Go Legend

   Chapter 89 Plug-in upgrade

   On the second day after the game, Li Xiangping and his party set off to return to China.

   During the return journey, Old Nie still looked energetic. From the moment he boarded the flight, he kept talking to Li Xiangping:

"Li Xiangping, I found that you are really not humble, how could you talk like that yesterday? You must know that your opponent in the next round is Liu Changhe, he may be the most popular professional chess player last year. , isn't it Xiao Zhou?"

Zhou Yi, who was next to him, echoed with a smile: "Yes, Da Liu won the "Fujitsu Cup" and "LG Cup" last year, and defeated Li Changhao and defended his title in Korea's largest chess game "The Battle of the Throne". In terms of bonus, he may have more than Li Canghao, so it is not too much to say that he was the most popular last year, after all, Li Canghao only won one "Samsung Cup" in the whole year of last year."

"Yes, yes," Old Nie became more and more excited when he heard Zhou Yi's help: "I know you have won a few games online, but what is a few games of online chess? Can online games be compared to official games? What's more, the semi-finals this time are still three rounds of chess, so young people, if you really don't talk so full in public in the future, you will suffer."

  Li Xiangping listened to Old Nie "educate" himself with a smile. Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with what Old Nie said. However, such words came from Old Nie's mouth. Li Xiangping felt weird how he heard it.

  Li Xiangping acted obediently: "Haha, I was wrong, I must pay attention next time. Then Mr. Nie, do you think that with my current level, I can fight Liu Changhe's nine-dan in the Fanqi competition?"

  Old Nie seems to be very satisfied with Li Xiangping's attitude: "Haha is really a child's word, what do you think? Do you think it is possible for you to win the world championship in the Fanqi competition?"

   The next moment, Li Xiangping was no longer well-behaved. He pretended to be innocent and said to Old Nie seriously:

   "I feel like I have a real chance."

   Lao Nie laughed: "Hahaha, okay, young people, you should be a little bit ambitious like this"

Li Xiangping could see that neither Old Nie nor Zhou Translator took his words to heart, but Li Xiangping knew that he was really "speaking the truth" just now, and that he really thought he was a cheater. There is a high probability of defeating Liu Changhe in the three games.

  Compared to playing 3 games of net chess with him at the time, the odds of winning are much better now!

   It's not because of anything else, it's just that Li Xiangping thinks that Lao Shi should have increased his chess. In other words, his "plug-in" was successfully upgraded for the first time!

   The reason why Li Xiangping came to this realization was entirely because of the game of chess that ended yesterday.

   Not because of how well Lao Shi played this game yesterday, and certainly not because of how strong his opponent was yesterday, the key is how Lao Shi won yesterday.

  Because of the way of winning chess yesterday, Li Xiangping thinks that he has completely detached from the framework of medieval chess. This is the standard way of winning chess in modern chess, and this is what Li Xiangping values ​​most.

   As we all know, medieval chess players basically didn’t have the concept of “big appearance” because of the existence of “seats” and the rules of “returning chess heads”.

Although it is said that medieval chess emphasizes "potential", the "potential" they emphasize is the "potential" of battle, and the "cosmic flow" like Mr. Takemiya's, under the rules of medieval chess, there is no such thing at all. The soil for survival, even a chess master like Lao Shi, has no such concept at all.

   This is actually a major flaw that Li Xiangping believes that his plug-in has always existed.

   Lao Shi, who was a while ago, looked like a lame giant to Li Xiangping. His main way to win chess is actually only one trick, and that is called "convincing others with strength".

Although it is not bad to be able to "convince people by force", in fact, Li Xiangping himself believes that the computing power or combat power in Go should be the foundation of all Go techniques, and it is the basis for measuring Go. One of the most important signs of level.

   However, if you can only do this trick, it will always be difficult to become an excellent master, right?

  What makes Li Xiangping happy is that in yesterday's game, Shi Daqi played a different kind of chess. Although yesterday's game did not have any big appearances, the overall idea was in the same line as appearance chess.

   This kind of play may be commonplace for a modern chess player, but Li Xiangping knows that this is already extremely valuable for his own cheating. This is a major improvement!

"Everyone is called Ma Xiao, Pegasus Demon, Horse Demon. It seems that the word "demon" is really not shouting. What's so good about the way he taught Lao Shi? What's wrong? Is this a good method?

On the plane, Li Xiangping had been thinking like this all the time. For Lao Shi's obvious progress, he attributed a large part of the credit to Ma Xiaofei, but Li Xiangping was just as good as the method he taught. Still can't figure it out.

  I don't think about it if I can't figure it out. After Li Xiangping returned to China, he naturally began to prepare for the semifinal with Liu Changhe.

  The semi-finals will be held in May, and the competition system will be played three times. It will take about 2 months from now, which is neither too long nor too short.

   If you can pass Liu Changhe, the final will be held from the end of June to the beginning of July. The current "Samsung Cup" final is still a chess game. Li Xiangping believes that if he can really get to that point, he will probably meet Li Canghao in the final.

   Because the other semi-final was Li Canghao vs Xu Fengzhu, Li Xiangping really did not underestimate Lao Xu. After all, in real history, Lao Xu was the most afraid of Li Canghao.

I don't know why, but the Korean Go "Field Officer Commander", who has a sturdy chess style and a tenacious style, will not play chess as long as he encounters Li Canghao. It is not only a technical level problem. None, because of this reason, of course, Li Xiangping could not be optimistic about Xu Fengzhu.

   Time went forward day by day, and Li Xiangping's preparations were also going on nervously and orderly. The reason for saying "orderly" is that in the following period of time, Li Xiangping did not play any new tricks in training.

   Thinking about it, since the method taught by Ma Xiaofei is effective, then of course continue to follow this method.

  Li Xiangping is in intense preparations because he only has one game to play, but after entering April, the international chess world has become lively again, and many world competitions have started.

   The first is the "Fujitsu Cup", the oldest Go world competition that starts every year in April.

   In addition to the "Fujitsu Cup", the more important thing is the "Ying's Cup". The "Ying's Cup" started last year, but it is not over yet. Currently, Chang Hao and Li Canghao have entered the final.

   In the first two sets of the final at the end of April, Chang Hao trailed 0-2.

   It is against this background that the semi-finals of the sixth "Samsung Cup" are about to begin.

   (end of this chapter)