In today's chess world, it can be said that in addition to Li Xiangping, who has been in the limelight recently, it is of course still the former king Li Canghao who is the most concerned by professional chess players.

No, it may not be accurate to say "the former king", in fact, up to now, Li Canghao is still the king in everyone's minds, after all, people's status in the rivers and lakes is built by more than ten world champions, which is not something that can be shaken by just 2 world champions.

For example, now when the outside world looks at Li Xiangping, everyone just thinks that he has a promising future, and from the current situation, he is the most promising to become the next hegemon in the world chess world, and from this list of candidates for future hegemony, his ranking should be very high, and he may have been ahead of Li Shishi, Gu Dali and others.

However, if you want to say that Li Xiangping is now the hegemon, then not to mention that the Korean Go community, which has always been hard-mouthed, will definitely not admit it, then I am afraid that the Chinese Go community is still embarrassed to say so.

It is precisely for this reason that in these years, Li Canghao's every move is still very concerned by everyone.

Ordinary chess fans watch the excitement and mainly pay attention to his results, so what about this group as a professional chess player? In addition to paying attention to what ordinary people pay attention to, of course, everyone will pay more attention to the content of chess and what he shows on the chessboard.

For example, in the first two rounds of the just-concluded "Samsung Cup", Li Canghao showed some changes on the chessboard, which attracted great attention from everyone.

This time Li Canghao also entered the quarterfinals, he won the first round was the Japanese veteran Naoto Hikosaka, and defeated the Chinese chess player Wang Lei in the second round.

It's not a surprise to win, the key is that the way he wins is a surprise. In these two sets, Li Canghao actually played two sets of dragon slaying, and both sets were won by violent dragon slaying.

It's okay to just slay the dragon, and the more important thing is that these two games are not because the opponent is "playing the big dragon", that is to say, it is not that the opponent is too far behind in front of the situation, and then he slays the dragon when he fights with him in the way of "betting on the big dragon".

In these two games, Da Li played actively at the beginning of the game, and then slaughtered the opponent Dalong when he took the initiative.

This situation naturally makes everyone feel strange, you have to know who Da Li is? Jianghu people call "Stone Buddha", chess style is described as "crocodile-like waiting", it can be said that a "wait" word exhausts the essence of Da Li's style, and his style gives people a deep-rooted impression.

It is precisely because this impression is so deep that Da Li suddenly changed his style of chess this time and showed a completely different style of play from the past, which naturally made everyone talk about it, so that the Chinese delegation was still discussing this matter on the way back to China.

"Tsk, now this chess is really, it is completely different from our era, even people like Da Li can become so bloody and violent, I think, this is to blame Li Xiangping, Da Li may have been brought bad by him, don't you say?"

It was Ma Xiaofei who said this, and Ma Xiaofei also broke into the quarterfinals this time, so he seems to be in a good mood now, so much so that when he was waiting for the plane at the airport, he also joked with Li Xiangping.

"Hehehe, that's right, I also think he brought it bad," the person who answered the call was Chang Hao, who also entered the quarterfinals this time, and in the round of 16, he defeated Liu Chonghe, who had just lost to Lao Shi, and advanced, so he also looked in a good mood.

Chang Hao said to Li Xiangping with a smile at this time: "Xiangping, you may not know, during the interval of this competition, I had an exchange with Da Li, but he admired you very much, and mentioned you many times when chatting with me, and after watching your chess, I found that Go can still be played like this, so I think Mr. Ma is right just now, he was indeed brought bad by you." ”

After listening to Chang Hao's words, other chess players also coaxed, especially Gu Dali's favorite jump:

"Yes, yes, as soon as the mastery boss came out, he immediately brought the atmosphere of the entire Go world to ruin, isn't it Xiangping Hey, Xiangping, the mastery boss"

"Huh? What do you say? ”

"Damn, I don't like you the most, you can get distracted when you wait for an opportunity, why didn't you get distracted when you played chess with me."

After Li Xiangping came back to his senses, he smiled embarrassedly. The reason why he was distracted just now was because after hearing the words of Ma Xiaofei and Chang Hao, he remembered this "Samsung Cup" in real history.

In this trip to South Korea, the Chinese team has its own, Ma Xiaofei and Chang Hao 3 people broke into the quarterfinals, but in real history, only Chang Hao and Ma Xiaofei broke into the quarterfinals, but they not only broke into the quarterfinals, but also reached the semifinals at the same time.

In Li Xiangping's memory, that semi-final is a classic, the semi-finals are Ma Xiaofei and Chang Hao against South Korea's Cao Li master and apprentice, and the specific matchup situation is Ma Xiaofei VS Cao Xunxuan, Chang Hao VS Li Canghao.

Originally, it was predicted before the game that many people thought that this final might be between Ma Xiao and Da Li. After all, before this, Ma Xiao's record against Lao Cao was quite good, especially before 2000, Ma Xiao basically took Lao Cao one by one. And what about Chang Hao against Da Li? Prior to this, the two had a 2-14 record against each other, so no one expected much from him at that time.

It's just that the result of the semifinals is completely opposite to everyone's pre-game predictions, Lao Cao is 2 to 0 Ma Xiao, and Chang Hao is 2 to 1 Da Li. Chang Hao and Lao Cao joined hands to enter the finals.

Chang Hao's victory was the first time that Da Li lost to a foreign chess player in a chess match, not only that, Chang Hao also played a famous game in the final tiebreaker, (that is, the famous game that made "Xiaolin Liu" disappear), it is precisely for these two reasons that Li Xiangping was extremely impressed by that semi-final, and he still remembers it vividly.

It's a pity that Chang Hao, who passed the Da Li pass in the semifinals, failed to break through the old Cao Na pass in the finals.

After arriving in this life, although last year, with the help of Lao Shi, he broke the "Iron Curtain of Master and Apprentice", and Lao Shi also broke the undefeated golden body of Da Li Fanqi, but recalling those past events in real history still made Li Xiangping feel a little trance in an instant.

After Li Xiangping came back to his senses, everyone repeated what they had just said:

"Hehe, we're all talking about how you've ruined the atmosphere of the Go world, and even an honest kid like Da Li has been ruined by you, what do you think?"

Li Xiangping was happy when he heard this, he laughed and said: "Haha, don't dare to be, why did I bring it bad?" Let me tell you a secret, in fact, even without me, Da Li will become bad in a few years, and his chess style will definitely become easy to kill and fierce at that time."

must tell the truth, Li Xiangping is actually really "revealing secrets". Because in real history, it has not been a few years since now, that is, during Da Li's "Jiulianya", his style of chess at that time was really different from now, and compared with his own peak, his style in that period was obviously much more proactive.

In real history, there are many theories about the change of Da Li's chess style, and the most mainstream view in the Go world is that Da Li should realize that he is older and his energy is definitely not as good as when he was younger, so if he plays with young chess players, Da Li no longer has the confidence he had in the past, so he took the initiative to try to make some changes, wanting to rely on his overall situation and understanding of Go to deal with young chess players.

Is this a reliable claim? Li Xiangping thinks it's not reliable at all.

Li Xiangping has always believed that there is never any such thing as "active attempt" or "intentional" in a person's chess style change. This statement is simply nonsense.

In other words, any professional chess player plays chess, in fact, it is "unintentional", and every move played by a professional chess player must be the best choice he thinks is the best choice at that time, and this will fall on the chessboard.

And every move he makes on the board is seen by others as a characteristic of his style, so this style of play is actually unconscious.

Can you imagine a professional chess player deliberately choosing what he thinks is not the best spot in order to pursue a certain style?

No matter what others think, anyway, Li Xiangping thinks that there is no such possibility, not only will he not, but Li Xiangping thinks that Da Li will certainly not either.

Even during his "Nine Consecutive Asias", although he seemed to be at his peak at that time, every move he landed on the chessboard was still the best choice for him at that time.

Therefore, from this point of view, Da Li's chess style change is actually a natural formation, he must think that it is better to be proactive, which is why he will be active on the chessboard, and that's it.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, it is not unusual for a professional chess player to change his playing style, which is very common in the professional Go world.

The most typical example is Mr. Masao Kato of Japan, who has changed from a "celestial star" when he was young to a "half-eye Kato" after middle age, which is an obvious example of a change in chess style.

Another example is Mr. Kato's teacher, Mr. Minoru Kitani, whose style of chess has changed more times.

When he was young, his chess style was weird, and he was called "Strange Boy Maru" by the Japanese chess world.

Well, at that time, Mugu was very similar to Lee Sedol's chess path in South Korea.

When Minoru Muya was young, that is, when he launched the "New Layout Revolution" with Mr. Wu Qingyuan, he began to prefer the big picture again, and he played "cosmic flow" in that era.

And when Mr. Mugu entered middle age, his chess style became extremely solid again, and he became the most familiar "rock-solid Mugu Stream".

So like Mr. Minoru Kitani, is every time he changes his chess style on purpose? Li Xiangping thinks that of course it is not, it can only be said that his understanding of Go is different in each period, and it is this difference that causes his chess style to be very different in each period.

Therefore, Li Xiangping believes that it is actually very normal for a chess style like Li Canghao to change, and there is nothing to be surprised at all.

The only thing that interests Li Xiangping now is that compared with real history, Da Li's chess style changes seem to be several years ahead of schedule.

And now he is still in his prime!

Although judging from the situation in real history, it seems that his peak has not been a few years, but it is still his peak!

is still at the peak of his chess style has changed, so what will become of such a big Li? To be honest, Li Xiangping really wants to see and see.