Foreseeing the new troubles that might arise, Li Xiangping was depressed. He thought that there was no other way, in order to avoid making a fool of himself in the international arena in the future, and this "future" is not far away, it is likely that the end of this year will come to the beginning of next year, and the only feasible plan that Li Xiangping can think of can only seem to improve his own strength as soon as possible.

After thinking about all this, Li Xiangping began to train even more frantically after returning from Tokyo, and the level of madness surprised many people around him.

It's just a pity that although Li Xiangping's hard work this time is definitely out of sincerity, he has indeed done it without distractions and devoted himself to Go. However, the skill of Go is really not something that you can improve casually if you want to, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight.

Especially at Li Xiangping's level----- don't look at his current level in the professional Go world, but it can be regarded as a high level in the general population, so although he is working hard, although he is hardworking, although he has no distractions, but after training for a period of time, how much has his level improved? Is there even an improvement at all? Li Xiangping didn't even have a bottom at all.

Especially after returning to China, Lao Shi has no games to play recently, but Li Xiangping himself has chess to play, and the weekly game of Weijia can just test his training effect. It's just that in the 4 games in April, Li Xiangping once again only handed over a 1-3 report card, and his performance made the whole team slide directly to the relegation zone at the same time, Li Xiangping himself was extremely distressed.

Not only Li Xiangping himself was distressed, but the entire Go world was extremely surprised by his performance. You must know that Go is different from other industries, in this field, it can be considered that a person's vision and vision are basically proportional to his chess strength, so in the field of Go, you basically don't expect to have a crow's beak like Bailey.

Originally, Li Xiangping defeated Li Canghao again, and the domestic chess world and even the world chess world were praised, because in this game, everyone saw a chess player who was full of strength, old and spicy, had few loopholes, and had a new layout.

It should be said that there are so many advantages, even if they are placed on an adult master, it is commendable enough, but this chess player is still so young, he has just turned 14 years old, and he has such attainments at such a young age, which is certainly worth boasting about.

But before everyone could say the words of praise and praise, Li Xiangping's performance in the armor immediately blocked everyone's mouths. In the four games of Weijia, everyone clearly saw a young chess player who was hesitant to move, had many loopholes, and although there were occasional flashes of inspiration, he was obviously jerky and not confident enough.

Such a big contrast, of course, makes everyone incomprehensible.

Li Xiangping in the international arena and Li Xiangping in the armor arena, which one is the real Li Xiangping?

Well, judging from his age alone, Li Xiangping is more like Li Xiangping in the domestic arena, because he is the one in the domestic arena, and the chess he plays is completely in line with the characteristics of chess players of his age, and his shortcomings and weaknesses are no different from other young chess players.

But if this is the truth of the matter, then how can he explain it on the international stage? You must know that Li Xiangping's highlight performance in the international arena is not only one set, not even a burst, but his highlight performance has continued from the beginning of his career.

It is precisely for this reason that everyone said that they couldn't understand it. It is precisely because everyone can't understand it, so naturally, when the time came to May 2002, "What happened to Li Xiangping?" This has become a hot topic in the Go world.

During this period, all kinds of analysis and speculation, and even various consultation articles on the pulse appeared in the newspapers, and among them, there were even many ordinary people who ate melons who were interested in helping Li Xiangping take the pulse.

Li Xiangping couldn't cry or laugh at this, and he was helpless while crying and laughing.

Of course, Li Xiangping knows in his heart that none of these consultations can be reliable, and the fact is the same, without knowing that there is a plug-in in his body, how can all the speculation and analysis from the outside world be reliable, but for some of these people's statements, Li Xiangping can't refuse.

For example, when he just lost the last game of chess in April, his "father-in-law" Cai Zhixiong deliberately found him, and before Li Xiangping could speak, Lao Cai took the initiative to apologize, saying that everything was Uncle Cai's bad, and he set his goal so high before the game, which made Li Xiangping burdened, so he decided to lower the goal now, and asked Li Xiangping not to have pressure in the future, put down the burden and go to play chess......

In the face of Lao Cai's rhetoric, what else can Li Xiangping say? He couldn't say a word except for a look of gratitude.

Of course, it can't be said that all the consultations are useless, at least one person, if he can mention Li Xiangping, it may still be useful, and this person, of course, is Shi Daqisheng, who lives in his body now.

One day in mid-May, as the quarterfinals of the "Fujitsu Cup" approached, Li Xiangping of course also needed to make necessary preparations with Lao Shi. Since the opponent this time is not particularly strong after all, in addition to looking at Park Yongxun's recent chess games to familiarize Lao Shi with his chess path, the two did not prepare any particularly targeted strategies for the next game.

On this day, after the two briefly played a few games of chess with Park Yongxun, the two chatted, and the topic came to Li Xiangping's training.

"Little friend Xiangping, I see that you have been concentrating on cultivation recently, although you are serious and hardworking, but you don't seem to have a way."

"Oh?"

Li Xiangping let out an "oh", and then waited for Lao Shi's next words.

I have to tell the truth, although Li Xiangping hopes that someone can mention him at this time, and he also knows the person who knows his situation best, of course, it is his own plug-in, but for what Lao Shi may say next, Li Xiangping at this time actually doesn't have much hope.

He said in his heart that although your old Shi is strong in chess, he is the most convincing one among the three chess saints in the Middle Ages, but the only thing in this aspect, your old man doesn't seem to have any right to speak.

You must know that you yourself belong to the type of "late bloomer", when your good friend Fan Xiping was 16 years old and "became a national player", your old man was good, and he was in his 20s and was given the lead by Liang Weijin, and "he didn't take off one for three years".

As for my current situation, what I need is to improve my strength as soon as possible in a short period of time, and I don't want to become a super-first-class player immediately, but at least I hope to become a qualified first-class chess player within a year, because only in this way, even if I lose in international tournaments in the future, it will not be too embarrassing.

Therefore, although the advice you have made may be a good suggestion, it is more likely that it does not match my needs and does not help me in any way.

With such a mentality, Li Xiangping continued to listen to Lao Shi. Sure enough, after only listening to one sentence, Li Xiangping didn't want to continue listening, he felt that his plug-in really couldn't say any good advice.

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, what book are you reading now? I think it's like a difficult book of life and death problems, right? I don't think it's really meaningful for you to read this kind of book at this stage, and it won't help you much. ”

When Li Xiangping heard this, he immediately shook his head:

"No, no, Brother Ding'an, let me ask you, in your mind, what is my biggest shortcoming now? Where do you need to improve? ”

"Well, in Ding'an's view, the basic skills of Xiangping Xiaoyou are still lacking, as long as this shortcoming is made up, becoming a first-class master is just around the corner."

Li Xiangping smiled, and at this time, he moved Mr. Wu Qingyuan out: "Brother Ding'an, your junior Wu Quan once said that the essence of the basic skills of Go is actually life and death and officials, do you agree or disagree with this?" ”

Lao Shi groaned slightly: "Well, did the junior of Wu Quan really say that?" It is not a loss that he is the first person in Yilin who is respected by Xiangping Xiaoyou, and Ding'an deeply agrees with his words. ”

Li Xiangping said proudly: "Then you still say that it is useless for me to strengthen life and death training now?" ”

Originally, when he said this, Li Xiangping was no longer ready to continue this topic with Lao Shi, anyway, he thought that there would definitely be no good way for his plug-in, and he would only give himself bad ideas.

It's just the next sentence of Shi Da Qisheng, but it made Li Xiangping fall into deep thought:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I admit that the words of Wu Quan's juniors are very reasonable, what you urgently need to solve now is indeed the problem of consolidating basic skills, but Ding'an thinks that according to your actual situation, you are doing such a life-and-death problem now, especially this kind of difficult life-and-death question that is rare in actual combat, it is indeed useless to do more."

Li Xiangping heard a key word in Lao Shi's words:

"Huh? Brother Ding'an, what do you think is my actual situation? ”

Lao Shi smiled: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, don't forget, although you are only 14 years old now, you are different from ordinary 14-year-old boys, you need to know that you are the same as me, and you are also a person in two lives." ”

"This ...... Is it true that I am different from others in terms of basic training? ”

"Of course there is a difference," said Old Shi, after a pause:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I know that you also learned chess in your previous life, presumably the book of life and death in front of you, you should have also learned it in your previous life, right? It's just that you don't know how to be fine, miscellaneous but not pure, and compared with other peers, you have a lot of information from later generations, so in terms of vision, in terms of understanding of Go, you are actually far more than your peers, in this case, in terms of basic training, of course, your method should be different from others. ”

Li Xiangping listened to it and realized: "Brother Ding'an means that if other people's cultivation is absorption, then if I want to improve, I should mainly think of ways to purify." ”

"Yes!"

Shi Daqisheng said categorically: "If other people's cultivation is to do addition, then Xiangping Xiaoyou, if you want to improve quickly now, the most important thing is to learn to do subtraction." ”

Li Xiangping stopped squeaking, although he didn't know if Lao Shi's method was useful now, but at least it sounded reasonable. So at this moment, Li Xiangping decided to give it a try according to Lao Shi's method.

So is this kind of "doing subtraction" training useful?

Well, at least throughout May, Li Xiangping still felt it was useful, because in this month's 4-set tournament, his win rate finally reached 50%.

The 2-2 record makes Li Xiangping happy:

"Okay, Brother Ding'an, the quarterfinals of the Fujitsu Cup will start soon, and now it's your turn to perform. ”

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