The top four of this year's "Fujitsu Cup" are Li Xiangping, Gu Dali, Lee Sedol and Zhang Xu.

Gu Dali met Xiao Li again after repelling Da Li, which is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention, and it is also the focus of this semi-final.

As for Li Xiangping VS Zhang Xu, due to Li Xiangping's strength, especially his record against Japanese chess players is surprisingly good, he has actually maintained a full victory so far, and many people think that this game should not be in suspense, and Li Xiangping should not have much problem winning.

Since it is considered to be a game with little suspense, of course, it will lead to a decrease in attention, but to be honest, this game is not without highlights, especially in the Japanese chess world, when this game actually arrives, the Japanese people have paid extraordinary attention to this game.

The main points of concern for the Japanese are as follows:

First of all, this is a competition held by the Japanese, Zhang Xu is already the only seedling in the top four, poor Japanese Go is now too decadent, not to mention the world champion, and now even entering the finals is rare, since Li Xiangping debuted in 2000, he has only entered the final by Tian Kiki.

In this case, of course, people in the Japanese chess world have high hopes for Zhang Xu, after all, in today's world, Zhang Xu is very active in the Japanese chess world, in addition to the "Honinbo" was taken away by Takao, he also holds the "chess saint" and "celebrity", and there is also a "ten dan", which is in fact the first person in the Japanese chess world today.

In this way, the "six supers" have really aged.

Mesozoic Wang Licheng, Kobayashi Satoru and others are already at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings".

"Crown Prince" Yitian has proven to be useless, especially in front of Li Xiangping, it seems that it is obviously not good.

Jingshan wants to wait for new stars to be far from mature, let alone Li Xiangping, even if Chen Xiaoqiang is now, it is still an insurmountable Xiongguan for Jingshan.

So in this case, the Japanese really don't know who else to count on except Zhang Xu, who has the best record.

The second point is that in any sport, there seems to be a saying that is often mentioned: so-called records are used to be broken. Li Xiangping has won six consecutive years against Japanese chess players, so in the eyes of the Japanese, Li Xiangping's record is incredible enough, and every time his record increases, the probability of the record being terminated in the next game is one more point.

In that case, why not this game?

The third point, judging from Li Xiangping and Zhang Xu's previous records, although don't mention winning or losing, you can also look at the content without looking at winning or losing, at least from the content point of view, Zhang Xu's performance is still quite good, he has several games of chess, all of which once had an advantage, and even forced Li Xiangping into a desperate situation in one game.

It is precisely because of this that it is good to say that the Japanese are there, or to say that they are extremely eager to win, in short, when this game is coming, the Japanese media has become very lively for some reason, and several major newspapers are discussing the possibility of Zhang Xu defeating Li Xiangping.

It's a pity that although they analyzed the head of the way, they seemed to be flattering to the blind, because Li Xiangping didn't understand Japanese, and for Li Xiangping, who has 14 championships in hand, a semi-final is just a half-final, it's really not worth making a fuss, you can do what you should do, and you can play chess how you want to play when the time comes.

On July 4th, Osaka, Japan's second largest city, this game that is very valued by the Japanese officially began.

At 10 o'clock in the morning Tokyo time, Mr. Lin Haifeng, the "Lihe person", gave an order, and he announced the official start of the game, and Zhang Xu slowly dropped the first chess piece in the upper right corner of the "small eye".

There are not many more than ten chess moves to introduce at the beginning, they are all ordinary and can no longer be ordinary road goods, but from Zhang Xu's 19th move, Li Xiangping's falling speed has slowed down, and after that, he has become slower and slower, and by the time the plate is closed at noon, the overall situation is just over 40 hands, and Li Xiangping's time is nearly half an hour longer than that of his opponent.

Although for Chinese reporters such as Lao Xie and Lao Jia, the morning was mainly focused on the battle between Gu Dali VS Lee Sedol, but at this time, everyone still glanced at this game of chess, and after watching it, reporter Zhang Da laughed at the time:

"Hey, Zhang Xu's two choices are still quite interesting, I haven't seen anyone do this, is this his new kung fu?"

That's right, the key word in this game of chess in the morning seems to be the word "point selection".

In Go, we must not underestimate the term "point selection", which seems to be empty, but it is related to a lot of Go skills.

Everyone often says that Mo Moumou "feels unique", and the selection of this move is quite tricky, how can it reflect the uniqueness of feeling? Of course, it can only be reflected in the "selection of points".

Another example is the opening of a game of chess, most of the pieces are on the third or fourth line, which can actually be seen as a matter of point selection.

Whether you choose to land on the third or fourth line often represents a different layout and reflects the focus of your game.

Sometimes, it's not just a matter of conception, it's a direct reflection of the level of proficiency.

For example, in the early years of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament era, Lao Nie commented on Masaki Takemiya's move (that is, the "high demolition three" of the retreat formula), Lao Nie once exaggerated in the TV explanation: When using three consecutive stars to retreat, only the lower high demolition three is the correct solution, the lower high demolition three is nine sections, and the lower low demolition three is only nine levels. Let's do it

Of course, judging from the Go theory of later generations, Lao Nie's statement is obviously too exaggerated, and the high and low ways of playing are actually not as big a gap as imagined.

However, on other occasions, in some specific situations on the chessboard, the difference between the way is huge, and it is likely that you will be able to make a move in three ways, and the move will be appropriate, but if you will be able to make a move in a four-way move, it will not be a real stinky move. Of course, the situation may also be reversed, and sometimes four ways are appropriate and three ways are bad.

When it comes to the "difference along the way" in Go, the "disguised Chinese stream" and "Vietnamese stream", which were very popular in the past few years, are a very typical example.

Of course, there is no good or bad between these two moves, and there is not even a difference in the eyes of the low hand.

But in the eyes of the masters, it is different.

These two ways of playing represent different emphases and determine your different thinking directions, so you will see that the "difference along the way" in this place actually represents two different large-scale Go routines.

All of the above is of course caused by the difference in "selection points".

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the "selection point" in Go is a compulsory subject for professional chess players, even at the level of Li Xiangping, he has studied dog tricks for so long, he does not dare to say that he knows all the points, and he must be careful when he encounters some unfamiliar points-------

That's why he spends so much more time than his opponent in the morning. Because of Zhang Xu's black 19, that selection point was something Li Xiangping had never seen, and it was completely unfamiliar to him before.

The most important thing is that when he saw that chess hand for the first time, he couldn't give a very clear judgment at that time like Lao Nie, and the difference between the ninth level and the ninth level was clear, since this was the case, of course he had to spend more time to judge and judge.

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, I knew that the opponent would be like this, but this game should let you come, when it comes to choosing points, you should be able to break your wrists with a generation of dogs, right? Alas, he dared to bully and bully me, and he used such an idea to deal with me. ”

"Xiangping Xiaoyou is careful, I think this opponent is obviously prepared."

"Hehe, I don't know this, after a few hands, I know that he didn't have an idea, he should have made careful preparations, maybe there are any flying knives hidden, haha."

Lao Shi smiled: "I watched Xiangping Xiaoyou smile so easily, I must have found a way to deal with it?" ”

"This is no, it's just that the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, but then again, I have studied dog tricks with Brother Ding'an for so long, if I am still afraid of a flying knife temporarily created by humans, then I will retire as soon as possible, Brother Ding'an, you say yes or no."

"Hahaha is extreme,"

Lao Shi suddenly laughed: "I forgot that Xiangping Xiaoyou is now mindful of philosophy and has a lot of research on methodology, and now he must have thought of a way to deal with it, but I am worried in vain." ”

"Hehehe."

Li Xiangping smirked, but it was time to resume the game in the afternoon, and he ended his communication with the plug-in and returned to the game room.

I must tell the truth, for Zhang Xu's new move, Li Xiangping has really not seen it before, and for the opponent who can create the "Zhang Xu Style", Li Xiangping will not underestimate the opponent's talent in this regard, but as he just told the teacher, if he is still afraid of a flying knife polished by humans, then he really doesn't have to mix, which proves that he is not a piece of chess material at all.

Well, it seems that the words can't be said so absolutely, if this is a game of rapid chess today, then Li Xiangping may still be worried, he will worry that he still has something to calculate, so he may make a slight concession in the game.

It's a pity that today is a slow game of chess, and each person has 3 hours of fixed thinking time, so in this case, of course Li Xiangping will not back down.

In fact, from the moment he saw the new throwing knife, he decided that he must fight it head-on today.

In fact, after an hour of thinking in the morning and noon, Li Xiangping had completely thought of a countermeasure, and it was precisely for this reason that he was in the mood to laugh with Lao Shi at noon.

As soon as Li Xiangping sat down on his front foot, his opponent Zhang Xu immediately followed, and after coming in, he smiled at Li Xiangping in a friendly manner.

Of course, Li Xiangping also responded with a smile.

But while smiling, he said in his heart:

"Well, don't look at your black 19 hands on the surface, there is no problem, but in the eyes of my master Li, it is a big problem now, then I will teach you in the afternoon and tell you how ......big the problem is with your chess hand."

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon Tokyo time, Mr. Lin Haifeng returned to the game room again, and the afternoon game officially began.