In the semifinals of the first "Toyota Cup", Li Xiangping defeated Wang Mingwan, Li Canghao defeated Chang Hao, and the two met again in the finals.

This will be the second time that the two have competed on the stage of the World Series finals, so needless to say, this final immediately became the focus of attention of the entire world chess world.

The final will be played in a trilogy and will be held at the end of this year, with many months to go, but the two parties were interviewed separately before returning home after the semi-finals.

Li Xiangping: "Mr. Li Canghao is very strong, he is a senior chess player that I respect very much, I grew up playing his chess games when I was a child, this time I am fortunate to play with him again on the final stage, I am very happy, I will cherish this precious learning opportunity, Balabala ......"

As soon as Li Xiangping opened his mouth, there was a series of standard routines, which made the reporters who interviewed him feel very bored. Looking at the reporter's expression of not being able to pull out, Li Xiangping was happy in his heart, and said in his heart What age is this, do you still want to watch me perform "young and frivolous"? For example, if you say "five steps to blood spare", or "if a total of 100 percent, he may have a fifty percent chance of winning"? Sorry, buddy doesn't have time or interest in playing this with you.

The microphone was handed to Li Canghao's mouth, and after listening to the translator relay Li Xiangping's words, Da Li, who always had a poker face, glanced at Li Xiangping:

"I heard my opponent just mention "learning", but what I want to say is that the person who really needs to learn is me. The opponent is very strong, every time I play with him is very difficult, he is not only very strong, but also the kind of real genius, it is no exaggeration to say, his chess often gives me a great shock, like helping me push open another door of Go, I never even thought that Go can still be played like this, so for the next game, I really have no luxury, I will have a learning attitude to ask the opponent for advice......."

Seeing that the interview had entered the rhythm of business blowing each other, the reporter felt even more boring, and the interview ended early.

After the interview, Li Xiangping glanced at Li Canghao, and said in his heart that it is no wonder that Go is so niche, that is, there are too many people like you and me, if only one of them could be like Ke Shaoxia in later generations, and win the championship while being an Internet celebrity, so as to attract more fans.

However, although Li Canghao said modestly, Li Xiangping knew that the next three-way chess was definitely not so easy. Da Li is also the "Red Heart A" in the Go world, and he was born in 75 and is only 20 years old, which is the golden age of professional chess players. In addition, Lao Shi has played so many games, and his chess path is no longer a secret in the entire world chess world, so in this case, Li Xiangping does not believe that Da Li did not look for a way to defeat the enemy.

To tell the truth, in fact, at this time, even Li Xiangping himself is looking forward to it, he wants to see what the second chess match between Lao Shi and Da Li will be. Especially after recent observations, he found that Li Canghao's chess style has indeed changed, and his anticipation is even greater.

It's hard to say much else, but at least there is one thing Li Xiangping can be sure of: that is, the confrontation between the two this time, it should not be as monotonous as the last time.

The last five-way game between the two of them actually had the same theme: both of them tried their best to bring the game into the track they were good at, and whoever introduced it well and entered the path they were familiar with would win. And the final result was that Lao Shi was lucky, and he seized one more opportunity than Da Li.

So this time, Li Xiangping thinks that it shouldn't be like last time, seeing that the big Li chess style has quietly changed, Li Xiangping thinks that no matter what the final result is, at least the two of them will definitely be much richer than last time in terms of technical and tactical use.

But having said that, although Li Xiangping is very much looking forward to the second chess collision between Lao Shi and Da Li, but after returning to China, Li Xiangping can't take care of this matter for the time being, and he doesn't even want to ask how to prepare for the game with his plug-in, because at this time, he needs to pay attention to the next "Nongshim Cup".

The Nongshim Cup will start in early November, almost a month away. Since the armor has ended, and Li Xiangping has not signed up for other domestic competitions, for him personally, the "Nongshim Cup" is the only competition he personally needs to participate in.

For his personal debut in the international arena, of course, Li Xiangping attaches great importance to it, and attaches more importance to it than his own plug-in competition, so after returning to China, Li Xiangping began to ponder about the preparation for the "Nongshim Cup".

Of course, there are not many ways to prepare for this kind of battle, it is nothing more than to strengthen targeted training, so the day after returning to China, Li Xiangping contacted Coach Wu and mentioned going to the Chinese Chess Academy for training, and Coach Wu didn't talk too much nonsense: "You will come to the Chess Academy tomorrow morning, we have already arranged it", and hung up the phone after speaking.

Since entering high school, Li Xiangping has rarely gone to the Chinese Chess Academy, not because of anything else, after all, the second half of the year is the peak season for Go competitions, not only he personally fights everywhere, but also has a lot of competitions for other national players, and the Go project is this, the higher your personal level, the better your state, then you will definitely be busier than others. In this case, if he hadn't made an appointment in advance, it would be difficult for him to find a sparring partner even if Li Xiangping went to the chess academy.

This time it was an appointment, so I don't have to worry about it this time. Sure enough, on the morning of the next day, when Li Xiangping stepped into the chess academy, Gu Dali and Luo Xihe had been waiting in the training room on the second floor of the chess academy for a long time, and these two were also selected for the "Nongshim Cup" Chinese team lineup.

As soon as Gu Dali saw Li Xiangping, he joked:

"Hehe, the masterful boss is here? You're a rare guest now, I think it's not like this, let me serve you a game today, I don't know if you can always appreciate your face? ”

Luo Xihe on the side followed and coaxed: "I rely on your strength, didn't you say that I will accept the guidance of the mastery boss first, why do you guys rob me again, no, no, I'll come first in the first game." ”

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly again and again: "Two bosses, don't joke with me." ”

It seems that the chess academy really attaches great importance to Li Xiangping's training this time, and after a while, Chang Hao and Kong Erjie came in, Wang Lu Nanhua led the team in, Coach Wu Zhang Wendong and Yu Bin came in, and finally even Ma Xiaofei came to this training room.

At this time, Zhang Wendong, director of the competition training department of the chess academy, even took out a form and said to Li Xiangping:

"Xiangping, take a look, at this time, we will arrange a preliminary training plan according to the schedule of the national team chess players, you see if there will be any conflict with your class, if there is a conflict, we can continue to adjust."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, no need to adjust, no need to adjust."

Of course, Li Xiangping knows that there is no need to adjust, you must know that the high school he is studying in now is near the chess academy, and next to it is the training bureau under the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China. That high school is actually the counterpart unit of the Training Bureau, and there are quite a few young athletes of Li Xiangping's age studying in it-----

Sports teams, everyone understands, more than half of them are scumbags, and among all the scumbags, scumbags like Li Xiangping are good.

"Okay, if there are no other problems, then train according to this platoon form."

In the next month, Li Xiangping really began to conduct special training for the "Nongshim Cup".

So far, Li Xiangping's schedule for the rest of this year is like this: at the end of October is the semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup", and his opponent is Japan's Ita Kiki, and the game is played in a three-way chess game on Jeju Island, South Korea.

At the beginning of November, it was the first stage of this year's "Nongshim Cup", with a total of 6 sets in the first stage.

In late November, it was the semi-finals of the "LG Cup", this time his opponent was changed to South Korea's Lao Cao, and the format was also three-way chess, and the venue of the game was in Seoul, South Korea.

If these two semi-finals can be successfully passed, then the finals of the "Samsung Cup" will be at the end of December, and the finals of the "LG Cup" will be from the end of January to the beginning of February 03.

Although the competitions are all heavyweights, they are not particularly intensive in terms of schedule, so in the next month or so, Li Xiangping can focus on special training in rapid chess.

Li Xiangping can be distracted, but others can't, especially the management of the chess academy. For Li Xiangping's training this time, the management of the chess academy actually attaches great importance to it, after all, Li Xiangping is now the treasure of Chinese Go, and his rapid rise has made everyone see the hope of winning the "Nongshim Cup".

However, they heard Coach Wu's reflection that Li Xiangping thought that his rapid chess level was not good, so everyone's eyes widened, after all, Li Xiangping had never participated in an official rapid chess competition, and everyone wanted to see what the situation was through training and competition.

And under this look, it can't be said that everyone is shocked, but at least a few bigwigs in the management look at each other.

After all, this time it was Li Xiangping who shot it himself, and the national team was all the elites. What's more important is because Li Xiangping is now famous, and he has a halo wrapped around him, which makes all chess players attach great importance to him, even if it is a training game, everyone basically goes all out.

When the time came to late October, that is, before Li Xiangping was about to participate in the semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup", several bigwigs in the management got together, and Dean Wang Lunan sighed:

"Alas, now it seems that Xiangping can only be the pioneer, don't you say?"

Team Leader Hua was silent, Lao Nie was silent, and Coach Wu was silent.

Think about it, in more than 20 days of more than 20 sets of training games, Li Xiangping only won 9 sets, and the winning rate was only a little more than 40%, what else does this performance make everyone say?

However, unlike the sad face of the management, Li Xiangping is very satisfied with his performance, he is not only satisfied, but also feels that he has gained a lot, and his confidence has been greatly strengthened, so that before leaving for South Korea, he was still bragging to himself:

"Haha Ding'an, you have a good time this time, and after you perform, then it will be my turn to perform."