On the second day, Li Xiangping went on the road again and went to Japan to participate in the semifinals of the third "Toyota Cup".

It's already mid-October, and in the next few months, the champions of the Toyota Cup, Samsung Cup, and LC Cup will be decided one after another, so this "Toyota Cup" is the first stop in the next peak season.

This time, the team was led to participate in the competition, and the former "children's leader" Yu Bin Jiuduan, who is now also in the management of the chess academy and temporarily serves as the deputy head of the coaching staff of the national Go team.

During the trip, Li Xiangping chatted with Yu Jiuduan, Zhang Da, reporter Lao Xie and a few others, and Yu Bin suddenly said:

"Xiangping, it seems that you haven't fought with Da Li for a while."

Li Xiangping smiled slightly: "Yes, in the past two years, I have indeed fought with him less, but there is no blank, anyway, I have to make an appointment with him once or twice a year." ”

The number of fights with Da Li has decreased, from Li Xiangping's point of view, he thinks that Li Canghao has passed the peak of his competition, and he no longer has the same dominance as around 2000, but he still maintains a fairly high level of competition, just like his "Jiulianya" in real history, although he is no longer the best Da Li, but the top four and the top eight are still commonplace, in this case, Li Xiangping still meets him several times a year, of course, it is not unusual.

After chatting about the opponent, everyone talked about this year's competition system, the biggest change in this year's "Toyota Cup" is that the semi-finals are no longer chess, except for the finals or three-way chess, this semi-finals are a decisive game.

Everyone speculated about the reason for the organizer's change of the competition system, but the traverser Li Xiangping knew it-------

This should be the last "Toyota Cup", Toyota's "brake door" has actually broken out, but things are still fermenting, and the global media has not yet detonated for the time being.

There was nothing to say all the way, and after arriving in Japan, this time even the "Eve Festival" was much simpler than before, and after participating in the reception dinner before the game, Li Xiangping, who returned to the room, suddenly said to himself:

"Brother Ding'an, why don't we use our double swords in this game."

"Ahh Why? Didn't you say that before...... Hehe, I understand, but Xiangping Xiaoyou is still angry at their refusal to participate in the lifting competition. ”

"Hehe, no, no, what's so angry about this, they love to come...... "--------

A few days ago, I heard that Li Xiangping refused to participate in next year's "Phoenix Ancient City Cup", although Li Xiangping looked indifferent on the surface, but he had to tell the truth, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Because this means that his strength has not been recognized by everyone--------

Not to mention who thinks that there is better than themselves, but other top masters in today's chess world do not think that they have the strength to let them take the lead, if they use this kind of chess to play chess with themselves, most people can't accept it for the time being, especially Koreans with explosive self-esteem, they will even feel very faceless, and it is an insult to use this kind of chess to go down with themselves.

"Brother Ding'an, don't forget, Da Li defeated Gu Dali and sat in front of us this time, so I thought, this time we not only have to win, but it is best to win beautifully, and winning makes them have nothing to say, I think this is the only way to ......"

"Hehe, depending on you, you and you, the combination of two swords will be the combination of two swords, I think about it now, if you want to challenge the machine, you must at least have the strength to make other human beings more than 2 sons, to tell the truth, because you and I are both human beings, it is indeed extremely difficult to reach such a height, but if you just let the first, this must be achieved, and you and I both have to achieve it separately, so that you can use the combination of two swords to fight with the machine, so that there may be a glimmer of life."

Li Xiangping nodded and said: "Every mistake, I think exactly like this now, and I personally think that our cultivation has also come to this point, but if we want to make human beings first, we must have enough opportunities to hone and fight, and if we want to strive for enough opportunities to sharpen, we must be stronger than ever in the World Series, so strong that everyone is convinced, so strong that everyone is desperate, I think that only in this way can we obtain a transcendent status, and they will willingly accept to give way first." ”

After the two discussed it, they decided: in order to obtain the "transcendent status", this first step is to take the Da Li sacrifice flag.

At 10 a.m. the next day, the game officially began.

Originally, as Yu Bin Jiuduan said, since the two have not played each other for a long time, this match is still attracting attention, especially since Da Li has just defeated Gu Dali-------

Gu Dali has won three consecutive victories against Da Li before, and Gu Dali has also kept a clean sheet against Li Xiangping, so in the past year or so, Gu Dali has been considered by many people to be "the second person in today's chess world".

Gu Dali's loss this time is a bit of a "second person" position to be returned to Da Li, in this case, this game is of course interesting.

It's a pity that the content of the game is a big disappointment.

Especially the Korean Go people are even more disappointed.

In the eyes of many people, Li Canghao did not play at all in the semi-finals of the "Toyota Cup", and he was sleepwalking in the whole game, not only had fallen behind very early, but there were not many ways to do it in the backward situation.

Just over 100 hands in the game, he was already on the verge of defeat.

With less than 130 hands, the whole game already felt like going through the motions.

By the time more than 160 hands of Da Li admit defeat, his situation has been very bad, and the number of eyes of Li Xiangping, who is in charge, has shown an anti-first trend.

Not only was the outside world disappointed, but even Li Xiangping himself was a little strange----- it was certainly not strange to win chess by combining two swords, but it was so easy to win, today's Da Li actually seemed weak, but this greatly surprised him.

"Brother Ding'an, this game is a bit strange today."

"What's so weird?"

"Well, how do I feel that Da Li seems to be weakening and becoming less oppressive, I feel that he is much easier to deal with than Gu Dali, I really can't figure out how he defeated Gu Dali last time."

"Hehe, it's not because the chess strength is weaker, but because of the chess style, let's defeat this person with a combination of two swords, but it's a bit of a victory."

"Chess style?"

"Don't forget Xiangping Xiaoyou, in this person's style, he never pursues the ultimate efficiency, nor does he rely on instantaneous explosiveness, he pays more attention to average efficiency in chess, relying on the accumulated advantages of one hand and one hand to win, and our double sword combination, in fact, is also a similar style, so it is not surprising that he can't resist."

Li Xiangping nodded when he heard this, and felt that Lao Shi's words were really reasonable.

Li Xiangping and Lao Shi used a "combination of two swords", although in these chess games, the two of them can also play tricks, or play good chess at the level of "high-level dog moves".

However, there is basically no discussion between the two of them about this level of good chess, either Li Xiangping thought of it alone, or Lao Shi thought of it alone, and then the two of them improved it and finally fell on the chessboard.

What can really be discussed at any time, in fact, is still those ordinary plays, the two of them through the "combination of two swords", can make their play more rational and more accurate, so what really improves is actually the average efficiency of each move and each style.

And this characteristic just restrained Da Li to death.

Because his Go philosophy, or his way of winning, has always been based on the pursuit of average efficiency, he can resist the temptation of playing a good move, the average efficiency of others is 80 points, Da Li often does not ask too much, he always chooses the kind of 81 or 82 points of play, and then rely on the advantages accumulated bit by bit to win.

However, when he suddenly encounters a "combination of two swords" with an average score of more than 85 points, there is naturally not much to do, and the possibility of winning chess becomes extremely small.

After figuring out this joint, Li Xiangping smiled: "Hehe, it seems that if you want to defeat Da Li in the future, it has become extremely simple, and once the two swords are combined, he will probably not be able to resist it, but it is Xiao Li Gu Dali, they pursue the ultimate efficiency, pay attention to instant explosiveness, if they also play a good game at the level of high-priced dog moves in the game, although we don't have to be afraid of him, it will take a lot of trouble to win." ”

Lao Shi smiled: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, don't be complacent, don't forget, we are only able to let him take the lead under the combination of two swords now, but if you want to challenge the machine, you must be able to let him take the lead alone, Ding'an is not at this level, Xiangping Xiaoyou, you ask yourself, do you have this level now?" ”

"This ...... Alas, I said that Brother An, you are really, isn't there nearly 10 years left, why are you nitpicking, can't you make me happy for a while? ”

"Huh."

When the two communicated here, the other semi-final ended, and the result was a bit unexpected by Li Xiangping, it turned out to be Zhang Xu reversing Xiao Li, so that in the final more than a month later, Li Xiangping and Zhang Xu will play a trilogy.

Since you have made up your mind to establish a "transcendent status" from now on, it doesn't matter who you touch.

In this kind of first-in-the-first competition, not only will you win in the future, but others who want to win have nothing to say, and it is best to win until others are desperate, which is already Li Xiangping's next pursuit.

After the "Toyota Cup", Li Xiangping immediately returned to China.

Although he has now set a higher goal, and there are many games waiting for him in the future, but in the first few days after returning to China, he still decided to care about his private affairs first, especially the opening of "Galaxy Bay" has been a few days, and he remembered to bet with his old man that as long as the sales of "Galaxy Bay" exceed 10 billion, then after 10 billion, he and Li Da Tuhao will split the account fifty-fifty.

It was precisely because of this that on the second day after Li Xiangping returned to China, it happened to be another weekend, Li Xiangping decided to go home to take a look, and by the way, he asked if he had any money to share, and how much money he could get if he could.

Li Xiangping just got in the car, but received a call from Yaya.

"Hey, where are you?"

"Wudaokou, are you about to go home to have a look? Why, miss me, and call me so early today. ”

"Who misses you,"

He also pretended to be hypocritical: "I just want to tell you about the red envelope." ”

"Red envelopes? Oh, it's the red envelope that Aunt Lin said, she can take it if she wants to give it to you, what else is this telling me. ”

"No, no, that red envelope...... That red envelope was so big that I was a little afraid to accept it. ”

"Huh?!"