Go Legend Chapter 787

Chapter 787 The new pattern of Japanese chess

The lineup for this year's "Asian Cup" is as follows:

Defending champion Li Xiangping; China's "CCTV Cup" champion and runner-up Kong Erjie and Wang Xi; Japan's "NHK Cup" champion and runner-up Iyama Yuta and Zhang Xu, South Korea's "GBS Cup" champion and runner-up Cui Du and Zhao Hancheng.

Due to the shortcomings of Gu Dali and South Korea's big and small Lee, such a lineup can only be said to be quite satisfactory, and they are regulars in the world competition, but they do not represent the highest level of today's chess.

Well, if I really want to say it, the two Japanese players can represent the highest level of Japanese Go today——

Because of the appearance of the "butterfly" Li Xiangping, the overall pattern of the world chess has long been changed beyond recognition by him.

Xiao Li in real history has 12 championships in his hands at this time, but he has yet to break out of the championship group.

In real history, Gu Dali also had 6 crowns during the same period, but he also has only one crown now.

As for the worse Chang Hao Jiudan and others, he had already won 3 titles at this time, but due to the appearance of this guy Lao Shi, he ended up in the same situation as Lao Nie.

As reflected in the Japanese chess world, Japanese players are of course not very competitive in the international arena, but in their domestic chess world, Li Xiangping also found that some changes seemed to have taken place.

The biggest change is that of Jingshan Xiaozheng.

In real history, Jing Shan, who was only 19 years old this year, was not that good at all. He really turned into a butterfly in the battle, which should be the Japanese chess holy war two years later. Yes, it is the latest Japanese chess jihad after the earthquake in Fukushima.

At that time, Jingshan was the challenger, and the reigning "chess master" was Zhang Xu. At the beginning, Jingshan took the lead, but when the earthquake happened, his "chess master" was shaken out, and Zhang Xu fought two difficult games in a row to defend the chess master.

It is precisely because of this that the Japanese media at that time bragged about Zhang Xu, and even compared that series to the "game under the original bombing" of that year.

(The so-called game under the atomic bomb was the decisive battle in Japan's third or fourth "Battle of Honinbo". At that time, the incumbent "Honinbo" was Utaro Hashimoto, and the challenger was Kaoru Iwamoto. One of the rounds was held in Hiroshima. During the game, the atomic bomb of the US emperor came. However, the two players were so dead. At that time, the referee and other staff died several times. The two of them were fine, and it was fine. Hashimoto Yutaro was still He was alive and kicking, and when he was in his 70s, he was still able to reach the finals of Japan's first chess holy war, but he lost to Fujisawa Hideyuki.)

It's just Zhang Xu's title defense, which is also the last time he won the Japanese "chess master".

Jingshan, who lost that series, was like he suddenly opened up the second vein of Ren and Du, and completely opened his mind. From the second year on, he was invincible in the Japanese chess world and began to establish the real Jingshan Dynasty, Japan. The chess world has also officially transitioned from the "Era of the Four Heavenly Kings of Heisei" to the "Era of Jingshan".

Li Xiangping noticed that Jingshan's maturity seems to have advanced 2 years after the present.

He is now the reigning "celebrity" and "throne" in Japan, while Zhang Xu is the reigning "Benyinfang" and "Tianyuan". Not only that, but the two will also compete in the finals of "chess holy war" and "ten dan wars" this year. meet in.

As for the other three of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Heisei", there is currently no title in hand.

In the seven major news chess battles in Japan, the last title of "Little Chess Saint" fell into the hands of Lao Zhao Zhao Zhixun this year.

So in today's Japanese chess world, Zhang Xu and Jing Shan are competing for hegemony.

Especially in the second half of the year, Japan's "chess holy war" will be launched in the seventh round of chess. This is the professional Go game with the highest prize money in the world. The prize money for the champion is much higher than that of the "Ying's Cup". The title is basically the first person in the Japanese chess world.

The time is slowly approaching the end of July, and in three days, Li Xiangping will leave for Japan to compete.

Originally, he returned to the competition after his resignation, and the Japanese even greatly increased the prize money of the "Asian Cup" because of him. This was considered big news in the past, and it was enough for the media to shout about it for a while.

But there is no way, there are too many big facts this year, from the southern ice disaster during the Spring Festival to the Sichuan earthquake in May, and then to the Beijing Olympic Games that will open 10 days later——

At present, the Olympic Village has been opened, and athletes from various countries are arriving one after another, and some events are held in advance, so at this time, the news of the Olympic Games is overwhelming.

As for Li Xiangping's comeback, and the fact that he chose to announce Yaya's relationship before, it didn't cause much waves at all in this particular period.

This afternoon, Li Xiangping was in Wudaokou apartment. He had just finished playing a chess manual of Jingshan Xiaozhengtai. He asked his plug-in:

"Brother Ding'an, how do you feel about this person?"

"Well, this person's talent is also outstanding. I think in today's chess world, his chess talent is not worse than that of Xiaoyou Xiangping, but he should be no worse than anyone else."

Li Xiangping laughed and said: "Hehe Ding'an brother, you don't have to always bring me out to talk about things, well, I won't talk about others now, just talk about yourself, you say this person is a chess talent, and you are similar to you. How is Bi?"

"This, this..."

Li Xiangping smiled, and did not continue to entangle on this illusory topic, but he, like Lao Shi, was positive about Jingshan Xiaozheng's talent and chess talent--

It goes without saying that he has reached the "Golden Slam" in the Japanese chess world twice. This is known to most chess fans, but there is another detail that proves his talent, which may not be known to everyone:

Everyone knows that after the birth of the dog in the previous life, after the first man-machine battle between Xiao Li and the first-generation "Afdog", Google put the second-generation dog "Master" on the Internet for testing, and played against human chess players 60 times.

Of course, everyone knows the results of that test. The second-generation dog has 60 wins, 0 losses and zero seals against humans.

So among those 60 games, whose situation is the closest?

Whether it was the data provided by Google at the time, or the dismantling of the three generations of dogs and the domestically produced "Exquisite Art" at that time - Jingshan only played one game at that time, and the closest and most likely to win was his game.

Why is that game of chess the most promising? The number of moves in that chess game was not long, and with more than 100 hands, Jingshan Xiaozheng conceded defeat. However, the dismantling of Sandaigou and "Jieyi" tells everyone that when he conceded defeat, Sandaigou and Jueyi thought his situation was dominant.

As for why Jingshan conceded defeat - Li Xiangping believes that this is actually the weakness of Japanese chess players.

Just like Jing Shan has participated in so many international competitions after that, in the middle and front games where he showed his talent and chess skills, his performance is often not bad, and he can compete with Ke Shaoxia and South Korea's Park Tianzi. live.

The reason for this is that the Japanese Go has been declining for too long, which has led to the general lack of confidence among Japanese players, including Jingshan, in the international arena.

Second, it is also because of the long-term decline that the overall level of Japanese Go has been significantly lower than that of China and South Korea, so basically a leader like Jingshan cannot be better tempered at home, which has led him to the world stage. Completely unable to adapt to the rhythm of Chinese and Korean masters.

Third, it is also related to the time used in Japanese Go tournaments. The seven major titles in Japan are basically slow chess for a long time. The two-day system of the "Big Triple Crown" does not need to be mentioned, even if it is "Tianyuan" and "Throne". , which is basically a slow game of 4 to 5 hours per side.

So Iyama was used to this kind of competition, and if he played another 2-hour World Series for each side, he would not be able to adapt to the rhythm at all.

"Hehe, Ding'an brother, no matter what, this competition is inevitable, and this championship must be won."

Lao Shi said with a smile: "It's just a small game, why do you care so much this time."

"It's not what I value."

Li Xiangping explained to the external link:

"Don't forget that it's not far from October, and our most important opportunity to sharpen is coming soon."

Li Xiang paused and continued: "I already know some news, this year's special Juban should invite 2 Japanese players, and most of them are these two, so Ding'an brother, think about it..."

"So if we lose, not only will it be difficult for our face, but there may even be changes in the discussion of chess, right?"

"Haha Ding'an brother, you just know."

3 days passed quickly. On the 25th, Li Xiangping joined Kong Erjie and Wang Xi, and then accompanied by the national team head coach Yu Bin, went to Japan to participate in this year's "Asian Cup".

So far, Li Xiangping has won four consecutive championships in the "Asian Cup".

If he defends his title again this year, he will be able to surpass Mr. Takeshi Masaki and enjoy the longest consecutive championship record in international competitions. It is precisely because of this that at the opening ceremony of the competition, Li Xiangping was the focus of the audience, and the other six participating players All seem to be his foil.

And in the first round, he also had a bye, and the other 6 players were fighting against each other. After drawing lots, the situation in the first round was as follows: Kong Erjie VS Zhang Xu, Wang Xi VS Zhao Hancheng, Jingshan Yutai VS Cui Du.

Because this is a TV fast chess game, each game is held in the studio of the TV station, so the game is not synchronized, and the first round of three games took a day and a half.

The first round of the competition was very coincidental. China, Japan and South Korea all had one win and one loss, respectively Kong Erjie seventh dan, Zhao Hancheng ninth dan, and Jingshan Xiaozheng Tai won.

On the night after the first round, the draw for the second round, which is also the semi-final, will be held immediately.

Through the lottery, Li Xiangping was drawn to the ninth dan of Zhao Hancheng in South Korea, and Kong Erjie met Jingshan Xiaozheng.

On the morning of the 3rd day, Li Xiangping finally came on stage. In the studio hall of Japan's NHK TV station, he faced South Korea's "Mr. 98%" Zhao Hancheng in the ninth dan.

There was not much suspense in the competition, although before the competition, Li Xiangping decided to "do not talk about martial arts", and when switching to a combination of two swords, he still used a combination of two swords.

However, Zhao Jiuduan did not give face at all, Shi Daqi had not even had a chance to speak, and he had already thrown his stones to admit defeat.

In the afternoon, it was Kong Er VS Jingshan match, right next to the studio hall, Li Xiangping accompanied Yu Bin to watch the whole game.

Around 4 pm, Li Xiangping said to himself:

"Hey, why is it so coincidental, we just talked about Jingshan a few days ago, this guy is really likely to sit in front of me."

(end of this chapter)

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