"Xiangping, here~~"

At Narita Airport, Japan, as soon as Li Xiangping walked out of the channel building, he saw a few reporters from Xie Zhang waving to him.

Li Xiangping smiled and went up to meet him, looking around: "Hey, where is Brother Gu and the others?"

A reporter from Zhang Da smiled and said, "Da Li originally wanted to pick you up here, but Dean Wang refused to let him go to the hotel to rest first, so we were left with the two of us."

"Oh, hehe."

While chatting, the three of them walked outside. Lao Xie said:

"Xiangping, Dali has been very strong recently. Tsk tsk, I won three championships in a month. Are you sure about this game?"

Li Xiangping called out: "Haha, no, no, Brother Gu is in such a good state now, but I haven't played chess for a month, so this time, I feel that it's a lot of bad luck, haha, a lot of bad luck..."

Lao Xie mentioned the "three championships per month" refer to several domestic competitions. In the past month, Gu Dali has indeed had an unstoppable attitude, winning several domestic champions such as "Tianyuan Battle" and "Ahan Tongshan Cup" in succession, and has long occupied the headlines of major media Go sections.

Of course, although Li Xiangping hasn't played chess for a long time, his name is often mentioned, that is, every time Gu Dali wins a game of chess and wins a championship, everyone sighs that he is getting stronger and stronger, and usually adds a sentence afterwards:

With such Gu Dali, only Li Xiangping may be able to stop him!

So now, the final of this "Fujitsu Cup" is becoming more and more like a peak showdown.

This is a bit like the battle between Li and Li in South Korea a few years ago. Although Li had a lot more championships than Li, Li was a rising superstar at that time, every time he fought with Li and Li, he was regarded as the highest level of the chess world at that time.

Now Li Xiangping vs Gu Dali, of course there is a little bit of this. Although Gu Dali only has one championship now, even if he defeats Li Xiangping again this time, he will not be able to completely change the two's status in the world chess world.

But don't forget that his champion was won by Li Xiangping, and he won 2-0 in the game.

Moreover, the historical record of the two has been tied 10-10. Gu Dali is not only the only super chess player who has not lost the record against Li Xiangping, but if he wins again this time, he will take the lead again.

It is precisely because of this that the blessing of Togu Dali, the civil war between Chinese chess players, has attracted high attention from the entire world chess world. Everyone opened their eyes wide and wanted to see this veritable peak duel-----

Well, although Li Xiangping was filming some time ago, he still knew the trends of the entire chess world and knew the weight of this final in the eyes of others.

Of course, although this is a big game of chess, it is a contest between two Chinese chess players after all, so there is less tension. Especially in the "Eve Festival" on the night before the game, the two parties were fighting non-stop, haha, looking extremely low-key and humble, and even Li Xiangping pretended to be:

This time he had no confidence at all, just prepared to "learn" a piece of cake from Gu Ge.

Of course no one would believe Li Xiangping’s remarks.

It is precisely because no one believes that everyone thinks this guy is too hypocritical and too boring, so he is so boring that a "eve festival" ends in a hurry.

Li Xiangping was just in his mind. As soon as the reception party ended, he returned to his room to rest, so as to accumulate energy and prepare for the next day's game.

"Brother Ding'an, Brother Ding'an? Hey, why do you look a little tired?"

Lao Shi smiled bitterly: "You little friend Xiangping, you need to know that it is extremely hard for the soul to leave the body. It would be strange if you let me unsheath my soul for several days in a row."

Li Xiangping forced himself to hold back his smile: "Oh, Brother Ding'an, I'm sorry this time, yes, restrain myself, I will try my best to restrain myself in the future..."

After nothing happened all night, Li Xiangping slept beautifully, and then the next day, he walked onto the field with great energy.

At 9:55 am Tokyo time, both players sat in the game room. At this time, Mr. Hiroshi Yamaki, who was the head of referee, walked in. He presided over the guess first. Li Xiangping guessed the black chess in this game.

At exactly 10 a.m., under the attention of many observers, Li Xiangping steadily made the first move in this game.

Five minutes later, according to the rules of the Go competition, the reporter withdrew from the competition site, and Lao Xie and Zhang Da came to the viewing room next door.

In each side, there were certainly not many spectators in the morning. Therefore, after arriving next door, members of the Chinese delegation began to gather together to chat.

Lao Xie was the first to speak: "Wang Yuan, who do you hope to win this time?"

The so-called palms and backs are all flesh, so of course, Dean Wang would not answer such questions positively. Dean Wang smiled and said, "I have no position, I am happy whoever wins, but I have read online surveys. It seems that most of them hope that Dali can win this time, right?"

Zhang Da reporter said: "There are many, many, I have simply counted it. Less than 40% of those who supported Xiangping to win this time, and about 37 or 8%. Haha, I didn't expect Gu Dali to be so popular now."

Dean Wang was a little surprised: "Ah! The approval rating is less than 40%?"

Lao Xie smiled and said, "You can't say that Xiangping is not popular. It's really human nature to like the new and get tired of the old. It's also a pleasure to defeat the strong with the weak. Xiangping has ruled the chess world for many years. Dali is not older than him, but on such a top stage, he looks like a newcomer. In addition, in everyone's subconscious, they may subconsciously think that Gu Dali is weaker, newcomers challenge old people, and weak people challenge strong people. It should be these two reasons that such a support rate has emerged."

Wang Yuan and Zhang Da nodded at the same time after hearing this: "It makes sense."

Zhang Da reporter continued, "Everything is actually in my subconscious mind. I also think Xiangping is stronger, but it's a bit strange. Dali seems to be really not afraid of him. The two of them have been fighting hard. Wang Yuan, what do you think is the reason? Why does Xiangping have a particularly trick when dealing with others, and he has a special way. Only when fighting with Dali, he always won't have any upper hand."

"I can't say this," said Dean Wang humbly: "But I heard from Lao Nie and Ma Xiao that it may be because of the similar style of chess."

Lao Xie said in surprise: "Ah! The chess styles are similar? Isn't it the chess styles incompatible?"

President Wang looked at him and smiled and said, "Yes, the style of chess is similar. Thank you reporter, I tell you that if the two people have a similar style of chess, sometimes it is difficult to play. Take these two people today for example. Xiangping's strengths have been with his mid-front game, especially his sequel game, which is simply subversive and pioneering! I personally even think that even if Li Xiangping retires now, with his contribution to Go technology, his historical status will not be lower than that of Mr. Wu Qingyuan."

President Wang paused and continued, "In addition to the skill of the second round, Li Xiangping's mid-ball game is also awesome. We have seen many of his chess games. When the chess is in the middle, sometimes it seems to be in danger. Many people even think that he is about to collapse, but he can always turn around. And his turn around is not a sudden idea. He reversed by an incredible skill. He carefully savored his victory and found that many of his chess games have their inevitability. He often laid the foreshadowing early. As for the reversal we see, it is just what we think. What were his foreshadowings before..."

Reporter Zhang Da continued: "In the medieval chess, these foreshadowings are usually called "there are far-reaching gods."

"Yes, it means there is a faraway god."

President Wang continued: "After talking about Xiangping, let's talk about Dali. Everyone knows that Dali has always been very strong in his mastery. When he was not mature, many young Korean chess players reported that they were not afraid of his strength, but also feared his layout. Especially after Li Xiangping and Lao Nie and others made a mysterious order, Dali has always been the most active follower and practitioner. So we saw that in the LG Cup final last year, Xiangping didn't have much advantage in front of him, and he was even more likely to eat if he accidentally did.

It was a small loss, and in addition to this, Dali's mid-range combat power is also strong. His calculation path may not be as flexible as Xiangping, nor is it comprehensive enough. However, the depth calculation path should be stronger. Take the last time he beat Xiao Li for example. I tell you, I heard Xiangping say with my own ears that he said that he would not be able to get out of the magic hand in the air, and he praised it as approaching the peak of human calculation path. The so-called one-force reduction of ten points, I think this deep short circuit should be considered the strength of Dali and his biggest reliance against Xiangping."

Dean Wang seemed to be in high spirits today. After he made a lot of comments, the time passed 11 am without realizing it.

Today's game seems to be a bit fast, maybe because of knowing the bottom line, of course, it is more likely that both sides are afraid of the opponent's strength and want to save more time in the mid-season battle. This is just an hour after the start of the game, and there are more than 40 hands on the board.

Reporter Zhang Da took over the chess record and put the actual combat process on the chessboard in front of him. After the arrangement, he looked up and asked:

"Wang Yuan, what do you think of the current situation?"

When reporter Zhang Da was presenting, Dean Wang was also watching it all the time. With his eighth-stage skills, he certainly had his own judgment. However, this is Li Xiangping vs. Gu Dali after all. Dean Wang is really embarrassed to express his opinion:

"Haha, I dare not just comment on such high chess. Ask the country, Xiao Xie, now you can check it online and see what domestic experts say."

Of course, there are live broadcasts in China for such competitions. Not only will CCTV start to hang the market at 4 pm, but major Go websites have live broadcasts.

Xie reporter was busy, he watched it for a while and then reported it:

"Old Nie said it was very stalemate. There was nothing to blame for the two sides' tricks, it should be evenly matched."

"oh."

Dean Wang said "Oh" and there was no further information, because since Lao Nie used this kind of rhetoric, it proved that today's chess is actually difficult to focus on, and it may lay the floor, and of course it may also form a melee.

With the chess style of these two people today, of course, the latter possibility is high. So now the melee has not begun, so Dean Wang will certainly not comment by the way.

Time is gradually approaching 12 o'clock, and the closing time is almost here at noon. At this time, Li Xiangping had just lost the 59th move of the game, which is also the last move of the morning.

At this time, Wang Yuan spoke again:

"Xiao Xie, take a look, what do you say in China now?"

Lao Xie has been watching this time for a little longer, and after watching it, he smiled:

"Hehe, the opinions in China are not unified now. Old Nie thinks the white chess is vivid, but Ma Xiao thinks that the black chess in Xiangping is fully capable of fighting."

"Oh?" Dean Wang was a little interested this time: "Where are other people's opinions? Don't ask them whether they are black or white. Just ask about the current situation. Do you prefer to hold on to black or white?"

As expected, Lao Xie followed Dean Wang's instructions and after reading the opinions on the Internet, especially after reading the opinions of the national team players, Lao Xie spoke:

"Hey, today I am actually willing to hold on to white. Haha, interesting. This ratio is almost the same as before. There are less than 40% of the experts who are willing to hold on to black."

"Ah?! So many people shouldn't make a mistake. Could it be that Li Xiangping is really behind in this chess today?"

After Dean Wang said this, it happened that it was noon to close the market, and Li Xiangping and Gu Dali walked out of the game room one by one.

At this time, Li Xiangping certainly did not understand the judgments of the outside world. Not only did he not understand, he would not ask about it at this time.

So at this time, what is Li Xiangping’s own judgment?

Li Xiangping thought his situation was good! Not only that, he was particularly satisfied with his last move in the morning, the 59th move in the overall situation. He was satisfied that he had just walked out of the game room and wanted to communicate with his plug-in:

"Haha Brother Ding'an....Huh? Why are you sleeping? Why is it so hard for your soul to leave your body?"

"Hmm? What's wrong with Xiaopin?"

"It's okay. Brother Ding'an will continue to rest if he wants to rest. If he has a good rest, then let's take a look for it and see how my last trick of this score is."

I heard that there was a chess that Lao Shi would certainly refuse. A few minutes later, Shi Da Qisheng exclaimed:

"Oh! This is the move by Xiaoyou Xiangping, this move..."

Li Xiangping said proudly: "How about this move?"

"Tsk tsk, there is a saying that everything should be clean. Xiangping Xiangping's friend has gained three of the skills, and he has the style of a three-generation dog. It's not bad, but Ding'an is relieved to see this skill. It seems that you have not been addicted to the gentle country and still keep your enthusiasm for the chess."

After receiving the recognition of the plug-in, Li Xiangping naturally became more and more proud:

"Haha Brother Ding'an, look at what you said. I think of me, Li Xiangping, how could I be addicted to the gentle country? Haha I know, you must be still angry, right? I'm angry for my continuous drive away you. Sorry Brother Ding'an, then I apologize to you again."
Chapter completed!