In December 2004, the first major Go international tournament of this month, the semi-finals of the "LG Cup", Li Xiangping performed well again, and he defeated Li Canghao with a score of 2-1 and entered the final again.

Li Xiangping's performance made the whole world chess world speechless, and no one thought that he could be so strong.

Originally, a month ago, when he and Da Li met in three semifinals in a row, everyone considered that he had lost once last year, so although they felt that Li Xiangping might have a slight upper hand, Li Canghao must have the strength to fight, and even if he lost, he would not lose too badly.

But now that the two semi-finals have passed, and the nine games have been completed, Li Xiangping not only won them all, but even his only game of defeat, people in the Go world have something to say:

"In the first game of this series, Xiangping lost on a mistake......"

The head of the Chinese delegation, Lao Nie, the treasure of Zhenshan of Chinese Go, told reporters after all the semifinals of the "LG Cup":

"It's not unusual for Xiangping to make mistakes, he is a human after all, everyone think about it, how can this person not make some mistakes, and everyone look at his recent schedule, Xiangping is really spinning in a row, running around, not to mention, and they are all high-intensity, high-confrontation games, so ......"

"So you think that Xiangping's defeat may have been caused by fatigue?"

"Yes, that's what I mean...... No, no, I think you're still using the wrong words, what else is possible? His mistake last time, it was completely caused by fatigue, so I tell you, don't keep staring at the little mistake of Xiangping, it was a complete accident, I think compared to that, everyone should see the value of Xiangping, for example, after losing the first game, he quickly adjusted, and then won in two sets, what does this mean? This shows that Xiangping is not only good at chess, but also has a considerable level of self-adjustment ability, and he is now really growing into a top excellent winner. ”

Well, Lao Nie's words sound so reasonable, at least after the end of this series, no one can find a more reasonable explanation than this, and it is precisely because of this that after the end of this second trilogy, all kinds of praise and praise hit Li Xiangping again.

The overwhelming attack:

“....... When Li Xiangping and Li Canghao's alternative nine-game chess was finalized, I, like everyone, were very interested in it, looking forward to seeing a dragon fight, but now the results show that we are likely to think too much, and now Li Xiangping has no opponent, even if it is the former king Li Canghao, he is gradually pulled away by Li Xiangping. Therefore, this alternative nine-game chess has been carried out so far, and I personally think that there is only one last suspense left: Li Xiangping is now destined to be the kind of epoch-making great chess player, so in what way will Li Canghao save his respect? His way of saving dignity will determine his own historical status ......" (Huaxi Metropolis Daily Lao Jia)

"If there is really a chess god in the universe, then the Chinese chess player Li Xiangping, he is like a messenger sent by the chess god to the world------ please note that the messenger I am talking about is still different from ordinary aliens, for example, more than ten years ago, South Korea's Li Canghao was made an alien by the Go world, but he only came to play chess, while China's Li Xiangping, he seems to have come to teach humans to play chess......." (A reporter from Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun)

Even the South Korean media, which have always been hard-mouthed, seem to have been completely convinced this time after witnessing Da Li being defeated by Li Xiangping in Seoul in a row:

“....... Go has a thousand-year-old Taoist tradition, and the Chinese monster Li Xiangping is becoming a sinner in the game of Go, because his appearance is making the oldest intellectual game boring......." (JoongAng Ilbo)

“....... In the face of the impact of the Chinese monster, Li Canghao gradually lost his strength, he seemed to be more and more powerless, he used to be as unmoved as a stone Buddha, and now he is completely shaken by his opponent, seeing him defeated by his opponent in a row, as a super fan of Canghao, I feel extremely heartbroken, at this time I can only think of one sentence; The veteran doesn't die, he just slowly withers ......" (Park Ji-moon, reporter of Chosun Ilbo, South Korea)

There is nothing to say, although everyone can understand the mood of reporter Park Ji-moon, but even Korean chess fans complain about words like him.

Da Li, who was born in 75, is now less than 30, and according to the view of the Go world in this era, this age group feels that it is the golden age of professional chess players. Professional chess players may not have as much energy and physical strength as they did when they were 20 years old, but the experience of tournaments and the understanding of Go are definitely more than when they are about 20 years old.

But how did it become that "veterans don't die and slowly wither" when they get to Reporter Park?

No matter what kind of touting, no matter what kind of complaining, but life always has to go on, and the game that has been set must be finished.

When the time comes to mid-December, the final battle of Li Xiangping VS Li Canghao's "Alternative Nine Chess", the semi-finals of the fifth "Chunlan Cup" are about to start------- there is nothing to say, as Lao Jia's report wrote:

This last trilogy is regarded by most people as Da Li's "battle to save respect".

The game was held in the capital, and the venue of the game was arranged at the Kunlun Hotel, and after running around for so long, Li Xiangping rarely faced the battle at home, which also made him feel extremely relaxed and happy.

On November 10th, the first game officially started, and it was still a familiar script, a script like a routine:

Li Xiangping strives to grasp the initiative in the middle and early game, looking forward to giving full play to his unique advantages, and the opponent Li Canghao, he doesn't know what is going on this year, from the first game of Jiuban chess, his attitude is extremely resolute, and he has always adhered to the established policy: using the method of elongating the front, hoping to compete with Li Xiangping in the official stage.

Li Xiangping did not give him a chance in the first game, although after the middle game, on the surface, it was indeed a thin chess pattern with a floor, but Li Xiangping had already established an advantage.

Although the advantage he established did not look big, it was unusually clear and clear, clear enough for Li Xiangping to maintain the advantage to the end.

At the end of the game, Li Xiangping, who was in charge, won by one and a quarter of the margins.

It was a close "outright" win!

It is precisely because this script of winning chess is so familiar, so familiar that everyone has seen it many times, so after the end of the first game, everyone thinks that there is no suspense about Li Xiangping's victory, and Li Canghao is likely to "save respect" and fail.

However, in the second game, the situation changed, Li Canghao pulled back a game beautifully, and he also won a quarter and a quarter in white.

Lao Nie ran out again and spoke:

"Haha it's okay, it's okay, I think Xiangping still lost because of fatigue, everyone see, he made a mistake again this time, it's just that the mistake is different, last time he made a mistake in the middle stage, and this time, he just made a small mistake in the official stage, in terms of severity, his mistake this time is much smaller than last time, so I think, we must believe in Xiangping, I believe that he can give this nine-game chess a perfect ending......."

Well, Lao Nie's words still sound very reasonable, so no one refutes him this time.

The only thing that saw something unusual was Li Xiangping's plug-in Shi Da Chess Saint:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I feel that you are playing a little abnormally in this game, how do I feel about you...... It seems that he is not ready to play his advantage in the middle and early game, but has made up his mind to compete with his opponent in the official stage, right? ”

"Hehe, it's better for Brother Ding'an to know me."

"Hehe, looking forward to defeating the opponent in the opponent's strongest field, I know that this is the unique pride of the gamer, but Xiangping Xiaoyou, tomorrow is the decisive game, you are still going to use this method to compete with the opponent?"

"Haha, Brother Ding'an, don't forget, this is a three-way chess, so you can still be willful in the second game, as for the tiebreaker...... Brother Ding'an, don't worry, I know what to do. ”

Lao Shi didn't say anything, he did seem to be very relieved about Li Xiangping, after all, it was not the first time for Li Xiangping to play like this-------

For example, in the last three-way chess with Chang Hao Jiuduan, he suddenly changed tone in the second game, and wanted to learn Xiao Li's "zombie flow", but in the end he learned a four-way chess, resulting in losing a game of chess.

Although Chang Jiuduan is a peer, Da Li is a foreign chess player, but considering that Li Xiangping has won so much before this game of chess, then he is willful again at this time, and his game psychology is of course very understandable.

After a day of rest, the final tiebreaker started as scheduled, and Li Xiangping really did what he said, he did give up the idea of competing with his opponent in the game, and was ready to win in the middle and early game.

However, what he didn't expect was that in this last game of chess, Da Li played extremely well, and when he reached about 100 moves, he didn't let Li Xiangping have much upper hand.

Li Xiangping was not ready to fight kung fu chess with his opponent, but in this last game, kung fu chess was naturally formed.

Li Xiangping did not panic, although this was not the pattern he hoped for, but according to his feelings, according to his judgment, he thought that he still had a small advantage.

It's just that today's advantage seems to be smaller than the previous games, and the possibility of being better than half a glance at most is even more likely.

Such a pattern undoubtedly made Li Xiangping's spirit highly concentrated, and he used the greatest patience to maneuver with his opponent.

This is a long and arduous contest, and it is the most difficult sentence among the three trilogy chess pieces this time, Li Xiangping personally feels the most difficult.

At more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the overall situation was more than 120, and Li Xiangping judged that his advantage was very small, and the normal half eyes had to be one and a half at most.

By more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the game reached more than 150 hands, Li Xiangping was very clear that he was likely to really have half a look.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the two players were about to have a countdown battle, before entering the countdown, Li Xiangping used the last reserve time to make a final more accurate judgment of the situation, and he was already very sure:

I really only have a half-eye ahead!

Li Xiangping did not dare to slack off, because at this time, the overall situation was less than 200 hands, and Li Xiangping was ready to keep this last bit of slight advantage to the end.

At around 5:40 p.m., when the game reached more than 230 hands, Li Xiangping's tense nerves were finally relieved a little------ because at this time, there were no big officials in the whole market, and only 5 to 6 small and medium-sized officials were left at the largest.

This is a relatively safe area, because during this period, it can be considered that all parts of the world have been finalized, and the officials have become very simple, as simple as the difficulty of arithmetic problems in primary and secondary schools.

At this time, Li Xiangping, who was in black, still judged that he was 8 goals ahead------ according to Chinese rules, this is a chess game where he wins half a goal!

When the time came to 6 p.m., the battle between the two had been going on for nearly an hour, and Li Xiangping was completely relaxed, and he was already thinking about how to celebrate the victory-------

Because at this time, there are more than 260 hands in the overall situation, and the above is not the point, the point is that now there are no officials who even have 3 goals in the back hand, and the largest official on the board is only 2 eyes in the back hand.

The above is not the key, another more critical point: today's game of chess has been played so far, and the robbery that should be fought has been completed, in other words, the opponent has no chance to resist the robbery!

At this time, Li Xiangping still judged very clearly, and his point was very clear: he was still half a head ahead!

Then in this state, he is certainly entitled to think about the celebration of victory in advance.

In fact, not only him, but also many masters in the viewing room have also judged clearly, and everyone is already convinced that Li Xiangping can win half a eye.

Many reporters began to get busy, and some began to prepare to write articles to report on the news of the failure of Da Li Bangzun.

Others began to seize advantageous positions, ready to wait for the game to be over, and rush into the game room as soon as possible to photograph the winner.

It's a pity that at this time, tragedy happened, and Li Xiangping's inadvertent mistake buried his efforts in the whole game of chess.

Key points: The wording "inadvertently" is indeed more appropriate here, because those who have played Go know that the so-called "back hand 2 eyes" in Go is really a very small official.

This kind of official is not only of very little value, but even almost unchanged, it is nothing more than that you rush, I am in gear, or you "pull sticky" all the way, and you "pull sticky" or backhand, these are the officials of the second purpose of the backhand.

It is theoretically impossible for such an official to make mistakes, because such a move is not only simple, but even the value of each move is almost the same, so it seems that there is no difference where it is played.

Since everything is the same, there is no difference between the moves of the professional nine-dan and the amateur level 9, so such a situation is of course very simple, and there is almost no possibility of making mistakes.

But today, in today's game of chess, Li Xiangping made a mistake, a mistake that is rare to encounter in 100 games, no, a situation that is rare to encounter in 1000 games:

On the surface, these officials seem to have the same value, but then in some special circumstances, such as encountering "gas tightness", then different situations may arise.

For example, in today's game of chess, Li Xiangping encountered a "tight air" situation, which caused him to lose today's game.

Let's restore the actual process:

At 6:03 p.m., the overall situation was 282 hands, and when Li Xiangping judged that he was about to win, he was relieved, so he accepted an official who was worth 2 goals------

At this time, there are more than 10 officials of the same value on the chessboard, and as I just said, the value of this kind of official is the same, so it doesn't matter which one you receive.

Li Xiangping was also motivated by this mentality, so he didn't think much about it and chose one at random.

It's a pity that he has a problem with this move!

The biggest problem with this move is that it tightened his own qi and gave Da Li the opportunity to show his official skills.

In the actual battle, Li Canghao did not hesitate, and his clever hand immediately shot.

This is a step of "digging", and it is the first step of his entire official combination.

To tell the truth, when Li Xiangping first saw this move, he didn't understand it at the time, and he thought that the opponent was looking for a "pitch".

Because his chess hand looks very much like a "bad move", ----- just said, the current official is nothing more than a "rush", a "block", and Da Li's chess just now is in the place where he could only "rush", he went further and took a step to "dig".

The position of Li Canghao's move was originally the place where Li Xiangping should "block".

So just looking at this part, this is obviously like a loss for 2 purposes.

Li Xiangping's first reaction was also like this, he thought that Da Li was making a "bad move" at this time, whether he was deliberately looking for a pitch.

But when he thought about it, it was not right, how could this be a half-eyed chess game, so with Da Li's personality and temper, it was impossible for him to find a pitch when he was writing.

So Li Xiangping began to calculate, and when he completely saw it and calculated the wonderful taste of this chess move, his face changed at that time.

It's just that he has no choice, that is, he knows that he has been hit by a wonderful move, and there is no possibility of saving it at this time----- because this is a half-eyed chess game, Li Xiangping don't say that there is no place to retreat, even if there is a place, he can't retreat, as long as he takes a step back, the outcome of this game of chess will be reversed immediately.

Li Xiangping silently took the 2 eyes sent by the opponent, but he didn't "laugh" this time, it was almost the same as "bitterness".

After this round, the second round of the Da Li combination of Guanzi Miaoshou came immediately.

It is also a one-step "digging", and the technique and nature are exactly the same as the first round.

So Li Canghao sent two 2 eyes in a row, and some of them seemed to lose 4 meshes, what did he mean?

His decisive hand came, a simple "all the way to the pull", a cold "all the way to the pull"!

As I said just now, today is really a very simple official, if there is no other situation, then he will "pull all the way" in this step, Li Xiangping can block it, so that Li Yi is "sticky", this is also a back-handed 2-eyed official.

It's a pity that today, Li Xiangping didn't dare to "block", Li Xiangping had already calculated that the opponent's two-step digging just now was to completely smash his entire dragon's qi.

As long as you dare to block, you will immediately form a confrontation and kill locally, and you will still be inferior to yourself.

What if you don't dare to block it? Of course, you can only honestly make up for the chess, and honestly remove the one that people send to eat.

Since Li Xiangping didn't dare to "block", of course the opponent had to inch in, and he was further "climbing all the way"------

Although he already knew that he was losing, after seeing this hand, Li Xiangping's heart was still dripping blood, because he was crawled by the opponent like this, and there was a "upside-down boot" in some parts, and he still had to honestly take one hand.

The above is the whole process of Li Canghao's official combination, so where is the wonderful taste of this combination of officials?

You can calculate the general ledger, Da Li "dig" in two steps before, on the surface, he lost 4 meshes, and then don't forget, Li Xiangping just made up 2 hands in a row, which is equivalent to filling in his own 2 mesh.

In addition, because Li Xiangping didn't dare to "block" before, he originally had 2 purposes here, but these 2 goals have disappeared now.

Earn 4 eyes and lose 4 eyes, it seems that you don't make money or lose money, but unfortunately there is another key today:

That is, if Li Xiangping can "block", he has an iron eye in this part, but now when this iron eye disappears, he will wait until the end, and he will even have to make up for it in his own big space.

This is a decisive one-moku move!

Da Li won this move, which led to the reversal of the outcome of this game.

Li Xiangping began to arrange his hairstyle.

Yes, he has changed from preparing to celebrate victory at the beginning to adjusting his mood now.

"Alas, I was just praised as the "messenger of the chess god", but today, just now, I, the messenger of the chess god, was taught a good lesson by the former king of human chess players......"