The next day, Li Xiangping set off from the hotel where he was staying, walked to the arena, and while walking, Li Xiangping suddenly said:

"Brother Ding'an."

"What's the matter with Xiangping Xiaoyou?"

"Hmm...... Nothing. ”

"Hehe, I see that Xiangping Xiaoyou seems to have something on his mind, can you tell me about it."

Of course, there is nothing to hide from his plug-in, so Li Xiangping said: "Alas, I don't know why, for today's game, I suddenly have a very bottomless feeling, as if I am particularly afraid of losing." ”

"Afraid of losing?!"

Well, although Lao Shi's voice can't be heard by others, but to Li Xiangping's ears, he seems to have raised his volume today, and he looks very strange and surprised: "How can Xiangping Xiaoyou feel like this, shouldn't it?" ”

Li Xiangping didn't know what to say for a while, if you want to say that the emotion of "fear of losing" is actually human nature, it exists in anyone, and it can't even be avoided at any time.

But as a professional chess player, you can restrain this negative emotion most of the time, and it is no exaggeration to say that if you can't even pass the "fear of losing" level, then don't play chess at all.

Take Li Xiangping himself as an example, although he knows that he is not the kind of top winner and loser with particularly good psychological quality, but to tell the truth, he really has never been "afraid of losing" before.

Even in the face of opponents of Xiao Li's level, he has been able to suppress this negative emotion to the minimum, and even turn this negative emotion into "excitement", and at a higher level, it is to change to "calm", and then use this very positive attitude to compete with the opponent.

But today's situation is a bit strange, so strange that even Li Xiangping himself can't figure it out:

Today is only a game of 16 into 8, and the level of the game can be said to be very low, at least for the current Li Xiangping,

Not only that, today's opponent is still a Japanese veteran, although Mr. Kobayashi Satoru has also won the Japanese "chess saint", but last night Li Xiangping also looked at his recent chess games, and found that his knowledge structure is still very old, and he rarely hunts for "dog moves", as if he is still stuck in the old human Go theory system.

It stands to reason that in the face of such an opponent, of course, there is no reason to be afraid, and no matter from any angle, there is no reason for Li Xiangping to be afraid.

But Li Xiangping just didn't know why, from the moment he walked out of the hotel, he had a particularly uneasy feeling, and the emotion of "fear of losing" became stronger and stronger, which made Li Xiangping puzzled, and even made him feel a little ashamed------

To be honest, if it weren't for Lao Shi's words, he wouldn't be embarrassed to say it at all.

"Yes, yes, Brother Ding'an, I also knew that I shouldn't have been, but today I really don't know why, I panicked...... Panicked, Brother Ding'an, look, now the game is coming, or ...... today"

"Hehe, you want to say that I will play this game today, right?"

Li Xiangping stopped talking, although before coming to Japan, he had already agreed with Lao Shi, saying that there was only one game in Japan this time, so let him play this game of chess by himself. But Lao Shi still has a lot of 15 rounds left in his quota this year, isn't it? Now that I calculate it, there are as many as 5 discs left, so Li Xiangping doesn't squeak now, he lets himself choose by himself.

After a pause for about a minute, Shi Da Qisheng continued: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, in my opinion, today's game, it's better for you to come by yourself. ”

"Huh?!" Li Xiangping almost didn't jump, because this answer was completely unexpected, so he won't talk about anything else; , with Lao Shi's big chess addiction, Li Xiangping didn't expect his plug-in to say this:

"Brother Ding'an, what are you doing here? You're ...... clear."

"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, little friend, you listen to me."

Lao Shi paused and continued: "Xiangping Xiaoyou, I have carefully analyzed it just now, Ding'an thinks that your current state is not entirely caused by the negative emotions of "fear of losing". ”

"Huh? What's that? ”

"That's a sense of awe! Reverence for chess! Congratulations, Xiangping Xiaoyou, I think that the cause of all this is yesterday's Dongying chess player played a role, you should be infected by him, so that you can add a little awe to the game, coupled with your commitment to him, this is why you are now suffering from gains and losses. ”

"Awe? Still.... And promises? When did I make any promises to him? ”

"Hehe, although your promise is unspoken, how can others hide it from me."

Li Xiangping stopped talking, he remembered that before saying goodbye yesterday, he did say it silently in his heart, hoping that he could show more "dog tricks" to the old god stick.

"Because of more reverence...... What makes me suffer more from gains and losses? True...... It's true? ”

"Haha, that's of course, so Xiangping Xiaoyou, you're right to listen to me, you can go to this game by yourself today, or why should I congratulate you in advance? Because today's opponent is not difficult to deal with at all, as long as you win this game, you can overcome the psychology of gain and loss, and once you overcome, you must be able to improve your chess skills. ”

"Huh? Ah......h

I have to tell the truth, at this time, Li Xiangping really admires his plug-in.

He said in his heart, Lao Shi, why is this guy so good at talking? This was originally a very shameful thing, so ashamed that Li Xiangping couldn't tell outsiders, how did this get into the mouth of Shi Daqisheng, and it became so tall? It has become so comfortable that Li Xiangping feels very comfortable listening to it?

“... Tut Lao Shi, this guy, is he telling the truth or is he sycophant again? If it's sycophancy, then his sycophant kung fu has improved by at least three levels....."

"That'....... So I'm going to do it myself today? ”

Li Xiangping didn't say his suspicions today, not because of anything else, because even if Lao Shi slapped his ass, this made Li Xiangping too comfortable, so comfortable that he couldn't bear to doubt it.

"Haha, of course you go on your own, don't you worry, isn't there me next to this, I'll forgive you, and keep Xiangping Xiaoyou foolproof."

Since Lao Shi said this, Li Xiangping was of course relieved, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, the competition between him and Kobayashi Jue Jiudan officially began.

Even Li Xiangping himself didn't know why, when the referee announced the official game, his mood immediately became extremely calm, so calm that he quickly entered the game and devoted himself wholeheartedly.

His state of total devotion lasted for a long time, lasting more than 2 hours in the morning and continuing until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Of course, Li Xiangping, who has completely entered a state of selflessness, will not know: when he has discovered a flaw exposed by his opponent and is making in-depth calculations to prepare to blow the opponent in one fell swoop, Lao Nie in the viewing room next door is already like an ant on a hot pot.

Indeed, at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, as the head of the Chinese delegation, he had really become an ant on a hot pot.

As of today's round of 16, there are only 3 Chinese chess players left, and in addition to Li Xiangping's game, the other two games are Wang Lei VS Da Li and Zhou Heyang VS South Korea Da Pu, so at the very beginning, everyone actually paid more attention to Zhou Heyang's nine-section chess game------

Of course, it is normal for everyone to pay such attention, after all, in everyone's opinion, in today's 3 games of chess, Li Xiangping's game should be Li Xiangping's obvious advantage, and Wang Lei's game is Wang Lei's obvious inferiority, only Zhou Heyang's game seems to be evenly matched.

At the beginning of the game, it is natural for everyone to focus on the evenly matched chess game.

But everyone watched like this, and when they saw half past two in the afternoon, they found that Zhou Jiuduan was obviously at a disadvantage.

So everyone went to look at Wang Lei's game, well, this game of chess looks relatively close, although Wang Lei is slightly behind, but not much behind.

But don't forget, his opponent today is Da Li, and today's fine chess pattern is what Da Li is best at, so everyone can only express pessimism.

“...... Haha, fortunately, we still have Xiangping, it's okay, it's okay, as long as Xiangping is there, then this time I won't shave my head....."

At around half past two in the afternoon, Lao Nie officially paid attention to Li Xiangping's game of chess after saying this.

It's a pity that Li Xiangping seems to have disappointed him, after Lao Nie judged the situation, he actually thought that Li Xiangping was also obviously lagging behind:

"This ..... This...... Xiangping still doesn't seem to know much about Kobayashi Jue's characteristics, right? How can he let his "small cosmic flow" be surrounded by success......."

After listening to Lao Nie's words, reporter Zhang Da and Lao Xie and others beside him looked at each other------

As a professional Go reporter of the older generation, of course, we all know: there are 3 "cosmic streams" in Japan, among which Masaki Takemiya is the most famous and the most authentic "cosmic stream", and there is also a Yuichi Sonoda Kudan, who is called "Kansai Cosmic Stream" because he was born in the Kansai Chess Academy.

As for Kobayashi Jue Jiudan, because he also likes to fall into a high position, plus he is a closed disciple of Mugu Sect and a genuine junior disciple of the Martial Palace, so in his peak, he was called the "Little Cosmic Stream".

Well, if at half past two in the afternoon, Lao Nie was just expressing pessimism, then by three o'clock in the afternoon, he was really completely an ant on a hot pot------

At this time, he judged that Zhou Heyang's nine-stage defeat was very strong, and it was almost difficult to reverse.

As for Li Xiangping's game, he even felt that it was more difficult than Zhou Heyang's game, what kind of things Li Xiangping played during this period of time, step by step, completely knocked the big appearance of the people into solidity, and there were almost no flaws, but Li Xiangping himself got nothing, so it is not an exaggeration to say that "the defeat is decided" in this kind of chess.

"Yo! Lao Nie, look at Wang Lei's ......."

Because of Zhang Da's words, Lao Nie was attracted by Wang Lei's game of chess again.

Well, reporter Zhang Da's vision is indeed good, just now, Wang Lei did offer a strong step, and this strong hand is indeed a good step.

As soon as that move came out, the pattern of that game of chess was chaotic, and Wang Lei's eighth section also took the opportunity to win back a lot.

"Well, it's good, it's no wonder everyone calls Wang Lei 'Yeli Dry Red', it's been really good during this time......"

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and at about 3:20 in the afternoon, Wang Lei's eighth section was "broken" in one step, which made Lao Nie stunned-----

Because it was an obvious overbreak, it was an unreasonable move that came out after the killing, and unfortunately, Da Li, who was still at his peak, was very good at catching this kind of overbreakup, so as soon as that chess hand came out, the situation of that game of chess took a sharp turn for the worse.

“....... Is it really going to be wiped out today......"

When Lao Nie just came up with this thought, he was startled by reporter Zhang Da again:

"Yo! Old Nie, look at ......"

Reporter Zhang Da did not let Lao Nie look at the chessboard, but asked Lao Nie to look directly at the game hall.

Because at this time, Li Xiangping's game of chess was over.

Not only that, Li Xiangping's knowing smile, and Kobayashi Jue's wry smile in the ninth section, the contrast between the smiles of the two is so obvious. It's so obvious that just by seeing the smiles of the two, you know who the winner is!

Hey? Lao Nie was confused at that time.

"How did Xiangping win this chess?"

Lao Nie couldn't help but walk towards the center of the arena.