As a tradition, the quarterfinals of the Fujitsu Cup are usually held in China, and this year is no exception, with eight players gathering at the China Chess Academy on June 2, a weekend at the end of the month, to compete for the semi-finals of the first World Series of the year.

Since Li Xiangping's opponent is relatively weak in this round, the focus of this battle is actually the battle between Gu Dali VS Li Canghao.

Last year, there were a total of 4 championships, namely Li Xiangping won the "Fujitsu Cup" and "Samsung Cup", the "Chunlan Cup" was snatched away by Da Li, and the "LG Cup" was won by Gu Dali.

If you count the runner-up, Li Xiangping won two championships and one runner-up, and reached the finals a total of 3 times last year.

If you think about it carefully, you will find that Gu Dali also entered the finals three times, losing to Da Li in the "Chunlan Cup", and being defeated by Li Xiangping in the "Fujitsu Cup", and then winning the cup for the first time in the "LG Cup".

Therefore, in terms of overall results, Gu Dali's performance last year was actually better than Li Canghao, and he was second only to Li Xiangping.

Although Da Li is not as good as Gu Dali in terms of overall results, his only championship last year was won from Gu Dali.

It is precisely because of this that when the two met again in the World Series, they naturally became the focus of attention, and were jokingly called "the battle of the second person in the chess world immediately" by some media.

Not only the outside media, but even Li Xiangping himself, he also paid great attention to this game.

Because he now finds that since he brought the 'dog tricks', these two are the ones who have changed the most, and these two are the ones who have absorbed the most nutrients from the "dog tricks".

In the last two years, Li Canghao has been committed to combining dog moves with his original characteristics, and now he has formed a relatively unique style of chess.

It is no longer his original "control flow", nor is it the standard "crocodile waiting", he will still exert his strength when he should ------

In fact, in Li Xiangping's view, Da Li's understanding of dog moves may not be as deep as Gu Dali, but he is better combined with his original style of chess, and it is precisely because he still retains his unique understanding of Go, so in the face of his new style, even Li Xiangping has a bit of a headache, from last year's "Chunlan Cup" semi-finals to this year's "Nongshim Cup" lucky reversal, he has suffered several losses in this style.

Da Li is like this, let alone Gu Dali.

Li Xiangping has always believed that in today's chess world, Gu Dali should be the one with the best understanding of "dog moves".

He should be the closest to himself, the one who has the best understanding of "dog tricks" after himself.

Compared with Gu Dali, he may be better than more comprehensive, and he may be better than learning "dog moves" more systematically, but in some parts and in some specific situations, his understanding of dog moves is even deeper than his own-----

The reason why he was kept clean in last year's "LG Cup" final, Li Xiangping believes that a large part of the reason for his loss is this.

It is precisely because of this that Li Xiangping believes that in today's chess world, if he is the only one, Gu Dali and Li Canghao are the first echelon to catch up with him, as for Xiao Li, Kong Er, Chang Hao and Zhang Xu and others, although they have also made significant progress now, they are always one line behind these two, and they can be classified as the second echelon for the time being.

Well, now that the two masters who are chasing the first echelon meet in the quarterfinals, of course, even Li Xiangping is interested, and he wants to see what new moves these two biggest competitors can make now.

Of course, Li Xiangping also has his own game today, so even if he pays attention to his opponent, he can't care about it for the time being, so he has to play his own game first.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the game officially began, and after guessing first, the game was played by Li Xiangping. At the same time, the other three games began at the same time.

Li Xiangping's opponent today is the Korean chess player Kim Seungjun, he is the old backbone of Korean Go, more than 10 years ago, he and Choi Myung-hoon and other "four little kings" are equally famous, and they can often get the right to challenge in South Korea, but as soon as they enter the finals, they are crushed by Lao Cao and other old four kings.

By the time Xiao Li and the "Gang of Three" rose, his ranking gradually declined, and now, he has been ranked 15th in South Korea, and he has a bit of a trend of playing "Happy Go".

An opponent like this is difficult to pose a threat to Li Xiangping under normal circumstances, but Li Xiangping has learned the lesson of the last time against Takao Shinji, and now he does not dare to underestimate any player who can break into the quarterfinals of the World Series.

It's a pity that he himself feels that he is not a waste, but in the eyes of others it is not the same thing at all, the game has just entered the afternoon, and the fastest progress in the four games of chess is only more than 60 chess, and a group of reporters watching the game led by Zhang Da reporter talked about it:

Lao Xie of the "sports world" took the lead in speaking: "Hey, what's the situation today?" Why is everyone very angry, how to practice all the plates, if you want to say that Dali Xiao Li is like this, forget it, for Mao Da Li Kong Er is also like eating a popping stick, is it now popular to play violent Go? ”

Today's 4-set matches are Lee Xiangping VS Kim Seungjun, Gu Dali VS Lee Canghao, Kong Erjie VS Lee Sedol, and Zhang Xu VS Choi Poison.

After observing the situation of the four games of chess, reporter Zhang Da also smiled:

"It's really ho, the four games are all prelude and they are fighting, and I haven't seen any flooring so far, are they all agreed, or is it like Lao Xie said, violent Go is popular this year."

At this time, the head of the coaching staff of the national Go team, Team Leader Ma, walked in, he had watched the progress of the four games of chess, and listened to the discussions of reporters, he said with a smile:

"It's normal, if you want to say that all this is actually to blame Li Xiangping, I think the appearance of this guy has brought about a bad atmosphere in the Go world."

Li Xiangping brings bad atmosphere in the Go world?

Hearing Ma Xiaofei say this, many reporters present actually disagreed, but this was from Ma Xiaofei's mouth, and it was difficult for everyone to refute it.

Because in everyone's opinion, Li Xiangping, who had just debuted, was still a little "violent", at that time, he had a strong sense of antiquity in Go, and he liked to cut big very much.

However, gradually, although his arithmetic is still profound, there are indeed fewer frontal hard resistances, and instead of it, its endless "novice new types" are impressive.

In the past year or so, Li Xiangping's chess style seems to have changed again, his chess has become more and more comprehensive, more and more flexible, his chess has become more natural and smooth, and it seems that his "realm" has improved a lot.

In this case, it is said that Li Xiangping is leading the trend of "violent Go" by saying that Li Xiangping is "bringing bad atmosphere in the Go world", and most people disagree.

Of course, Team Leader Ma also saw that his words were not recognized:

"Hehe, you don't know the .....power of the "Mysterious Prelude", forget it, that thing is too profound, and it is difficult for you to understand, I can only say that as long as you have carefully learned the "Mysterious Prelude", there will be a violent Go process, which is a necessary stage, and from today's 4 games of chess, it seems that the entire Go world is learning, and then it depends on who can pass this stage first. ”

Ma Xiaofei really didn't understand what many people said, at least Lao Xie didn't understand:

"Hey, Ma Xiao, what were you talking about just now?"

Ma Xiaofei didn't bother to explain:

"Hehe, it's nothing, let's watch chess seriously."