Go Legend

   Chapter 408 Turning Koreans into Japanese

   Time flies, the end of 2003 is coming soon, Li Xiangping is about to go to South Korea, and Li Changhao will start the competition for this year's "Samsung Cup".

  In Li Xiangping's own opinion, this will be a very interesting series, and the magic lies in the �����

  Before the game, the outside world was one-sidedly optimistic that Li Xiangping could win the championship, thinking that this finals might just add another footnote to his grand ambitions.

   Considering the past records of the two players, especially in the World Series finals, it is of course normal for everyone to make such predictions.

But from Li Xiangping's point of view, um, he himself regards this final as an opportunity, an opportunity to prove himself, to prove that he is not that kind of waste wood, and with his own efforts, he can also become a A true professional Go world champion.

   There is no doubt that the contrast is actually a bit big.

   And such a contrast, only Li Xiangping and his plug-ins know about it, so only Li Xiangping knows the taste of it.

  To be honest, it is precisely because of such a contrast that Li Xiangping dare not slack off. After he returned from South Korea, he has already started to prepare for this final.

   The day before the departure, when Li Xiangping and his plug-in finished their last homework before the game, Lao Shi suddenly said:

   "Little friend Xiangping, you have seen the last few games of this person, how do you feel now?"

"I don't have any special thoughts. I haven't seen anything new from his recent chess records! Brother Ding'an, did you find something wrong? Then don't act coy there, hurry up, hurry up and tell me I listen."

   It must be mentioned in particular that Li Xiangping said "no new ideas" here, that is not compared with the previous big Li, but only compared with him a month ago.

   You must know that Li Xiangping also prepared meticulously when he played the "LG Cup" semi-final with him in a month. Before that, he and the plug-in studied a lot of chess records of his opponent.

  Last time, Li Xiangping and Lao Shi always believed that Da Li's style of chess had indeed changed. In his current Go game, a lot of dogs' thoughts have been integrated. At the time, the two even thought that in terms of understanding of dog tricks, Da Li might have surpassed other professional chess players, second only to himself and Lao Shi.

It didn't take a long time to prepare for this battle, so in Li Xiangping's current hands, there are only a few professional chess games played by his opponent in the last 20 years. They are all small domestic competitions with unknown opponents.

  Because of this, Li Xiangping really didn't find anything new in this preparation.

  Because of the same reason, when Lao Shi suddenly spoke, Li Xiangping immediately became anxious. He thought he had something new to discover about his plug-in.

   "Hehe, the new discovery is not there, it's just"

   "Hey, Ding'an brother, why do you think you are like this, hurry up and hurry up, but what?"

"It's just that Ding'an feels that this person has a deeper and deeper understanding of the tricks from later generations, and he uses them more skillfully. Tsk tsk is amazing, this person is indeed a rare genius in the world, and it is no wonder that the small country of Gaoli , Yi Dao can flourish in this person's hands."

   "That's all?"

   To tell the truth, Li Xiangping was a little disappointed when he heard Lao Shi answer him like this, because in his opinion, what Lao Shi said was equivalent to not saying it.

   Shenma "understands more and more deeply", Shenma "more and more skillful in application", is this not typical nonsense?

In Li Xiangping's view, there is no way to quantify "understanding", especially for things like "dog tricks". To be honest, let's not say it's Da Li, even an ordinary amateur master. If he sees a dog move, then after a month, as long as he has studied this dog move, his "understanding" can only deepen, not become shallow.

   It is precisely because he disapproves of what Lao Shi said, so at this time, Li Xiangping did not take the reminder of the plug-in to heart:

   "Hehe Ding'an brother, do you also think this person is a genius? Well, let's talk about it now. If you compare me to him, who do you think is more genius?"

   "If this is only about the level of genius, then of course, Xiaoyou Xiangping is much stronger."

   "Hahahaha," Li Xiangping laughed after hearing this, and then he said to himself in a joking tone:

"That's right, right, isn't it in the mind of Brother Ding'an, if Da Li is seen once in fifty years, then I will be seen once in a hundred years, and if he is seen once in a hundred years, then I must be seen once in two hundred years. Bar."

   "This, this, huh"

   Seeing that he was plugging in, he still wanted to speak, but Li Xiangping did not give him a chance to speak:

"Okay, Ding'an brother, I think you really are now, it's a habit to be a cheater, you don't need to make drafts for flattering, and don't look at it now is the time to flatter, okay okay? I told you, it's getting late, and you have to catch a flight tomorrow, if you have anything else to say, you can tell me when you arrive in Korea."

   The next day, Li Xiangping set off again and went to South Korea to participate in the competition.

   The one who accompanied him this time was replaced by Team Leader Hua of the national team. No, it should be called Vice President Hua now. Although the current leader of the national Go team is still surnamed Hua, he has been replaced by Hua Xueming 7 dan.

   "Mr. Hua, I'm sorry to bother you."

   "Hahaha no trouble no trouble."

  After meeting at the airport, Hua Lao seemed to be in a good mood. He smiled and said to a group of accompanying reporters:

"Accompanying you to the game with Xiangping, it's not troublesome at all, I feel very relaxed every time, not only that, after the game is over, I feel very happy every time, um, it's like a public tour , everyone said yes or no."

   All the reporters burst into laughter, nodding their heads in agreement, and reporter Xie from "Sports" added one more sentence at this time:

   "How about Xiangping, this time against Da Li again, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard it. He thought he was not that kind of arrogant person. In the deepest part of his heart, he was actually full of respect for Da Li, and he didn't think that with his current real strength, he could completely crush this A former chess master.

   However, it is still the same sentence, non-stop victories, consecutive victories have given Li Xiangping enough confidence, especially the victory a month ago, which makes him full of confidence now, so he replied with a smile:

"Old Xie, your question is a little difficult to answer. If I say that there is no problem at all, not only will I not believe it myself, but the outside world will say that I am arrogant, but if I say there is still a problem , then you people don't believe it, maybe they will say that I am hypocritical behind my back, then tell me, how should I reply now."

"Ha ha ha ha."

   The reporters burst into laughter again, and repeated the old saying again, saying that Li Xiangping is now a real old fritters, and dealing with reporters does not look like a teenager who is not yet 17 years old.

   In such a relaxed atmosphere, the group arrived in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung is not bad this time. They did not hold the competition in a certain country in South Korea as they used to, but directly in Seoul.

Everyone arrived at the stadium the day before the official competition. This will also be the 8th time for Li Xiangping to be on the stage of the World Series finals. If the pre-match atmosphere this time is different from the past, Li Xiangping feels it personally. :

   Quiet and low-key.

   Looking at the Korean media of the day, whether it is print media or online media, there are of course news about the game, but almost all news or articles exist in the form of "text messages".

   All kinds of technical analysis articles have been lost, and various posts predicting the outcome of the outcome are extremely rare this time. Even that night, Li Xiangping and Da Li attended the opening reception of the finals together. Whether it was the host of the opening ceremony or the Korean reporters present, they were very "kind" to Li Xiangping.

   What everyone said most at the reception was something like "I wish both parties can play at a high level, and it is best to create a famous name that can last forever", and few people mentioned the final outcome.

   After coming down from the reception, the reporter Zhang Da from "Tiandi" looked elated. He said to the crowd with great joy:

   "Haha, it's interesting, it's interesting, Xiang Ping is amazing, you can turn a bunch of Koreans into Japanese, and you are the only one."

   "Turn Koreans into Japanese? What, what do you mean?"

   In the face of everyone's questioning, reporter Zhang Da continued to be complacent about his brain hole, he explained with a smile:

"Everyone thinks, Shenma "creates a famous book" and so on, it is usually the standard of the Japanese, whether it is their chess players or reporters, they like to say this before the game, but the Koreans It’s different. In the past, they only saw victory and defeat, but today, Koreans everywhere have also learned from the Japanese. They only talk about the content and not the victory or defeat. Of course, it’s not that they don’t want to talk about it, it’s just facing us. Xiang Ping, they are afraid to talk now, or they have no confidence to talk about it, so everyone said, is this a powerful feature of Xiang Ping?"

"Ha ha ha ha"

   "Hehehehe"

When everyone was laughing, Li Xiangping naturally followed suit, but he knew very well that if he wanted to turn Koreans into Japanese, so that they would not dare to say victory or defeat in front of him, it would only be Relying on past achievements is far from enough, and more victories need to be accumulated.

   And tomorrow's game against Da Li is the first step to accumulating new victories.

   Li Xiangping's 8th final, what will happen in the end?

  The next morning, he walked onto the field full of energy.

   (end of this chapter)