"Brother Ding'an, what do you think is wrong with me now? Why can a tall tail gentleman force me into such a predicament? ”

"No problem, Xiangping Xiaoyou is doing very well, especially the last step, but even I didn't expect it, Ding'an admires ....."

Li Xiangping was a little angry, and he interrupted in an accentuated tone: "Brother Ding'an! ”

"Hey, hey." Lao Shi laughed, he thought for a moment before he continued to speak:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, in fact, in a word, compared with a year ago, your advantage now is not so great."

"The advantage is not so big....." Li Xiangping repeated softly, and then fell into thought--------

Of course, he knew that his plug-in was telling the truth this time, and for the current situation, Li Xiangping himself actually had foresight------- as early as when he was preparing to launch the "Mysterious Prologue", he had already foreseen today's situation.

Because Li Xiangping knows in his heart that he is just a human chess player, a member of the human race, he may indeed have a good talent for Go, and he may even be as Lao Shi said, his Go talent is extremely high, so high that he has surpassed Mr. Wu Qingyuan and reached the point of punching Huang Yuetian and kicking Dao Ce.

However, Li Xiangping knew better in his heart: even if his talent was really higher than these people, he definitely did not break through the dimension and completely opened a notch with human beings.

In other words: his talent may be higher than Wu Huangdao and the three of them, but it is still at the same level, and he is not a grade higher.

In this case, it is understandable that he was cornered by a player of Takao's level in an occasional game or two.

Because he is also a human chess player, he once made Da Li, who once made half of the world lose chess, why can't he lose chess?

Even Mr. Wu Qingyuan, who is the first in the world, often loses, why can't he be forced into a corner?

It's just that then again, although the truth is this truth, Li Xiangping not only understands this truth, but even foresees today's situation.

However, being able to understand does not mean that Li Xiangping can accept it.

Especially before the game, he was still talking about "Heisei waste", and he was almost slapped in the face in a blink of an eye, which made him even more uneasy, and it seemed that he always couldn't get along with his breath.

And just when Li Xiangping continued to be "uneasy", Lao Shi said quietly:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, do you remember two years ago, you and I were talking about dog fighting, and you told me about the steps of dog fighting?"

Li Xiangping's face was even darker at that time, and he replied in an unkind tone:

"Remember, remember, I said at the time that if you want to defeat the dog, you must first "know its shape", then "know its meaning", and finally integrate it to be able to win the battle, but Brother Ding'an, you reiterate the old words with me today, what do you mean? ”--------

Everyone has to understand Li Xiangping's mood, because Lao Shi's words are obviously not at the right time, Li Xiangping just almost lost to a high-tailed gentleman, but Lao Shi told him what dog fighting steps he to.

Isn't it obvious which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned? Seems a little ironic?

Lao Shi didn't seem to pay attention to Li Xiangping's emotions at all, and he said at his own pace:

"Hehe, it's been almost six years! Unconsciously, I have been with Xiangping Xiaoyou for almost six years, then Xiangping Xiaoyou, do you think: our "knowing its shape" has been done almost soon, can we enter the next stage? ”

"This ......"

Hearing Lao Shi's words, Li Xiangping's anger was much smoother at that time, mainly because his attention was instantly diverted, so he couldn't take care of that little bit of "uneasy peace" just now.

Li Xiangping thinks about it now, and finds that what the teacher said just now seems to have a certain amount of truth, and the "knowing its shape" proposed by himself seems to have really been done.

Because it is not the real "dog era", Li Xiangping has limited information, and his and Lao Shi's learning of dog tricks is actually based on Google's launch of three generations of dogs and 400 games of dog fighting.

Nearly 6 years of studying 400 games of chess, not to mention those esoteric "high-level dog moves", but those "low-level dog moves" that have obvious appearance characteristics and are very different from human play methods have indeed been studied by the two of them. --------

And this, in fact, is the main reason why Li Xiangping was kept clean by Gu Dali's chess and almost missed in front of Takao Shenlu.

Because of these "tangible" low-level dog tricks, he is continuing to launch to the outside world through the "mysterious prologue", and has launched two episodes so far, and the third series will be launched soon, in this case, if he has been staying in the stage of "knowing its shape", it will definitely be like Lao Shi said: "Your advantage is shrinking"!

".......Well, know its shape, know its meaning, know its shape, know its meaning, but how can you really know its meaning......"

Just when Li Xiangping was muttering to himself, Lao Shi spoke again:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, tell you something."

"Huh? Brother Ding'an said. ”

Lao Shi smiled: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, you see, I haven't played an official game for some days, or you can let me come in the next round of the game." ”

"Oh! Hahahaha......"

Li Xiangping suddenly laughed------ because in the past, Li Xiangping would only think that his plug-in wanted to be addicted to chess, but today is different!

Since the two talked about this topic, Li Xiangping believed that his plug-in must have new ideas, maybe he had already started to "understand its intentions" first, so he wanted to show it to himself.

"Hehe, you can come, but I just want to see how far Brother Ding'an has improved."

When the two had the above conversation, in fact, the results of the second round of the draw had already come out, and Li Xiangping would play against South Korea's "Mr. 98%" Cho Han-sung.

To tell the truth, Li Xiangping actually respects Zhao Hancheng's character very much (in the 08 Sichuan earthquake, he was the first foreign professional chess player to donate, and in addition, when South Korea went to death, he actually wanted to introduce the gambling industry into professional Go, and was strongly opposed by Zhao Hancheng, Zhao Huilian and others).

As a digression, Li Xiangping believes that a niche project like Go would really be dead if it was really introduced to the gambling industry.

You can see snooker, which is also a niche project, when the British tabloid set up a bureau, and only 300,000 pounds could buy one of the top golfers, "The Wizard" Higgins, so it is completely conceivable that the niche project really can't withstand the impact of the gambling industry.

The foundation of the vast majority of niche projects in the world often relies on their own image and reputation, and once these projects are abolished, these projects will not only develop, but even survival will be problematic.

Back to the topic, although Li Xiangping respects the character of his opponent, he can't say that he doesn't look down on his strength at all ....., but it is a fact that he can't make Li Xiangping excited when he fights against such an opponent.

But just now, Lao Shi suddenly said that he would come to this game, which made Li Xiangping have an inexplicable expectation, and he really wanted to see what kind of performance his plug-in could have this time.

The rest of the day passed quickly, and on the third day, the round of 16 of this "Toyota Cup" officially began.

And in this round of the game, as 16 games of chess became 8 games, it was easier for everyone to focus, and with the "misoperation" of Mr. Takemiya and Mr. Ishida in the last round of the game, the Japanese side really broadcast that game live, and the entire professional chess world paid more and more attention to Li Xiangping's performance.

Regarding Li Xiangping's performance in the first round, public opinion outside the world has mixed reviews.

Half of the media praised Li Xiangping's last move as "Wonderful Player of the Year", praising his keen sense of chess and super ability to capture fighters, and lamenting that playing chess with Li Xiangping was really not slack, as long as he was given the slightest chance, he might turn the river and the sea.

The other half said that Li Xiangping seemed to have lost his previous deterrent power, especially his dominance in the first half of the game was not as good as before. This is like Cheng biting Jin's first three axes.

More than a year ago, Li Xiangping's first three axes and axes were powerful, which made all the masters frightened, and he mainly won the "Golden Slam" the year before last with the first three axes.

However, since last year, especially since the "LG Cup" final with Gu Dali------ Li Xiangping's first three boards are still very strong, but many chess players have gradually adapted, and people like Gu Dali can even compete with Li Xiangping, which leads to his dominance and deterrence may gradually decrease.

It was in the midst of such discussions that Li Xiangping ushered in the competition with Zhao Hancheng, and it was for this reason that although the opponent was not yet the top, Li Xiangping's performance still attracted attention.

And Shi Da Qisheng's performance in this game of chess...... Li Xiangping doesn't know how to describe it:

He didn't know how others felt after seeing it, anyway, after he saw it himself, he was surprised, he was shocked, he was almost deeply impressed by his own plug-in.

88 lots!

Lao Shi, who was in charge of white, only used 88 moves to force Zhao Han to admit defeat.

Less than 100 hands is not the key, but more importantly, Lao Shi's playing method surprised Li Xiangping. Because in this game, Lao Shi did not show his strong wrist, he did not play the strength of Li Xiangping in the past, he did not think he was a plug-in, this game of chess did not slash and kill, let alone a dragon slaying game.

Every move of Lao Shi seems to be an understatement, but every move is so freehand, freehand to the overall situation just over 50 hands, Li Xiangping actually doesn't care about the victory or defeat, he only pays attention to Lao Shi's performance there.

Lao Shi went down like this, but the advantage has been slowly accumulating, accumulating to 88 hands in the overall situation, and the opponent was completely desperate, and he stood up and admitted defeat at that time.

Of course, Lao Shi won Xiao Zhao is not news, what really shocked Li Xiangping was--------

Today's he is different from the past, in the past, Lao Shi was playing, he would only stand in Lao Shi's position, but today, from the beginning of the overall 40 hands, he has already stood in the opponent's position, imagining how to deal with himself if he and Lao Shi are fighting today.

During the competition, Li Xiangping felt embarrassed there for quite some time.

Lao Shi had at least five or six moves today, which made Li Xiangping feel embarrassed! Make him feel quite difficult to deal with!

And this is the main reason why Li Xiangping was surprised--------

You must know that before this, he had practiced "fighting left and right" with Lao Shi, but in the past six months, he stopped this training because he was in college and a "big player".

When the two of them used to "fight left and right", whether it was a normal chessboard or a 21-way big chessboard, no matter whether Li Xiangping lost or won, he never felt this way:

Lao Shi can have five to six moves in a game of chess, which makes him feel very embarrassed!

Especially since there are only 88 hands in total, I feel embarrassed by so many moves, which has never been done before.

It is precisely for this reason that when Li Xiangping walked off the field, not only did he not have much joy after winning chess, but on the contrary, he was a little depressed, because he never expected that it had only been more than half a year, and he was once again thrown so far away by his own plug-in.

After the game, the draw for the quarterfinals was to be held that night, but when Li Xiangping walked into the draw venue, he still hadn't come out of the shock, so he found a corner to be alone in a daze.

"Xiangping little friends, image, image! Don't you usually pay the most attention to your own image, why are you frowning today? ”

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly: "Brother Ding'an won't hide it from you, but I was scared by you today, I didn't think that the gap between you and me was so big, alas, Brother Ding'an, I think with your performance today, the second and third generations of dogs and don't talk about him, if it's just that generation of dogs, I'm afraid you can compete alone." ”

"Hehe, I've won awards, but Xiangping Xiaoyou's words are awards."

"I don't think I'm going to win the prize." Li Xiangping is coloring:

"Do you know what came to mind when I came into this game?"

"Huh?"

Li Xiangping continued: "Your performance today reminds me of the second-generation dog, and the 60-game winning streak between the second-generation dog and humans. ”

"Haha is exaggerated, but Xiangping Xiaoyou's words are too exaggerated."

"I don't think it's an exaggeration."

Li Xiangping paused and continued: "Alas, Brother Ding'an won't tell you, I don't want to play you now." ”

"Ahh Why? ”

"Why else, the way of cultivation is indeed like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, especially our way of Go...... Hehe, skills, skills, skills can be practiced, but art must rely on understanding, and I now conclude, although I have never dared to relax for the practice of chess, but in the past six months, I have just practiced more and understood less, alas~~~ This makes my chess look more and more mediocre, and the gap with you is getting bigger and bigger. ”

Lao Shi couldn't help but exclaim:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou is really extraordinary, and he can even see his own problems so clearly, but Xiangping Xiaoyou, about what you have promised others, I advise you not to regret it easily."

"Oh? Then you can tell a few reasons to listen. ”

"There are many reasons," Lao Shi said with a smile: "I won't talk about others, even I have several reasons." ”

Li Xiangping became interested: "Okay, then you can tell me your reasons." ”

"One of the reasons," Lao Shi continued to laugh and said: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, I have seen your performance, let me tell you the truth, except for you, I don't want to see anyone to play me now." ”

Hearing Lao Shi say this, a smile hung on the corner of Li Xiangping's mouth:

"Okay, that's barely a reason for you, but that's not enough."

"Of course," continued with a smile:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, don't forget that your understanding is extremely high, with your talent, even my Xiping brother has to bow down, let alone me, so although your current practice is temporarily backward, you just treat me as a stupid bird to fly first, don't forget that there are still nearly 10 years before the birth of the Ah Fa dog, so we are not in a hurry at all, spend a few months to do something else, this is not a big deal, I believe that when Xiangping Xiaoyou returns to Go, it will not take long to surpass me immediately, but then it will be my turn to catch up."

Li Xiangping finally laughed out loud:

"Hah! Early birds catches the worm? Brother Ding'an actually said that he was a stupid bird and flew first? That's really the biggest joke I've heard this year......."

In the venue, there is one person who has been silently paying attention to Li Xiangping, that is, the head of the Chinese delegation, Team Leader Hua.

Seeing that Li Xiangping's expression was so rich, he frowned for a while and grinned for a while, but Team Leader Hua finally couldn't stand it:

"Hey, hey, Xiangping, what are you doing there, get ready, it's your turn to draw lots soon."

"Ahh …… Yes? ”