Go Legend Chapter 772

Chapter 772 Tribute to an era

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Huating Hotel in Shencheng, the penultimate round of this year's "Nongshim Cup", China's Gu Dali 9-dan against South Korea's Lee Chang-ho 9-dan.

Since this is already the semi-finals, if Gu Dali wins, the game will end today, so from the beginning of the game, Li Xiangping came to the live viewing room and closely watched the progress of the game.

The game starts at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the "Nongshim Cup" is a quasi-quick move that takes one hour per side, so the progress is still relatively fast.

By around 2:40 pm, the game had reached more than 110 hands, and by this time, Da Li had almost run out of time, he was about to enter the countdown soon, and Gu Dali still had nearly 20 minutes of reserved time.

Located in the on-site viewing room in the lobby on the second floor of the hotel, Li Xiangping is sitting in the center. No, strictly speaking, his position is not actually in the center. In the center is Lao Nie. Li Xiangping is just sitting in the center. Just the opposite of him.

However, there is no way. Since the number one master in the chess world is here today, other bystanders who came to the scene today, including Zhang Da reporter Lao Xie and others, as well as some local chess players and reporters in Shencheng, even Wang Yuan Chang Yubin, Jiuduan and others, consciously or unconsciously, got closer to Li Xiangping, and from time to time they turned their attention to him, asked him about the current situation, and from time to time asked a few technical questions—

Li Xiangping is like being surrounded by people. Since he is surrounded, his position is naturally more like being surrounded.

"Yo, play this? Dali plays this at this time, this move, it seems... like... Xiang Ping, what do you think of this move?"

It was Lao Nie who asked this question, Lao Nie who was nominally sitting in the center, and he asked this question in the afternoon.

At around 2:50, the latest chess manual of the actual battle had just been posted here, and while Lao Nie said this, he placed the latest progress of the actual battle on the chessboard between the two.

Seeing the pieces placed by Lao Nie on the chessboard, the last move was the 116th move in the overall situation, which was played by Zhibai Gu vigorously. Li Xiangping pondered a little, and he smiled quickly:

"Good chess, Brother Gu is amazing, I didn't expect this move to be learned by him so quickly, Da Li seems to be running out of time, so he should be in danger today, sigh, Brother Gu is still not loyal enough, I said To let him save me a plate..."

"Um?"

Old Nie stared at Li Xiangping with an unsure look--of course he didn't understand Li Xiangping's judgment now, probably because he didn't understand what "learning to walk so quickly" meant.

When Li Xiangping was about to explain, someone next to him explained it to him. It was reporter Zhang Da from "Go World":

"Yo! Xiang Ping, Dali, this chess move, the idea of this chess move... It seems to be very similar to the idea of your first issue of "Changing Mid Game", doesn't it?"

Li Xiangping nodded slightly with a smile. His new topic "Changing Mid-Market" has begun to be serialized on "Tiandi", and his topic selection for the first issue is nothing else, it is the final result of last year's "Phoenix Ancient City Cup" beating Gu Dali Phase one.

In fact, at the end of last year's game, "Tiandi" had already made a chess review of that game, and Li Xiangping did it in the way of "self-combat commentary", mainly to explain what he was thinking in actual combat at that time thought.

And the first issue of "Changing Mid-Market" focuses on recommending the cracking ideas that Lao Shi added later.

Although Go is known as "the same game in the ages", many skills and ideas of Go board battle are actually figured out.

Gu Dali's move just now is very similar to Lao Shi's thinking, and it is similar to Zhang Da's reporter, who is even at the 6th level, and he feels deja vu, that's why he said this just now.

It's only February, and the first issue of "Go World" has just come out. It's not uncommon for Gu Dali to see it, but he can "apply what he has learned" so quickly. Of course, this is not easy, even Li Xiangping A little admiration.

took the chess box from Lao Nie's hand, and Li Xiangping started to play chess on the chessboard. After quickly placing several changes, he actually said to everyone when facing Lao Nie:

"Mr. Nie, look, Brother Gu should be considered a good chess move, right? At least it's very difficult to deal with. The previous routines against black chess were unsatisfactory, don't you think?"

"Haha dissatisfied dissatisfied, black absolutely cannot be satisfied, it seems that the state of Dali is really good, ho, it is really possible to end the game today, then Xiangping, if this chess is replaced by you to play black, how are you going to resist? ?"

Seeing people, Lao Nie, is "ashamed to ask", of course Li Xiangping will not go to hide:

"Hehe, now it seems that this is the only way to go..."

Then Li Xiangping put another change on the chessboard, an unusual resistance that was not very conventional:

"If it were me, I might do it like this. Although it can't completely reverse the situation, it can at least lead to more chaos. Teacher Nie, do you think it's true..."

Before Li Xiangping finished speaking, the exchange was terminated, because there was another chess record, so everyone was busy watching the latest actual combat progress.

Li Canghao did not give Li Xiangping any face. He did not make the change recommended by Li Xiangping, but chose a relatively concise change.

A change that Li Xiangping has already put on just now, and is recognized by everyone as a slight disadvantage.

"Haha, that's it? Da Li is afraid that he is going to be euthanized. It's over. It's over. Dali is not bad. If he wants to win it today, he will end the Nongshim Cup for two consecutive years."

For what Lao Nie said, Li Xiangping nodded silently in agreement, but after agreeing, he became a little melancholy, and his wish to play another game might not really come true.

Stayed there for a few minutes with this melancholy, but Li Xiangping didn't want to stay--

Because of Zhao Jiadong's reminder last time, he originally wanted to go to his uncle's house when he came to Shencheng this time. Now that he doesn't seem to have anything to do with him in the next game, he wants to show off now.

Li Xiangping nodded at Dean Wang, he told Dean Wang about this in advance:

"Okay, everyone, I'll go ahead if I have nothing to do."

Dean Wang said: "Let's go now, the end of the competition is the award ceremony, so let's go after receiving the award."

Li Xiangping smiled: "I don't need to accept the award. I didn't contribute to this competition. It's so-called no merit and no reward. Brother Gu is here to accept the award."

Dean Wang Xiaoxiao also did not insist, think about it, there are only a few international competitions now, and Li Xiangping is almost there to hold the cup in other competitions, so let other chess players hold the trophy of this kind of team competition, Wang The dean thinks it is also good.

Around 3:20 pm, before the game was over, Li Xiangping left the arena.

Knowing that the uncle was busy, Li Xiangping didn't contact him first, but called his aunt first, and Li Xiangping's aunt was actually Zhao Daokai's aunt. She was a police officer, the kind that works in the city bureau. It shouldn't be very busy during the first month.

Aunt Li knew that Li Xiangping was in Shencheng, so the call was quickly connected:

"Hehe Xiangping, you finished the game?"

"Well, no accident, it should be over."

"That's fine, you come home first, I'll buy some food and come back right away."

The uncle's house is in Changning, which is really not far from the stadium. I heard that my aunt still has to buy food, so of course Li Xiangping will not rush. By the time he arrives at the uncle's house, it is almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and my aunt is already there. Waiting at home.

"Xiang Ping, come in."

After entering the door, Li Xiangping looked left and right: "Where is my uncle?"

"He may take a while, come and eat some fruit, I'll make tea for you, hee hee, you've grown so tall, by the way, there are so many scandals about you on the Internet, tell your aunt what's going on... "

Li Xiangping rolled his eyes and said in his heart that you are a people's policeman and gossip like an ordinary housewife.

Of course, as an official wife with a leisurely job, her aunt, a police officer, is actually a middle-aged woman who likes to gossip.

So the two started to have a home life in the living room. Auntie also turned on the TV, but just after the TV was turned on, a news attracted Li Xiangping:

"This station news, the XX Nongshim Cup Three Kingdoms Go Tournament will continue to be held in this city. In the just-concluded 13th game, Chinese chess player Gu Dali was reversed by Li Canghao in the ninth dan, so tomorrow, the Chinese team leader Li Xiangping's 9th dan will play..."

"what?!"

Li Xiangping was a little surprised at the time. In his opinion, such a big advantage would still be reversed?

So he didn't listen carefully to the text of the next press release. It wasn't until finally when a reporter from Shencheng Taiwan interviewed Li Canghao that he regained his attention:

"...It was very difficult, I wanted to give up at one point, but I just thought that there was still Li Xiangping's ninth dan, and I was extremely eager to ask him for advice again, which made me grit my teeth and persevere. Well, I won by a very fluke..."

"...Yes, I will definitely play in the Phoenix Ancient City Cup this year... No no no, Li Xiangping's 9-dan Go is an era ahead of us, I am totally convinced of him, and he is still so young, so I don't think I have any chance of catching up. His chance..."

"...Yes, this is the reason why I have been insisting on not giving up today. As long as I can play against Li Xiangping's 9 dan, this is a kind of happiness for me..."

At around 8 pm that day, considering that there was still a match on the second day, Li Xiangping said goodbye to his uncle and aunt and returned to the hotel alone.

"Brother Ding'an, let me tell you something in advance, let me come alone in tomorrow's game."

Old Shi Qi said: "If you go up, you go up, and I won't rob it. Why are you so serious today."

"No, no, no, I mean, let me come to the game tomorrow, don't make a sound, even if I'm in a bad situation, don't make any moves, okay?"

"Hehe, of course it's okay, but I still want to ask, why are you so serious today, just because your opponent is Da Li? Or because tomorrow is the last game?"

"Of course there are two reasons," Li Xiangping sighed:

"Brother Ding'an, I'll do it for you. You answer me completely from your heart. You don't need to be pretentious or jealous. You said that Li Canghao, is he a human Go master?"

"This... With his contribution to the game of Go, he is indeed a master."

"real?"

"Of course, although there were many officials in the past, but to raise the official skills to such a high level, and to complete the systematization and theorization, it really started from this person. Of course, it is the master, and Ding'an is completely convinced."

"Yes." Li Xiangping continued to sigh:

"This person does represent an era, and Brother Ding'an, don't forget that a dog is about to be born, and once a dog is born, it will be difficult to give birth to a human master, so from a certain point of view, Da Li is very Probably will be the last human Go master, so..."

Lao Shi smiled and interjected:

"Hehe, little friend Xiangping, this is bad. There are still several years before the dog is born. I think about the future, and everyone will think that you are the last human Go master."

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly: "Brother Ding'an, don't laugh at me, it's not like you don't know my situation, well, even if I become a master, this person will represent at least an era, I ask brother Ding'an to let me come here alone. Meaning, because tomorrow's game, just treat me as a tribute to an era."

Li Xiangping said so emotionally and grandly, of course Lao Shi would not refuse, and finally he asked curiously:

"Then how do you want to pay tribute?"

Li Xiangping smiled and said, "Of course it's a tribute that is most commonly used in the Go world. Okay, brother Ding'an, don't ask too much, you can see it tomorrow."

(end of this chapter)

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