top ten game?"
"Hehe, according to the current situation, it should be more likely to be a sledgehammer. It's amazing. Xiaoqiang, it should be said that this game of chess is a bit unreasonable since the morning. This is the unreasonable chess of experts, especially Xiaoqiang's unreasonable hands, which is difficult for ordinary people to hold him. But the sledgehammer was well played today. He grabbed Xiaoqiang's seven inches from the morning and kept him from turning over. Although Xiaoqiang was extremely capable of turning the world upside down, the entire situation was firmly controlled by the sledgehammer. You must know that there are not many chess players who can do this in front of Xiaoqiang. So sledgehammer is worthy of praise today, and he did play very well today..."
"oh."
In fact, according to the level of reporter Zhang Da, he did not fail to see the situation of this game. He just asked Ma Xiaofei, but just wanted to re-confirm. Sure enough, when Ma Xiaofei finished speaking, the game had officially ended. Seeing that nothing had happened, Li Xiaoqiang readily chose to vote and admit defeat.
In this way, Li Xiaoqiang ranked third in the group stage of this year's "Top Ten Battle" with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, and could only compete for 5th in the final qualifying match. This set the worst record after he participated in the "Top Ten Battle" for the first time. When Li Xiaoqiang participated in the "Top Ten Battle" for the first time at the age of 13, he ranked seventh that time. After that, Li Xiaoqiang never fell out of the top 4 in the "Top Ten Battle".
Moreover, with the failure of this game, Li Xiaoqiang was ambitious to regard this "Top Ten Battle" as the starting point of his dynasty, and naturally he went bankrupt.
Of course, about "starting the dynasty" and other things. The private exchange between Li Xiaoqiang and reporter Zhang Da is not enough to be told by outsiders, so this will not make Li Xiaoqiang a laughing stock. What the outside world saw was Li Xiaoqiang's two very ordinary games of losing chess.
It is common for professional chess players to lose, lose, win, win, and win. No matter how strong the chess player is, he will lose. Although Li Xiaoqiang lost to Cao Dafang and Liu Dachui this time, although it was a little beyond everyone's expectations, it was not a shocking and unpopular. You should know that these two are also top-notch and strong in the domestic chess world. Even if Li Xiaoqiang is now considered top-notch, using the most popular concept, even if he is top-notch and top-notch, he can only play 2 to 1 at most, and it is impossible to play 3 to 0 with others.
Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang lost the game in the "Top Ten Battle" this time, but did not cause much reaction from the outside world. Everyone just thought that this might be Li Xiaoqiang's state fluctuations for a while, and there was no too much association with others.
Sometimes it must be admitted that the word "state" is indeed a very wonderful phrase. People like to attribute a player's loss to "bad state", but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the term "state" is an excuse most of the time, and this statement cannot be explained in any way.
For example, reporter Zhang Da, this time, reporter Zhang Da’s views are different from others. In the opinion of reporter Zhang Da, if Li Xiaoqiang wants to truly open his own dynasty, there are still several problems that need to be solved. Except for the two games that Li Xiaoqiang lost in this top ten battle, which just exposed Li Xiaoqiang’s two problems.
The loss to Cao Dafang was because Li Xiaoqiang had a mentality problem. This at least shows that Li Xiaoqiang was not prepared to establish a dynasty in terms of mentality. What about the loss to Liu Dachu? In fact, it also shows that Li Xiaoqiang was not prepared technically.
Today, especially through the first two sets of the "Tianyuan Battle" final, everyone can perceive Li Xiaoqiang's changes and feel his progress. While maintaining his own advantages, his chess is becoming more and more comprehensive. He no longer depends on a specific way to win. But the problem now is that he cannot use Li Xiaoqiang's conversion between various styles.
For example, the game of chess with Liu Dachui is a good example. When Li Xiaoqiang changes his chess styles, his moves sometimes seem stiff, and sometimes he even plays unreasonable chess.
Reporter Zhang Da believes that for Li Xiaoqiang, the previous problem is easy to solve. As long as you give Li Xiaoqiang a certain amount of time, it will never be a problem for him. The latter problem is hard to say. It is true that Li Xiaoqiang is completing a certain transformation. But when will this transformation be completed? To what extent can it be transformed? This is not a problem that reporter Zhang Da can explain clearly, or even a problem that anyone can explain clearly.
Reporter Zhang Da was not clear about anything else. But one thing he was sure of: if Li Xiaoqiang could complete this transformation, if his chess could truly be changed freely, then the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty" might really come.
Reporter Zhang just didn’t know how long it would take to wait.
After the group stage of the "Top Ten" in Huizhou Province, a group of national players quickly moved to Ganyuan, and everyone was there to play the final qualifying match. The qualifying match was a showdown between the two groups in the same place, and finally ranked the ranking of the "Top Ten" of Chinese Go. Li Xiaoqiang ranked third in the group, and he naturally couldn't get much interest in a competition to compete for the fifth place. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang focused more attention on the final championship battle.
In fact, most people are like Li Xiaoqiang. Everyone mainly wants to see Ma Xiaofei's performance, see if he can become the champion of the new "Top Ten Battle" this time, see if he can lead Li Xiaoqiang and become the "all-round champion" in the domestic chess world.
As a result, a small unpopularity still appeared in the final, amid the expectations of everyone. Liu Dahui finally defeated Ma Xiaofei, and he won the championship of the "Top Ten Battles" of Chinese Go this year.
After the competition was over, the champion Liu Daechui was interviewed by reporters. The excited Liu Daechui said this:
"Actually, when I defeated Xiaoqiang in the group stage, I felt that I had a chance this time. You can think about it. For Xiaoqiang, the "demon king", I can grasp his flaws this time. What does this mean? This shows that my current state is quite outstanding. Then, in the final, I think I have no reason to be afraid of Ma Xiao, the "demon", and I have no reason to be afraid. Everyone is dissatisfied with me, this time, and I have always cheered myself up during the game. I didn't expect that this would work. As a result, everyone saw it, and in the end I really let me hold this little demon, hahaha..."
Compared with Li Xiaoqiang, Liu Dachui is the real enemy of Ma Xiaofei. They are the kind of people who are unwilling to leave the "review victory" to the other party. After the game, Ma Xiaofei could only smile helplessly. But then again, Liu Dachui was able to win Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei in a row this time, and his "top ten battles" champion is worthy of his reputation.
"... Then what will this game of chess look like today? Let's take a look now..."
Chapter completed!