Go Legend Chapter 232

Chapter 232 The opening of the drama

Two days later, the day of the "LG Cup" finals finally came. Li Xiangping was ready to go to South Korea to compete with Li Changhao.

The "LG Cup" final is immediately followed by the Lunar New Year, so although it is already February 2003, most people regard this series as the "year-end drama" of the whole season in the world chess this year.

Especially the melon eaters on the Internet, the "Golden Slam" and the like have been clamoring for a year, and now Li Xiangping's personal "Golden Slam" is no longer possible, but if he can win the championship this time, no matter what. It will allow Chinese chess players to win the individual world championship this year. In addition, if Li Xiangping can create a record of three crowns and one runner-up, it is actually the best record that a professional chess player has achieved within one year since the establishment of the World Professional Championship.

Because of this, this final has attracted much attention, and all aspects have attached great importance to it. Lao Nie once again served as the head of the Chinese delegation.

It is said that since old Nie left as the head coach of the national team, he is no longer a member of the system. Apart from being added as the vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, he has no position in the Chinese Chess Academy.

However, there is no way, who made Lao Nie thick-skinned, he said that as long as he took Li Xiangping to compete abroad, Li Xiangping basically never lost.

Everyone thinks this makes sense. In everyone's impression, as long as Lao Nie leads the team, Li Xiangping seems to have never lost. I didn't expect Lao Nie to have such a koi attribute.

But after thinking about it, it was wrong. What is the koi attribute of old Nie? Since Li Xiangping debuted, it can be said that except for the loss to Ma Xiaofei not long ago, other people have never lost chess abroad at all, the only one. The one time he lost, he just happened to be avoided by Lao Nie. In the entire Go world, only Lao Nie has such a thick skin, and he actually regarded himself as a koi.

However, what should I say, Lao Nie is Lao Nie after all, where his status is in the world, and if he wants to be the head of the regiment, then of course no one will **** him.

Li Xiangping hadn't seen Lao Nie for a while. When the delegation members gathered and were ready to set off, he came up and covered his face:

"Little Li, what's the matter with you recently? I feel like you've obviously regressed in chess. Even Ma Xiao dares to lose. Young people must work hard, um, work hard"

Li Xiangping was trained to be inexplicable, but he also expressed understanding after thinking about it.

It really needs to be understood. Thinking about the Chinese chess world, the name "Nie Ma Shuangxiong" has been called for so many years. Look at now, Ma Xiaofei is now the third world champion, but old Nie, except for Of course, the highlight of the ChinJapan Go arena, the highest achievement is 3 world runners-up.

Well, there were actually only 3 world competitions in that era, so his Sanya's gold content is actually very high, and Lao Nie is also the first "runner-up grand slam" in the world chess world. However, everyone knows that the runner-up is only the runner-up, so of course Li Xiangping has to express his understanding of Old Nie's current mood.

"Mr. Nie is right, I also feel that my chess seems to be a bit backwards"

But before Li Xiangping finished his self-reflection, Lao Nie interrupted him immediately:

"You're not going backwards, I think you're just a little drifting. Well, after winning a few championships, you're drifting away. Take this time for Ma Xiaoqi. It's a change that you haven't thoroughly studied yet. How dare you use it in the finals? It's just messing around, aren't you floating?"

Li Xiangping accepted the old Nie Tao with a sincere face: "Yes, yes, it's a little floating, a little floating."

"Well, don't mess with me this time." Perhaps seeing that Li Xiangping's attitude was really good, Lao Nie decided to let him go:

"By the way, how are you preparing this time? If you face the defeated general of Da Li again, then there should be no problem?"

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly in his heart: "It's not clear now, I won't know until the game is played."

"Well, not bad, now it seems that you really did not float this time. Well, the time is coming, let's go."

The Chinese delegation boarded the flight to Seoul, South Korea. In addition to Lao Nie, the head of the team, and Li Xiangping, a contestant, there are also Wang Yi from the Foreign Affairs Department and an interpreter. Of course, for such an important game, reporters such as Zhang Da and other accompanying reporters are naturally indispensable.

After the group arrived in South Korea, Li Xiangping found that the game was also very hot in South Korea. The group was heading to the hotel by taxi. In the taxi, even the driver recognized Li Xiangping and knew that he was this one. The second is to play with Da Li.

On the night after arriving in South Korea, the organizer held a reception, so at this time, of course, Li Xiangping could not avoid it, and he had to "say a few words" anyway.

"Li Jiuduan is very strong, he has always been a senior chess player that I respect very much, Balabala" After a routine business exchange, a reporter will naturally ask him what he thinks of the next game:

"Before this, Li Canghao Jiuduan expressed a strong desire for revenge, so what about you, what do you think of the next game? Are you confident to defeat Li Jiuduan again?"

"Hehe, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, before I came to Korea this time, I didn't think about winning or losing at all, so I don't know what the outcome will be this time. In fact, compared to winning or losing, I am now I am more concerned about the content of chess, so I can only say that this game will be very special and interesting.”

When dealing with reporters like this, Li Xiangping was satisfied with his wit. However, it must be admitted that most of what he said was actually the truth.

Since this time he mainly relies on himself, for Li Xiangping, this final is of course "special".

As for "interesting", that's because Li Xiangping remembered what he had said to him two days ago. He thought that if what Lao Shi said was true and he could really catch Da Li's weakness, then this match Guaranteed to be interesting.

But unfortunately, Li Xiangping was thinking about "interesting" things there, but the reporter who interviewed him felt that it was not interesting at all. But the reporter also thinks about it. This is already the fifth time that Li Xiangping has participated in the finals of the World Championship. Although he is very young, he is already a standard old fried dough stick, so it is basically impossible to think of anything at this time.

After thinking about this, even the reporter himself felt that it was boring. After a routine sentence "I wish you good chess and good results in the next game", the interview ended hastily.

Of course, Li Xiangping couldn't get what he wanted. After being interviewed by reporters, he immediately excused himself to recharge his batteries and went back to his room to discuss the second day's match with Lao Shi.

The first thing the two discussed, of course, was the question of where Lao Shi's "quota" should be used. In fact, at this time, the two of them have not discussed exactly where to use it.

However, considering that this is a five-game chess game, the only thing that is certain now is that the first game will definitely not be used. The first game will be played by Li Xiangping himself. Later, we will see which game Lao Shi will play according to the specific situation.

"Brother Ding'an, why do I feel that your previous statement is unreliable?"

"Hehe, little friend Xiangping, don't worry, I have read a lot of this person's chess records recently. If we happen to meet him with that move, our strategy will definitely be effective."

"Oh that's fine, let's see tomorrow now"

On the second day, this year's "LG Cup" finals officially started.

At 9:55 in the morning, Li Xiangping stepped into the game room, only to find that Li had already been seated in the game room.

After guessing, Li Canghao guessed black in the first game, which made Li Xiangping a little disappointed but also a little looking forward to it.

He wanted to see what kind of opening Da Li would take.

At 10:00 a.m. Korea time, the game officially started.

(end of this chapter)

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