After a day of rest, the second game between Lee Xiangping and Lee Sedol officially began.

Due to Li Xiangping's defeat in the first game, this game has attracted great attention. After all, as a competitive sport, Go is the same as many other sports, and if you want to attract attention and attention, topics or gimmicks are essential.

The biggest gimmick of this competition, of course, is like what the reporters said to Li Xiangping before they came: to see if he can reach the finals of the World Series again.

Let's see if he can make it to the finals eight times in two years!

And it is the second year in a row that it has reached the finals of all world series!

Although such a gimmick can't seem to be compared with the "Golden Slam" or something like that, there is no doubt that this is still a remarkable achievement, and it has never been achieved in the world chess world before.

It is precisely for this reason that this trilogy semi-final has attracted more attention than before.

To tell the truth, in fact, before this trilogy, not many people in the outside world were really optimistic that Lee Sedol could win, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has even been molded by the media into a standard "mourning soldier" posture.

This is true not only of the Chinese media, but also of the South Korean media.

Although before the game, the Korean media with good things raised the topic of "three Li hegemony", but even if the Koreans themselves admit that if they want to defeat Li Xiangping in the chess match, it may be that Lee Canghao has more hope.

After all, before this, although Da Li also lost a lot, the scores were relatively stale, and the content of Da Li Qi was also remarkable, so it can be said that Li Xiangping won more thrilling every time.

On the other hand, what about Xiao Li? Not only had he never played Hu before, but the content of chess was also unsatisfactory, and almost every time he seemed to be crushed by Li Xiangping-----

The closest thing the two came to, or the most thrilling one for Li Xiangping to win, was actually this year's "Fujitsu Cup" final, and Li Xiangping only won half a eye that time. However, don't forget, before that, Li Xiangping was once very good, and he was able to win in the end despite playing so many problematic moves in a row, what does this mean in the eyes of experts?

Of course, it means that Li Xiangping seems to have some kind of technical advantage over Lee Sedol.

It is precisely because of this that before this competition, it was actually normal for everyone to collectively look down on Xiao Li.

Especially more than a week ago, Li Xiangping just beat Da Li 2-0 with a complete victory, which makes people even more pessimistic about Xiao Li's prospects.

But now, the first game of these three games was won by Lee Sedol?

Not only did he win, but he also won very beautifully, and with just over 120 moves, he won easily in the middle game?

In this case, the attention of the second game immediately after that has naturally increased exponentially.

Although it is said that the inherent concept of human beings is not so easy to change, for example, this time, everyone will not immediately think that Lee Sedol is more powerful than Li Xiangping because he won a game of chess, but don't forget that the Go world is very particular about "state".

In Li Xiangping's performance in the first game, he looked like he was in a very bad "state", and the whole game was like sleepwalking.

Since his condition is so poor, why can't Lee Sedol take him down?

Besides, there is no shortage of examples in the Go world: a player can't play a game against another player for a long time, but once he opens a game, the second and third games will soon follow.

One of the farther examples is Ma Xiaofei that year, he had been unable to open Kobayashi Koichi Jiudan in the "Sino-Japanese Celebrity Competition" that year, but once he opened Hu, he not only won several victories in this confrontation, but also defeated Kobayashi Koichi in the "Fujitsu Cup" final that year and won his second world championship.

The more recent example is none other than Lee Sedol himself, who has been unable to open Hu to Chang Hao for a long time, but after he won the first game, the situation has been completely reversed, and Chang Hao has been hard to find in front of him for a lifetime.

Since there are so many ready-made examples in the Go world, why didn't the same example happen to Li Xiangping?

It is precisely because of this that when Li Xiangping lost the first game, it cannot be said that the wind has completely reversed, but the atmosphere of the whole series has indeed become delicate.

"After Lee Sedol won the first game, the entire Go world was ......"

The above sentence was not said by the Chinese and Korean media, but by a Japanese media report on the game after the first game.

Even the Japanese Go, which plays soy sauce, is now saying this, which shows the level of attention of this game, and it also shows that the atmosphere of the whole series has indeed been reversed.

As one of the parties to the game, Li Xiangping seemed to be in a completely adjusted state after a day of adjustment, and on the day of the second game, before entering the game room, he was even in the mood to talk and laugh with reporters:

"Hey, it's not appropriate, everyone is really, why do you cite the example of Teacher Ma and Brother Chang at this time, you don't want to think about it, is it appropriate to apply such an example to me? Mr. Kobayashi is older than Mr. Ma, and Brother Chang is also older than Lee Sedol, but I'm a few years younger than Xiao Li, well, so such an example is not appropriate, not at all, do you think this is the reason? ”

Reporter Zhang from Shencheng and Reporter Zhang from Beijing looked at each other with a smile, Lao Xie from the "sports world" and Lao Jia from the "Huaxi Daily" looked at each other with a smile, and then nodded like chickens pecking rice:

"Yes, yes, it's not appropriate, it's completely inappropriate, how could such a thing happen to Xiangping you....."

Seeing that there was still about a quarter of an hour before the start of the game, Zhang Da reporter in the capital cautiously asked:

"Then Xiangping, for today's game, ......"

"Hehe," Li Xiangping was still in a good mood, and he continued to talk and laugh with reporters:

"I'm reflecting now, the reason why I lost the first game, I actually didn't make any mistakes, I have to blame you people, well, all the mistakes are your fault."

The reporters were stunned: "Blame us? Our fault? ”

"Of course," Li Xiangping continued to joke with everyone: "As the saying goes, mourning soldiers will win, but you people, who asked you to shape Xiao Li into a mourning posture before the game, so everyone see, I lost the first game, who is not to blame?" ”

The reporters looked at each other again, but it was obvious that at this juncture, it was impossible for anyone to jump out and say the opposite, so at this moment, everyone nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice:

"Yes, yes, blame us, mainly blame us......"

"Okay, then so be it," Li Xiangping looked very satisfied with the reporters' performance, so before he walked into the game room, he decided to leave a few harsh words, so that the reporters would have articles to write:

"I don't have anything else to say about today's game, I just want to prove one thing to everyone."

Lao Xie of the "sports world" hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Xiangping smiled slightly: "What else can there be, what I want to prove today is, of course: the mourning soldiers may not necessarily win." ”

After leaving this sentence, Li Xiangping finally walked into the game room, leaving everyone looking at each other in the back, and the old reporter Zhang of Shencheng smiled:

"Hehe, today's Li Xiangping seems to be different from the past."

Zhang Da, a reporter in Beijing who is most familiar with Li Xiangping, also smiled: "Hehe, it's really different, he never did this in the past, and today he looks very special, but I don't know what kind of special chess a special Li Xiangping can play." ”

At 10 o'clock in the morning Korean time, the second game officially began, but it was Li Xiangping's turn to play black, and he chose a somewhat special opening at the beginning of today-----

Of course, this is just a somewhat special start for Li Xiangping personally, and he chose the "two consecutive stars" start today.

This opening is Lao Shi's favorite, but Li Xiangping himself rarely uses it in the World Series, but because Lao Shi used to play like this before, so in the eyes of outsiders, of course, he didn't feel anything unusual, but he felt that Li Xiangping used one of his two favorite layout routines.

Because he adopted Lao Shi's favorite routine, after losing these two moves, Li Xiangping unconsciously recalled what Lao Shi said to himself before the game.

This is after the first game, when Lao Shi told him what it means to "live in the back and live in the back", Lao Shi said another thing later:

“...... Xiangping Xiaoyou forgive me, I think you are now playing the game, but still a little too dependent on those from the future of the play, you lost the first game, Ding'an thought that there was no such reason, such as when the opponent that 21st hand played, although this hand is a little excessive, but it has completely deviated from the play of the later generations, and for you to completely enter a field that you are not familiar with...... Xiangping Xiaoyou, if you want to really become a big chess player, it can't be limited to the field you are familiar with, you must also make a difference in the field you are not familiar with, Xiangping Xiaoyou, think about it, since the two of us are determined to challenge the machine, but our current research, but we have not yet left the category of the machine, if only in the field they are familiar with, then how can we have any chance......"

After thinking of these words, Li Xiangping was a little distracted, although Lao Shi was in his body now, Li Xiangping did not communicate with him, but muttered silently there:

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, you really think highly of me, Shenma challenges dogs and the like, it's still too far away for me now, I'd better find a way to stand at the peak of human Go, don't forget, I don't even have a world champion now..... But one thing you are right about, even if you want to stand at the pinnacle of human Go, it can't be limited to the field you are familiar with, and today, I am going to take the first step from Xiao Li......"

Li Xiangping didn't wander for too long, and soon, he gathered all his spirit, and he concentrated on preparing to compete with Xiao Li.