November 11th, well, the legendary Singles' Day, Capital International Airport.

"Xiangping, why do you look listless?"

Li Xiangping smiled at Ma Xiaofei-----

The latter is the head of the Chinese delegation this time, and if you want to say that for this three-way chess with Da Li, although Li Xiangping personally attaches great importance to it, but this is only a semi-final after all, isn't it? In the case that Li Xiangping has won so many championships, then just one semi-final, especially if Li Xiangping goes to participate in a semi-final, there will naturally not be a too strong delegation lineup now.

For example, this time, Li Xiangping was accompanied by the national team coaching staff "Team Leader Ma", as for the accompanying reporters, this time even Zhang Da reporter from the "Go World" did not accompany him, only the "sports" Xie reporter, who was still popular this year, went with him.

"Hehe, Mr. Ma is nothing, I was thinking about Da Li's chess just now, I feel that his chess.... I seem to be getting a little unpredictable now, so I was a little distracted just now. ”

"Oh? Do you think Da Li's chess has changed? Still getting unpredictable? ”

"Yes, yes," hearing Ma Xiaofei say this, Li Xiangping became a little energetic:

"Teacher Ma, in the face of this change in Da Li, do you have any good suggestions?" ------

I have to tell the truth, Li Xiangping said this just now, it was really not just a casual remark, nor was it polite between him and Ma Xiaofei, he really hoped to get some good advice from Ma Xiao.

To say that although Ma Xiao has begun to play "Happy Go" now, when his experience is there, his knowledge is even more there, Li Xiangping even thinks that it is precisely because he is already a person who plays "Happy Go" that he is more likely to put forward suggestions that are useful to him-----

The reason is very simple, when a person starts to play "Happy Go", he will not just wait to stare at the victory, and Go is like this, once you don't just stare at the victory, you can actually see a lot of things.

Li Xiangping even thinks that this is actually a relatively advanced level of the game of Go, just like what many chess players like to say when they make "pre-game speeches", such as "putting aside the victory and defeat, and giving it a go".

Why do people like to say that? Isn't that because "winning or losing" is actually very difficult to do? Especially if you're going to compete on your own, it's almost impossible to do that.

It's hard to play on your own, but it's not that hard when you're watching other people play-------

For example, what Ma Xiaofei said just now, just a few days ago, in addition to Li Xiangping studying the two chess games, he also paid attention to the reaction of the outside world to this "China-South Korea Tianyuan Confrontation Match". However, Li Xiangping said that almost all of what he saw was looking at the problem from the perspective of victory and defeat.

Some people are lamenting that Da Li is in excellent condition, and some people are lamenting Da Li "Your uncle is still your uncle", (of course, it is the uncle of everyone else except Li Xiangping), but Ma Xiaofei, as soon as he opened his mouth just now, he hit the question that Li Xiangping was most concerned about, and he mentioned that "Da Li's chess seems to have changed".

In this case, Li Xiangping is of course looking forward to hearing some good advice from an experienced veteran like Ma Xiao.

As for the expectation, to be honest, Li Xiangping's expectation can't be too high, he won't be naïve to think that he can hear any nirvana from Ma Xiao's mouth, he thinks that Ma Xiao can do what Wang Yuan Baduan did last time-----

Yes, it was the last time he "fought robbery" with Luo Xihe, Wang Yuan said to the beginners, "If you lose every robbery, let you go in case of robbery", it was this sentence that inspired Li Xiangping a lot at that time.

Li Xiangping believes that if he can get similar inspiration this time, it will be very helpful for his next matches.

It's a pity that he is going to be disappointed this time, in the face of Li Xiangping's "earnest" eyes, the national team's "Captain Ma" smiled lightly: "Hehe, how can I be qualified to give you any advice now, just like the change of Da Li's chess style, since I can see it, then you must have seen it a long time ago, and I believe that you must understand it more deeply than me, after all, I have always been Da Li's subordinate defeat, how to play him before, he didn't win, but Xiangping you are different, you are now treating him obediently, so hehe, no suggestion, I don't really have any advice here. ”

"Oh?"

While Li Xiangping was slightly disappointed, he listened to Ma Xiaofei continue:

"But I'm surprised, Da Li's chess has changed, but why do you care about Xiangping? In my opinion, isn't this change in him now just that he has absorbed some nutrients from you on the basis of his original? In other words, some kind of change in Da Li is now, and it was all forced out by you, I really don't know what you have to worry about. ”

Well, Ma Xiao's later words, of course, are not a "suggestion", and may be classified into the category of "chicken soup", although Li Xiangping was slightly disappointed that he didn't hear a specific suggestion, but after pouring Ma Xiaofei's bowl of chicken soup, his whole person was still a lot more comfortable.

Because he thinks about it, Da Li's current unpredictable chess move is not the product of the combination of his original chess style and "dog moves"?

He didn't talk about his original chess move, but only said that he understood the dog's moves------

Li Xiangping still has this self-confidence: he thinks that in today's world, except for his own plug-in, there is no one who can understand more deeply than himself.

Even if he is Da Li and Li Xiangping's "Red Heart A" in the Go world in his mind, he doesn't think that Da Li can understand more deeply than himself.

If that's the case, it doesn't seem like there's much to worry about.

"Hehehehehe......"

"Okay Xiangping, don't think too much about it now, it's almost time, let's get ready to board."

At more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at Incheon Airport in South Korea, and after some tossing, in the evening, Li Xiangping and his party arrived at the Myeongdong Hotel in South Korea, which is the venue of the competition and the place where everyone stays.

This time, the "LG Cup" semi-finals had 3 Korean chess players participated, and the three masters of Da Lee, Xiao Li and Choi Poison formed a joint attack on Li Xiangping, but before the game, the South Korean side was a little low-key------

Of course, it is not difficult to understand the low profile of Koreans, considering that since last year, Korean chess players have not won individual world championships, and only the "Nongshim Cup" is a fig leaf.

And this year, the "Fujitsu Cup" and "Chunlan Cup" have fallen into the hands of Chinese chess players, and although the number of Korean chess players is superior in the "LG Cup" and "Samsung Cup", it is still because Li Xiangping is still there.

The Chinese genius boy who knocked Korean Go from "the strongest in the universe" directly to the mortal dust, he is still alive in these two tournaments, so even if his self-esteem is as strong as that of a Korean, he can't be high-profile at this time.

It's just low-key to low-key, but after all, it's the semi-final stage, so the procedure that should be followed still has to be followed, and the chess players still have to say a few words as usual.

After shaking hands with Da Li, Li Xiang said:

“..... My opponent is amazing, he is a great chess player that I respect very much.... Balabala..... I think the next race will be very difficult and I'm ready for any hard work.... Balabala......"

I must admit that Li Xiangping thinks that he is really a sincere person, although what he said is polite words that are not very nutritious, but in fact, most of them are really his sincere words, because although he has drunk Ma Xiaofei's chicken soup, he still feels that this chess will be very difficult.

After the end of the "Eve Eve Festival", reporter Xie of the "sports world" smiled at Li Xiangping:

"Xiangping, do you know what my Korean colleagues said about you when you gave your pre-match speech just now?"

"Hehe, how do I know this, let's hear it."

"Hehe, they're all talking, you didn't learn well at a young age, and now you have learned to use smoke bombs before the game, do you still want to paralyze your opponent?"

After listening to Lao Xie's words, Li Xiangping was stunned at first, and then happy:

"Haha, could it be that your Korean counterparts have become so sensitive now, and they overreact to this extent?"

"Of course, of course they're sensitive now," Xie continued, after a pause.

"Actually, as far as I'm concerned, I still understand my peers very well, because in the early years, when we faced Da Li and saw him play against our Chinese chess players, we at that time were as sensitive as these Korean journalists."

"Huh."

Li Xiangping said "hehe" and there was no follow-up, he and Lao Xie said goodbye, ready to go back to recuperate. Because he knows very well in his heart that if he wants Korean journalists to remain so sensitive, then it is useless to talk about it, and the only useful thing is to win chess, which is victory.

Only by going from one victory to another can the South Koreans remain so sensitive.

But can I do it this time?

To be honest, Li Xiangping has no bottom in his heart at this time, but this does not prevent him from being high-spirited, he is eager to fight Da Li, and he is eager to win a world championship that is completely his own.

Without further ado, the night passed quickly, and the next day, the game officially began. By guessing first, in the first game of these three chess, Li Xiangping guessed the black chess.

There is no doubt that although the two have played each other so many times so far, so far, the duel between the two of them is still regarded as the highest level of competition in today's chess world, and countless people are paying attention to this match.

And at the beginning of this tournament, it seems that it did not live up to everyone's attention, only the fifth move-----

That's right, it was Li Xiangping's fifth move, and as soon as this move came out, it immediately became the first topic of the game.

It must be mentioned in particular that Li Xiangping's chess hand was really not prepared by him before the game, it was completely complete, the standard was accurate, and it was really his "inspiration" at that time:

"Worry-free corner"!

Even Li Xiangping himself didn't know what was going on, originally when he was in charge of black, he usually liked to play "star position plus small eyes two tall corners", but today, maybe I thought of seeing Li Canghao's chess game before the game, in short, Li Xiangping is a ghost, he guarded a "worry-free corner".

In the past 100 years, the classic chess form "Sanssouci Corner" that best represents "Kome Go".

This is actually the first time after Li Xiangping crossed over that he played the "worry-free corner" in the game.