After the 20th round of the tournament, Li Xiangping first went to the editorial office of "Go World" to do the "self-battle commentary" of the Fujitsu Cup final.

This is also an appointment with reporter Zhang Da a long time ago, but due to the busy schedule before, not only Li Xiangping was busy, but also reporter Zhang Da was busy, so it has dragged on until now.

However, it can't be delayed any longer, it's already late August, and if it drags on any longer, the magazine's "Major Monthly Times" column may be about to open the skylight, so before Li Xiangping went to Shencheng to participate in the semi-finals of the "Ying's Cup", the two decided to get this matter done first.

This is not the first time that the two have done a self-war commentary, so they are familiar with each other, and it took less than half a day to complete it all.

Although through Li Xiangping's narration, reporter Zhang Da did not see the miracle of "57 hands can clear all the changes", but on the whole, he is still quite satisfied.

Because Li Xiangping's explanation has a characteristic: what did I think at the time, where did I calculate, and what possibilities I calculated.

Then what is the ideal picture I am most looking forward to, how I hope the opponent will play, how I am most afraid of how the opponent will respond, and how the opponent will actually play, and how I feel how he responds in the game.......

In a single set, you don't need to do much of the above, just get to the point where you can get to the point.

In fact, as long as this is done, it is basically a chess review above the "good" level, because if it does, it will not only allow readers to grasp the context of the whole game more clearly, but may also give them a little bit of "substitution".

There is no doubt that this is much better than most ledger-like chess reviews, not only for a better reading experience, but also for ordinary chess fans to peek into the "mysterious spiritual world" of professional chess players.

Most of the chess commentators that Li Xiangping and Zhang Da reporters cooperate with actually have this characteristic.

For example, today's article, although it did not meet the highest expectations of reporter Zhang Da, the basic expectations were still met, so after completing the task, reporter Zhang Da seemed very satisfied, and he turned on the small talk mode:

"By the way, Xiangping, this year's "Evening Cup" is also held in Shencheng, I will check ......"

After reporter Zhang Da checked the schedule, he said with a smile:

"Hehe, No. 27, the pro-amateur confrontation is No. 27, and the second game of the Yingshi Cup is No. 26, if you can win Chang Hao 2-0, it seems that you can catch up with this confrontation."

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard it, the semi-finals of the "Ying's Cup" are three-way chess, because the schedules of the two competitions overlap, of course, it is impossible for the chess academy to arrange for him and Chang Hao to participate in the practice after this "Evening Cup", so he knows that Zhang Da is just talking about it.

"Why Lao Zhang, why didn't you go to the Evening News Cup this year?"

"Me? No, no, no," reporter Zhang Da shook his head like a drum: "I didn't even participate in the local tryouts, the children are too good now, at my level, it's basically to deliver food, so why should I go to find abuse." ”

Li Xiangping smiled again after hearing this, and what reporter Zhang Da said is also the truth, after entering the new century, the trend of the "evening newspaper cup" has become more and more obvious, and a large number of teenagers and even low-level professionals have joined, seriously squeezing the living space of heroes in the pure green forest.

In the eyes of many people in this era, this is a good thing, after all, with the addition of this group, the overall level of the "Evening Cup" must have improved, but Li Xiangping has a different opinion.

You must know that the "Evening Cup" is an amateur event, and it is the most influential amateur competition in China, so in this kind of amateur competition, what do you want to pursue a high level?

No matter how high the level of this competition is, can it be higher than the professional Go World Series?

Therefore, if we look at the problem from this angle, simply pursuing the high level of the "Evening Cup" may be a deviated path, and it is the simple "championship-ism" of the last century that is at work.

Li Xiangping believes that instead of this, it is better to maintain the difference and uniqueness of the "Wanbao Cup", so that more local amateur giants have the opportunity to participate in this amateur top event, which may be more beneficial to the development of the entire Go career.

You must know that for the promotion of Go, that a young man who rushes to the section and a pure green forest is really incomparable. Li Xiangping himself used to be a failed teenager, and he still knows something about this group.

To tell the truth, this group basically does not play any role in the promotion and popularization of Go, and more often it will play a counterproductive role.

Take Li Xiangping himself as an example, in his previous life, he remembered that after he failed to rush for 3 consecutive years, he felt very ashamed and was very taboo for others to talk about it in front of him.

So such a person, can you count on him to popularize and promote Go?

Li Xiangping's situation is not bad, he is just ashamed of himself, and he has seen even worse.

For example, in his previous life, he knew a teenager who was a few years younger than him, and the child's situation was similar to him, he also started to participate in the fixed-stage competition at the age of 11, and then failed to compete in the fixed-stage competition for 3 consecutive years, the only difference between him and Li Xiangping is that during his years of rushing, he was not so highly praised by Li Xiangping, which means that he has never become a popular finalizer.

However, after all, the person who dared to participate in the Go fixed-stage tournament, that kid was still very smart, and later he gave up Go to take the college entrance examination, and was casually admitted to a well-known 985, and when he graduated from 985 bachelor's degree, he was admitted to study in the lighthouse country.

A year after going to the lighthouse country, the kid said something, he said that he wanted to vomit when he saw Go now, and felt that the three years when he was a child were purely wasted, so he said that he regretted it to death, and if he hadn't wasted those three years, he might have been able to go to a higher achievement.

Well, although after listening to the child's words, Li Xiangping didn't think he could achieve much success, but this is not the point, the point is that the existence of this kind of person will definitely not be of any help to Go, which should be beyond doubt.

On the other hand, the situation of most of the amateur giants in China is different, to say that this group, people basically have their own jobs, and they can maintain a relatively high level of Go in the case of their own jobs, first, this group is also smart, and second, this group of people still maintains a simple love for Go.

There are smart people who have a simple love for Go, which is the most effective for the promotion and popularization of Go.

The "Evening Cup" does not maintain the enthusiasm of these people, but instead gives the young man a chance, isn't this obviously a deviation?

Of course, Li Xiangping crossed once, and he was not going to be the chairman of the Go Association, but he was going to challenge the dog, so for such an idea, he just thought about it himself, and he didn't want to talk nonsense outside.

Reporter Zhang Da didn't notice this, and he continued to dwell on the issue of professional-civilian confrontation:

"Hehe, Xiangping, you don't know, Lao Sun and Xiao Bao, they are extremely eager for you to play in the confrontation after the Evening Cup."

Li Xiangping smiled: "Why, you want to seek revenge on me?" ”

"Hey! What kind of revenge, isn't it a matter of face, you guy, you were so ruthless last time, it made the entire amateur chess community in Beijing very faceless, and in the past half a year, I have been ridiculed by others....."

Li Xiangping laughed: "Haha the region is black, the parallel goods in the capital, isn't that so?" ”

Reporter Zhang Da smiled bitterly: "Yes, that's pretty much what it means, it's a pity that Lao Sun Xiaobao They are said to have studied, and everyone agrees that they want to seek revenge on you alone, which is almost impossible, especially Lao Sun also said, on the only game he won, it seems that you are suspected of releasing water, in this case, the only way to save face, it seems that you can only expect you to go out of the mountain, only other amateur tycoons have also learned your strength, then our last fiasco will not be so abrupt." ”

Li Xiangping laughed again when he heard this:

"Alright, if time permits, I'll go over there this time."

It's a pity that it's a pity that Li Xiangping didn't make it this time, and in the three-way chess with Chang Hao Jiuduan, the first two games of the two became 1 to 1.

Since he is going to play a tiebreaker, of course he can't go to the "Evening Cup" arena to participate in the confrontation between professional and amateur at this juncture.

In the match with Chang Hao, Li Xiangping won the first game first, and then lost the second game.

And the game he lost was only the third game he lost this year, so after this game ended, it still attracted great attention from the outside world, and various media reported one after another:

“....... In the just-concluded "Ying's Cup" semi-final three-game second game, Li Xiangping suddenly changed tone, he seemed a little anxious, and was successfully dragged into the tiebreaker by Chang Hao's nine sections......"

Sentences similar to the above are the most common after the end of this game, especially the two keywords "pitch change" and "rush", which frequently appear in various reports.

On the second day after the match, that is, the day before the tiebreaker, Li Xiangping and Lao Shi chatted about the game.

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I understand what you mean now, but isn't it a little too early for you to adopt this method now?"

Li Xiangping smiled: "Brother Ding'an, do you know what I mean?" ”

Lao Shi smiled: "Hehe, I watched yesterday's game, Xiangping Xiaoyou changed the style of chess, some moves even obviously violated the principles of chess, this is very much like deliberately imitating the Korean chess player Lee Sedol, at first I didn't quite understand, but after thinking about it for a night, Ding'an gradually understood that Xiangping Xiaoyou's intentions are lofty, which is deeply admirable, you should also be for: "Those who learn from me live, and those who are like me die", right? ”

Li Xiangping smiled slightly, and said in his heart that the plug-in is really a plug-in, and the one who knows himself best is really Lao Shi.

The method he chose yesterday, to tell the truth, was really stimulated by Xiao Li.

Not only because he had won his own set before, but also because just a few days ago, he eliminated Chang Hao in the round of 16 of the "Samsung Cup" with a similar move.

In addition, there is Lao Shi's sentence just now: "Those who learn from me live, and those who are like me die."

So Li Xiangping thought yesterday that since he was "teaching" Chen Xiaoqiang, he would say such things.

So apply this sentence to yourself, you have been learning dog tricks now, so is it really possible to beat the dog just by relying on such "learning"?

Li Xiangping couldn't deceive his heart, he thought it was very unlikely.

Although it cannot be said that it is completely impossible, there is a very basic fact:

If Xiao Li's understanding of dog tricks reaches the level of himself and Lao Shi, then let him fight dogs in that style, and he is much more likely to succeed in challenging than himself.

It was under this stimulus and this level of thinking that he deliberately made a certain change in yesterday's game.

However, it turns out that Lee Sedol's style doesn't seem to be able to be learned by him.

At least in yesterday's game, he didn't learn well.

Not only is the chess game very stiff and reluctant, giving people the feeling of "rushing" and "changing the tone", and there is no decent chance in the whole game, and it was defeated by Chang Hao Jiudan before he reached 200 hands.

"Alas, as the saying goes, the devil is one foot high, the road is one foot high, I have always believed in this, but that Xiao Li is different, he seems to be the kind of person who firmly believes that the Tao is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high, Brother Ding'an, you say that between the devil and the Tao, can it really not be converted naturally? Even if you can't achieve seamless docking, can't you take care of a little magic skill while cultivating Dao Gong? ”

"Hehe, I definitely can't, but I believe that Xiangping Xiaoyou can."

Li Xiangping's face sank: "Brother Ding'an, you are here again." ”

"No, no, no, the above is indeed Ding'an's heartfelt words, I really believe that you will be able to do it, but Xiangping Xiaoyou, do you want to know why you failed yesterday?"

"Oh?" Li Xiangping's attention was instantly diverted by Lao Shi:

"Then you can hear it."

Lao Shi didn't have any other nonsense this time, he said directly:

"First, I thought it was too early for you to try it."

"Is it too early?"

"Yes," Lao Shi sighed and said: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, just use what you just said, you want to cultivate the Demon Dao dually, of course the idea is excellent, so between the two, what do you want to focus on?" ”

Of course, Li Xiangping did not hesitate at all, and he quickly replied:

Needless to say, of course, "Tao" is the main thing, and "Demon" is supplementary. ”

"Yes, then may I ask Xiangping Xiaoyou, how many layers have you comprehended the "Tao" in your mouth? , is it enough for you to cultivate the Demon Dao? ”

"This ......."

Li Xiangping was speechless.

And Lao Shi accompanied him for a while before he spoke again:

"So Xiangping Xiaoyou, if you want to practice this method, you must also practice, but Ding'an thinks that we might as well wait for a few years, and after the Dao Gong has a small success, we will practice the magic skill, which may have a better effect, Xiangping Xiaoyou thinks so?"

Li Xiangping was actually convinced, but he asked again:

"Brother Ding'an, to what extent do you think it is a small success?"

"Hehe, Xiangping Xiaoyou forgot, for this topic, we discussed it before."

Li Xiangping was silent for a moment: "What does Brother Ding'an mean, is it when we can discover the weakness of that dog?" ”

"Yes," Lao Shi deserved quickly this time: "We don't want to crack it immediately, but at least we must be able to find the weaknesses, and see the weaknesses of the machine more clearly, so that it can be regarded as a small success." ”

The two communicated here, and they didn't continue, after all, there was a game the next day.

In addition to this side, the other semi-final Da Li VS Cui Poison battle, the first two sets were also 1-1.

So the next day, four players participated in the tiebreaker at the same time.