Go Legend Chapter 171

Chapter 171 Calculating the Road Calculating the Road

Everyone was discussing the change of chess player's style all the way, and Li Xiangping returned to the capital. After returning to the capital, Li Xiangping didn't take it to heart.

After all, Li Changhao only slaughtered two dragons this time, has his style really changed? It remains to be seen, as to whether Da Li has become stronger or weaker after changing his style? It's even more unclear now.

Because from past experience, when many chess players change their styles, you can think that his understanding of Go should be deepened, but at the same time, he may also lose his specialties.

In history, there are quite a few professional chess players who have this phenomenon.

Can Li Changhao avoid this phenomenon? The current Li Xiangping is of course unknown, all this depends on the actual combat review in the future.

Since everything is still unclear, Li Xiangping certainly doesn't think too much, so after returning to China, he immediately turned his attention to the perimeter competition.

This year's perimeter competition is actually coming to an end, and there are only 4 rounds left in total. Deducting the few rounds he missed, Li Xiangping's previous record was 5 wins and 11 losses. To be honest, such a result is really shabby. And it is precisely because of his poor performance that his team is stuck in the quagmire of relegation. Currently, it ranks second to last among all teams. As long as there is a slight mistake in the next few rounds, then next year, he can only go to the second to hang around.

It is for this reason that Li Xiangping cheers up, firstly to sharpen his own level, and secondly to not drag others down. He attaches great importance to the following rounds of competition.

It's a pity that the armor is not so easy to mix, especially as the main general in the armor, which is really a bit embarrassing for Li Xiangping.

On the 3rd day after returning to China, there was a round of armor competition to be played, and Li Xiangping was muttering again about the upcoming competition.

Nothing else, because this time Li Xiangping's team met the Zhejiang team. It should be said that among all the teams in the perimeter, the current Zhejiang team is only at the upper-middle level. They have never won the championship before this. However, this is only the overall level. As far as Li Xiangping is concerned, this game The game was very bad.

Because the current Zhejiang team has a characteristic, they have two top domestic players, Ma Xiaofei and Yu Bin. Not only that, they also have a super foreign aid called Li Canghao.

There is no doubt that these three are all players at the level of the main generals in the current period.

The real situation is like this. In this year's Weijia competition, the Zhejiang team is the three who take turns to be the main generals—the third place The level is so high. Objectively speaking, if Li Xiangping is facing anyone, it is an absolute win. More importantly, before the game, Li Xiangping has no idea who he will meet, so of course he will give it to him. The preparation work has brought great difficulties. Even if Li Xiangping prepared some targeted strategies, it is impossible to talk about it now.

However, at this critical juncture, Li Xiangping certainly couldn't back down any longer.

"Dali signed a 10-game contract with the Zhejiang team this year, and it seems that it hasn't been used up yet. Should they let him deal with me this round? If he really touches Da Li, then the fun will be great "

While Li Xiangping was ready for "heroic sacrifice", the outside world also paid more attention to this round of armor, not for anything else, of course, because Li Xiangping might encounter Da Li.

"The most powerful candidate for the next hegemon in the world chess world will face the current hegemon in the world chess world", so gimmicks like this are naturally worthy of attention at any time.

It's just different from Li Xiangping's anxiety and the expectations of the outside world. On the day of the competition, Yu Bin's 9th dan sat opposite Li Xiangping, and Li Canghao's 9th dan didn't come at all this time.

For such a formation, Ma Xiaofei, the coach and player of the Zhejiang Provincial Team, explained to the outside world:

"Our team is only 4 points behind the Yamashiro team, and theoretically there is still hope of winning the championship."

Ma Xiao paused, then continued to smile to the reporter;

"It is out of this consideration that we made such an arrangement. The opponent in this round is weak, and the biggest player on the opposite side is Li Xiangping, and everyone knows that Li Xiangping is a famous nerve knife. His performance in the civil war was surprisingly poor, but his performance in the foreign war was surprisingly good, so good that even a chess player like Da Li would be crushed in his hands, so to be on the safe side, we still think it might be more appropriate to send Yu Bin as the main general. some."

Well, the reason why the Zhejiang team did not go to Da Li is because they are "on the safe side", but anyway, Ma Xiaofei's explanation sounds reasonable to the outside world, and everyone doesn't think it makes any sense. wrong.

So just like this, Li Xiangping's first chance to play against Da Li just passed him by. But of course Li Xiangping doesn't care. Anyway, for him now, whether it is Da Li or Yu Tou, it is the same. He must be at a disadvantage. Losing is normal, and winning is accidental.

But fortunately, in the next round of competition, Li Xiangping really had an "accident".

This chess game was played in the capital. Li Xiangping played white. It was a little after 5:00 pm. There were 222 moves in the whole game.

"Hehe, today's game of chess, where did Yu Tou lose by Li Xiangping, he was clearly scared to death by Li Xiangping"

During the post-match review, Ma Xiaofei also participated, and this is how he commented on the game.

In the face of Ma Xiaofei who pointed out Yu Bin's problem step by step, he said that his move was too "careful and conservative", and that move seemed "too honest", and Li Xiangping was laughing silly beside him.

The real situation of this chess game is indeed like this. Li Xiangping played at a normal level, but the main reason for his victory was not because of how well he played himself, but mainly because of his opponent's poor play.

"Hey, you have to know that the opponent is Li Xiangping. Who knows if he has any hidden moths here, so I always want to be steady during the game. Now it seems that I was thinking too much at the time. Losing this game is also losing. Here, the move is obviously too slow."

Hearing Yu Bin's Jiuduan self-examination there, Li Xiangping was even more happy. He really didn't expect that his plug-in would still have such a deterrent power, and he could scare a Jiuduan like Yu Bin to lose.

But despite this, Li Xiangping was still very happy after winning the game. As a result, although this game was won due to the poor performance of the opponent, he always played normally, didn't he? Second, Li Xiangping has always believed that in the professional Go world, sometimes "deterrence" is also a part of the level, isn't it?

In this round, in addition to Li Xiangping's own win, his teammates are also very strong. Except for the fast game that lost to Ma Xiaofei, the other two won the game. In this way, they took all 3 points on the Zhejiang team, temporarily alleviating the danger of a downgrade. Looking at the Zhejiang team, after they lost this round, they have completely lost their hope of winning the championship.

A week later, in the penultimate round of this year's siege, Li Xiangping's team encountered another veteran powerhouse in China this year, the Central Plains Provincial Team. At the main station, Li Xiangping met Zhou Heyang, one of the "Seven Little Dragons", "Jigong".

Zhou Heyang's Jiuduan is currently at the peak of his personal career. In recent years and the next few years, he is also a frequent visitor to the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the World Series. In real history, he has also played twice. into the World Series finals.

It's just a pity that he lost both finals. It's a good thing to say that he lost to Li Changhao in the “Chunlan Cup”, and it's a pity that he lost to the Korean chess player Park Zhengxiang in the “Fujitsu Cup”. After chess, Zhou Jiuduan officially slipped from his personal peak.

However, it was still several years later that he fell from the peak. For the current Li Xiangping, Zhou Heyang, who is currently ranked 6th in the domestic rating, is of course still a very strong existence, so before the game, Li Xiangping continued to Be prepared to lose.

But I don't know what happened. It may be that Li Xiangping's mentality is very good, or his attitude is very correct. In short, he won this game again.

After won this game, Li Xiangping was happy.

Although Li Xiangping still didn't know where he won this game of chess, as if he had won it in a confused way, but despite this, Li Xiangping was still very happy.

Because after winning these two sets, his total record in the Weijia arena has increased to 7 wins and 11 losses, and the winning rate has reached about 40%, and this winning rate is precisely the goal that Li Xiangping set before the season.

Not only that, the two games won this month plus the one he won against Chang Hao at the end of the month, Li Xiangping actually achieved a three-game winning streak in the Weijia arena, which is the three-game winning streak on the main stage!

To be able to achieve such a result, Li Xiangping didn't even dare to think about it at the beginning of the year.

"Hey, did I really increase my chess?"

Li Xiangping began to feel complacent.

It was in such complacency that he ushered in the penultimate round of this year's Weijia competition. His team played against the leader Yangshancheng team. If not expected, Li Xiangping's opponent should be Gu Dali.

Li Xiangping began to swell. He was even gearing up before the game, and he had a "rainbow-like" posture. He was ready to win Gu Dali in one go. While completing a season of "double killing" Gu Dali, he also let himself be The team was completely relegated.

However, as the saying goes, the so-called ideal is plump and reality is skinny. In this match against Gu Dali, Li Xiangping was pressed and beaten by others, and finally died extremely ugly.

"Hey, counting the road and counting the road, the main thing is to lose to this guy Dali in the road counting competition. Brother Ding'an, let me ask you, how can I improve my road counting ability in my current situation?"

(end of this chapter)

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