On the evening after the game, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of this year's "Chunlan Cup" was held in the chess institute.

When Li Xiangping stood with the other qualifying chess players, he was very emotional.

He sighed not for anything else, this time the top eight lineup, the Chinese team is Ma Xiaofei, Chang Hao, plus himself, the South Korean team is Lao Cao, Da Li plus Liu Chonghe, and the Japanese team is Lao Zhao Zhixun plus Mr. Wang Licheng.

Take a look at this lineup, Lao Cao and Lao Zhao are "post-50s", Ma Xiaofei, Wang Licheng and Liu Chonghe are "post-60s", Chang Haoda Li is "post-70s", and he is "post-80s".

This time, the quarter-finals lineup actually gathered players from four decades, which is extremely rare in later generations, and if this is the case in a certain tournament in later generations, it is definitely worth writing about.

However, in today's era, this situation is very common, and even a norm. For example, after the top eight lineup was produced this time, most of the media reaction was relatively flat, and even felt that this round of the game as a whole was not shocking, and the strong players who were favored by everyone before the game basically passed the test, and no game of chess could be called an underdog.

In all fairness, which is more normal in this situation in this era or in the chess world in later generations? I don't know what others think, anyway, Li Xiangping personally thinks that it should be a more normal situation in this era.

After all, no matter how much you emphasize the competitiveness of Go, this is still an intellectual game that competes for brain power, and since it is an intellectual game, then the gap between a person at the age of 20 and him at the age of 40 should not be big. Could it be that as soon as humans turn 30, their brains begin to shrink? Anyway, Li Xiangping has never heard this kind of statement, and this is obviously impossible.

In later generations, due to the popularization of the Internet, there were more channels for everyone to learn knowledge and it was more convenient to receive information, which provided conditions for the "precociousness" of chess players.

For example, in this era, most chess players under the age of 20 can only be called "rookies", and in later generations, some chess players under the age of 20 can become top human chess players, which Li Xiangping thinks is normal. However, if you want to say that Go is just a game for young people, and you will definitely not be able to play 30 chess as soon as you pass it, then you will not believe this kind of argument if you kill Li Xiangping.

At the same time, he believes that this situation is not normal.

For example, the current situation of the world chess world before Li Xiangping crossed over, he thought that situation was not normal. The main reason for that abnormality is that too much emphasis is placed on the competitiveness of Go, the game is fast, the schedule is intensive, and it is a game of mental strength and intelligence, which is played by everyone as a game of physical strength.

The initiator of all this, of course, is the Korean Go world, or rather, they must carry this pot.

And not only do they have to take the blame, but in later generations, they themselves have tasted the bitter fruits of rapid chess.

In today's era, due to the strength of Korean Go, everyone often says that Korea is Korean, but Li Xiangping often thinks now, where is there any "Korean flow" in this world?

If so, what are the technical characteristics of the genre? What contribution did you make to the development of Go?

If you really want to be more serious, you will find that the emergence of Korean Go, in addition to increasing the competitiveness of Go and making the whole world chess more lively, technically speaking, they really did not contribute much.

Da Lee, the most representative figure of Korean Go for decades, is he considered Korean? Li Xiangping thinks that of course it doesn't count, in a sense, Da Li's chess move is the most standard Japanese stream, but he pushed the "Bengepai" chess path to a new height of human beings.

And in addition to Da Li, is Lao Cao's "soft wind and fast gun" considered Korean? Is Xiao Li's "zombie stream" considered Korean stream? Well, whoever wants to think that they are the Korean stream, of course, can also be. It's just that Li Xiangping thinks that it's not so much that they are Korean streams, but rather that they are "medieval streams", which are just an extension of "medieval streams" under modern Go rules.

Therefore, Li Xiangping now feels that the reason why Korean Go has been strong for decades in this era is just their luck, and it just happened that several of the most talented geniuses appeared in their South Korea during this time.

"Xiangping, Xiangping, what are you stunned about, go up and draw lots."

"Oh?"

Lao Nie's voice pulled Li Xiangping back to reality from his imagination, he settled down, and then walked to the front desk with a smile to draw lots.

The draw ceremony was hosted by Wang Yiwuduan of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Chess Academy, and after Li Xiangping came to the stage, he said to Li Xiangping with a smile:

"Xiangping, congratulations on entering the quarterfinals of the World Series again, when I interviewed other chess players just now, everyone said that they wanted to play against you the most in this round, so what about you, do you have the candidate you want to play the most in your heart?"

Li Xiangping's eyes swept away from the faces of Lao Cao, Da Li, Liu Chonghe, Zhao Zhixun and Wang Licheng, due to the implementation of the principle of not meeting in advance of domestic chess players, Li Xiangping was the first to draw lots, so his opponents in the next round will only be produced in these five places. In Li Xiangping's mind, it doesn't matter who these people touch, anyway, before their own strength improves, this kind of world competition is ready to be handed over to Lao Shi.

"Several of the players are seniors that I respect very much, so no matter who they are, I'm ready to ask them for a game with a learning attitude......"

After all, he is a person in his 30s with a psychological age, so Li Xiangping will still say polite words in such a scene. After saying these non-nutritious words, Li Xiangping reached into the lottery box, and then handed the lottery to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi unfolded the small note in his hand, Wang Licheng!

Li Xiangping's opponent in the next round is Wang Licheng Jiudan of the Japan Chess Academy.

For this signing, Li Xiangping personally thinks that it is not good or bad. Don't look at it compared to the others, Wang Licheng's reputation in the ninth section seems to be the smallest, but at this time he is still very capable of fighting. He is currently Japan's reigning "Chess Master" plus "Judan" and is truly at the peak of his career.

Not only that, Wang Licheng Jiuduan seems to have a lot of fate with this "Chunlan Cup". He was the champion of the second "Chunlan Cup", and it was Ma Xiaofei who won the final, and Ma Xiaofei was extremely annoyed after losing the final, and even refused to attend the final award ceremony for a time, leaving a story of the "Stupid Lan Cup".

In the last competition, Wang Licheng Jiudan reached the final again, this time the opponent was Liu Chonghe, Wang Licheng lost with a score of 1-2, but the game he won was a famous game, in South Korea's "Go World" magazine, Lao Cao personally wrote an article about this game of chess, and praised Wang Licheng.

After the draw, according to the custom, of course, to take pictures and shake hands, just when shaking hands with Mr. Wang Licheng, Li Xiangping suddenly remembered that in real history, the person in front of him won a total of 2 world championships and several world runners-up. And his record is the best among all Japanese chess players, even when Li Xiangping crosses, there is still no Japanese chess player who can surpass him.

In addition to him, Japan also has two two-time chess players, that is, Masaki Takemiya and Lao Zhao, and these two runners-up are not as many as Wang Licheng, so today's signing, Li Xiangping thinks it is really difficult to call it a good sign.

In addition to Li Xiangping's game, the other 3 sets are Li Canghao VS Zhao Zhixun, Chang Hao VS Liu Chonghe, Ma Xiaofei VS Cao Xunxuan.

Therefore, when the results of the quarterfinals came out, the domestic media still seemed to be more satisfied, thinking that the overall signing of Chinese chess players was good, avoiding Li Canghao, the chess player that everyone is most afraid of, not to mention, in addition, Ma Xiaona Lao Cao is still relatively sure, Chang Hao's historical record against Da Liu is not bad, plus Li Xiangping drew the smallest of the top eight, so of course such a draw result is very ideal.

It's just that although the opponent has been determined, it has not yet been determined when the next round of matches will be compared. "Chunlan Cup" was founded in 98, and the first 3 years were held every year, but after this session, it became a 2-year session, so at this time, even Li Xiangping, a contestant, did not know when the next round would be. But he doesn't care, just wait slowly.

ended the first two rounds of the "Chunlan Cup", and the time is almost to the Spring Festival of 02. Probably less than half a month before the Spring Festival, Li Yuanhu, who often runs in other places, finally returned to the capital, and Li Xiangping also found his old man as soon as possible.

"What are you talking about, let me hurry up and sign a contract with your Uncle Cai? What's wrong with you today? I see that you didn't seem to be in a hurry at all some time ago. ”

That's right, Li Xiangping looked for the old man of his family to talk about participating in the armor.

Even Li Xiangping himself didn't know why, since he devoted himself to participating in the game between Lao Shi and Lee Sedol, he suddenly wanted to play chess very much, and he was extremely eager to improve his strength as soon as possible.

In this state, Li Xiangping naturally thought of Weijia, after all, at this stage, this is one of the most stable events in China, and he believes that the rhythm of a week to two games like Weijia may be the most suitable for his own situation.

"It was before, now it's now, I watched the schedule, this season's Weijia will start at the end of March, and now it's the Spring Festival soon, so I think it's better to settle this matter as soon as possible."

"Hehe, too."

Li Yuanhu smiled, and Li Xiangping also knew that his old man, as a senior chess fan and local tyrant, Li Yuanhu really intended to make a team by himself, but Li Xiangping thought that the time was not yet ripe, first, Li Yuanhu is not well connected in the Go world, and the second more important reason is that Li Xiangping thinks that his old man's strength is not good now, and a team can pull up, but it will be more difficult, Li Xiangping knows that his career is really on the fast track, and it will be three or four years later.

"That's okay, I'll tell you Uncle Cai about it later, but there's no hurry to sign the contract, Xiangping, you prepare, after you finish the exam, let's go back to your hometown to see your grandfather during the Spring Festival, and the signing of the contract will be talked about after returning from your hometown."

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