Two days later, the day of the "LG Cup" final finally arrived, and Lee Xiangping was ready to go to South Korea to face Lee Cang-ho head-to-head.

The "LG Cup" final is immediately after the Lunar New Year, so although it is now February of '03, most people see this series as the "year-end drama" of the whole season of this year's world chess world.

Especially the melon-eating masses on the Internet, the "Golden Slam" and the like have been clamoring for a year, and now Li Xiangping's personal "Golden Slam" is no longer possible, but if he can win the championship this time, he can also let the Chinese chess players win the individual world championship this year. In addition, if Li Xiangping can create a record of three crowns and one runner-up, it will actually be the best record achieved by a professional chess player in one year since the establishment of the World Professional Series.

It is precisely because of this that this final has attracted much attention, and all aspects attach great importance to it, and Lao Nie once again served as the head of the Chinese delegation----

It is said that since Lao Nie stepped down as the head coach of the national team, he is actually no longer a person in the system, except for the addition of the vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, he no longer has any position in the Chinese Chess Academy.

However, there is no way, who made Lao Nie thick-skinned, what did he say As long as he took Li Xiangping abroad to compete, then Li Xiangping basically never lost.

Everyone listened to this, and they all felt that it made sense, in everyone's impression, as long as Lao Nie led the team, then Li Xiangping didn't seem to have lost, but I didn't expect Lao Nie to have such a koi attribute.

But then I thought about it and it was wrong, where is this Lao Nie's koi attribute, since his debut, it can be said that except for losing to Ma Xiaofei not long ago, people have never lost chess at all when they went abroad, and the only time they lost happened to be avoided by Lao Nie, and only Lao Nie has such a thick skin in the entire Go world, and he really thinks of himself as a koi.

However, how to say it, Lao Nie is Lao Nie after all, the status of the rivers and lakes is there, he wants to be the head of this regiment, so of course no one will rob him.

Li Xiangping hadn't seen Lao Nie for a while, and when the members of the delegation gathered and were ready to leave, he came up and covered his face:

"Xiao Li, what's going on with you lately? I feel that chess has obviously regressed, and even Ma Xiao dares to lose, young people have to work hard, well, they have to work hard......"

Li Xiangping was inexplicably trained, but he also understood when he thought about it.

It really needs to be understood, think about the Chinese chess world, the name "Nie Ma Shuangxiong" has been called for so many years, look at the present, Ma Xiaofei is now the third world champion, but what about Lao Nie, in addition to the highlights of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the highest achievement is also 3 world runners-up.

Well, there were actually only 3 world championships in that era, so his gold content in Sanya was actually very high, and Lao Nie was also the first "runner-up Grand Slam" in the world chess world. However, everyone understands that the runner-up is only the runner-up, so of course Li Xiangping wants to express his understanding of Lao Nie's current mood.

"Teacher Nie is right, I also feel that my chess seems to be a little regressive....."

But before Li Xiangping finished his self-reflection, Lao Nie immediately interrupted him:

"You're not regressing, I think you're just a little floating, well, after winning a few championships, you'll float, just take this chess against Ma Xiao, a change that has not been studied thoroughly, you actually dare to use it in the finals? It's just a mess, aren't you floating? ”

Li Xiangping accepted Lao Nie's chatter with a sincere face: "Yes, yes, it's a little floating, it's a little floating." ”

"Well, don't mess with me in this competition," perhaps seeing that Li Xiangping's attitude was really good, Lao Nie decided to let him go:

"By the way, how are you preparing this time? Facing the defeated general of Da Li again, it shouldn't be a problem? ”

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly in his heart: "How can I say it clearly now, I will only know after the game is over." ”

"Well, yes, yes, now it seems that you really didn't float this time, okay, the time is almost up, let's go."

The Chinese delegation boarded a flight to Seoul, South Korea. In addition to Lao Nie, the head of the regiment, and Li Xiangping, the contestant, there are also Wang Yi from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a translator. Of course, such an important competition is naturally indispensable to reporters such as reporter Zhang Da.

After the group arrived in South Korea, Li Xiangping found that the competition was also very hot in South Korea, and the group went to the hotel by taxi, and in the taxi, even the driver recognized Li Xiangping and knew that he was here to compete with Da Li.

On the evening after arriving in South Korea, the organizers held a reception, so at this time, of course, Li Xiangping could not avoid it, and he had to "say a few words" no matter what.

"Li Jiudan is very strong, he has always been a senior chess player that I respect, Balabala ...... "Let's start with the routine business exchange blow in the previous paragraph, naturally there will be reporters asking him what he thinks about the next game:

"Before this, Li Canghao Jiudan expressed a strong desire for revenge, so what about you, what do you think about the next match? Are you confident of beating Lee Jiudan again? ”

"Hehe, I'm not afraid to be honest with you, before I came to South Korea this time, I didn't really think about winning or losing at all, so I don't know what I can do this time, in fact, I am more concerned about the content of chess than winning and losing, so I can only say now that this game will be very special and interesting....."

When dealing with reporters like this, Li Xiangping was satisfied with his wit. However, it must be admitted that most of what he said was actually the truth.

Since he mainly relied on himself this time, for Li Xiangping, this final was of course "special".

As for "interesting", it is because Li Xiangping remembered what he said to himself two days ago, and he thinks that if what Lao Shi said is true, and he can really catch Da Li's weakness, then this competition is guaranteed to be interesting.

But it's a pity that Li Xiangping was thinking about "interesting" things there, but the reporters who interviewed him didn't think it was interesting at all. But the reporter thinks about it, this is the fifth time that Li Xiangping has participated in the World Series finals, although he is very young, he is already a standard old fritter, so it is basically impossible to say anything at this time.

After thinking about it like this, even the reporter himself felt bored, and after the routine sentence "I wish you good chess and good results in the next game", the interview ended hastily.

Li Xiangping, of course, couldn't ask for it, and after accepting the reporter's interview, he immediately excused himself to recuperate, and returned to the room to discuss the second day of the game with Lao Shi.

The first thing the two discussed, of course, was the question of where Lao Shi's plate of "quotas" would be used. In fact, at this time, the two did not discuss where to use it.

However, considering that this time it is a five-game chess, the only thing that is certain now is that the first game will definitely not be used, the first game will be played by Li Xiangping himself, and then according to the specific situation, we will see which game Lao Shi plays.

"Brother Ding'an, why do I feel that your previous statement is unreliable?"

"Hehe, Xiangping Xiaoyou, don't worry, I've seen a lot of chess games from this person recently, if you happen to meet him with that move, our strategy will be effective."

"Hehe, that's okay, let's see tomorrow now......"

On the second day, the final of this year's LG Cup officially began.

At 9:55 a.m., Li Xiangping stepped into the game room, but found that Da Li had already sat down in the game room.

After guessing, Li Canghao guessed the black chess in the first game, which made Li Xiangping slightly disappointed and actually a little expectant.

He wanted to see what kind of opening Da Li would use.

At 10 a.m. Korea time, the game officially began.