On October 3, the third day of the National Day Golden Week, as Li Xiangping defeated Chang Hao in the middle of the game, the popularity of the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup" also reached its peak.

The popularity mainly comes from the situation of the battle that almost everyone expected.

Before this competition, although everyone admitted that Li Xiangping was stronger, it was really difficult for people to look forward to such a ten-game match.------

How difficult is it to get top professions first? Many stories in real history can illustrate this problem:

Mr. Wu Qingyuan, the "king" of Go world, was the chess share of Mr. Wu Qingyuan, who had lost ten games in 10 games that year. That was the third ten games against Tomosaki Fujisawa, and Mr. Wu was the chess share of Mr. Wu, who lost the game with a score of 4-6.

That game should be quite representative, because Mr. Wu's 10 ten-game games were played by Fujisawa Tomosai three times. The first time, Wu lowered Fujisawa from first to "first first", and the second time, he lowered his opponent from "first first" to "first first".

Mr. Tomzai was also a tough guy. At this time, most people dared not make it again. But Mr. Tomzai risked his disgrace and had the retirement book written first (because he was the first nine dan that he played from the game after the establishment of the Japanese Chess Academy. He believed that if he lost again, it would damage the reputation of the Japanese Chess Academy and he was not worthy of being the nine dan, so he wrote the retirement book first), and then he challenged Mr. Wu again without hesitation.

Mr. Pengzhai finally held on to the chess share of the chess.

It is precisely because of this that, after taking into account Mr. Wu’s other achievements, people later believed that even those who are as strong as Mr. Wu Qingyuan would be able to make the world first at most, and did not reach the height of making the world first.

In addition to this past event, another floating incident in the world chess world in later generations seems to be able to explain a little from another perspective:

That was after the emergence of Da Lee from South Korea. Since he had reached the point of being the only one in the world, everyone believes that due to his appearance, the overall level of the entire world chess world should have improved.

During that period, Lao Cao, who had fought with him the most times and was also the one who had been ravaged by him the most times, made the most progress.

To put it more specifically, everyone thinks that Lao Cao in the mid-to-late 1990s should be more powerful than when Lao Cao defeated Lao Niena the first "Yingshi Cup" in the late 1980s.

So how much did Lao Cao rise? Ma Xiaofei had a saying at that time, saying that Lao Cao spent nearly seven or eight years on hundreds of chess games by his disciples, and it should have been a half-mean chess game.

Yes, everyone read that right, Ma Xiao said that Lao Cao only increased half of his eyes.

In the minds of professional experts, chess is so difficult!

Lao Cao was also a genius in the past. Whether it was the genius list of Fujisawa's old charlatan version or the genius list of Mr. Wu Qingyuan, Lao Cao was ranked among the top two. But such a genius figure, after so many years of unremitting efforts, he only increased by half a minute.-------

After understanding the above two stories, you should be able to understand why everyone was not optimistic about Li Xiangping before the game.

Before the game, no one could have thought that after the eight-set match, Li Xiangping, who had won five wins, one and two losses, had actually won the special match.

Not only has he won, he even forced his opponent to the edge of the cliff and got the match point-----

Reduce the opponent to the match point of 2 sons.

What's even more excessive is that this is not his first match point. In the 6th game, he actually got a match point, but he was held back by Kong Erjie at that time.

Next is the ninth game. Now it has been confirmed that Kong Erjie is still on the court. Can he hold on?

The people who were eating melons began to eat melons, and various prophetic emperors and prediction emperors also began to take the stage.

However, before the game, Li Xiangping noticed an interesting phenomenon, that is, for the next game, the melon-eating crowd was obviously divided into two camps, the camp of professional chess players and amateur chess fans.

Almost all the professional chess players interviewed are on Kong Er's side, hoping that he can win the game and maintain the dignity of professional chess players.

As for amateur chess fans, they are of course the real people who are watching the fun without much trouble. They all expressed their desire to see a game of Li Xiangping's two games.

In addition to this, Li Xiangping also noticed the reaction from the Japanese and Korean chess world.

After the 7th game, Korean Er Lee immediately accepted an interview with a Korean reporter:

"Haha, if this game still exists next year, if there is no conflict in the schedule, I'm happy to accept the invitation."

Hearing Xiao Li say this, this surprised the Korean reporter interviewed:

"Oh! Is it willing to accept it even if I was asked by the Chinese monster? What about you, Cang Hao?"

Da Li's expression was muted:

"Yes, I also want to. Judging from the previous 7 chess games, the Chinese monster is indeed unfathomable. His Go seems to have infinite possibilities. I want to fight with such a character, even if I am allowed, it will not be embarrassing."

"The news from China is that the chess player who played in the eighth game has been confirmed. It is Kong Erjie's seventh dan. What do you think will be the result?"

Lee Sedol said: "Emotionally, I personally hope that Player Kong can win. And I have seen the previous set, Player Kong is very good at playing, so as long as he performs normally, I still think he has a greater chance of winning."

The reporter turned to Da Li again: "What do Cang Hao think?"

Da Li smiled slightly: "I think the outcome is unpredictable."

Da Li continued: "Technically speaking, this kind of chess that made the first move should be the player Kong's advantage, but don't forget that when the game reaches this stage, Li Xiangping will basically not have any pressure. However, player Kong's pressure will definitely be extremely high, so whether he can withstand that pressure is likely to be the key to this game."

On October 5, after a day off, the eighth game officially began.

For today's game, Li Xiangping made up his mind to use the strongest two swords to combine them in order to strive for the training opportunities of two top professions. Unfortunately, at the beginning, his opponents made great efforts. Even if he and Lao Shi had already used all their skills, they still failed to get any advantage-------------

It is not that the first pattern is not cheap, but that in this first pattern, the little bit of cheapness is almost negligible.

In the morning, two hours, both sides made more than 50 moves. Li Xiangping felt a little helpless, so after walking off the field, he sighed to Lao Shi:

"Oh, Brother Ding'an, when it comes to this kind of control flow method that makes the chessboard smaller, these 6 and a half eyes are really difficult to get."

"Haha, don't be anxious if you are a friend of Xiangping, I believe you can find a solution."

"Hey, Brother Ding'an, what you said is wrong. Isn't it better to say that it is a combination of two swords today? Why don't you think of a solution just because I just want to find a solution?"

"Ha, my talent is not as good as yours, so when faced with such a difficult problem, of course you have to find a way. Well, my friend Xiangping, it's not too long, so don't talk so much nonsense, hurry up and go to have a meal, and then think about the way to break the situation."

After a simple lunch, Li Xiangping fell into deep thought. In real history, since Kong Er and Da Li's chess style were very similar, at his peak, his chess was called an enhanced version of the "control flow".

So today, how to break this enhanced control flow?
Chapter completed!