On November 14, the second game of this year's "LG Cup" semi-finals trilogy.

As usual, Lee Xiangping arrived at the arena a little earlier, but due to this tournament, the arena and the hotel where he stayed were in the same place, Lee Xiangping arrived relatively early, and he appeared at the door of the game room before 9:50 a.m. for the game that started at 10 a.m. Korea time.

The game room and the on-site viewing room are connected together, and he happened to meet reporter Xie from the "sports world" at the door.

"Hehe, come on, Xiangping! By the way, how are you feeling now? Do you have the confidence to win today's game? ”

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "I said Lao Xie, is your question a bit wrong, something like confidence, I think you should ask Da Li better." ”

Reporter Xie was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. To say that just now, he just asked casually, similar to the greetings after meeting. After all, it wasn't a good time to interview before the competition. However, Li Xiangping's completely different answer aroused his interest:

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right, on the issue of confidence, it seems that you should really ask Da Li Cairight, how about Xiangping, then do you have the confidence to keep a clean sheet against the opponent this time?"

Li Xiangping nodded and smiled: "Hehe, I said Lao Xie, I won't tell you, what you just said is exactly what I think in my heart now, now that I think about it, I have played against Da Li many times, but unfortunately in the past chess, I really haven't done a clean sheet, so this time, I really want to taste the taste of a clean sheet." ”

"Haha, it's good, it's good......"

Although Reporter Xie was smiling all over his face, he was a little confused in his heart, and he said in his heart What happened to this guy in front of him today? In the past, Li Xiangping, wasn't he always a good boy who was modest and cautious? No, he's actually not a good boy, he's just a variety of official clichés that he comes out of his mouth, but today this is ......

"Haha, okay, well, then I wish you all the best for today, and I believe that with Xiangping's level, it should still be possible."

God is pitiful, the reporter really just said it casually, as if he was expressing his wishes before the game, but Li Xiangping didn't seem to hear it, he even nodded at this time and said:

"Yes, I also think I can do it this time, because I watched some of Da Li's chess before the game, and found that although he has a lot of content in his current chess, some of them he has not understood thoroughly, and even some of them have been misunderstood, so, hehe......"

When he said this, Li Xiangping pretended to have just woken up, and he even pretended to say "hehe".

By this time, Reporter Xie was obviously confused, he didn't understand what happened to Li Xiangping today, and what he meant by what he just said.

Because if you directly evaluate your opponent like this, it's inappropriate to say it before the game, even after the game, even if Li Xiangping really wins the game, then considering his age, it's actually inappropriate to say it like this.

In the past, Lao Xie had never heard Li Xiangping say such inappropriate words, so he didn't understand what Li Xiangping meant at all.

It was precisely because he didn't know what Li Xiangping suddenly went crazy about, which made Lao Xie not know what to say, so he decided to stay away from this person now:

"Hehe, Xiangping, look.... You see this is coming soon, then I won't bother you, you play chess well, concentrate on playing chess well......"

Reporter Xie left as if he had fled, and Li Xiangping walked into the game room alone. While waiting for the opponent in the game room, Lao Shi spoke:

"Hehe Xiangping Xiaoyou, this is not like your usual you, I don't know why you suddenly said this?"

"I did it on purpose."

"I know you mean it, Ding'an is just curious, why are you so deliberate today."

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "Hehe, Brother Ding'an, there are no outsiders now, so let's talk to ourselves behind closed doors, you say that compared with that Li Canghao, where do I have a little advantage?" ”

"This ......"

Before anyone could speak to Lao Shi, Li Xiangping himself said:

"First of all, don't say anything about my talent today, I may have an advantage in this regard, first of all, even if my talent is good, the talent of being a big man is not bad, I have seen his chess, even Brother Ding'an, you have to praise the extremely high understanding, secondly, the talent is too ethereal and cannot be accurately measured, especially when it comes to a specific game, that talent is even more unlikely to become a magic weapon to win."

Lao Shi seems to have really become accustomed to patting sycophants, and after listening to Li Xiangping's words, his sycophants came again as promised:

"Yes, yes, Xiangping Xiaoyou is really very sensible and very sober-minded, so tell me yourself, what are your advantages compared to this Korean chess player?"

"I thought about it for a long time yesterday, and if I compare myself to my opponent at the moment, I may only have two advantages, and other than these two points, I may still be at an overall disadvantage in other aspects."

"Which two?"

"Of course, there is nothing to say about the first point, it must be those dog tricks from later generations, if there are no those, then no matter how talented my Li Xiangping is, it is impossible for me to go to such a result in just a few years, Brother Ding'an, you say yes or no."

"Yes, yes, Xiangping Xiaoyou is really sober-minded, what about the second point?"

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "This second point, I didn't know it well in the past, but after the game the day before yesterday, I saw it very clearly, that is, I have a certain psychological advantage over him, hehe, if you really want to talk about it, my second advantage is mainly the credit of Brother Ding'an, because my little advantage is actually established by Brother Ding'an to help me build it bit by bit." ”

"Huh."

Hearing Li Xiangping say this, Lao Shi let out a "hehe".

Of course, his "hehe" definitely does not mean to be disapproving, because of Lao Shi's previous suppression, then there is no doubt that when Da Li is facing Li Xiangping, he must be at a psychological disadvantage, Lao Shi's "hehe" is really because this sentence is related to himself, and he is embarrassed to boast.

Lao Shi didn't say that Li Xiangping said it himself, and then he said proudly:

"It's that after I thought about it, I found that I really don't have any advantages in other aspects other than the above two advantages, if Brother Ding'an can understand this, then he should be able to understand why I said that just now, right? In fact, I just want to deliberately say a few big words, even if it can interfere with the opponent a little, then I think it's good, Brother Ding'an, do you say yes or no? ”

"Huh."

Well, Lao Shi's "hehe", then Li Xiangping of course heard that it was different from the previous "hehe":

"What's the matter, Brother Ding'an, don't you agree with my statement? Of course, I also know that this won't have a great effect, but it's better than nothing, and you don't ...... say yes."

"Of course your method is nothing, I heard you say that some other competitive sports now, what kind of psychological warfare is popular, Go is known as hand talk, so of course it is okay to use psychological warfare, but Xiangping Xiaoyou, don't you think it's too late to say this today, the game is about to be played in a few minutes, then you just talked to the reporter, how could it reach the opponent's ears at this time, since it can't reach his ears, how can it have any impact on his game today?"

“......”

Li Xiangping was speechless for a moment, yes, what Ren Lao Shi said made sense, in such a short period of time, how could his own "psychological warfare" work on today's game.

Of course, with the temper of a person like Li Xiangping, he will definitely not blame himself for such a low-level mistake, the first thing is to blame others.

“...... Alas, this Lao Xie is really, his professional quality, it seems that it is really worrying, there is no consciousness of a media worker at all, you said that this first game of chess has been over for two days, why did he think of saying a few words to me today? If he had found me the day before yesterday, no, even if he had found me yesterday, then my psychological warfare might have been effective. Now I can't help it, and now it seems that if I want to find another cause, it seems that I have to find another way......."

Just when Li Xiangping was thinking like this, the game was about to start, and Da Li stepped on the point and walked into the game room.

And after seeing Da Li come in, Li Xiangping immediately ended his cranky thoughts, and he quickly focused on the next game.

To tell the truth, although after objectively analyzing the situation, Li Xiangping sincerely believes that he does not have much advantage in facing Da Li now.

However, the psychological advantage is real!

Perhaps it is precisely because of his slight psychological advantage that he can concentrate quickly and appear more relaxed.

At 9:58 a.m. Korea time, the referee walked into the game room, and when the referee came in, Li Xiangping looked at him a few more times-----

In fact, Li Xiangping is not familiar with this person, but in his impression, this person seems to be South Korea's Kim Yin Jiudan, this person is the overlord of the Korean chess world before Lao Cao, and he is an old-timer in the Go world.

Since there was no need to guess the game in the second game, after arriving at the point, Kim Yin Jiudan directly announced the start of the game.

In this game of chess, it was the turn of Da Li Zhihei, and when he landed the "wrong little eye" almost without thinking, Li Xiangping's hand stopped-------

This situation is extremely rare for him, because if he has fewer layouts in black, then he has fewer layouts in white.

Before this, whether it was him or Lao Shi, Zhibai was almost the same as "two stars".

Unless there is a situation that can prevent them from playing the "double star", that is, when the opponent plays the "diagonal" layout, so that the "double star" cannot be played, then they will change accordingly.

Da Li's "wrong small eye" today is, of course, not a "diagonal".

However, considering that he used a "worry-free corner" in the first game, it actually played a certain strange effect.

Considering my pre-game research, I have seen Da Li use this "wrong little eye" many times recently.

Therefore, Li Xiangping wants to change again.

"How do you change it......"

After Li Xiangping thought about it for a while, he made his fourth move "three three".

He came down with a white "star, three-three" response that he had basically never used himself.