"I've done my best, then please Canghao!"

After saying this, Lao Cao got up, he didn't review with Li Xiangping, nor did he express other thoughts on the chess game, after simply saying "I'm sorry", Shi Shiran said goodbye and walked outside the door of the game room.

Many South Korean reporters automatically flashed out a path to see their "Go Emperor" leave.

Looking at Lao Cao's slightly sinister back, I don't know why, Li Xiangping actually had a trace of respect.

You must know that the "post-50s" Lao Cao is only one year younger than Lao Nie, 14 years ago, the "Ying's Cup" battle, it can be said that Lao Cao completely changed the fate of Korean Go. In South Korea back then, Go was classified as "acrobatics" by them, which basically had no status, and it was rumored that even Lao Cao was humiliated as a lieutenant or a second lieutenant when he was serving in the military.

However, after the first "Ying's Cup", the status of Go in South Korea was completely improved, although it was not exaggerated to the point of being called "national skill" like Japan, but it was only after that that Korean Go really became an important pole of the world Go map.

Lao Cao, who has almost "known the destiny of heaven", is still fighting on the front line of professional Go, he is not only fighting on the front line, but also maintaining a very high level and state.

For example, in real history, the classic "catch and release Cao" in the world chess world was staged in the past two years, and in the quarterfinals of a certain "Samsung Cup", 7 Chinese chess players surrounded Lao Cao alone, and finally watched him win the championship.

Therefore, such an old Cao, of course, is worthy of Li Xiangping's respect, although he lost to Lao Shi this time, he was still honorable despite his defeat.

The loser leaves, then the next, naturally, the winner is surrounded by everyone. Hu Da reporter of the "Mass Daily" squeezed to Li Xiangping's side:

"Xiangping, congratulations on your victory and making history, reaching all the World Series finals in one season for the first time, can you tell us how you feel now?"

Li Xiangping organized the language a little: "The game is very hard to win, I thought it would not work at the beginning of this game of chess, but the opponent later played not fine enough, which gave me the opportunity, it can be said that it is a very lucky game, in this game of chess, I learned a lot from Mr. Cao, Mr. Cao's superb chess skills and tenacious fighting spirit make me admire, I really hope that when I reach his age, I can still maintain such a high level......

Li Xiangping suddenly became so "modest and cautious" to surprise many people, after the interview, the rookie reporter who followed Lao Hu asked strangely:

"Teacher Hu, why is this Li Xiangping like this, is he usually so boring? Why is it that what is said before the game and what is said after the game is basically the same? ”

There is no doubt that the rookie reporter slapped Lao Hu again: "Stupid, although the words are the same, can the meaning be the same, before the game, it was not to be outdone, and after the game, it was really modest and cautious, tsk, no, how old is Li Xiangping now, he is so self-contained at this age, no wonder his level can be so high." ”

The rookie reporter was dumbfounded, he couldn't figure it out so much, Li Xiangping just said a few routine words, how could this be related to his high chess, is the gap between himself and Lao Hu really so big?

At the end of this trip to South Korea, the time has come to the month, and at this time, it can be regarded as the real final season of this season, and the 3 finals are lined up, waiting for Li Xiangping to compete.

The order of the three finals is as follows: the first is the final of the "Toyota Cup" at the end of November, with a trilogy against Li Canghao, and the venue of the competition is Tokyo, Japan.

This was followed by the "Samsung Cup" finals that began in late December, with a five-way chess tournament against Ma Xiaofei, in Shencheng, China.

Finally, the "LC Cup" final will be held from the end of January to the beginning of February next year, and the current "LG Cup" final is still a five-game chess match, with the opponent Lee Cang-ho, and the venue of the competition is Seoul, South Korea.

In this issue, the civil war with Ma Xiaofei is over, but the "Eight Chess" with Li Canghao has attracted great attention from the world chess world.

Needless to say, these two finals are undoubtedly the pinnacle of the world chess scene in the eyes of everyone, a battle for hegemony and a battle for kings.

Although Li Xiangping still only has two championships in hand, it seems that he can't be compared with Da Li's more than 10 championships, but considering that one of the championships was won from Da Li, and the two fought again, it also ended with Li Xiangping winning, so in the eyes of the world, Da Li's hegemony has actually been shaken.

If Li Xiangping can snatch two more championships from Da Li, then there is no doubt that this will be Li Xiangping's new king ascending the throne, and everyone will think that the world chess world has officially changed the dynasty.

If Da Li won two championships, then the "Li Canghao Dynasty" continued to continue, and even the championship that Li Xiangping won before would be considered just an accident, and Da Li, who was "afraid of life", was just taking a nap at that time.

In the last case, if the two each take a crown, then the situation is a bit complicated, everyone will think that Da Li's dominance has been loosened, but the "Li Xiangping Dynasty" is not really established, and the specific situation will depend on his performance in the next few years.

It is precisely because these two finals seem to have so many highlights that these two matches and the two parties have become the center of discussion in the Go world since entering November. Needless to say, there are all sorts of analysis and predictions, but before any major game, this kind of thing is always indispensable, and even the two parties are often asked about the upcoming big collision.

Among them, Li Xiangping is better, after all, after he returned to China, except for going to the chess academy is a cat in school, he didn't go to other competitions in China except for Weijia, so there were not many times to show up.

But Lee Chang-ho is different, he is a multi-title holder in South Korea, and at the end of the year, which is usually the end of many matches, he has a lot of opportunities to be interviewed, and whenever a reporter interviews him, he must mention the upcoming eight-game chess:

"I've told you many times that Li Xiangping is very strong, very strong! Not to mention how sure I can beat him, I don't even have the confidence to beat him. Yes, that's what I said from my heart, everyone knows that his chess is so different, not to mention that I played against him twice and unfortunately lost both times, how can I be confident? The only thing I can tell you now is that I don't have the confidence to beat him, but I certainly don't lack the courage to fight him, and I will definitely put my mind right and do my best to fight him in the next matches. ”

On this day, at the China Chess Academy, Zhang Da, a reporter from the "Go World", came to Li Xiangping to make a chess comment on the semifinals of the "LG Cup". After the chess review, reporter Zhang Da mentioned what Li Canghao said recently, and Li Xiangping was overjoyed after listening:

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect a person like Li Shifo to say such sensational things."

Of course, it was not without purpose for reporter Zhang Da to deliberately mention this, seeing that Li Xiangping was in a good mood, he took the opportunity to ask: "Then Xiangping, what do you ......think about the next game?"

"Hehe, stop, stop, don't ask, don't ask," Before reporter Zhang Da finished speaking, Li Xiangping waved his hand to stop him from saying:

"Reporter Zhang, didn't I tell you a long time ago, for the next game, I don't actually have any idea now, I have to say that it's actually the same as what Da Li said, one didn't win his confidence and the other didn't win his certainty, anyway, now it's just a step by step, and a game is a serious game."

I must admit that this is really what Li Xiangping said in his heart, and it is his true thoughts at this time.

Thinking that Lao Cao can cause so much trouble to Lao Shi, and then thinking about the next eight chess, Lao Shi can actually only play 4 games, what else can Li Xiangping think too much? Now, of course, he can only take one step at a time.

It's just that this kind of answer obviously can't satisfy reporter Zhang Da, but when he was about to continue to talk to Li Xiangping, Li Xiangping did even better, and simply didn't give him a chance at all:

"Okay, reporter Zhang, you see that today's chess review is also done, if there is nothing else, then I will leave first."

"This.... Xiangping, where are you going? ”

"I'm not going anywhere, go home," Li Xiangping smiled at reporter Zhang Da:

"Isn't it getting closer to the game, of course I'm going to go home and prepare for the game now."

"Preparing for war?"

Hearing the word "preparation", reporter Zhang Da came to work again:

"Xiangping, how are you going to prepare for the war? And why do you want to go home and prepare for the war? Isn't it okay to prepare for the game in the chess academy? ”

Faced with a series of questions from reporter Zhang Da, Li Xiangping continued not to answer:

"Hehe, for me, of course I need to prepare for the game in the chess academy, but it's more important to go home and prepare for the game, okay, I won't tell you, I'll go first."

To tell the truth again, Li Xiangping is actually telling the truth again this time. Because for the next eight games, although on the whole, Li Xiangping can only take one step at a time, but considering that the "Toyota Cup" is the first to start, and this is still a three-way chess, which is exactly within Lao Shi's 4-game limit, so the focus is on ensuring the "Toyota Cup", which is naturally a logical idea.

It's just that judging from the current situation, even with Lao Shi's strength, he doesn't want to ensure it in the face of Da Li. For this reason, Li Xiangping formulated a plan, that is, in less than a month, he will conduct a round of special training for his plug-in.

So now the question comes, considering that Lao Shi's level is already so high, what other methods can he take to conduct special training?

So naturally, Li Xiangping remembered the chess games played by the dogs in his mind, judging from the current situation, if you want to make a little breakthrough in Lao Shi's level in a short period of time, the only thing that is most helpful is the chess from the later generations of Go AI.

And this kind of training is obviously not suitable in the Chinese Chess Academy, which is why Li Xiangping said that "it is more important to go home to prepare for the game than to prepare for the game in the Chess Academy".

And today is the first lesson of preparation, Li Xiangping prepared two games of chess, one is a game between the "second generation of dogs" and humans, and the other is a game of "second generation dogs" and "third generation dogs" fighting.

After returning home, Li Xiangping said to his plug-in:

"Is Brother Ding'an ready?"

"Get ready, little friend Xiangping, let's start now."

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