Go Legend

   Chapter 620 Rely on him at critical times

   At one o'clock in the afternoon, the game between Li Xiangping and Zhang Xu officially started. The "Nongshin Cup" competition system requires guessing first in each game. After passing the previous guessing, this game is Li Xiangping's black first.

  At the beginning of the game, the atmosphere of the Chinese team in the viewing room was still a little dull.”

Although the Chinese team's overall record in the "Nongxin Cup" is not good so far, it has only won two championships in the past two years. However, when the main player comes on stage, they have yet to win a game, which is even rarer in previous years. .

   "Old Xie, I remember that in the Three Kingdoms arena, the Chinese team didn't seem to be shaved by others, right?"

   "I remember there was one a long time ago,"

   "Sports" reporter Xie, don't look at his poor chess skills, but the information is still very complete:

"But it's not the "Nongshim Cup", but the "Jinro Cup", the predecessor of this competition. In the "Jinro Cup" in the early years, the Chinese team did not win a game, but that was many years ago. already."

When I heard reporter Xie say this, everyone in the room didn't say anything. The "Jinro Cup" disappeared around 1998. At that time, due to the Asian financial crisis, many Go competitions such as the "Jinro Cup" and the "Toyo Securities Cup" were brought about. disappear.

  Strictly speaking, it is only 2005, and 1998 is not too far from now, but everyone heard what Lao Xie said, "That was many years ago", and no one present felt discordant.

The reason why everyone doesn't feel violated is of course related to the changes in Chinese Go. Around 1998, it was the period when Chinese Go was at its lowest point. Facing the suppression of Korean Go under the leadership of Cao Li and his apprentice, Chinese Go was in despair. Still desperate, but now with the rise of Li Xiangping, the pattern of the entire world chess world has long been subverted.

Especially this year, Chinese chess players seem to have a full-scale outbreak, winning the championship and runner-up in three consecutive competitions. Danger of being shaved.

   Reminiscent of the past less than 10 years ago, many people will have a feeling of "being separated from the world", and once they have this feeling, the silence of everyone will be logical.

   Fortunately, everyone doesn’t have to be silent for a long time. The “Nongshim Cup” is a one-hour quasi-quick game for each side. The game progresses quickly. As time goes by, the game slowly unfolds, and the research room quickly becomes active.

   At 1:30 at noon, half an hour after the start of the game, everyone started talking, and reporter Zhang Da spoke first:

   "Hey, Xiangping's style of chess today, he seems to have changed back. It's rare to see him play so proactively recently."

   Hearing him say this, all the reporters nodded. Indeed, many people feel this way today. At that time, Lao Xie aimed at Team Leader Hua and Team Leader Ma who were also in the lab:

   "Hua Lao, Ma Xiao, what do you two professionals think?"

Leader Hua smiled: "In Sun Tzu's Art of War, it is said that Fenglin and Volcanoes are as fast as wind, as gentle as forests, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as mountains. In the few years when Xiangping first debuted, it really showed the style of wind and fire. It is said that at that time, he was indeed aggressive like fire and swift as wind, but in the past half a year, his style seems to have changed, and he began to take a path that is as quiet as a forest and as immobile as a mountain, Ma Xiao, do you think it is true? so?"

   Ma Xiaofei nodded with a smile: "Yes, Xiang Ping is indeed very comprehensive now. He can play any chess and switch between various styles. He seems to be more and more natural now."

  Reporter Zhang Da quickly captured what Ma Xiaofei meant:

   "Oh, Ma Xiao, do you think now that Black is in a good position?"

   Team Leader Ma casually glanced at the chessboard in front of him, then smiled in his habitual tone:

"It's only less than 50 moves, so it seems a little too early for me to say which is better, but I can't find anything wrong with Xiangping in this process, and every move he makes is beyond reproach. , on the contrary, it is White's two moves, everyone sees that I personally think that these two choices may still be debatable."

Well, in fact, at this time, how is Zhang Xu's action worth "debating"? Many reporters present didn't care, and they also thought it was not important. The important thing was that everyone understood Ma Xiaofei's judgment. He was sure It was because he thought that by this time, Li Xiangping's situation should be good, that's why he said this.

   Ma Xiaofei's remarks seemed to set the tone for the game. After that, the entire research room only heard the praise of Li Xiangping.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Beijing time, when the game was going on for an hour, the game had progressed to more than 80 hands. At this time, even Ma Xiaofei was not secretive. He made it clear that he was optimistic about Li Xiangping's victory today, because only at this time , he believes that Black has a clear advantage:

"Well, it is said that Li Xiangping is very skilled in quick chess. It seems that this is true. It is not that the two have never played against each other before, but in my impression, it is a bit difficult for Xiangping to win. , the gap between the two seems to be further widening. Black moves freely today, but Zhang Xu's white. It may be that Xiang Ping's change of style is a bit unexpected. There are several moves that are obviously not rigorous enough, and It shows that the thinking before and after is incoherent, and for a while, I think about stability, and for a while, it seems that I want to fight with Xiang Ping, how can I play chess like this."

   "That Ma Xiao means, do you think this chess has been basically won?"

   "Unless Li Xiangping goes crazy behind him and makes an unbelievably bad move, this chess won't be a big problem."

   Ma Xiaofei added with a smile:

"Let me borrow Li Xiangping's own statement. He believes that it is impossible for humans to make no mistakes when playing chess. Therefore, the game of professional chess players is actually a game of trial and error. Since it is trial and error, then from this perspective, In fact, it can also distinguish the level of chess players, and play chess with super-class players. If only one mistake is made in a game of chess, then most of the time it is not a big problem, but if two or more mistakes are made, especially some of them are more serious. , then it is more difficult to win the super-class.”

   Still did not wait for Ma Xiaofei to finish speaking, Lao Xie continued with a smile:

   "What about first-class players, are they allowed to make two mistakes?"

   Ma Xiaofei laughed:

"This Xiang Ping didn't say it clearly, but that's roughly what he meant. In fact, if I really want to say it, I think what he said is reasonable. I had this experience when I was playing games: sometimes winning the next game, in At the end of the game, I was satisfied with each other, and I felt that I played pretty well, and there were almost no problems. However, after the game review or post-mortem research, I found that it was not the case at all. I still had a lot of problems, but during the game. , the opponent has not caught it, so to distinguish the level of the chess player, in addition to the indicator of "make as few mistakes as possible", "whether you are good at grasping the opponent's mistakes" is also a very important indicator."

   Ma Xiaofei paused, then he continued:

"Obviously, the reason why Li Xiangping is strong now is that he is strong in these two indicators. He is not only super-first-class, but also the only super-first-class, but Zhang Xu's performance today, even my level, Now I can find more than 3 obvious mistakes, in this case, apart from Li Xiangping going crazy, why did he win this game?"

   Hearing Ma Xiaofei say this, the old reporter Xie Zhangda and others were all happy, but the only person who was still calm was the leader of the national Go team, Team Leader Hua.

   Thinking about it, this is also normal. Although at the level of Team Leader Hua, he is now judging that Li Xiangping has an obvious advantage, but after all, he still has less than 100 moves, right? Who can guarantee that Li Xiangping will not go crazy behind?

Although Li Xiangping's consistent performance seems to be a small probability event for him to go crazy in the second half of the game, but don't forget, the reason why Li Xiangping wants to play this game today is also a small probability event, so in the At this time, who can guarantee that there will be another small probability in a small probability event?

It was finally okay. Li Xiangping quickly used his performance to dispel everyone's concerns. When the time came to 3 o'clock in the afternoon and the game reached more than 150 hands, even Team Leader Hua was completely relieved.” �

The    research room has just conducted a detailed situation judgment, and everyone judged that Li Xiangping, who is in the black, is about 11 points ahead.

  It doesn't matter if he only leads by the number of eyes, but after playing chess so far, the overall situation is that black is thicker, and black has no weak chess in the overall situation. Not to mention, Li Xiangping is still chasing Zhang Xu, a big dragon.

  So this situation falls in the eyes of Team Leader Hua, which is already a great situation that is close to a sure win.

   And at this time, it was Lao Xie, who was at the level of industry 2, who was surprised:

   "Yo! Why is Xiang Ping so ruthless? Don't they all say that winning chess won't cause trouble? At this time, he is still chasing the murderer Dalong, so he is not afraid of killing him in the end?"

   Reporter Zhang Da gave him a contemptuous look:

   "Don't worry, this chess will not collapse."

  Lao Xie noticed Lao Zhang's contemptuous eyes, but he was still a little confused, didn't understand what he said wrong, so he turned his eyes to Ma Xiaofei for help.

  Ma Xiaofei glanced at him and smiled:

   "Do you think Xiang Ping is killing the dragon now?"

   "This, he can't leave the back of his head, this is not dragon slaying."

   "No, from your point of view, this chess is inseparable from the back of your head, but in the eyes of a master it is not."

"what is that?"

"It's the first move, it's a safe operation. If you don't believe it, you can see. The big dragon White will definitely not die, but when he really shows his eyes, it should be the final moment, because at that time, There is no contest for winners or losers on the chessboard."

"Oh?"

Before Lao Xie finished "Oh", in fact, he could no longer see the white dragon to work, because at this time, Zhang Xu had completely lost the mood to continue. When Li Xiangping made the 161st move in the overall situation , then choose to throw the child to admit defeat.

   When the news of Zhang Xu admitting defeat reached the research room, Team Leader Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

   Then after a long sigh of relief, Team Leader Hua sighed again:

   "Hey~~~ I said that I have already taken the lead in an all-round way. It turns out that at the end, I still have to watch Xiangping."

At the same time, Li Xiangping also breathed a sigh of relief in the game room. To say that in the competition system of the ring competition, the first game is often the most difficult, especially in this year's situation. Before the competition, Li Xiangping also Faced with a lot of pressure, otherwise he would not move the mind of "two swords".

Well now, it is useless to combine the two swords, and the game was successfully won. Although Li Xiangping still needs to pass four levels if he wants to win the championship this year, but since the heaviest burden has been removed, Li Xiangping felt extremely relaxed at that time. .

   And this game was Li Xiangping's last official game in 2005. When he returns to Beijing from Shencheng, he will usher in the New Year's Day holiday in 2006.

When Li Xiangping returns to the capital, considering the CET 4, he has already missed the "Celebrity Battle" challenge, and the schedule has not yet been determined, the "LG Cup" final and the third stage of the "Nongshim Cup", then It's even February.

   So for a while, Li Xiangping had nothing to do.

   So in this case, he once again remembered the "big national player" thing.

   The day after returning to the capital, he called Zhao Daokai:

   "Zhao Da painter, I haven't been out recently. If you're fine tomorrow, just accompany me to visit your father's company."

   Ask for a monthly pass! Ask for all kinds of tickets!

   Please everyone.

   (end of this chapter)