Chapter 62 Go to the Chinese Chess Academy to worship the pier
When talking about the other three "a" in the Go world, the two of them have opened up. After all, there are many such candidates. After reporter Zhang Da reported a lot of names, Li Xiangping gave his own answer.
"Haha, do you think Japan's Hidece Chess Saint can occupy a "a" quota?"
Li Xiangping nodded: "Yes, I just mentioned my criteria for judging: First, this player has absolute dominance in his era, and Second, this player has made his own contribution to the development of Go. In fact, compared with the previous three, I think the achievements of others are worse than that of the first three. So, secondly, Japanese Hidece is already the best among them. How to say it? If Daoce is the pioneer of Japanese ancient chess, then Hidece is the master of Japanese ancient chess, "unbeaten the black", "Micheng chess won 19 consecutive victories", and created the famous "Hidece flow". These are the reasons why he was selected. A little regretful that Hidece was short-lived and lived in his 20s, so he failed to create greater glory, which also gave his dominance a little discount. Therefore, although he is "a" in my mind, he is just a block "a".
Listening to Li Xiangping’s interesting words, reporter Zhang Da’s interest is getting stronger and stronger:
"Xiuce is a square film "a"? That is to say, he ranks 6th in your mind? Then who are 4th and 5th? Xiangping quickly tell me who are the "red heart a" and "plum blossom a" in your mind."
Li Xiangping showed a strange smile:
"The "Plum Blossom A" in my mind is shared by two chess players..."
Shared by two chess players? Zhang Da reporter was stunned at first when he heard this, but he was a senior Go reporter after all. Based on the characteristics of Li Xiangping's ranking, he quickly guessed who these two people were:
"Haha, I understand. The two chess players Xiangping mentioned should be the two people in your name, right?"
Li Xiangping continued to keep a strange smile, not because of anything else, because he could feel that when he said this, his plug-in seemed to be breathing heavily.
"That's right, the two seniors Fan and Shi have nothing to say about the dominance. And Fan Xiping made "Peach Blossom Spring", Shi Xiangxia left behind a "summary of the important encounters", and made outstanding contributions to the development of Go theory. The only drawback is that they are two heroes dominate, so it should be reasonable for me to let them share the position of "Plum Blossom A".
Anyway, this is just a single word, so of course, reporter Zhang Da didn't care about Li Xiangping's statements that were not spoken. He just urged:
"What about "red heart a"? Who does Xiangping think of "red heart a" in the Go world?"
When talking about "Red Heart A", Li Xiangping hesitated for a moment. After being silent for about 10 seconds, he replied:
"In my mind, the "red heart a" in the Go world is the number one person in the chess world today."
"Ah?! Li Canghao? You actually think that Li Canghao is the "red heart a" in the Go world..."
It’s not a big deal to reporter Zhang Da feel strange. Look at the few people in front of Li Xiangping. Mr. Wu Qingyuan, the youngest, is almost 90 years old. It can be said that they are all ancient masters in the Go world. Therefore, he never expected that Li Xiangping would actually rank Li Canghao, who is only in his early 20s, on this list and rank 4th.
However, this is indeed the true ranking in Li Xiangping's mind. The reason why he hesitated just now was not because of something else, mainly because it is only 2,000 years now. In real history, Li Canghao won his first world championship in 1992, but his true peak period is believed to be between 1996 and 2005. These 10 years are the recognized "Li Canghao era".
Now half of the time has passed, so it is far from the final conclusion, so Li Xiangping just hesitated. However, after hesitation, Li Xiangping decided to express his true thoughts:
"Yes, I believe that Li Canghao is the "Red Heart A" in the Go world, because besides him, I really can't think of anyone else who can replace him. Reporter Zhang, you can think about it. If you continue to recommend candidates, it is nothing more than four people who choose one from Mr. Eio-o of Sakata, Chinese Teacher Nie, South Korea's Lao Cao and Japan's Zhao Zhixun Jiudan? So what do you think about these four people? "
Zhang Da reporter thought about it and found that what Li Xiangping said seemed to be true. The rankings of these four places really should not be higher than that of Big Li. Needless to say, Lao Cao and Lao Zhao were beaten by Big Li in China. It can be said that Li Canghao was stepping on his master to take the lead. As for Lao Zhao, Big Li is his super hard-working. So far, Zhao Zhixun seems to have never beat Big Li in the official competition at all. Therefore, if these two places are ranked first, of course no one will be convinced.
As for the Chinese Lao Nie, well, he is not afraid of Da Li at all. His record against Da Li so far is 2 wins and 2 losses. At the beginning, Lao Nie also crushed Da Li with two beautiful sets. However, Lao Nie has a fatal flaw, that is, he is not a world champion, and he has never won any world champion!
And what about Da Li? Even now, he has won 11 world championships, so if Lao Nie is ranked ahead of Da Li, of course it will not be convincing.
What about Mr. Eio Sakata, the former overlord of Japan? Zhang Da reporter shook his head and quickly rejected this candidate. Mr. Sakata was indeed the former overlord, but his hegemony was very short-lived and was completely suppressed by Mr. Wu Qingyuan in the early days. When Mr. Wu finally withdrew from the historical stage, he was beaten by Mr. Lin Haifeng, a disciple of Mr. Wu.
Another thing is that according to Li Xiangping's judgment criteria just now, Mr. Sakata seems to have no contribution to Go theory. He can be regarded as a top "winner", but it is difficult to call him a real Go "master". Therefore, if he is ranked first, especially at the high position of "Red Heart A", it seems to be equally unreasonable.
Reporter Zhang no longer pestered him, and he smiled and said to Li Xiangping:
"Then Xiangping, the four people you just mentioned are the four "old ks" in your mind, right?"
Li Xiangping also smiled and nodded, but with his nod, the two of them did not continue the topic. After all, this "weapon spectrum" is enough to be ranked here, and it doesn't make any sense to line up further down.
After asking "Li Xiangping's version of Go weapon score", there was nothing worth talking about in the interview in Zhang Da later, but it was just a routine issue of big goods. Finally, he asked Li Xiangping to comment on some of the games he played in this qualifier, and the interview was over.
To be honest, I was just discussing the technical issues of those games, so there should be many highlights, but unfortunately, these were all skipped by reporter Zhang Da. The reason is very simple, because Li Xiangping is not very famous at present, and he has no status in the Go world. Therefore, although his moves are novel, no one believes in the judgment he gives at all.
Just like the eighth-duty game against Cui Mingxun, Li Xiangping knew that he was winning at the beginning of the "demon sword variation", but when he said this to Gu Dali and Luo Xihe, the two of them did not believe his judgment at all, and they lacked any interest in his words.
This is true for professional chess players, so Go reporters like Zhang Xiaoyong are naturally even more so. How could he believe in the judgment of a guy who can't even get into the throne?
It is precisely because of this reason that Li Xiangping knew this well, so when it came to the later "self-war commentator", Li Xiangping himself was perfunctory, which led to the end of the entire interview.
But after all, I had been chatting for a few hours, and after this interview, the relationship between the two became familiar. After the interview, reporter Zhang Da said to Li Xiangping:
"By the way, Xiangping, I heard Coach Wu say last night that you will go to the China Chess Academy to train in the next more than a month, right? Then should I take you to the Wharf in the afternoon?"
Li Xiangping agreed with a smile, saying that the "Samsung Cup" game is only more than a month away, so in the next more than a month, if he can go to the China Chess Academy to train, Li Xiangping believes that the effect should be better than his own online training.
Yesterday, there was coach Wu's move, and now there is a reporter Zhang Da who wants to set up a bridge with him, so Li Xiangping certainly has no reason to refuse.
So, just like that, on the afternoon of the same day, Li Xiangping came to the China Chess Academy with reporters from Zhang Da to prepare for the next stage of the competition.
After all, it was a player who entered the World Championships through his own efforts. Therefore, the Chess Academy still welcomed Li Xiangping's arrival and opened the door to his training. Especially through Coach Wu's care, a large number of national team masters arranged to take turns to compete with Li Xiangping under the screen.
The national team masters are actually very welcome to the arrival of Li Xiangping. You should know that on Qingfeng.com, "Jueyi" ranks first in the ranking with a record of 122 wins and 0 losses. Among these 122 wins, many souls are national team players. So everyone is certainly welcomed by such a chess player.
So in this way, Li Xiangping started training at an average speed of playing a tight chess every day. After training like this for one month, how is Li Xiangping's training record?
His training record is surprising and also makes people laugh.
It was surprising that Li Xiangping's performance was too good, but that it was too bad. Over the whole month, Li Xiangping's overall record was 5 wins and 25 losses, and his winning rate was less than 20%.
If Li Xiangping is really an amateur chess player, then such a record is reasonable, but considering the reputation of "Jiuyi", especially in the previous Samsung Cup qualifiers, he seemed to advance easily, so such a record certainly seems a bit shabby.
But no one underestimated Li Xiangping because although Li Xiangping only won 5 sets, the five opponents he won were Chang Hao, Luo Xihe, Zhou Heyang, Wang Lei and Gu Dali.
In other words, Coach Wu ranked 30 opponents for Li Xiangping, and Li Xiangping lost to everyone else, but he won the strongest five of them.
Of course this will make people laugh and cry.
No one knows why this is, except for Li Xiangping himself.
In such training, December was coming and the Samsung Cup race began soon.
Chapter completed!