On the second day after the competition, Li Xiangping and his entourage set off for China.

On the return journey, Lao Nie still looked energetic, and from the moment he boarded the plane, he chattered to Li Xiangping:

"Li Xiangping, I found that you kid is really not modest, how could you talk like that yesterday? You must know that your opponent in the next round is Liu Chonghe, he may be the most popular professional chess player last year, right, Xiao Zhou? ”

Zhou Translator next to him echoed with a smile: "Yes, yes, Da Liu won the "Fujitsu Cup" and "LG Cup" last year, and defeated Li Canghao in the largest chess battle in South Korea "Throne Battle" to defend the title, if you only talk about the prize money of the game, he may have more than Li Canghao, so it is not too much to say that he was the most popular last year, after all, in the whole year of last year, Li Canghao only won one "Samsung Cup". ”

"Yes, yes," Hearing Zhou Yi's help, Lao Nie became more and more energetic: "I know you have won a few games on the Internet, but what is a few games of online chess?" Can online games compare to official tournaments? What's more, this semi-final is still a three-way chess, so young people, don't talk so much in public in the future, you will suffer. ”

Li Xiangping listened to Lao Nie "educate" himself with a smile, strictly speaking, there is really no problem with Lao Nie's words, but such words come from Lao Nie's mouth, how Li Xiangping feels weird when he listens to it.

Li Xiangping made a well-behaved appearance: "Hehe, I was wrong, I must pay attention next time, so Mr. Nie, do you think that with my current level, I can fight with Liu Chonghe in the chess competition?" ”

Lao Nie seemed to be very satisfied with Li Xiangping's attitude: "Haha, it's really a child's words, what do you think of it?" Do you think it's possible to win the World Championship in a chess tournament? ”

Li Xiangping at the next moment was not well-behaved, he pretended to be innocent, and said to Lao Nie seriously:

"I felt like I had a chance."

Lao Nie laughed: "Hahaha, it's good, young people, you should be a little ambitious like this......"

Li Xiangping could see that neither Lao Nie nor Zhou Yi took his words to heart, but Li Xiangping knew that he was really "telling the truth" just now, and he really thought that his plug-in had a high probability of defeating Liu Chonghe in the third game.

Compared to when I played 3 games of online chess with him, the odds of winning are much better now!

It's not because of anything else, it's just that Li Xiangping thinks that Lao Shi should be playing chess, in other words, his "plug-in" was successfully upgraded for the first time!

And the reason why Li Xiangping has such an understanding is completely because of the game of chess that ended yesterday.

It's not because of how well Lao Shi played this game of chess yesterday, and of course it's not because of how strong yesterday's opponent was, the key is how Lao Shi won yesterday.

Because of yesterday's way of winning, Li Xiangping believes that it has completely departed from the framework of medieval chess, which is the standard modern way of winning chess, which is what Li Xiangping values most.

As we all know, because of the existence of "seats" and the rule of "returning the head" in ancient chess, there is basically no concept of "encircling the big appearance" for medieval chess players.

Although it is said that medieval chess emphasizes "potential", but the "potential" they value is the "potential" of battle, and the "cosmic flow" like Mr. Wu Gong, under the rules of medieval chess, there is no soil for survival at all, even a chess player like Lao Shi, a chess saint-level chess player, does not have this concept at all.

This is actually Li Xiangping's belief that his plug-in has always been a major flaw.

Some time ago, Lao Shi, in Li Xiangping's view, was like a lame giant, and his main way to win chess was actually only one move, which was called "convincing people with strength".

Although there is nothing wrong with being able to "convince people with force", in fact, Li Xiangping himself believes that the computing power or combat effectiveness in Go should be the foundation of all Go techniques, and it is the most important indicator to measure the level of Go.

However, if you only have this trick, it will always be difficult to become a top master, right?

What makes Li Xiangping happy is that in yesterday's game, Shi Da Qisheng played a different kind of chess, although yesterday's game did not enclose any big appearance, but the overall idea is in the same vein as the appearance of chess.

This kind of play may be commonplace for a modern chess player, but Li Xiangping knows that this is extremely valuable for his own plug-in, which is a major improvement!

"Everyone calls Ma Xiao Feima Demon Horse Demon, it seems that this word "demon" is really not screaming, what is the good way he taught Lao Shi? How can you get rid of such a big problem as Lao Shi in just a little time? Is this method good? Or am I too good as a plug-in, and my talent is extremely high......"

On the plane, Li Xiangping has been thinking like this, for Lao Shi's obvious progress, he attributed a large part of the credit to Ma Xiaofei, but Li Xiangping still can't figure out what is good about the method he taught.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, after Li Xiangping returned to China, he naturally began to prepare for the semifinals with Liu Chonghe.

The semi-finals will be played in May, and the format is a three-way game, which is about two months away, which is neither too long nor too short.

If he can get past Liu, the final will be held in late June and early July. The current "Samsung Cup" final is still a five-way chess. Li Xiangping believes that if he can really go that far, he is likely to meet Li Canghao in the final.

Because in the other semi-final, it was Li Canghao vs. Xu Fengzhu, Li Xiangping really didn't underestimate Lao Xu, after all, in real history, Lao Xu was the most afraid of Li Canghao.

I don't know why, the "Field Officer Commander" of South Korea, who usually has a strong chess style and a tenacious style, will not play chess as long as he meets Li Canghao, not only the technical level is a problem, but if Lao Xu meets Da Li, it seems that he doesn't even have the fighting spirit, and for this reason, of course, Li Xiangping can't be optimistic about Xu Bongsu.

Time is moving forward day by day, and Li Xiangping's preparations are also being carried out in a tense and orderly manner. The reason why I say "orderly" is because in the following period of time, Li Xiangping did not play any new tricks in training.

Think about it, since Ma Xiaofei's method is effective, of course continue to follow this method.

Li Xiangping was in intense preparations, that was because he only had this one game to play, but after entering April, the international chess world was lively again, and a number of world championships were launched.

The first is the Fujitsu Cup, the oldest Go tournament in the world, which starts every year in April.

In addition to the "Fujitsu Cup", more important is the "Yingshi Cup", "Yingshi Cup" was started last year, but it is not over yet, and it is Chang Hao and Li Canghao who have entered the finals.

In the first two sets of the final played at the end of April, Chang Hao fell behind 0-2.

It is in this context that the semi-finals of the 6th "Samsung Cup" are about to begin.