"Go, with thousands of years of Taoism, is the oldest and most splendid intellectual game in the world, and the ideals and philosophies exuded by Go can often overwhelm the unsentimentality of reality. Therefore, in everyone's impression, the game of Go is mysterious and complex, profound and mysterious, and those who can master Go and become a generation of people must be philosophers who have already understood the natural principles of heaven and earth......"

However, in recent years, everyone's views seem to have changed, a series of things that have happened in the world chess world, is a strong impact on everyone's inherent concepts, as early as 10 years ago, when South Korea's Lee Canghao just entered everyone's eyelids, everyone once exclaimed: A child became a Go master, so isn't this kind of Go taste? However, it turns out that the phenomenon of Li Canghao is not an isolated case, just last year, another genius Go boy was born, he was younger than Li Canghao back then, the speed of rise is faster, and the miracle created is also greater, if Li Canghao's growth trajectory is still traceable, then the appearance of this teenager was without warning before, it is precisely for this reason that the shock and impact of this teenager to everyone is greater, so who is this teenager......

"Now we have please, at the age of 13 years and 8 months to set a record for the youngest professional Go champion, the winner of the 6th 'Samsung Cup' Professional Go Masters, and just turned 14 years old this year, Li Xiangping Teenager, by the way, Li Junior has now been awarded the title of professional Jiudan by the Chinese Chess Association, so, Li Jiuduan, welcome to ......"

Umezawa's interview with Li Xiangping was conducted in the special game room of the Japan Chess Academy, "Yugen".

This arrangement on the Japanese side is quite interesting, you must know that "Yugen" has a special status in the Japanese Chess Academy, and it is not possible for title winners to play in it, and in the heyday of Japanese Go, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a holy place for Go lovers all over the world. Of the hundreds of professional chess players in Japan, the vast majority have never played in it.

At the beginning of the interview, Li Xiangping was bored listening to Yuka Umezawa's lengthy opening remarks.

Li Xiangping must be bored, because Yukari Umezawa speaks Japanese, and Li Xiangping can't understand it, so when Umezawa said the opening remarks, Li Xiangping had to be distracted, he first observed the environment of the entire "Youxuan" game room, and finally focused his attention on the beautiful host in front of him.

Tsk, she used to be the first beauty in the Go world.

In Li Xiangping's opinion, Yukari Umezawa is really not particularly beautiful, but she is better in temperament, and belongs to the type that is not photogenic at first glance, but the more you look at it, the more you look at it.

Now Mei Ze is also nearly 30 years old, and she is still about the same age as Li Xiangping's stepmother Lin, so she is very fascinated by a group of older generation chess fans, such as Li Yuanhu, the old man of Li Xiangping's family.

Looking at the beauty in front of him, Li Xiangping still remembers an interesting thing, that is, the old man of his family is a fan of Yukari Umezawa, and for a period of time, the screensaver program on his computer used a photo of Umezawa, and Lin was still very nervous after seeing it, because she didn't know chess at all, and she didn't know who Yukari Umezawa was, and she even knocked on the side to ask Li Xiangping, asking who the woman on your father's computer is?

At that time, Li Xiangping was still a little resistant to Lin, so he deliberately talked nonsense, saying that, didn't my father go to a certain place to run a project some time ago, and he met a daughter there.

Li Xiangping even said matter-of-factly: Well, this woman seems to be very familiar with my father, and she talks on the phone every day during this time, and sometimes she is cooking porridge on the phone in the middle of the night, which makes me annoyed......

"Li Sang, Li Sang?"

It was Umezawa Yukari's voice that pulled Li Xiangping back to reality, and Li Xiangping noticed that at this time Umezawa was speaking Chinese, and her Chinese seemed to be quite good.

Li Xiangping first greeted the other party politely: "Hello Aunt Umezawa, I have seen the "Light Chess" you supervised, and I like it very much. ”

"Chess of Light" is actually the famous "Chess Soul", and "Chess Soul" has actually just been launched not long ago, and it has not been serialized yet, so Umezawa was pleasantly surprised when he heard it:

Does Li Sang also like "Chess of Light"? ”

Li Xiangping nodded, and then sighed in his heart, saying that no matter whether the other side is the real No. 1 beauty in the chess world, just because she supervised the production of this "chess soul", her contribution to Go is great.

To put it simply, the role of the anime "Chess Soul" is just as Lao Nie drove China's Go fever in the ring match, and Lao Cao won the first "Ying's Cup" to drive South Korea's Go fever, so the meaning of the animation "Chess Soul" is that Go, an intellectual game born in the East, has really pushed it to time. Although it cannot be said that it has caused a Go craze all over the world, it is an irrefutable fact that many people in Europe and the United States know and understand Go from the "soul of chess".

Just when the two mentioned the "chess soul", Li Xiangping also had another emotion in his heart, and said Aunt Umezawa, you don't know, the person standing in front of you now is the realistic version of the "chess soul" that is like a fake, but I, the protagonist of the realistic version of the "chess soul", will not be as wonderful as Hikaru in the future, but it is still unknown.

After chatting about the topic of "chess soul", this interview can be regarded as the official beginning.

There is nothing to say about the next interview, after all, Li Xiangping has not debuted for a long time, and this is the first time to come to Japan, so the entire interview show is actually based on the introduction of Yukari Umezawa, introducing Li Xiangping's life, his chess career, and his record and so on.

During this time, Yukari Umezawa has been switching between Japanese and Chinese, speaking Japanese when introducing and asking questions in Chinese. And when Li Xiangping finished answering, she had to translate Li Xiangping's words into Japanese, so the whole talk show was actually that she was busy alone, and Li Xiangping spent most of her time sitting.

Not only does he sit dry most of the time, even if he faces the other party's questions, because Li Xiangping doesn't want to be in the limelight on such an occasion, let alone be the kind of vulgar person who "speaks amazingly", so most of his answers are simple and decent.

"Li Sang, many people are surprised by what you have achieved now, especially in last year's Samsung Cup final, you defeated Li Canghao in chess, and many people feel incredible, how do you think of your achievements?"

"Hehe, luck, the reason why I was able to defeat Li Canghao Jiudan last year, I personally think it was pure luck."

"Luck? Li Sang is very modest, but the experts who watched the game last year do not think so, after watching the finals, everyone agrees that the chess you played is substantial, and the level of skill shown is not inferior to the number one master in today's chess world. ”

Li Xiangping smiled slightly; "Thank you seniors for your love, but now I look back on that final, I still feel that I was just lucky, Li Canghao's predecessors lost chess, I personally think that it is only because he is not familiar with my chess path, if I am asked to play with him now, I have no confidence that I can win him."

"Hehe, I really can't see that Li Sang is so modest, I remember that there is a saying in China, called excessive modesty is hypocrisy. Okay, then how does Li Sang view his talent? By the way, for the practice of Go, Li Sang thinks that talent or hard work is important? ”

Li Xiangping said in his heart that Shen Nima is too modest is hypocrisy, it seems that this Aunt Mei Ze's Chinese is not authentic, Chinese said that being modest is proud, understand. However, for Mei Ze's latter question, Li Xiangping's answer did not hesitate:

"I think talent is more important for the skill of Go, right?"

Li Xiangping paused and then said: "I remember that in the era of chess competition in your country's shogunate, there was such a view in your country's Go circles: it is called "mastering can be achieved through hard work, but celebrities are given by God". Is that so? ”

Umezawa listened and nodded, this is a view that has been held in the Japanese Go community for a long time, and this is actually to emphasize the importance of talent to Go.

"What does Li Sang mean is that for a professional chess player, hard work determines his lower limit, and only his talent can determine his upper limit, is that what he means? , so how does Li Sang feel about his talent? In other words, where do you personally feel your ceiling is? ”

"How do I know this?"

Li Xiangping replied with a smile: "But how do you say it? I was lucky enough to beat Li Canghao's predecessors last year, although I personally think it was pure luck, but at least it shows a problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Then it means that I'm a person who should at least be a piece of chess material, right?"

"Hehe, Li Sang is so humorous." Yukari Umezawa paused:

"And at the same time, it's really humble."

Li Xiangping smiled and shook his head; "I'm really not modest, believe in my recent record in the domestic arena, Aunt Umezawa should have heard of it, my recent record is very poor, why is this happening, my personal summary is that my basic skills are not solid enough, I don't work hard enough, this is like a person, he hasn't even reached his lower limit, then don't talk about any upper limit at all, it is precisely because of this sober understanding, so I feel that my achievements so far are pure luck."

"Hehe, it turns out that Li Sang is not only modest, but also has a rare calmness, can I understand it this way, Li Sang thinks that he has not fully realized his talent now, right?"

Li Xiangping nodded; "I guess so."

Hearing Li Xiangping's words, Yukari Umezawa made a very exaggerated expression:

"Tsk, the talent is so powerful before you realize it, so if you fully cash out the talent in the future, what kind of height will Li Sang reach, by the way, when it comes to the height issue, I remember that a senior in our Japanese Go world once said: Go is one hundred, he only understands six, and another senior said, if there is a Go God in this world, then the Go God makes him two, and he has no chance to win, so what about Li Sang? Li Sang thinks that if there is a Go God, how can you play with him? ”

It's this old question again, after listening to Mei Ze's question, Li Xiangping organized his language a little and continued to answer.