Go Legend

   Chapter 62 Go to the Chinese Chess Academy to worship the wharf

When it comes to the other three "A"s in the Go world, the conversation between the two is open. After all, there are already many such candidates. After reporter Zhang Da reported a lot of names, Li Xiangping gave his thoughts. Answer.

   "Hehe, do you think the Japanese chess master Shusaku can occupy an "A" spot?"

Li Xiangping nodded: "Yes, I just said the criteria for my judgment: first, this chess player has absolute dominance in his age, and second, this chess player has his own opinion on the development of Go. In fact, compared with the previous three, I think other people's achievements are almost inferior, so let's take the second place, and Japan's Shusaku is already the best among them. How should I say? He is the master of ancient Japanese chess, "undefeated in black", "19 consecutive victories in Yucheng chess", and created the famous "Shuce flow", these are the reasons why he can be selected, it is a little regrettable that , Xiu Ce, because of his short life, only lived in his 20s, so he failed to create greater glory, which also reduced his dominance. Therefore, although he is "A" in my mind, he is only a square "A" "."

   Hearing what Li Xiangping said was interesting, reporter Zhang Da became more and more interested:

"Xu Ce is a square "A"? In other words, he is ranked 6th in your mind? Who are the 4th and 5th? Who is "Plum Blossom A"?"

  Li Xiangping showed a strange smile:

   "The "Plum Blossom A" in my mind is shared by two players"

   shared by two players? Reporter Zhang Da was stunned when he heard it, but he is a senior Go reporter after all. Based on the characteristics of Li Xiangping's ranking list, he quickly guessed who these two people were:

   "Haha, I see. The two players Xiang Ping mentioned should be the two people in your name, right?"

  Li Xiangping continued to maintain a strange smile, not because of anything else, because he could feel that when he said this just now, his plug-in seemed to be out of breath.

"That's right, Fan and Shi have nothing to say about their dominance, and Fan Xiping wrote "Peach Blossom Spring", and Shi Xiangxia left a "summary of every encounter", making outstanding contributions to the development of Go theory. The only fly in the ointment is that the two of them are both dominant, so I let them share the position of "Plum Blossom A", which should make sense."

   Anyway, this is just the words of a family, so of course, reporter Zhang Da doesn't care what Li Xiangping said or not, he just urged:

   "What about "Heart A"? Who does Xiang Ping think is the "Heart A" in the Go world?"

When    mentioned "Heart A", Li Xiangping hesitated for a while, and was silent for about 10 seconds before he replied:

   "In my mind, the "Heart A" in the Go world is the number one player in the chess world today."

   "Ah?! Li Canghao? You actually think Li Canghao is the "Ace of Hearts" in the Go world"

Can't blame reporter Zhang Da for being surprised. Look at the people in front of Li Xiangping. The youngest Mr. Wu Qingyuan is almost 90 years old. It can be said that they are all ancient gods in the Go world. Therefore, he did not expect that Li Xiangping would actually Li Changhao, who is only in his early 20s, will be included in this list, and he will also be ranked fourth.

However, this is indeed the real ranking in Li Xiangping's mind. The reason why he hesitated just now was not because of anything else, but mainly because it was only 2000. In real history, Li Canghao won his first world championship in 1992, but he The real peak period of the film is believed to be from 1996 to 2005, and these 10 years are generally recognized as the "Li Canghao Era".

   It's just half the time, so it's far from the time for the conclusion of the coffin, so Li Xiangping hesitated just now. But after hesitating, Li Xiangping decided to tell his true thoughts:

"Yes, I do think that Li Canghao is the "Heart A" in the Go world, because apart from him, I really can't think of anyone else who can take his place. Reporter Zhang, you can think about it, if you continue to nominate candidates , that is nothing more than choosing one of the 4 people in Japan, Mr. Sakata Ei Nan, China's Teacher Nie, South Korean Lao Cao and Japan's Zhao Zhixun 9 dan? That reporter, do you think who can replace Da Li's position? "

Reporter Zhang Da thought for a while, and he found that what Li Xiangping said seemed to be true. It seems that the ranking of these four should not be higher than that of Da Li. Needless to say, Lao Cao and Lao Zhao were beaten by Da Li in China. It can be said that Li Canghao stepped on his master to ascend to the top. As for Lao Zhao, Da Li is his super tough hand. So far, Zhao Zhixun seems to have never won Da Li in the official competition, so if If these two are ranked first, then of course no one will be convinced.

   As for China's Lao Nie, um, he is not afraid of Da Li at all. So far, his record against Da Li is 2 wins and 2 losses, and at the very beginning, Lao Nie also crushed Da Li with two beautiful victories. It's just that Lao Nie has a fatal flaw, that is, he is not a world champion, he has never won any world championship!

   And what about Da Li? Even just now, he has won 11 world championships, so if Lao Nie is ranked ahead of Dali, it is certainly not convincing.

   And what about Mr. Eio Sakata, the former overlord of Japan? Reporter Zhang Da shook his head. He also quickly rejected this candidate. It is true that Mr. Bantian was a former hegemon, but his hegemony was very short-lived. In the early days, he was completely suppressed by Mr. Wu Qingyuan. Mr. Wu's disciple, Mr. Lin Haifeng, was hanged and beaten.

Another one, according to Li Xiangping's judgment standard, Mr. Sakata seems to have little contribution to the theory of Go. He can be regarded as a top "winner", but it is difficult to be called a real "master" of Go. Therefore, if Ranking him ahead, especially at the top of "Ace of Hearts," seems equally unreasonable.

   Reporter Zhang Da was no longer entangled. He smiled and said to Li Xiangping:

   "So Xiangping, the four you mentioned just now are the four "old Ks" in your mind, right?"

   Li Xiangping also smiled and nodded, and with his nod, the two did not continue the topic. After all, this "weapon spectrum" can be arranged here, and it is meaningless to go further down.

After asking about "Li Xiangping's version of Go weapons", the interview with reporter Zhang Da had nothing to say, just some routine problems. Finally, he asked Li Xiangping to comment on some of his own play in this qualifier. After a few games of chess, the interview is over.

  To be honest, I was just discussing the technical issues of those few discs, so there should still be a lot to watch, but unfortunately, these were all ignored by reporter Zhang Da. The reason is very simple, because Li Xiangping is not well-known at present, and he has no status in the Go world. Therefore, although his moves are novel, no one believes the judgment he gives.

Just like with Cui Mingxun's 8-dan game of chess, Li Xiangping knew that he was the "demon sword variation" that won at the beginning, but when he said this to Gu Dali and Luo Xihe, they didn't believe it at all. His judgment was completely devoid of interest in his words.

  Professional chess players are like this, so naturally a Go reporter like Zhang Xiaoyong is even more like this. How could he believe the judgment of a guy who can't even break the dan?

   It is precisely because of this reason that Li Xiangping is well aware of this, so when it comes to the "self-war commentary" that follows, Li Xiangping himself also has a perfunctory attitude, which led to the hasty end of the entire interview.

   After all, it was a few hours of gossip, and after this interview, the relationship between the two became familiar. After the interview, reporter Zhang Da said to Li Xiangping:

   "By the way, Xiangping, I heard from Coach Wu last night that in the next month or so, you are going to go to the Chinese Chess Academy for training, right? Would you like me to take you to the pier in the afternoon?"

Li Xiangping agreed with a smile, the "Samsung Cup" is only a month away from now, so in the next month or so, if he can go to the Chinese Chess Academy for training, Li Xiangping thinks that the effect should be better than his own online game. Train better.

   Yesterday there was Coach Wu who was connecting with him, and now reporter Zhang Da wants to bridge with him. Of course, Li Xiangping has no reason to refuse.

   That's it, on the afternoon of the same day, Li Xiangping, accompanied by reporter Zhang Da, went to the Chinese Chess Academy to prepare for the next stage of the game.

After all, he was a player who broke into the main competition of the World Championship through his own efforts. Therefore, the Chess Academy still welcomed Li Xiangping's arrival and opened the door to his training. Especially through the care of Coach Wu, he arranged A large number of national team masters took turns to play against Li Xiangping for training.

   And the experts of the national team actually welcomed the arrival of Li Xiangping. You must know that on the current Qingfeng.com, "Exquisite Art" ranks first in the rankings with a record of 122 wins and 0 losses. In these 122 wins, many souls are national team players, so of course everyone welcomes the arrival of such a player.

   So, Li Xiangping started training at an average speed of playing a tight game every day. After 1 month of training like this, how is Li Xiangping's training record?

   His training record is astounding, and at the same time makes people laugh and cry.

   The big surprise is not that Li Xiangping's results are too good, but too bad. In a whole month, Li Xiangping's total record is 5 wins and 25 losses, and the winning rate is not even 20%.

If Li Xiangping is really an amateur chess player, then such a record is reasonable, but considering the illustrious reputation of "Exquisite Art", especially in the previous Samsung Cup qualifiers, he seemed to be easily promoted, so such a record, Of course it looked a bit shabby.

   It’s just that no one underestimated Li Xiangping because although Li Xiangping only won 5 games, the 5 opponents he won were Chang Hao, Luo Xihe, Zhou Heyang, Wang Lei and Gu Dali.

   In other words, Coach Wu lined up 30 opponents for Li Xiangping. Li Xiangping lost to everyone else, but he won the top 5 of them.

   This of course will make people laugh and cry.

  No one knows why, except Li Xiangping himself.

  During this kind of training, before I knew it, December came, and the Samsung Cup race started immediately.

   (end of this chapter)