The time has come to the end of October, and after the end of special training, Li Xiangping is about to go to South Korea to participate in the semifinals of this year's "Samsung Cup".

For this year's "Samsung Cup", domestic chess fans have great expectations, after all, this time there are two chess players Li Xiangping and Ma Xiaofei to break into the semi-finals, and the only two world champions in China will attack together. In comparison, Li Xiangping's opponent is Yitian Jiji, and Ma Xiaofei's opponent is Li Sedol, so in the minds of chess fans in these years, in fact, compared to Lao Cao Da Li and others, the weight is still much lighter.

It is precisely for this reason that this competition is highly valued in China, and it is considered to be the one who hopes to win the championship in the next "three major battles".

In addition to Li Xiangping and Ma Xiaofei, the head of the delegation was personally served by President Wang Lunan, and Lao Nie made a deputy head of the delegation----- well, according to the official statement, Lao Nie served as the "technical adviser" of the entire delegation.

In addition to these few, there are also staff of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Chess Academy, translators and accompanying reporters, Hao Hao Tang Tang nearly double-digit people killed in South Korea, a posture of ambition to win the game.

Of course, although there are a lot of people, but everyone came to disturb Li Xiangping during the trip, and of course the mixed Go world is very sensible, knowing that the players have not been disturbed before the competition. Boredom, Li Xiangping had no choice but to chat with another chess player, Ma Xiaofei:

"Mr. Ma, have you fought with Lee Sedol before?"

"I only played one set, and I was attacked by him in a big advantage situation."

"Oh?"

In Li Xiangping's memory, these two in real history really didn't leave much record of fighting, as if there was only this one. It's normal to think about this situation, the peak of these two is staggered, Ma Xiao was majestic in the international arena when Lee Sedol was still a child, and by the time Lee Sedol became active, Ma Xiaofei had slowly faded out of the professional line, although a formal game was a little less, but it was not a particularly abnormal thing.

Hearing Li Xiangping suddenly talk about this topic, Ma Xiaofei joked with him;

"Xiangping, why did you suddenly ask about this, by the way, I see that you have a lot of experience in dealing with Xiao Li, are you going to teach me a few tricks to scatter?"

"Hehe, Mr. Ma, you laughed at me, where am I qualified to teach you what to do, and then again, just Lee Sedol's two hits, where will he be your opponent, you will definitely take him firmly this time."

"Hahahaha." Ma Xiaofei laughed:

"In today's chess world, only you dare to look down on South Korea's Xiao Li like this, but then again, you do have the confidence and qualifications, okay, this time I will borrow your auspicious words, I hope there will be a good result in the end."

Ma Xiaofei was laughing, others who heard the conversation between the two were also laughing, and finally Li Xiangping himself laughed too. It must be pointed out that when Li Xiangping said this just now, he really didn't deliberately want to slap Ma Xiaofei's ass.

Because I don't know why, looking at Ma Xiaofei in front of him, it always reminds Li Xiangping of Ke Shaoxia in the future. Just as Sakata Lao Zhao Xiaoqiang "Boss Fan" they are a genre, so the two of them, Li Xiangping thinks that they are actually the same genre.

There is a "template" in the NBA draft, and when Ke Shaoxia first debuted, the Go world thought that his "template" was actually Ma Xiaofei, and the strength and flexibility of the two chess styles were indeed extremely similar, but with the growth of Ke Shaoxia later, he became a "strengthened version of Ma Xiaofei".

Considering that Ke Shaoxia is almost accurate in handling Li Shishi, then Li Xiangping believes that Ma Xiaofei, who is similar to Ke Shaoxia's chess style, certainly has no reason to be afraid, and even looks at the problem from the perspective of Go technology, like Ma Xiaoke Shaoxia's chess style, in fact, it can also restrain Xiao Li's "zombie flow".

Of course, although in Li Xiangping's opinion, Ma Xiao has an advantage in technology, this is not that he thinks that Ma Xiao can win Xiao Li, after all, Xiao Li is rising, and Ma Xiao is close to the waning world, this is a fact that no one can deny, but despite this, Li Xiangping still sincerely hopes that Ma Xiaofei can defeat Xiao Li this time.

I have to tell the truth, Li Xiangping is so eager for Ma Xiaofei to win chess this time, it is really not his patriotism and "collective sense of honor", but he is really completely for himself this time.

You must know that so far, Lao Shi's 15 rounds of "quota" have been used for 6 sets, so no matter whether you win or lose this trip to South Korea, at least 8 rounds of quota will be used.

The Nima finals haven't even started, and the quota of 8 rounds has already been used.

Considering that the semi-finals of the "LG Cup" are also trimatches, it is better for Lao Shi to use a quota of 10 rounds before the finals, and may even use a quota of 12 rounds at most.

Only a mere 3 to 5 rounds of quota is reserved for Lao Shi to play in the finals!

Continue to think about it, considering that Lao Shi has reached the "Toyota Cup" finals, then in the remaining two competitions, as long as Lao Shi can enter the finals, his quota of 15 rounds is actually insufficient.

What if it's not enough? At this time, you can always abstain, the only way, of course, is for Li Xiangping to go to the finals by himself.

Speaking of which, there is actually no need to continue to analyze, everyone should fully understand why Li Xiangping is so eager for Ma Xiao to win. Because once he can meet Chinese chess players in the finals, then if he really goes to the finals, Li Xiangping's choice will be much calmer.

Everyone talked about Lee Sedol for a while, and the topic turned to Li Xiangping's opponent Yitian Jiji. Lao Nie opened his mouth and said:

"Xiangping, don't keep talking about you Teacher Ma, now let's talk about yourself, how are you preparing for the competition against Yitian this time? It's not like this training, can you, tell me about yourself, huh? What's that stuff you've been playing lately? ”

Listening to Lao Nie mention this stubble, everyone here stopped squeaking, although it was just some training games, and they were all imitating the rapid chess in the "Nongshim Cup" system, but before the competition, his winning rate of less than 50% was always uneasy, right?

The only thing he didn't care about was of course Li Xiangping himself, in the face of Lao Nie's inquiry, he replied to what he asked:

"Hehe, I heard that Yitian just lost to Zhang Xu, not only failed to achieve the "celebrity" five consecutive hegemony, but also lost the opportunity to win the honorary title, he seems to have lost the last title in China, right? ”

"Yes, yes, the total score is 1 to 4, Yida not only lost, but also lost very simply, and now several young people in Japan are beginning to rise, and they are grabbing power very fiercely."

At present, the Japanese chess world is also in a period of alternation between the old and the new, and the "six supers" have gradually grown old, except for Zhao Zhixun, who has occasionally appeared in the arena, others have basically faded out of the challenge stage. Therefore, the tug-of-war that is now being fought in the Japanese chess world is actually a competition between some "Mesozoic" such as Wang Licheng, Ita Kiki, and Kobayashi Satoru and the younger "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings".

And after this year, with Wang Licheng losing the "chess saint" and Yitian Kiki losing the "celebrity", Japan's "Mesozoic Generation" is actually about to withdraw from the stage.

Everyone discussed the current situation of the Japanese chess world for a while, and Lao Nie came to his senses, and he said to Li Xiangping:

"By the way, what do you mean when you kid just mentioned that Yitian lost the "celebrity"? You don't think that the state of others is no longer good, you are just, I can tell you, you must not underestimate the enemy now, Japanese chess players are notoriously able to maintain their condition, especially this Yitian is not an idle person, for so many years, even Li Canghao has a headache when he meets him, I think you won't know about it. ”

"Hehe, I didn't underestimate the enemy, I just stated a fact."

"You kid, I think you're a little underestimated now, no, no, I can tell you, you must not think that you win a few games of chess now because you have something great, you are nothing now, this is starting to flutter......"

Seeing that Lao Nie's problem of being a good teacher began to attack, and finally Ma Xiaofei ran out to play a round, he said to Lao Nie with a smile:

"Okay, okay, Lao Nie, you don't have to say a few words, do you want Xiangping to be that kind of person, how can he underestimate the enemy at this time, besides, what if Yitian is the "Stone Buddha Buster"? When Da Li touched Xiangping, it was not the same, and he was at a loss, wasn't it Xiangping. ”

Of course, Li Xiangping couldn't answer Ma Xiao's words, so he had to sit there and smirk. And Li Xiangping couldn't pick it up, and Lao Nie naturally couldn't pick it up either, after he hummed two sentences to express his dissatisfaction, South Korea arrived.

Jeju Island, South Korea, this is the location of this semi-final, before entering the arena, Li Xiangping was going to explain two sentences to himself:

"Brother Ding'an......."

It's a pity that as soon as he said these three words, he was interrupted by Lao Shi:

"Okay Xiangping Xiaoyou, this time you don't have to say much, I remember you once said, this opponent's chess style, that is the purest "Japanese stream", if you want to understand the essence of the Japanese stream, then watching this person's chess is the best choice, Xiangping Xiaoyou, you forgot, you wanted to make me familiar with the Japanese stream, but let me see a lot of chess games of this person. ”

Li Xiangping smiled:

"Brother Xingdingan, you are now concentrating on playing chess, remember, your 15-game quota limit is extremely precious, if you have the opportunity to play 2 to 0 for me, then don't play 2 to 1."

Shi Da Chess Saint really did not disappoint Li Xiangping, 2 days later, in the face of the purest "Japanese stream" Yitian Kiki, Lao Shi simply won 2-0.

Lao Shi reached the World Series finals for the third time this year and the World Series finals for the fourth time, and his wild journey seems to have not come to an end.

At this time, Li Xiangping began to pay attention to the situation of the other semi-final, because when Lao Shi eliminated the opponent, Ma Xiaofei and Lee Sedol were tied 1-1, and they were going to play a tiebreaker on the next day.

Li Xiangping did not return to China in advance, and on the day of the decisive game, he went to the viewing room with Lao Nie and others to watch the duel between Ma Xiaofei and Lee Sedol.