On the second day after the game, Li Xiangping and his party set off to return to China.

During the return trip, Lao Nie still looked energetic. From the moment he boarded the flight, he kept talking to Li Xiangping:

"Li Xiangping, I found that you kid is really immodest. How could you talk like that yesterday? You must know that your opponent in the next round is Liu Changhe. He may be regarded as the most popular professional chess player last year.

, right Xiao Zhou?”

Interpreter Zhou next to him smiled and echoed: "Yes, yes, Liu won the "Fujitsu Cup" and "LG Cup" consecutively last year, and defeated Lee Chang-ho to defend the title in the "Throne Battle", the largest chess match in Korea. If we only talk about the competition.

In terms of bonuses, he may have earned more than Li Cang-ho, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he was the best performer last year. After all, Li Cang-ho only won one "Samsung Cup" last year."

"Yes, yes," Old Nie became more enthusiastic after hearing the help from Zhou Yiyi: "I know you have won a few games online, but a few games of online chess are nothing. Can online chess games be compared with official competitions?

What's more, this semi-final is still a three-game chess match, so young people, please don't speak so eloquently in public in the future, or you will suffer a loss."

Li Xiangping smiled as he listened to Lao Nie "educating" himself. Strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with Lao Nie's words. However, when these words came from Lao Nie's mouth, Li Xiangping found them strange.

Li Xiangping acted obediently: "Haha, I was wrong. I must pay attention next time. So, Teacher Nie, do you think that with my current level, I can compete with Liu Changhe's 9th Dan in a chess match?"

Lao Nie seemed to be very satisfied with Li Xiangping's attitude: "Haha, what a childish talk. What do you think? Do you think it is possible for you to win the world championship in a chess match?"

The next moment Li Xiangping was no longer well-behaved. He pretended to be innocent and said seriously to Lao Nie:

"I feel like I have a real chance."

Lao Nie laughed: "Hahaha, good, young people should be ambitious like this..."

Li Xiangping could see that neither Lao Nie nor Translator Zhou took his words to heart. However, Li Xiangping knew clearly that he had really "told the truth" just now, and he really thought that his cheat

There is a high probability of defeating Liu Changhe in three rounds of chess.

Compared with when I played 3 games of online chess with him at that time, my chances of winning are much higher now!

It was not because of anything else, but Li Xiangping thought that Lao Shi should have improved. In other words, his "plug-in" was successfully upgraded for the first time!

The reason why Li Xiangping came to this understanding was entirely because of the game of chess that ended yesterday.

It's not because of how well Lao Shi played the game yesterday, and certainly not because of how strong his opponent was yesterday. The key is the way Lao Shi won yesterday.

Because of the way of winning chess yesterday, Li Xiangping believed that it had completely broken away from the framework of medieval chess. This was the standard way of winning chess in modern times, and this was what Li Xiangping valued most.

As we all know, because of the existence of "seats" and the rule of "returning the head" in medieval chess, medieval chess players basically did not have the concept of "big siege".

Although it is said that medieval chess emphasizes "momentum", the "momentum" they emphasize is the "momentum" of fighting. However, the "cosmic flow" like Mr. Takenomiya's "cosmic flow" does not exist at all under the rules of medieval chess.

Even a chess master-level chess player like Lao Shi has no concept of the soil for survival.

This is actually what Li Xiangping believes is a major flaw that his plug-in has always had.

Some time ago, Lao Shi looked like a lame giant to Li Xiangping. His main way to win chess was actually only one move, which was called "convincing people with force."

Although there is nothing wrong with being able to "convince people with force", in fact Li Xiangping himself believes that the calculation power or combat power in Go should be the foundation of all Go techniques and is the measure of Go.

The most important sign of level.

However, if you only know this trick, it will always be difficult to become a great master, right?

What makes Li Xiangping happy is that in yesterday's game, Master Shi played a different kind of chess. Although there was no big picture in yesterday's game, the overall idea was in the same vein as the pattern chess.

This kind of play may be commonplace for a modern chess player, but Li Xiangping knows that this is extremely valuable for his plug-in, and this is a major improvement!

"Everyone calls Ma Xiao Pegasus Ma Yao Ma Yao. It seems that the word "yao" is really not a random word. What is the good of the method he taught Lao Shi? How could he change such a big thing like Lao Shi in such a short time?

What's the problem? Is this method better? Or am I just too good at cheating and very talented..."

On the plane, Li Xiangping had been thinking wildly like this. For Lao Shi's obvious progress, he attributed a large part of the credit to Ma Xiaofei. However, Li Xiangping didn't know how good the method he taught was.

I still can't figure it out till now.

Don’t think about it if you can’t figure it out. After Li Xiangping returned to China, he naturally started preparing for the semi-finals with Liu Changhe.

The semi-finals will be held in May, with a three-game format. It will be about 2 months from now, which is neither too long nor too short.

If Liu Changhe can be passed, the final will be held from the end of June to the beginning of July. The current "Samsung Cup" final is still Wufanqi. Li Xiangping believes that if it can really get to that point, then in

You will probably meet Li Canghao in the finals.

Because the other semi-final was between Li Canghao and Xu Bongzhu. Li Xiangping really didn’t underestimate Lao Xu. After all, in real history, Lao Xu was the most afraid of Li Canghao.

I don’t know why, but the Korean Go “Field Commander”, who usually has a strong and tenacious chess style, can’t play chess when he meets Li Canghao. It’s not just a matter of technical level. When Lao Xu meets Li Canghao, he seems to lose his fighting spirit.

None. It is for this reason that of course Li Xiangping cannot be optimistic about Xu Bongsu.

Time is moving forward day by day, and Li Xiangping's preparations are also going on in an intense and orderly manner. The reason why I say "orderly" is because during the following period, Li Xiangping did not play any more in training.

New tricks.

Thinking about it, since the method taught by Ma Xiaofei is effective, then of course we should continue to follow this method.

Li Xiangping is preparing nervously because he only has this one game to play. However, after entering April, the international chess world has become lively again, with many world competitions starting.

The first is the "Fujitsu Cup", the oldest Go world competition that always starts in April every year.

In addition to the "Fujitsu Cup", the more important thing is the "Ying's Cup". The "Ying's Cup" started last year, but it has not been completed yet. Currently, Chang Hao and Li Canghao have reached the finals.

In the first two sets of the final at the end of April, Chang Hao fell behind 0-2.
Chapter completed!