Go Legend Chapter 133

Chapter 133 There has never been any K-pop in this world

The night after the game ended, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of this "Chunlan Cup" was held at the Chess Academy.

When Li Xiangping stood with the other qualifying players, he was very emotional.

What he sighed was nothing else. This time the top eight lineup, the Chinese team was Ma Xiaofei, Chang Hao, plus himself, the Korean team was Lao Cao, Da Li Jia Liu Changhe, and the Japanese team qualified Lao Zhao Zhao Zhixunjia Mr. Wang Licheng.

Look at this lineup, Lao Cao and Lao Zhao are "post-50s", Ma Xiaofei, Wang Licheng and Liu Changhe are "post-60s", Chang Haoda Li is "post-70s", and himself is "post-80s".

This time the top eight lineup has gathered four generations of chess players, which is extremely rare in later generations. If such a situation occurs in a certain game in later generations, it is definitely worth writing a book about.

However, in this day and age, it is very common, even a kind of normality. For example, after the formation of the top eight lineup, most of the media's reactions were relatively flat, and they even felt that this round of competition was uneventful as a whole. The strong players who were favored by everyone before the game basically passed the test, and no game of chess was called unpopular.

In all fairness, which one is more normal between the current situation in this era and the situation in the chess world of later generations? I don't know what other people think, anyway, Li Xiangping personally thinks that it should be more normal in this era.

After all, no matter how much we emphasize the competitiveness of Go, it is still an intellectual game to compete with the brain. Since it is an intellectual game, the difference between a person's 20-year-old and his 40-year-old should not be big. Does the human brain begin to shrink as soon as we pass 30? Anyway, Li Xiangping has never heard of such a statement, which is obviously impossible.

In later generations, due to the popularization of the Internet, it has provided more channels for everyone to learn knowledge, and it is more convenient to receive information, which provides conditions for the "prematurity" of chess players.

For example, in this era, most chess players under the age of 20 can only be called "rookies", but in later generations, some chess players under the age of 20 can become the top chess players in human beings. Li Xiangping thinks this is normal. However, if it is said that Go is only a game for young people, and people will definitely not be able to pass 30 chess, then Li Xiangping will not believe this kind of argument.

He also believes that this situation is not normal.

For example, the current situation of the world chess world before Li Xiangping crossed, he thought that the situation was abnormal. The main reason for the abnormality is that it emphasizes too much on the competitive nature of Go, the game is fast-paced, and the schedule is intensive. It was originally a game that competes with brain power and intelligence, but it is played by everyone as a game of physical strength.

The initiator of all this, of course, is the Korean Go world, or in other words, they must carry this pot.

And they not only have to bear the pot, in the future, they themselves have tasted the bitter fruit of the fast chess game.

In this day and age, due to the strength of Korean Go, people often talk about K-pop and K-pop, but Li Xiangping often thinks now, where is there any "K-pop" in this world?

If any, what are the technical characteristics of this genre? What contribution did you make to the development of chess?

If you really want to be serious, you will find that the emergence of Korean Go has not contributed much technically, except that it has increased the competitiveness of Go and made the whole world chess more lively.

Dae Lee, the most representative figure in Korean Go for decades, is he a K-pop? Li Xiangping thinks that of course not. In a sense, Da Li's chess game is the most standard Japanese style, but he just pushed the chess game of "Benge School" to a new height for human beings.

In addition to Da Li, is Lao Cao's "soft wind and quick gun" considered a K-pop? Does Xiao Li's "Zombie Stream" count as K-pop? Well, whoever thinks they're K-Pop can of course. It's just that Li Xiangping thinks that they are not so much the Korean wave as it is the "medieval flow", which is just an extension of the "medieval flow" under the rules of modern Go.

Therefore, Li Xiangping now feels that the reason why Korean Go has been prosperous for decades in today's era is just because of their good luck, and it happened that during this period of time, some of the most talented geniuses appeared in their South Korea.

"Xiang Ping, Xiang Ping, why are you stunned there, go up and draw lots."

"Oh?"

Old Nie's voice brought Li Xiangping back to reality from his imagination. He calmed down and walked to the front desk with a smile to draw lots.

This lottery ceremony was hosted by Wang Yi Wudan from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Chess Academy. After Li Xiangping took the stage, he smiled and said to Li Xiangping:

"Xiang Ping, congratulations on entering the quarter-finals of the World Championship again. When I interviewed other chess players just now, everyone said that they wanted to play against you the most in this round, so what about you, do you have a candidate in your heart? "

Li Xiangping's eyes swept away from Lao Cao, Da Li, Liu Changhe, Zhao Zhixun, and Wang Licheng's potential opponents. Due to the implementation of the principle that their own players do not meet in advance, Li Xiangping was the first to draw lots. His next-round opponent will only be out of these five. In Li Xiangping's mind, it doesn't matter who they touch. Anyway, before their own strength improves, this kind of world competition is ready to be handed over to Lao Shi.

"Several chess players are seniors I respect very much, so no matter who they are, I'm going to ask them a game with a learning attitude"

After all, he is a person in his 30s with a mental age, so Li Xiangping will still say polite words in such a scene. After saying these unnutritious words, Li Xiangping reached into the lottery box, and then handed the drawn lottery to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi unfolded the small note in his hand, Wang Licheng!

Li Xiangping's opponent in the next round is Wang Licheng's 9th Dan of the Japanese Chess Academy.

For this signing, Li Xiangping personally thinks it is good or bad. Don't look at it compared to the others, Wang Licheng's 9th dan's reputation seems to be the smallest, but at this time he is still very good at fighting. He is currently the reigning "chess master" plus "ten dan" in Japan, and is truly at the peak of his career.

Not only that, Wang Licheng's 9th dan seems to have a lot to do with this "Chunlan Cup". He was the champion of the second "Chunlan Cup". The final winner was Ma Xiaofei, and Ma Xiaofei was so annoyed after losing that final. He even refused to attend the final award ceremony for a time, leaving behind a "Stupid Lan Cup" story.

In the last competition, Wang Licheng entered the final again with 9 dan. This time his opponent was Liu Changhe. Wang Licheng lost 1-2, but the game he won was a famous game. " magazine, Lao Cao personally wrote an article to introduce this game of chess, and praised Wang Licheng.

After the lottery, it is customary to take a photo and shake hands. Just when shaking hands with Mr. Wang Licheng, Li Xiangping suddenly remembered that in real history, the man in front of him won a total of 2 world champions and several world runners-up. And his record turned out to be the best of all Japanese chess players. Even when Li Xiangping passed through, no Japanese chess player could surpass him.

In addition to him, there are two other chess players in Japan, namely Wu Gong Masaki and Lao Zhao, and these two runners-up are not as many as Wang Licheng, so today's draw, Li Xiangping thinks it is true Hard to call a good sign.

In addition to Li Xiangping, the other 3 matches are Li Canghao VS Zhao Zhixun, Chang Hao VS Liu Changhe, Ma Xiaofei VS Cao Xunxuan.

Therefore, when the results of the quarter-final match came out, the domestic media still seemed quite satisfied, thinking that the overall signing of the Chinese players was good, avoiding Li Canghao, the most feared chess player, and Ma Xiaona, Lao Cao, was relatively It is certain that Chang Hao's historical record against Da Liu is not bad, plus Li Xiangping was the least famous among the top eight, so the result of this lottery is of course very ideal.

It's just that although the opponent has been determined, when the next round of competition will be played, it has not yet been determined at this time. The "Chunlan Cup" was founded in 1998. The first three years were held once a year. However, after this one, it became a two-year session. Therefore, at this time, even the contestant Li Xiangping did not Know when the next round is. But it doesn't matter to him, anyway, just wait slowly.

ended the first two rounds of the "Chunlan Cup", and the time is approaching the Spring Festival in 2002. About half a month before the Spring Festival, Li Yuanhu, who often runs out of town, finally returned to the capital, and Li Xiangping also found his old man as soon as possible.

"What did you say, let me quickly sign with your Uncle Cai? What's the matter with you today? I think you didn't seem to be in a hurry some time ago."

That's right, Li Xiangping asked his old man to talk about participating in the armor.

Even Li Xiangping himself doesn't know why, since he devoted himself to participating in the game between Lao Shi and Li Shishi, he suddenly wanted to play chess very much, and desperately hoped to improve his strength as soon as possible.

In this state, Li Xiangping naturally thinks of Weijia. After all, at this stage, this is one of the most stable events in China, and he believes that a game like Weijia is one to two games a week. The rhythm may best suit your situation.

"It was before, and now is now. I watched the schedule. This season's Weijia will start at the end of March, and now is the Spring Festival, so I think it's better to settle this matter as soon as possible."

"Hehe too."

Li Yuanhu smiled, and Li Xiangping also knew his old man. As a senior chess fan and local tyrant, Li Yuanhu really intended to build a team of armored armor himself, but Li Xiangping thought that the time was not ripe. The second and more important reason is that the Go world is not well-connected. Li Xiangping thinks that his old man is not strong enough now, and a Weijia team can pull it up, but it will be more difficult. Li Xiangping knows that his career is really on the way. Fast track, that's three or four years from now.

"That's fine, I'll talk to Uncle Cai about it later, but there's no rush to sign the contract, Xiangping, please prepare. After you finish the exam, we'll go back to your hometown to see your grandfather during the Spring Festival, and we'll have to wait for the signing. Let's talk after returning from home."

(end of this chapter)

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