Once all the matches are over, the draw for the quarterfinals will be held in the evening.

This time, the results of the Chinese team are not bad, 5 chess players 4 passed, only Yu Bin was eliminated, and in the next quarterfinals, Chinese chess players accounted for half of the country.

For example, according to later statistics, in the World Professional Go Championship, the semi-finals of the "Sanying vs. Lu Bu" appeared many times, but in the end, "Lu Bu" won the championship much more times than "Sanying".

Although this statistical sample is too small to explain too many problems, Li Xiangping believes that it explains at least one problem: that is, in the field of Go, what "many soldiers and generals" and what "average strength" are actually of little use most of the time, as Lee Sedol once said:

Go is always a one-person business.

In addition to the four Chinese players, the other four players in the quarterfinals are South Korea's Lee Lee, veteran Yang Jae-ho, and Japan's Cho Ji-hoon.

Li Xiangping's luck in this round of the draw is quite good, Liang Jae-hao, he will face South Korean veteran Liang Jae-hao in the quarterfinals.

If you really want to talk about it, Liang Jiuduan was also the number one person in the Korean chess world, in the era of the four kings of "Cao, Xu, Liu, Li", he can basically rank 5th in the Korean chess world, and Liang Jiuduan has a gentle character and pays attention to etiquette, so people in the Chinese and Korean chess circles generally have a good impression of him.

However, as the Japanese say: "getting started" can be achieved through hard work, but "celebrity" is bestowed by heaven. Maybe it's because of the lack of a little bit of talent that Liang Jiudan has always achieved decent results.

Liang Jiudan was born in Ulsan, South Korea, and it is said that in that year, the people of the "Liang Jae-ho Support Association" in his hometown persuaded him to get married, and Liang Jae-ho gritted his teeth and replied, "If you don't win the championship, you won't get married."

Fortunately, Liang Jiuduan won the championship in the first "Toyo Securities Cup" in 89, this event was restructured from the third competition to the World Series, and the first two sessions only invited a number of international chess players to participate, but because of this championship, it is not necessary to let Liang Jiuduan play a bachelor for the rest of his life.

After the draw, Li Xiangping immediately followed the army back to China, the "Samsung Cup" quarterfinals will not continue until October next month, and the semi-finals will be in November, if Li Xiangping can reach the final again, the final will be played in December this year.

After returning to China this time, Li Xiangping finally looks a bit like a normal professional chess player, well, he is the kind of professional chess player who has good results and is more "active".

Within a week of returning to China, he first played two sets of Weijia, one in the capital and one in the field, and the results were also one win and one loss, defeating Zhou Heyang, but losing to another "little dragon" chess player Luo Xihe, so now, he is 9 wins and 4 losses in this year's Weijia field, and his results have been greatly improved compared with last year, Li Xiangping himself is very satisfied.

"Well, if you have a plate of 100,000, then it will be 900,000 now, and it's time to find Lao Cai to settle my salary... By the way, what about Lao Cai? I don't think I saw anyone in a while......"

Li Xiangping later thought that this was normal, Lao Cai was making building materials, and now that SARS has just ended, it was the most popular time in his industry for more than ten years, and many projects that were stopped in the first half of the year are now working hard day and night. Li Xiangping remembered that in his previous life, the old man of his family encountered this situation: he couldn't withdraw cement from the cement factory with cash, in this case, it is normal for Lao Cai to be without a figure now.

Putting down the matter of the armor, Li Xiangping is about to go to South Korea again, this time it is the "LC Cup", and it is the quarterfinals.

Although the "LG Cup" is already in the quarterfinals, this competition is a New Year's Eve, and the winner will not be decided until February next year.

This time, a total of two players, Li Xiangping and Chang Hao, broke into the quarterfinals, Chang Hao met Xiao Li, and Li Xiangping faced Japan's Ita Kiki.

Although there are only two chess players participating in the competition, but before the expedition, there is an optimistic mood in China, of course, there is nothing to say about Li Xiangping, what made Li Xiangping a little strange at first was that Chang Hao VS Xiao Li, how can everyone be so optimistic about Chang Hao?

When he checked the battle records of the two, he found that because of his "butterfly", the two did not meet in the first "Toyota Cup" finals, and it was precisely because they did not meet in that game, so far, Xiao Li has not even opened Hu to Chang Hao, and the historical record of the two is still stuck at 0-4.

"Hey, no wonder......"

Li Xiangping didn't think too much about other people's affairs, but focused on his own game. After all, this opponent is the famous "Yitian Tiger", although he is not considered a super-first-class, but in the past ten years, one of the most capable Japanese chess players in the international arena, in real history, the only time the Japanese team won the "Nongshim Cup", that is, because Yitian defeated Da Li and obtained, so in the face of such an opponent, Li Xiangping still seems cautious.

However, what Li Xiangping didn't expect was that he was ready to fight hard, but after the game started, the whole process was very smooth, and the opponent Yitian seemed to be out of shape at all, so that he could almost win the game without blood.

Li Xiangping was a little confused, but later listened to the chat and learned that it turned out that at present, in Japan, Yitian Kiki is defending the "celebrity war", and if he succeeds in defending again after the four consecutive hegemony of the "celebrity", he will be able to win the title of "honorary celebrity" in Japan.

At present, he is already 0-2 behind, and this time he came to participate in this "LG Cup" in the interval of the "celebrity battle", so it is inevitable that he will be distracted.

Li Xiangping expressed his understanding of this, you must know that Japan's "celebrity battle" prize is higher than the "Ying's Cup", and it is second only to Japan's "chess holy war" in all professional Go competitions. As for this "LG Cup", the championship prize is equivalent to more than 200,000 US dollars, which is almost half of Japan's "celebrity battle".

And Yitian is the defending celebrity, even if he fails to defend the title this time, he can still get the runner-up bonus, so in this case, it is normal to favor one over the other.

However, in any case, because of winning this game, Li Xiangping has once again become the topic of major media.

Words such as "sweeping the world" and "terrifying iron hooves" once again filled the Go section of major media. The most straightforward one is the JoongAng Ilbo in South Korea-----

When will he dominate the chess world and achieve an unprecedented "Golden Slam"?

The media used the term "Golden Slam" again, which is of course not difficult to understand, after all, in this year's World Series, the "Fujitsu Cup" has already arrived, the "Chunlan Cup" has entered the finals, the "Samsung Cup" has reached the quarterfinals, and now the "LG Cup" has entered the semifinals.

The situation is basically the same as last year, before entering the final season, Li Xiangping is the only player who has the potential to achieve the "Golden Slam".

Since there is such a good topic, it is conceivable that the people who eat melons will certainly not miss it, and when the quarterfinals of the "LG Cup" are over, all kinds of articles will suddenly appear in major media and major Go forums, analyzing and predicting whether Li Xiangping can achieve the "Golden Slam" this year.

Even after Li Xiangping himself returned to China, he browsed these analysis and prediction posts with great interest.

Li Xiangping noticed two interesting things, the first is that at this time, everyone's wording seems to be different from last year.

Last year, everyone was talking about how many championships Li Xiangping could "win", but this year, everyone may think that most of the championships are still his, so they are talking about Li Xiangping may "lose a few championships", or simply say: Li Xiangping is most likely to miss in that game.

The second interesting thing has to do with the "miss", because when discussing this matter, the reaction of the Japanese is not to be ignored, but the reaction of Chinese and Korean chess fans is completely different.

The disagreement is mainly focused on the "Chunlan Cup" and the "LG Cup".

In fact, this time, the melon-eating masses are mainly talking about these two competitions. After all, the "Fujitsu Cup" has ended, and there is nothing to say about this game, and the "Samsung Cup" is only in the quarterfinals now, and it is difficult to say what the situation will be now.

Most Chinese chess fans believe that Li Xiangping is most likely to "miss" the "Chunlan Cup", and the reason given by Chinese chess fans is also very simple, because the final opponent of the "Chunlan Cup" is Chang Hao, considering Li Xiangping's "civil war layman", and then referring to last year's "Samsung Cup" He lost to Ma Xiaofei.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that more than eighty percent of Chinese chess fans chose the "Chunlan Cup" on the option of "Li Xiangping may miss the game".

The choice of Chinese chess fans obviously cannot be recognized by Korean chess fans, and the proportion is about the same, but nearly eighty percent of Korean chess fans chose "Li Xiangping may miss in the "LG Cup".

The reason for Korean chess fans is also very simple, because after the quarterfinals, Li Xiangping will once again face the scene of "Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu". In addition to him, the other three top four players are South Korea's Da Lee, South Korea's Xiao Li, and South Korea's Choi Poison.

And in the semifinals, Li Xiangping will first play against Da Li, the format is three-way chess, if he can pass the semi-finals, he will face the winner of Xiao Li and Cui Poison, this time the final system is also three-way chess.

It is precisely for this reason that it is completely conceivable that Li Xiangping thinks that if he is Korean, then he will not hesitate to vote for the "LG Cup" in this option.

is also for the same reason, there is nothing to say, within this year, Li Xiangping will put all the focus on this "LG Cup".

The time came to late September, and on this day, Li Xiangping went to the chess academy.

"Xiangping, what are you doing?"

"Participate in the domestic "celebrity war" competition," Li Xiangping replied with a smile:

"Before I reach the Golden Slam, I'm going to take off the hat of a civil war layman."