After the end of the "LG Cup" semi-finals with Da Li, the time has come to the second half of November 03, and the whole season has also entered the most critical stage.

For Li Xiangping personally, the next direction and goal seem to have suddenly become very clear------

In late November, the semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup" were played against Xiao Li.

In early February before the Spring Festival next year, the "LG Cup" final will be against Xiao Li.

There is no doubt that although during this period, Li Xiangping still needs to participate in the finals of the "Chunlan Cup" against Chang Hao, as well as this year's "Nongshim Cup" and so on, but the most important thing is definitely these two trilogy. So after returning to China, he quickly launched targeted preparations.

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, I suddenly remembered now, it seems that before this, you have never lost to this person, right? I don't know if I'll be able to continue your record now. ”

"Hehe, I haven't lost to him, but that's just because I don't have many fights with this person, Ding'an thinks this doesn't mean anything, Xiangping Xiaoyou, you need to know that this person's strength is still very strong, before you competed, but it was better to think less about these useless things."

"Huh."

Li Xiangping accepted the kindness of his plug-in, but he didn't explain too much.

To say that Li Xiangping is a gentleman, but he is not the kind of person who does not know the so-called gentleman, he is actually quite self-aware, for the next two trilogy, although he has a strong desire to win, but he will not be arrogant and think about anything to "continue the record" now.

Therefore, what he just said was purely a momentary feeling:

Because he suddenly remembered that since he crossed over, the opponent who has fought the most times in official matches so far is Da Li. The number of games against Da Li is even far more than the number of games against Gu Dali, a chess player from his country.

And after playing these two trilogy games with Xiao Li, there is no doubt that the number of games with Xiao Li will soon jump to No. 2.

The record of playing with foreign chess players is even more than that of domestic chess players, which is of course very rare in the Go world, to be honest, this is also because of Li Xiangping's special situation, he rarely participates in domestic competitions, and secondly, he has Lao Shi's plug-in bonus, so that he stood at a very high starting point at the beginning, which is a special situation for a long time.

As for why these two? It is certainly not surprising to recall what happened in real history.

In real history, although Da Li's last championship took place in 05, he also had a "Nine Consecutive Asia" after that, and the last time he participated in the final of the World Series was even 10 years later in 2013.

And at that time, Da Li was actually 38 years old!

As for Xiao Li, not to mention, why did he participate in the first season of "Man-Machine War"? That was, of course, because he was still active at the time and was considered by the mainstream media to be the best human chess player in the last 10 years, which made him eligible to represent humanity.

Li Xiangping thought of this just now, he thought that if these two people continued to be in good shape, then his struggle with them would continue for at least 10 years, so he sighed with himself.

And Shi Da Qisheng obviously doesn't know Li Xiangping's current feelings, as a responsible plug-in, he is still concerned about the preparation of the "host":

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I'm a little strange now, for the previous Korean chess player, you also analyzed and studied a large number of his chess games, but in the face of this, why don't you do it?"

Hearing this question, Li Xiangping smiled, and he said happily to Lao Shi:

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, you have to listen to me this time, let me tell you, according to my experience, for this person's preparation, it may not be useful to study his chess games."

"Oh, why is that?"

"It's very simple, because of the characteristics of this person's chess style, Brother Ding'an, you and I both know that the most powerful thing about this person is those unguardable actual combat methods, to be honest, many of his actual combat methods can't stand scrutiny, so it's useless to study his chess games, does Brother Ding'an think so?"

Lao Shi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after being stunned, he smiled and said, "Hehe, this is also true." ”

Yes, of course Li Xiangping thinks that what he just said makes sense, for Xiao Li's chess style, or for the power of his "zombie flow", Li Xiangping's personal understanding is like this:

In fact, many of his moves, those moves themselves are not good chess, and the use of these moves is to induce the opponent to play worse chess, which is the uniqueness of "Zombie Flow", and it is also the biggest magic weapon of Xiao Li based on the world chess world.

So for such a style of chess, of course, it is useless to study his chess games. Because the usual notation research must be different from the actual combat atmosphere.

If Li Xiangping and Lao Shi are now quietly studying Xiao Li's chess behind closed doors, then the most likely scenario: the two of them will find that his chess cannot withstand scrutiny in many places, and some of the moves are not right or wrong.

Well, if Li Xiangping is not a traverser, then he may be taken by Xiao Li into the ditch, and most of them will feel that his chess is not good, and it should not be a problem for him to win such a person.

"Since it's useless to play music, how do you think Xiangping Xiaoyou should prepare for the war?"

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "Actually, I have always thought that if you want to deal with this person, Brother Ding'an's cautious and rigorous chess path is the most suitable, since I can't do it like you, then of course I can only try to maintain my own state, especially to ensure my familiarity and sensitivity with chess, this is the correct way to prepare for this battle." ”

"Hehe, that's what I said, so how do Xiangping Xiaoyou maintain the familiarity and sensitivity of chess?"

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "Hehe, I said Brother Ding'an, what happened to you today?" Of course, there is no particularly good way, but I know that "the fist does not leave the hand, and the song does not leave the mouth", I think for chess players such as me, this should be the only way to maintain the state. ”

"Hahaha......" Lao Shi laughed.

The semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup" were actually held in late November, and it was not a few days away, so in the next few days of preparation, Li Xiangping did not make other technical preparations, and the focus was on "staying in shape".

Fortunately, with Li Xiangping's current surrounding environment, if he wants to "keep his fists in his hands and his mouth in his mouth", of course there is still no problem.

Day 2, China Chess Academy.

"Haha, Grandmaster, why are you here today? You're a rare guest now, how about it, why don't you enjoy your face today and guide me to a plate......"

On the night of the third day, the old TOM game website, at about 7:30 in the evening, the entire game platform suddenly had a commotion:

"Ha, rubbing your eyes, I'm not mistaken, right? This one.... Isn't this Li Xiangping's vest, he hasn't been here for a while...... It's started, he actually practiced with others as soon as he came, the vast number of people who eat melons, everyone pay attention, now please keep in good formation, and prepare to line up to watch......"

A few days passed quickly, and late November was fast approaching, and Lee Xiangping was about to go to South Korea again to participate in the first trilogy with Lee Sedol.

Two days before the official competition, it was Lao Nie who found Li Xiangping:

"Ha, Xiangping, are you ready? This time, it was I who took the initiative to ask Ying to press the array for you. ”

Li Xiangping smiled: "Hehe, that's a good girl, thank you Teacher Nie." ”

On the second day, Li Xiangping set off again and continued to work hard for a world champion that was completely his own.