Go Legend Chapter 137

Chapter 137 During the interview

"Go, with thousands of years of tradition, is the oldest and most brilliant intellectual game in the world. The ideal and philosophical atmosphere of Go can often overwhelm the reality of inhumanity. Therefore, in everyone's impression, the game of Go is mysterious and complex. Profound and mysterious, who can master Go and become a generation of everyone must be a philosopher who already understands the natural principles of heaven, earth and life.”

"However, in recent years, everyone's views seem to have changed. A series of events in the world of chess are strongly impacting everyone's inherent concepts. As early as 10 years ago, when South Korea's Lee Chang-ho just entered everyone's eyelids, everyone I once exclaimed: A child becomes a Go master, doesn't this kind of Go become so bad? But it turns out that Li Canghao's phenomenon is not an isolated case. Just last year, another talented Go teenager was born. Younger, rising faster, and creating even greater miracles. If there are traces of Li Canghao's growth back then, then there was no sign of this young man's appearance before. It is for this reason that this The shock and impact that this young man brings to everyone is even greater, so who is this young man?"

"Now we have a request. At 13 years and 8 months, he set the record of the youngest professional Go champion, the winner of the 6th 'Samsung Cup' Professional Go Masters Championship, the Chinese teenager Li Xiangping, who just turned 14 this year, by the way. , Li Juvenile has now been awarded the title of Professional Jiuduan by the Chinese Chess Association, so, Li Jiuduan, you are welcome"

Umezawa's interview with Li Xiangping was conducted in the special game room "Youxuan" of the Nippon Chess Academy.

Such an arrangement on the Japanese side is quite interesting. You must know that "Youxuan" has a special status in the Japanese chess academy, and non-title winners cannot play games in it. During the heyday of Japanese Go, it is not a good idea to say that this is a holy place for Go lovers all over the world. Pass. Among the hundreds of professional chess players in Japan, most of them have never played in it.

At the beginning of the interview, Li Xiangping boredly listened to the lengthy opening remarks by Yukari Ukazawa.

Li Xiangping must be bored, because Yukali Meizawa speaks Japanese, and Li Xiangping can't understand it. Therefore, when Mei Ze said the opening remarks, Li Xiangping had to be distracted. He first observed the whole "Youxuan" In the environment of the game room, he finally focused his attention on the beautiful host in front of him.

Tsk tsk, once the number one beauty in the Go world.

In Li Xiangping's opinion, Yukali Umezawa is actually not particularly beautiful, but she has a good temperament. She belongs to the type that is not photogenic at first glance, but the more she looks, the more attractive she is.

Now Mei Ze is nearly 30 years old, and is still about the same age as Li Xiangping's stepmother Lin, so she is very fascinated by a group of older chess fans, such as Li Yuanhu, the old man of Li Xiangping's family.

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, Li Xiangping still remembers an interesting thing, that is, his old man, as a fan of Yukali Umezawa, for a period of time, the screen saver program on his computer used the photos of Meizawa, and At that time, Lin was still very nervous after seeing it, because she didn't know chess at all at the time, and she didn't know who Yukari Ukazawa was. She even asked Li Xiangping sideways and asked who the woman on your father's computer was. ah?

At that time, Li Xiangping was still a little resistant to Lin, so he deliberately said nonsense, saying that, didn't my father go to a certain place and run a project some time ago, he met a man there. female.

Li Xiangping even said something serious: Well, this woman seems to be very familiar with my father. During this time, I talk on the phone every day. bother

"Li Sang, Li Sang?"

It was Yukali Ukasawa's call that brought Li Xiangping back to reality. Li Xiangping noticed that at this time, Meizawa was speaking Chinese, and her Chinese seemed to be pretty good.

Li Xiangping first greeted the other party politely: "Hello Aunt Meize, I have watched the "Chess of Light" produced by you, and I like it very much."

"Chess of Light" is actually the famous "Soul of Chess". "Soul of Chess" has not been released for a long time at this time, and it has not been serialized yet, so Umeza was greatly surprised when he heard it:

"Does Li Sang also like "Chess of Light"?"

Li Xiangping nodded, and then sighed in his heart, saying that no matter whether the opposite is the real number one beauty in the chess world, just relying on her to supervise the production of this "chess soul", her contribution to the game of Go is great.

To put it simply, the role of the animation "Chess Soul" is the same as Lao Nie's in the ring competition that drove China's Go fever, and Lao Cao's winning the first "Ying's Cup" to drive South Korea's Go fever, then the animation of "Chess Soul" The meaning is that Go, an intellectual game born in the East, really pushes the time. Although it cannot be said that the Go upsurge has been triggered around the world, many European and American people only know and understand Go from the beginning of the "chess soul". This is an irrefutable fact.

Just when the two mentioned "chess soul", Li Xiangping had another emotion in his heart, saying that Aunt Mei Ze, you don't know, the person standing in front of you now is the reality The version of "Chess Soul", it's just that I, the protagonist of the real version of "Chess Soul", will have such a wonderful life as Shinto Hikaru in the future, but it is still unknown.

After talking about the topic of "chess soul", this interview is officially started.

There is nothing to say about the next interview. After all, Li Xiangping has not debuted for a long time, and this is the first time he has come to Japan. Therefore, the entire interview program is actually based on the introduction of Yukari Umezawa, introducing Li Xiang. Ping's life, his chess learning career, as well as his record and so on.

And during this period, Umezawa Yukari kept switching between Japanese and Chinese, speaking Japanese when introducing, and using Chinese when asking questions. When Li Xiangping finished answering, she had to translate Li Xiangping's words into Japanese. Therefore, in the whole talk show, she was actually busy alone, while Li Xiangping spent most of the time sitting.

Not only did he sit dry most of the time, even if he faced the other party's questions, because Li Xiangping didn't want to be in the limelight on such occasions, and he didn't want to be an unconventional "speaking" vulgar, so his answer was also great. Parts are simple and to the point, quite satisfactory.

"Li Sang, many people are surprised by what you have achieved now, especially when you defeated Li Canghao in the Samsung Cup final last year. Many people were even more surprised. What do you think about your achievements?"

"Haha luck, the reason I was able to beat Li Canghao's 9th dan last year, I personally think it was pure luck."

"Luck? Li Sang is very humble, but the experts who watched the game last year don't think so. After watching the final, everyone agreed that the content of the chess you played was substantial, and the level of skill you showed was not inferior to that of the No. 1 player in the chess world today. A master, in our Japanese Go world, there are many seniors who praise you as a once-in-century genius."

Li Xiangping smiled slightly; "Thank you seniors for your love, but I'm reviewing the final now, and I still think I'm just lucky. The reason why Li Canghao lost, I personally think it's just because he's not familiar with my chess game. As a result, if I were to play with him now, I have absolutely no confidence that I can win against him."

"Hehe, I really can't see it. Li Sang is so humble. I remember a saying in China that excessive modesty is hypocrisy. Well, then, how does Li Sang view his talent? By the way, For the practice of Go, Li Sang thinks that talent is more important or effort is more important?"

Li Xiang pinged his heart to say that God Nima is too modest to be hypocritical. It seems that this aunt Mei Ze's Chinese is also inauthentic. Chinese people say that being too modest is pride. Do you understand? But for Mei Ze's last question, Li Xiangping's answer did not hesitate:

"I think for the skill of Go, talent is more important, right?"

Li Xiangping paused for a while and then said: "I remember that in the era of chess competition in your country's shogunate, there was such a view in your country's Go world: "Getting started can be achieved through hard work, but it is bestowed by celebrities". Is that so? ?"

Umesawa nodded after hearing this. This is a point of view that the Japanese Go community has had for a long time. In fact, it also emphasizes the importance of talent to Go.

"Li Sang means that, for a professional chess player, working hard to determine his lower limit, only his talent can determine his upper limit, does that mean? What does Li Sang think of his talent? In other words, where do you personally feel your ceiling is?"

"How do I know this,"

Li Xiangping replied with a smile: "Just how do you say it? I was lucky enough to defeat Senior Li Canghao last year. Although I personally think it was pure luck, it at least explained a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"Then it means that I am at least a chess player, right?"

"Haha, Li Sang's words are so humorous." Yukari Ukazawa paused:

"It's also really humble."

Li Xiangping smiled and shook his head; "I'm not being modest, I believe that my recent record in the domestic arena, Aunt Meize should have heard of it, my recent record is very poor, why is this happening, my personal summary is me The basic skills are not solid enough, and I am not working hard enough. This is like a person who has not even reached his own lower limit, so don't talk about the upper limit in vain. It is precisely because of this clear understanding that I will I think what I've achieved so far has been a fluke."

"Hehe, it turns out that Li Sang is not only humble, but also has a rare calmness. Can I understand that, Li Sang thinks that he has not fully realized his talent yet?"

Li Xiangping nodded; "It should be like this."

Hearing Li Xiangping's words, Yukali Umezawa made an exaggerated expression:

"Tsk tsk, it's so powerful before you realize your talent. If you fully realize your talent in the future, what kind of height will Li Sang reach? By the way, when it comes to heights, I think of a senior in the Japanese Go world who once Said: Go 100, he only understands six, and another senior said, if there is a Go God in this world, then the Go God gave him 2 pieces, he has no chance to win, what about Li Sang? Li Sang thinks If there is a God of Go, what can you do with him?"

is another commonplace question. After listening to Mei Ze's question, Li Xiangping continued to answer with a little bit of language.

(end of this chapter)

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