Go Legend

   Chapter 845 Become a national player at the age of twenty

   Da Li, who was born in 1975, is now 34 years old, and Chang Hao, who was born in 1976, is now 33 years old. Two such "senior" chess players joined the World Championship finals—

   Very strange, except for Li Xiangping, the transmigrator, who was a little emotional, the reaction of the outside world was normal.

  No one thinks there is anything wrong with this, no one uses the word "upset", and no one even mentions the phrase "veteran counterattack".

  Yes, in this day and age, it is a normal thing for them to meet in the finals.

  Although after entering the new century, the professional chess world has shown a trend of youth, which is reflected in the growing speed of young chess players, and the average age of top-level chess players is getting lower and lower.

   Like the famous words of Mr. Sakata Eio more than half a century ago: There can never be "celebrities" in their 20s!

   If I were to listen to it now, it would be a joke.

   However, it must be admitted that the chess game of Go is different from other sports after all. It has never been a simple competition of physical strength. Therefore, from the perspective of normal human body structure, there should be no reason why people in their 30s cannot compete with young people.

   After entering the new century, Li Xiangping personally thinks that this rejuvenation trend in the world chess world can be divided into two stages, that is, the stage before the birth of AI and the stage after the birth of AI.

Before the birth of the dog, the early maturity of chess players was mainly due to the Internet. Because of the existence of the Internet, young chess players can receive the most information at the fastest speed, and also have more actual combat than their predecessors. Chance-

  The Internet is actually like a ripening agent, allowing young chess players to grow rapidly and creating a large number of skilled workers for the entire professional chess world.

Yes, in fact, before the birth of dogs, the Internet only helped to cultivate a large number of skilled workers in the Go world. They are very familiar with various chess shapes, and they are familiar with popular routines. In addition, computing is the strength of young people. The characteristics allow young people to get grades very quickly.

   However, it must be admitted that if it comes to the understanding of Go and a deeper understanding of Go, it should be better for older players.

   It is precisely because of this, don't look at the "youth storm" in the Go world, one after another, such as the "first stage storm" in the Korean chess world a few years ago.

   But if you look closely, you can find that such storms are like the ebb and flow of tides, rising and retreating quickly. Few of the people who blew the storm back then became the weather.

   Even if you take a closer look at it for decades, you will find that in each era, the only ones who can really make a name for themselves in the history of Go are those who are more talented. --

  For example, during this period in real history, although Da Li's last world championship was won in 2005, in the next five or six years, Li Shishi repeatedly emphasized to the media: The current world number one is still Li Canghao.

  Well, even though Xiao Li had a certain politeness when he said this, but it can be said that Jieao can say the same thing repeatedly as Xiao Li, it cannot be said that he is all fake.

But since the dog was born, the situation has been completely different. The Internet has only spawned a large number of skilled workers and made everyone more competitive. However, when the dog was born, the "younger" of professional Go suddenly intensified. At that time, 30 years old It seems that it is really a hurdle, and this age is really qualified to be called a "veteran".

  For example, Ke Shaoxia, South Korea Xiaoshen, and "Ding Ye", in the "dog era", at a glance, these young people in their early 20s occupy the top of the food chain.

   Even compared with these people, those who are not much older than them, such as Chen Xiaoqiang, Long Ge, Park Tianzi from South Korea, etc., seem a little powerless.

  In the era of dogs, let alone the finals of chess players in their 30s in the world competition, even if anyone in their 30s can kill the finalists in their 30s, this seems to be news.

   The reason for such a change, Li Xiangping personally believes that in addition to the "quick chess" of professional games, the impact brought by dogs is very obvious.

  The dog's Go is completely different from the Go played by humans in the past.

   It's like two completely different systems, humans need to relearn!

Since it is learning a new system, then of course the older chess players suffer a little bit, because in front of dogs, human chess players' past experience and past understanding can't be said to be 100% clear, but at least 80% of the time is from scratch. In the beginning, since this is the case, it is of course the young players who have the advantage.

   Of course, is this trend of younger ageing of top players inevitable? This is not easy to say, at least Li Xiangping is not sure--

   After all, when he crossed over, the dog had only just come out for a few years, and everyone was in the stage of re-learning. Since they were all starting from scratch, this gave the young people a certain upper hand.

  What if more than ten or twenty years passed? , When human professional chess players gradually get used to the dog system? Is it still a young man in his early twenties who is king?

  Li Xiangping doesn't think so.

"...Well, no matter who he will be king in the future, that person is definitely not me. After all, what I want to fight is only the first few generations of dogs. Judging from the current situation, three generations of dogs should be the limit of human beings. No, the three generations of dogs have actually exceeded the limits of human beings. This is because I have a plug-in, so I want to see if I can fight with it. When the dogs are upgraded again, it is estimated that even if I add ten old Shi, I will not win the fight. So the pretense must be done as early as possible, there is only a few years of empty window period, and when that time is over, no matter whether the pretense is successful or not, I will definitely choose to retire..."

   After watching the results of the semi-finals, Li Xiangping thought so, and he was about to leave, but he happened to meet Dean Hua and "Old Xiao Hua" on the way.

   Dean Hua smiled and waved to Li Xiangping: "Xiangping, come here..."

  Li Xiangping walked over with a smile: "What are your instructions, Mr. Hua?"

"Xiangping, you have one semester left to graduate from university, tsk tsk, not bad, you can learn both chess skills, few people can do it like you, but Xiangping, even if you graduate from university soon, that's still true. Do you want to make a contribution to the Go cause, haha, make a contribution..."

   After Dean Hua talked a lot, he and Xiaohua drifted away, leaving Li Xiangping alone there for no reason.

   He thought to himself what was going on today, why did Dean Hua play an official tongue with him?

   What is there to say "to contribute more to the Go cause"?

   When Li Xiangping returned home, he finally understood why Dean Hua said this:

   After all, in China, Go is classified as a competitive sport and is in charge of the General Administration of Sports - see other sports athletes going to college, and definitely some of them are considering retiring or considering transition.

  Although a professional chess player can have a slightly longer sports career than other sports, don’t forget that he announced his withdrawal from regular events in the first half of the year, so when he graduates, the management of the chess academy will not have some kind of worry:

  Since he has withdrawn from regular events, it means that he no longer undertakes the obligation to "win glory for the country". Since he no longer "win glory for the country", it is actually inconvenient to continue to be a member of the national Go team.

  If you are not even a member of the national team, what will you do after you graduate from college?

   Especially considering that his family is still so rich, this of course made Dean Hua and others more worried:

   After graduating from college, this guy won’t just give up Go and go home to inherit the wealth of his family, right?

   After guessing that Dean Hua might be thinking this way, Li Xiangping was overjoyed, and he said that Mr. Hua, you are unfounded.

  Anyway, you are about the same age, and you have reached retirement age after a few years of normal work, so you can rest assured that at least until you retire, I will definitely not leave Go.

   Of course, since I can't be a member of the national team, what position are you going to arrange for me after I graduate from college?

   After Li Xiangping thought it might be the reason, he didn't think about it any further.

  The "Chunlan Cup" semi-final on the capital side is over. But the "Nongxin Cup" in Shencheng was still going on, so when Li Xiangping returned home, he turned on the computer and started to read the "Nongxin Cup" chess record.

"Nongshim Cup" is still in the second stage, so the top players have not yet played. Therefore, over the years, the second stage of the "Nongshim Cup" has only one thing to watch: Will the Japanese team already be in the second stage? out.

  To be honest, it is actually quite difficult to get out in the second stage. Two conditions need to be met. First, the entire team has not won a set, and second, there is no bye in the first round of draws.

  In other words, even if you don’t win a set, as long as you are lucky at the beginning of the draw and the first game is a bye, you can make it to Stage 3.

  However, the current Japanese Go is so tragic and degenerate. If we can advance to the final third stage, everyone will feel that "the Japanese team has performed well".

  Well, Li Xiangping now feels that the Japanese team "did well this year". Zhang Xu was not selected this year, and it was Yili Liao who made contributions to the Japanese team.

   This old man is a bit like Li Xiangping. The family is relatively rich, and he belongs to the kind who can go home and inherit the Wanguan family property without playing chess. And to tell the truth, Yili Liao's talent is actually pretty good. If you look at his chess records, he still has his own ideas for many of his chess games.

   After reading the "Nongxin Cup" chess score, Li Xiangping's phone rang. When he glanced at the caller ID, he immediately looked around in a guilty conscience to confirm that the real girlfriend Yaya was not there, and this time he lowered his voice and connected:

"Hey."

   Miss Bai's voice came from the phone: "Xiang, Xiangping, I'm here."

   "Oh, it's here? It doesn't mean tomorrow... Forget it, where are you now?"

   After waiting for the other party to report an address: "Okay, I'll come right over."

   (end of this chapter)