Since this time it was a domestic competition, there were more people who went to Shencheng together, in addition to the 5 participating chess players, Wang Yuanhua and others also went together.

After everyone gathered, seeing that Li Xiangping actually had a pair of panda eyes, Dean Wang asked with concern:

"Why Xiangping, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Li Xiangping replied exaggeratedly: "Yes, yes, as long as I think that this time I am fighting with Brother Gu, then think about it, how can I sleep well." ”

As soon as Li Xiangping's words came out, everyone, including Gu Dali, laughed, and Team Leader Hua even laughed and scolded:

"You kid, what are you talking about, are you afraid? When have you ever been scared kid......."

Indeed, although Li Xiangping knew that he was really afraid, but thanks to the trust of Lao Shi, in the eyes of outsiders, he was a proper big heart.

Everyone looks at the current Li Xiangping: although I feel that his performance is not as stable as before (compared with Lao Shi in the early stage), it is specifically reflected in his official game, and it seems that there are more ups and downs in chess games.

The most obvious examples of this are the second game of last year's "LG Cup" final against Xiao Li, the "Nongshim Cup" against Da Li's tiebreaker, and even the recent game against Kobayashi Jue.

In everyone's eyes, the ups and downs of these games are really big, Li Xiangping was obviously unfavorable in the first half of the game, and some were even "unfavorable" to the point of approaching the death penalty, but in the end, Li Xiangping was forced back.

So what did you see in these games? Well, if there is no in-depth discussion, then most ordinary people, of course, will see Li Xiangping's super explosive power and his incredible "ability to disrupt the situation".

It is precisely because he is now leaving such an impression on others that everyone's evaluation of him is getting higher and higher. Because his type of chess style is really extremely rare in the history of human Go, after thinking about it, everyone finds that only Mr. Wu Qingyuan can be compared with it:

Li Xiangping's start is always full of new ideas, and "novices and new types" emerge in an endless stream, and Mr. Wu was of course very innovative in their time.

When Mr. Wu was in the game, if he felt that he was ahead, then he was very good at "running safely", and if he felt behind, he could make you dizzy and painful.

Looking at the current Li Xiangping, he seems to have this trend, and even in terms of explosiveness, he seems to have surpassed Mr. Wu back then.

Then this is the "big heart".

Such a person said that he would be so scared that he couldn't sleep, so how could anyone believe it.

In such a hip-hop, the group arrived in Shencheng, and the venue of the quarterfinals was the "Ying's Building" located on the Bund of Shencheng.

When Li Xiangping saw the building with a pink exterior wall, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: To say that Mr. Ying back then was also kind and rewarded------

This office building on the Bund was built at the time of the first competition, don't look at the championship prize of 400,000 US dollars for the "Ying's Cup", but in later generations, the annual rent of this building alone can hold N "Ying's Cup".

Because he came to the competition, Li Xiangping didn't have so much time to express too much emotion, and after inspecting the competition venue, he went back to the hotel early to rest, to make up for the sleep lost a few days ago, and recharge his energy for the second day of the fierce battle.

Li Xiangping, who didn't say anything all night and woke up early the next morning, felt refreshed, and after Meimei had a breakfast, he first walked around the Bund, and then walked to the arena.

At 8:55 a.m., when Li Xiangping walked into the arena, he found that Gu Dali was already sitting there:

"Yikes! Brother Gu, why are you waiting for such a battle? Hehe......"

Gu Dali showed his signature sunny smile and smiled calmly:

"Hehe, ask your masterful boss for advice, how dare that little one slack off......"

Two minutes later, the referee on duty, Zhang Wendong, came over in the ninth section, and he presided over the two sides to guess first.

"Xiangping, you guessed right, then did you choose to hold black or white?"

Li Xiangping froze at the stunned gaze for a long time before he firmly stretched out his hand to the black chess.

"Xiangping friends, thank you."

Hearing his own voice, Li Xiangping replied with a smile: "Brother Ding'an, thank you, if you want to thank you, then I don't know how many times I have to thank you." ”

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Wendong announced the official start of the game, Li Xiangping took a deep breath, and then dropped the first chess piece of the game in the star position in the upper right corner of the chessboard.

There is nothing to say about the first dozen moves at the beginning of this game, after all, after now, some "starting" dog moves have been familiar to everyone.

For example, if you use it for the first time, you may not fully understand it for the first time, and if you use it for the third time, then unless it is super complicated like "Xiao Qi Flying Knife", the other basic moves will definitely be mastered by top professional chess players.

And when you use it for the fourth time, maybe even the "Xiao Mi Flying Knife" is not good, for example, last year's "Nongshim Cup" Chang Hao vs. Da Li game, although the game of chess was Chang Jiuduan's last loss, but the "Xiao Mi Flying Knife" variant he thought of, Li Xiangping asked himself, even if he replaced Da Li at that time, the possibility of suffering at that time was also very great.

Li Xiangping has now passed 4 years, so now, of course, he will not expect this kind of "start-up" dog moves to have much effect in actual combat, the focus is still on the next step.

In fact, for today's game of chess, Li Xiangping really didn't make any special preparations, the previous week, he was fighting with Lao Shi left and right, so he decided today to use his real skills to compete with the second person in the domestic rating in front of him.

Li Xiangping can see that the opponent obviously has some scruples about himself, and he is careful with every move at the beginning, which is of course also expected by Li Xiangping, in fact, up to now, the vast majority of professional chess players are playing with themselves with this attitude, and only those old chess players who have begun to play happy Go can be very open.

So just like that, the two slowly unfolded on the chessboard, neither of them deliberately "surprised", both showed great patience, and both seemed to want to show their confidence to each other.

The time slowly came to 10 o'clock in the morning, when Gu Dali fell the 26th hand of the whole world, Li Xiangping groaned for 5 minutes, and then he fell the 27th hand of the whole world very calmly.

When he saw this move, Gu Dali looked up at Li Xiangping in surprise, and Li Xiangping responded with a smile at that time------

Because he knows very well in his heart: today's prelude to the end of the battle of wits is now, so the move he just made must have broken some of the opponent's deployment.