Chapter 558: The Devil's Schedule
On the way back to China the next day, a large group of people wrenched their fingers to help Li Xiangping calculate the next schedule:
“....... Today is the 29th, tomorrow is the semi-finals of Ahantongshan, if you win tomorrow, November 1st is the final, if you still win the final, the 9th will go to Japan to participate in the Sino-Japanese championship confrontation, and among them, Xiangping you can't be idle, 5th and 7th, are the first two sets of the "celebrity battle" finals....... In the middle of the year, it's even more incredible, "Samsung Cup", "Toyota Cup", "Chunlan Cup", and the last three sets of "Celebrity Battle" are coming one by one, ouch Xiangping ......."
After calculating, Team Leader Hua was taken aback: "You will start at least 10 games of chess next month, if you want to play all of them, you will go to 20 official games, devil devil, this is really a standard devil schedule.......
Li Xiangping smiled when he heard this.
10 games a month, in the ordinary people may not be anything, an average of 3 days before the next official game, but of course those who know professional Go know that such a schedule is really very intensive.
In Japan, the average pace is about one game a week, and if they can achieve this pace (more than 50 games a year), it will only be possible for high-level players who are in very good shape.
As for China, the number of games played by Chinese professional chess players is slightly higher than that of Japan, and high-level professional chess players who are in good shape can play about 70 to 80 games a year.
In the past 20 years, the record for the highest number of games played by a professional player in a year seems to have been set by Lee Sedol, who played 110 official games in a given year, followed by Da Lee, whose highest record was 105 games a year.
However, even these two records did not reach an average of 3 days per game.
If you also consider that most of the domestic competitions in South Korea are rapids, especially considering that South Korea is a big place with a big palm, there are basically not many players who are tired of participating in the game.
So taking these two additional factors into account, and then looking at Li Xiangping's schedule in November, there is nothing to say, such a schedule is of course a devil.
Of course, even if it is the devil's schedule, Li Xiangping can only laugh, he can't escape, and he can't complain or shout tired here.
To know the "Devil's Race" magic horse, is that what ordinary people can have? Of course it's impossible, you have to be at a high level and in good shape to have so many chances, otherwise it's impossible.
Not to mention in the field of competitive sports, and even extended to most industries, it is usually only people who have the ability to be busy. Take the workplace as an example, if you sit there every day and your eggs hurt, then it is understandable that you complain.
Suppose a guy is in charge of a lot of things, so many that he can't touch the ground on all fours, and then he comes to you and complains about how busy he is and how tired he is.
Do you think this guy is hypocritical? Do you really want to smoke him?
With so many peers here today, of course Li Xiangping didn't want to look for a draw, so he naturally didn't dare to complain about the "care" given to Team Leader Hua, and he was even embarrassed to continue this topic.
"By the way, Brother Gu," Li Xiangping suddenly turned to Gu Dali.
And he didn't aim at Dali for other reasons, because he was also busy next, probably second only to himself: "Is the time for the challenger to decide to fight?" What day do you compare with the Divine Pig? ”
was transferred to the topic by Li Xiangping, and everyone remembered that Gu Dali seemed to be very busy next.
This guy's next schedule is like this: "A Han Tongshan Cup" He has also entered the semifinals, but he did not encounter Li Xiangping in the semifinals.
In the "Celebrity Battle", he entered the "Challenger Decision Battle", and it was Luo Xihe who competed with him for the right to challenge.
In addition, the "Samsung Cup" is still alive and will start playing a trilogy with Xiao Li on November 12.
"Chunlan Cup" he also survived, and in late November, he will play a quarterfinals match against Da Li.
Not only that, but he will also participate in a competition that Li Xiangping does not need to participate in, that is, the new "Nongshim Cup", for this competition, Li Xiangping must be exempted, and in addition to him, everyone else needs to participate in the domestic qualifier, and the domestic qualifier is also scheduled to be completed in November.
"Report to the boss," Gu Dali joked with Li Xiangping:
"It's the 3rd, and the little pig and I will compete on the 3rd for the qualification to ask your old man for advice."
Hearing that it was No. 3, Li Xiangping calculated in his heart that if Gu vigorously won that game of chess, then he would also be very busy in the next month, and maybe the number of games might exceed himself.
Of course, the premise of all this is that you have to win, and this is the case with professional chess players, and only if you keep winning, will you have more and more chances to play.
After returning to China, Li Xiangping did not have any time to rest, and the next day, he appeared at the Chinese Chess Academy to participate in the semifinals of the "A Han Tongshan Cup".
His opponent in this game is none other than Yu Bin Jiuduan, who returned to China the day before, probably because he had just lost to Xiao Li and had not come back to his senses, Yu Jiuduan's performance in this game was extremely poor, and he was won by Li Xiangping relatively smoothly.
On the other side, Gu Dali defeated Kong Erjie after a hard battle and successfully met Li Xiangping in the finals.
At this time, many people discovered that Li Xiangping and Gu Dali, the first and second people in the current domestic rating, met for the first time in the final of a professional competition.
After a day of rest, the final was still played in the Chinese Chess Academy, and when Li Xiangping left home and was about to go to the Chinese Chess Academy, Shi Da Chess Saint suddenly spoke: "Xiangping Xiaoyou ......."
Li Xiangping smiled, he knew what he wanted to say at that time:
"Hehe, Brother Ding'an wants to say more, I know what you mean, don't you want to take revenge today because you lost to Dali? But forget it today, after all, this is a game of rapid chess, I think it's still me, but don't worry, Brother Ding'an, you also heard about it a few days ago, and there will be a "celebrity battle" in a few days, let's talk about it now, if it's really this person who gets the right to challenge, then you will find him to take revenge, what does Brother Ding'an think? ”
"Okay, then we're done."
Li Xiangping smiled when he heard this, and after laughing, he put aside other distractions and went to the chess academy to prepare for a match with Gu Dali.
After all, it is the battle between the first and second people in the domestic rating, and looking at the historical records of the two, so far it is Gu Dali who is one game ahead, so this game of chess still attracts a lot of spectators, at least the national team players who have not played have come to the chess academy to watch the game.
It's just that in today's final, everyone didn't see much exciting content, and at most they only deepened their impression of Li Xiangping's rapid chess skills------
Like several previous games of rapid chess played by Li Xiangping, he adopted the "time-pressing tactic" almost from the first move: the referee counted the second and read 56, he reached out to take the chess piece, 57, his hand was raised, 58 to 59, and the chess piece fell on the chessboard.
Almost every move is the same, whether it is a move that requires a long test, or the kind of inevitable hand that does not need to be considered at all, Li Xiangping has the same rhythm throughout the whole process.
Uniform motion is usually exactly the same rhythm.
Obviously, this kind of uniform movement will bring a lot of pressure to people, and Gu Dali is pouring on this rhythm.
And not only him, but other people have no impression of the content of the chess game after watching this game of chess, but they all remember Li Xiangping's rhythm.
Winning this game, Li Xiangping won his third domestic championship, his fourth championship this year, and the 12th championship of his career. Not only that, but in winning this game, he also equaled the record with Gu Dali------- and the two have so far been tied at 5-5 in official matches.
However, this score is certainly not the end, and it may soon change.
Because after winning this game of chess, Li Xiangping can take a breath for the time being------ for him the next two games of the "Celebrity Battle" five-game chess, but before that, he can also watch a scene to watch Gu Dali and Luo Xihe compete for the right to challenge.
On the afternoon of November 3, Li Xiangping came to the China Chess Academy again, and this time, of course, he came to watch this scene.
But he didn't look at it for long, he came to the chess academy around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and he was ready to leave before half past 4, before leaving the chess academy, Li Xiangping said to his own plug-in:
"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, you get your wish now, and it will be your turn the day after tomorrow."
Because of the schedule of the two super busy chess players, the first two games of the "Celebrity Battle" were still arranged by the organizers to be held in the China Chess Academy, but it could only be taken care of to this extent.
The organizer of the domestic "celebrity war" is actually the overseas edition of the first paper official media in China, "Mass Daily", but even if it is such a big source, they have to find sponsors, and sometimes they have to accommodate the opinions of sponsors.
According to the opinions of the sponsors of this competition, the last three rounds will be moved to another city in China.
On November 5th, Li Xiangping came to the chess academy again, and his task this time was still to watch the play, and he was ready to see how he cheated to take revenge.
In the first game of chess in the final, Li Xiangping watched it very happily.
And the reason why he was very happy was not how he succeeded in revenge, on the contrary, Lao Shi fell into a bitter battle as soon as he came up, and was vigorously suppressed by Rengu for a long time.
“........ Alas, Lao Shi is still a human after all, don't look at him now that he is an adult plug-in, but he still hasn't become a monster, at least so far, he still has all the emotional ...... of human beings"
The above is the reason why Li Xiangping is happy, and it is also the truest thought in his heart when he closed the plate at noon-------
You must know that the reason why Shi Da Qisheng is behind today is not because he lost last time, but because he encountered Gu Dali's deeper understanding of one dog move, which led to a significant backwardness in less than 50 moves.
This is not the case today.
If you don't encounter an accident, you will fall behind, in Li Xiangping's opinion, it is purely her own death, Lao Shi is suddenly scared.
Shi Da Qisheng may be afraid that he will encounter the same situation as last time, so he was a little overly vigilant at the beginning of the game, resulting in obvious timidity in the chess played. In particular, a few of the steps are extremely obscene in Li Xiangping's opinion.
Although he was the closest bystander, it was obvious that he must be embarrassed to say this kind of thing to Lao Shiming.
Since he can't say it explicitly, Li Xiangping has no choice but to steal the fun.
After stealing fun, Li Xiangping continued to watch the game in the afternoon, and at this stage, he had no time to steal fun, and most of the time he was sighing about the strength of these two guys.
Li Xiangping could see that after the morning's "tightness", Lao Shi should have fully recovered, and he tried to play his strongest technical point to turn the situation around.
However, it is a pity that Lao Shi's strongest point is the mid-game power, which is also the strongest point of Gu Dali!
So which of the two is more powerful?
Li Xiangping didn't know very well.
The only thing he knows is that at least in today's game of chess, Gu Dali showed no inferior strength, no, it should be said that he showed more than equal strength, and he pressed Lao Shi almost the whole time.
Through today's game of chess, Li Xiangping also further saw the difference between himself and the characteristics of the external chess style.
Because there were a few moves in it, I didn't think of it with Lao Shi at all.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the overall 180 hands were less than 190 hands, Li Xiangping finally spoke:
"Brother Ding'an, there is no point in insisting on this game, or shall we admit defeat?"
didn't wait for a response, a full 3 minutes passed, and Li Xiangping still didn't wait for a response from his plug-in.
Li Xiangping smiled, he didn't want to get used to Lao Shi's bad problem, so he took the initiative to take out two chess pieces and put them on the chessboard, and signaled to Gu Dali that he would admit defeat.
Of course, it is also necessary to appease the emotions of the plug-in, so after admitting defeat, Li Xiangping said to Lao Shi:
"Okay, Brother Ding'an, Hugh has to reflect silently there, hurry up and cheer up, and I'll still let you go the day after tomorrow."
Shi Daqi helped Li Xiangping lose the fourth game of this year, and was still "double-killed" by Gu Dali, so in the next two days, Li Xiangping's life was very difficult.
The reason why he was upset was nothing else, because in the past two days, his plug-in has completely entered a state of "can't be messed with".
But fortunately, in the second game on November 7th, Shi Da Qisheng finally pulled back a game, which also made Li Xiangping's life return to normal.
However, despite this, Li Xiangping still feels that it is a little difficult for him to win the plug-in, at least much more difficult than the final of the "A Han Tongshan Cup" that he won before-------
This also made Li Xiangping once again think about the phenomenon of "chess style restraint".
In Li Xiangping's view: In the case that they have both studied "dog moves", Lao Shi and Gu Dali's chess style is a bit similar, at least their strongest points are the same, and they are both famous for their strength.
Then the fight between the two of them is like two strong men wrestling their wrists, and it is the kind of dignified wrist wrestling.
Then there is nothing to say, such a game of chess must be very tiring, not only for themselves, but also for themselves as a bystander.
On the other hand, his own chess is different, compared with Shi Da Chess Master, his own chess seems to be more flexible.
Flexibility is strength, so when he fights with Gu Dali, sometimes it seems easier.
Is that the case? Of course, Li Xiangping doesn't have time to think about it now.
After all, the devil's schedule has just begun, and there are still so many games waiting for him in the future, so after a brief rest, Li Xiangping set off again, but this time the destination was changed to Kyoto, Japan.