Three days later, the "Samsung Training Institute" located in a rural area of South Korea, four games were lined up, and eight chess players competed for the semi-finals of this year's "Samsung Cup".

Since all the Japanese players had been eliminated in the previous round, this time it was a standard Sino-Korean confrontation.

It's just that the number of people in the confrontation between China and South Korea this time is not equal, and the Chinese team occupies 5 places in the quarterfinals, which leads to a civil war today.

Li Xiangping VS Wang Lei 8th Duan, is the only civil war today.

There's nothing to say, since it's a civil war, the attention is definitely not high, especially this time the other participating chess players are not idle, South Korea's second Li is still built, and the "new super first-class" Gu Dali, who ranks second in the domestic rating, is also built in, which makes this civil war even more nonexistent.

In fact, this game not only did not have much sense of existence, but it ended quite early, just after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiangping just dropped the 105th hand of the overall game, and Wang Lei was very happy to push the table and admit defeat.

At the moment when the opponent admitted defeat, Li Xiangping felt a little strange in his heart, to say that before this, although he judged that he had the advantage of the situation, but the lead was not much, let alone to the point of "the situation is no longer the case", and the opponent still has a lot of time and space to maneuver.

But today's opponent doesn't know what's going on, Wang Lei Baduan not only didn't show his characteristics of "wild power and red", he didn't even show much desire to win-------

And this kind of "desire to win", in fact, most people know that professional chess players can feel it in the game.

However, today, Li Xiangping did not feel the opponent's desire to win at all, and could not say that the opponent was sleepwalking, in fact, from a technical point of view, Li Xiangping believed that the opponent was online in every move, and almost all moves were blameless.

It's just a pity that that's all.

Obviously, now, with only such a move, it is of course difficult to defeat Li Xiangping, which may also be the reason why Wang Lei admitted defeat early.

"Teacher Wang, concede, concede."

Wang Lei Baduan is a "little dragon generation", about 10 years older than Li Xiangping, so according to the habits of the Go world, no, it may be according to the habits of most domestic industries, he can still afford the "Teacher Wang", in fact, it is precisely because he did not feel the opponent's desire to win that Li Xiangping used the word "concession".

And after admitting defeat, Wang Lei also seemed very calm, so calm that he came to South Korea to compete this time, as if it was a routine to complete the task.

He calmly started a review with Li Xiangping, briefly said his thoughts on a few moves, and then stopped the review, packed up the chess pieces and returned to the next viewing room.

Since the losing side is like this, then of course it is impossible for the winning side to forcibly drag others to review, so after helping to clean up the chess pieces, Li Xiangping accompanied Wang Lei Baduan to the next viewing room.

At this time, in the viewing room, there were Shao Weigang, the head of the Chinese delegation, Jiuduan, and Zhang Da, a reporter Lao Xie and others, and after the two returned, everyone's reaction was also very flat, as if Li Xiangping's winning chess was taken for granted, and everyone neither congratulated Li Xiangping, nor did they comfort Wang Lei Baduan.

Even when the two of them just appeared here, Shao Weigang immediately beckoned to Li Xiangping in the ninth section:

"Haha Xiangping, come on, today South Korea's Er Li actually used the same trick, do you think this is their new kung fu......"

After hearing Shao Jiuduan's words, Li Xiangping's attention was instantly attracted, and he began to watch the other three sets of matches that were still in play.

The other three sets are Da Li VS Wang Wei, Xiao Li VS Zhou Heyang, Gu Dali VS Park Yongxun, with Shao Weigang's words, of course, the first thing is to look at South Korea's Erli game.

Before Li Xiangping could see it completely, he only looked at the basic chess shapes, and he laughed at the time------ "Big Avalanche"!

In today's game, South Korea's Er Li actually chose the ancient "big avalanche" formula.

Of course, although this formula is ancient, the variation chosen by the two is not ancient, strictly speaking, this is still a "dog trick------", it is the one that Li Xiangping just crossed that meeting and came out of the online game: "The big avalanche turned inward", and then omitted the variation of one step exchange.

After seeing the basic chess shape clearly, Li Xiangping couldn't help but look at today's opponent Wang Lei Baduan-------

Because he remembers very well that the first "victim" of this change was him, and it was precisely because of this change that he later heard his old man say that he also alarmed Lao Nie at that time.

Li Xiangping didn't have time to think so much, because it was already more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the chess pieces on the chessboard were already densely packed, so if you want to see how South Korea's second Li uses this variant, of course, you must start from scratch.

After spending more than ten minutes and going through the progress of the two games of chess, Li Xiangping fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that this variation is actually a relatively high-level dog trick, and in real history, it did not appear in actual combat, but was disassembled by the dog itself.

And one of the characteristics of this kind of dog move: it is basically not the legendary "big move", it is usually composed of a series of small means, and this kind of dog trick is very test the cooperation of the school's strength, focusing on the overall configuration.

So this kind of relatively high-level dog move, you can think that it generally contains a more profound chess theory, it is the kind of obscure and mysterious chess theory, which has not reached a certain level, and it is really not something that you can fully understand after a glance or two or use it once or twice----------

For example, when Li Xiangping used it for the first time, he actually didn't understand it at all.

It is no exaggeration to say that at that time, he couldn't even talk about "half-understanding", he was just drawing gourds there, and in the end he still relied on others to win chess.

Of course, the current Li Xiangping is no longer what it used to be, 4 years have passed, and he doesn't dare to say that he has completely understood this change, but he can be regarded as having a deep experience.

It was with these experiences that when he watched Han Erli use this variant, he quickly saw the difference:

So far, the progress of these two games is similar, both are less than 150 moves, it can be considered that they are in the middle stage of a game of chess, and according to Li Xiangping's own judgment, he believes that South Korea's two Li have gained a certain advantage.

Especially Lee Sedol's plate, his current advantage is very large, much greater than that of Da Lee's plate, and it is close to the point of "winning".

Of course, just because Xiao Li has a greater advantage, you can't think that he uses this variant better, on the contrary, at least in Li Xiangping's eyes, he thinks that the use of this variant may be better understood by Da Li.

Da Li is on the right path, and Xiao Li seems to have embarked on the evil path again.

Why can the evil way gain a greater advantage? This is of course understandable-------

As with many "unreasonable moves" or "excessive moves" in Go, once these tactics are successful, the advantage is usually greater than that of the "forehand".

It is precisely for this reason that after comparing the use of the two, Li Xiangping focused on studying Xiao Li's game of chess-------

Because Li Xiangping substituted himself into it, he assumed that he was sitting in front of South Korea's second Li, so he said to Da Li:

Because Da Li's method was expected by Li Xiangping, he had a way to avoid Wang Yu's eight-stage actual combat method (after all, people are "forehanders", and Li Xiangping's own thinking is similar, so "cracking" can't be cracked, and Li Xiangping can't always think about cracking his own ideas)

It is precisely for this reason that in actual combat, if Li Xiangping sees Da Li like this, he will think about how to avoid his opponent's ideal plan very early.

In a short period of time, Li Xiangping found four or five ways to avoid it, so he didn't think too much about it.

But Xiao Li's evil use is different.

First of all, one thing can be clear: if Li Xiangping replaces Zhou Heyang Jiudan and sits in front of Xiao Li, he knows that he will definitely not be able to avoid it------

One of the moves was completely unexpected, and there was no such move in his research experience, so of course it was impossible for him to avoid it.

Of course, whether it can be avoided is not the point, the point is that after Li Xiangping thought about it for a while, he didn't find a way to crack Xiao Li's chess.

This feeling undoubtedly made Li Xiangping very uncomfortable, and it was also the reason why he continued to think.

You must know that when he first saw that chess, his first feeling was that this chess hand was not a good move, and this should be another "evil way", but Li Xiangping thought about it for a long time, and he substituted himself into the position of Zhou Heyang's ninth section, and now he barely found a change in the balance of power between the two sides, but he did not find a favorable change for himself.

This must have made Li Xiangping a little uncomfortable------

Isn't it common for cheats or unreasonable moves in Go to be the patent of 'getting started'? obviously felt that Xiao Li was unreasonable, but found that he couldn't crack it, isn't this equivalent to admitting in disguise that he is the one who got started?

There's nothing to say, although Li Xiangping is a gentleman, he is also a proud gentleman, so he will not admit that Xiao Li is his "handsome", even if this kind of recognition in disguise is not good if no one else knows, so he unconsciously fell into deep thought.

"Brother Ding'an......"

When he had just found a clue, his train of thought was interrupted, and Gu Dali had already returned to the viewing room-------

He defeated Park Yongxun in the middle of the game and broke into the semifinals with Li Xiangping.

Everyone congratulated him, even Li Xiangping, who also joined in the congratulations.

Indeed, don't look at Gu Dali, who is now a "new super first-class", with China's second rating and a number of domestic titles, but his world championship results so far have not been able to match at all.

Not to mention the world champion, he hasn't even reached the finals, and the semi-finals of the World Series are already his best results.

and has been an "ancient round" for several years before, so his World Series semi-finals are still only a handful.

It is for this reason that everyone congratulated one after another.

Fortunately, Gu Dali is the kind of person who is particularly sunny, and people with a cheerful personality are usually thick-skinned, so Brother Dali accepted everyone's congratulations and then joined the research lineup.

And the subsequent research once again shocked Li Xiangping.

It's less than 5 minutes! Li Xiangping swore that after watching Lee Sedol's game of chess, Gu Dali really only spent about 5 minutes:

“....... Masterpiece boss, it's definitely not possible to play like this in actual combat, I feel like I can do this......."

Li Xiangping was silent, because the method that Gu Dali spent 5 minutes to find was the same as the change he spent more than 20 minutes to come up with.

“........ Hehe, they all say that the two of them are mutually restrictive, judging from today's situation, Dali needs to know more about Xiao Li in order to find this change so quickly......."

Just when Li Xiangping was thinking like this, he was interrupted by the voice of reporter Zhang Da, the voice of reporter Zhang Da and Wang Lei's eight-paragraph chat:

"Stone, I heard that you are preparing to apply for the women's team coach, right?"

"There is this plan," Wang Lei Baduan smiled at Zhang Da reporter: "Look at today's "big avalanche", I don't know if you know it or not, in fact, I am the first victim of this variation, or before Xiangping entered the section, he used this change to slaughter me, so you see, now there is Xiangping, and there are strong them, how can I compete with them with this qualification, I must make plans in advance." ”

"Then you won't play chess again?"

"Of course, chess will still be played, but the focus is definitely not on the World Series, look at the armor, and when the winning rate of the armor falls below 50%, then we must consider transformation."

"Hehe, it's not bad to be a coach."

Wang Lei said with a smile: "I also think it's good, for example, I'm also helping Nie Lao sort out the "Mysterious Prologue", I don't think I can be Li Xiangping's competitor, then I'll be his communicator, and be the communicator of Li Xiangping's Go thoughts, isn't it a masterful boss?" ”

Hearing Wang Lei say this, Li Xiangping smiled embarrassedly, and instantly understood how he won today.

The time slowly came to 4:30 in the afternoon, and the results of the third set came out, and Xiao Li, who had a move, did not give Zhou Heyang another chance for nine sections, 172 hands, and Lee Sedol won in the middle game.

Now there is only the game of Wang Wei Baduan VS Li Canghao, although the difference in that game of chess seems to be not big on the surface, everyone can see it clearly.

Even the level of reporter Zhang Da can be seen very clearly: after taking the lead in the situation, Da Li's "control flow" began to play, and the situation has always been under his control.

Just after 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Xie of the "sports world" smiled and said:

"Haha, the peak showdown between China and South Korea, the top two in China against the top two in South Korea, I don't know who is against whom in the next draw......"

A few minutes later, Wang Wei finally admitted defeat in the eighth section, and the "peak showdown between China and South Korea" in Lao Xie's mouth finally appeared.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping and Gu Dali jointly attended the lottery site.

To tell the truth, in fact, before coming in this time, Li Xiangping wanted to touch Xiao Li even more, because his kind of "evil way" actually had a greater psychological impact on him.

Then it backfired, and in the end he shook hands with Da Li.

After lamenting that Gu Dali and Lee Sedol, the "lifelong rivals in love", finally achieved the first time they played in three-game chess, Li Xiangping reacted:

Yo! This is also the second time I played chess with Da Li after losing to him in chess last year.