Halfway through the match, Li Xiangping's performance exceeded almost everyone's expectations, so before the seventh game, a media reporter quickly interviewed Gu Dali, who was next to play.

Reporter: "Hello Dali, first of all, congratulations on defeating your old enemy Li Shishi at the end of last year and winning last year's Evergrande Cup. But then you have to face Li Xiangping. May I ask, have you thought about the current situation?

The score?”

Gu Dali: "Haha, I really never thought about this. Although Xiangping is superior in strength, if we let 2 players, I always felt before the game that we people would have a slight advantage. It should be similar to the situation in previous years, but

Li Xiangping is Li Xiangping. He really didn’t boast before the game. I paid close attention to the first 6 games. Li Xiangping’s superb skills were shocking. I really felt that he had really improved again.

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Reporter: "According to statistics, in Li Xiangping's 13-year career, you are the chess player who has played against him the most times in official competitions, and you are also the player who has beaten him the most times, and there are still only two players who have won against him in the game.

For those who have defeated him, in your mind, how do you view this old rival?"

Hearing the reporter ask this question, Gu Dali showed a hint of embarrassment:

"Haha opponent? Then you are really praising me. Not long after he debuted, I would have regarded him as an opponent. But soon, Li Xiangping grew up to the point where people need to look up to him, so don't use

I feel like I don’t deserve the word opponent at all. In fact, it’s not just me. I think in the entire chess world, no one is qualified to be called his opponent. Li Xiangping’s opponent is only himself.”

Reporter: "Oh? It seems you have a very high opinion of Li Xiangping."

Gu Dali: "This is not an overestimation. I am just stating a basic fact. How should I put it? In fact, in the minds of our generation of chess players, Li Xiangping has a very special status. To put it half-jokingly and half-seriously, don't look at it.

Xiangping is younger than me, but the chess players of our generation basically grew up based on his chess records."

Reporter: "Ah?! Haha, this, this..."

When it comes to this topic, Brother Dali seems more serious:

"Those who have mastered come first, there is nothing to be ashamed of. I remember many years ago, Mr. Takemiya Masaki of Japan said something. He said that more than half of the chess games they played back then were thanks to Mr. Wu Qingyuan.

So for him, not for all the professional chess players of that era, Mr. Wu is like heaven. In fact, Mr. Wu Gong’s words are equally applicable to Li Xiangping. For the professional chess players of our generation

, Haha, I won’t say such silly words as God is above, but more than half of the chess we play now and the concepts of Go we use are also thanks to Li Xiangping.”

Reporter: "Ah! Really?"

Gu Dali: "Of course it is true. At least among the national Go team, this is the consensus."

Reporter: "In this case, for the next game..."

Gu Dali smiled: "You want to ask me if I have confidence in the next game, right? How to put it, after all, 2-piece chess is different from split-first chess. Although Li Xiangping is strong, if I give 2 pieces, I still have

Confidence, of course. There is a saying in the Go world that there is a winner or lose within 3 pieces. This is similar to the meaning of "football is round" in the football world. It means that anything can happen on the chessboard, and Li Xiangping's current

The chess game is becoming more and more uncertain, so I can only tell you now that although I am confident, I am not sure of victory."

Reporter: "Okay Dali, thank you for accepting the interview, and I wish you good luck in tomorrow's game."

Gu Dali nodded:

"Thank you. This is actually what I hope for. Especially when I play against Li Xiangping, I really can't care too much about the outcome. Only by putting aside everything and playing as much as I can, and really making good moves on the chessboard, can we have good results." ,hehe."

Can Gu Dali play well in the game?

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the seventh game of this special ten series officially begins.

In fact, before entering the game room, Li Xiangping had seen Brother Dali being interviewed and reported, so he also wanted to see if his opponent could play well today.

However, in the morning game time, Li Xiangping was a little disappointed. Both sides had a mediocre start. Even though there were constant dog moves on the board, they were all "old dog moves" that had been introduced for more than seven or eight years.

Judging from the opponent's moves, Li Xiangping felt that Gu Dali played extremely conscientiously today. He played all the moves in an upright and upright manner, and never went too far, as if he wanted to hold on to the huge advantage of having two pieces, and then rely on This is the way to win the game.

"...Is this your strategy for today's game? What about playing good chess as you promised? Brother Dali, brother Dali, this is not an attitude of winning or losing. The trick you used might have been considered a few years ago. Okay, but over the years, too many chess players have used this move against me on this stage. I have enough experience to deal with this move, so just wait for me to be defeated..."

At about 11:30 in the morning, Li Xiangping went to the bathroom. When he had this idea in the bathroom, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed with Gu Dali's performance today.

When Li Xiangping returned to the game room, he saw the latest move Gu Dali had just made, which was the 41st move overall.

When he saw this move, Li Xiangping's brows furrowed.

It's not that he saw any good moves, on the contrary, what Gu Dali just played was a legendary "common move"

His chess move is most likely the absolute power of black chess. It is unlikely that Li Xiangping will play chess in that place before he reaches the stage of petty official.

But now is the pre-launch stage. Gu Dali sold his absolute power in the pre-launch stage. This is of course a standard "common move".

Even if there are no other losses, Black will at least lose one piece of calamity material.

Li Xiangping couldn't figure out what his opponent wanted to do, so he simply didn't think about it and just waited for his opponent to make a move.

Anyway, with such a common skill, it is almost the same as "beating a general". Li Xiangping should just treat his opponent as idle and bored and beat the general once.

After Li Xiangping's white 42 responded, Gu Dali's black 43 came quickly.

When Li Xiangping saw the move clearly, he couldn't help but look up at his opponent.

Because this is another common step, a common skill similar in nature to the previous step.

Li Xiang said with all his heart, Brother Dali, why are you so bored today? This is not fast chess, and you are not in a time panic. You are addicted to playing checker, right?

Is this the trick you prepared for me today?

Li Xiangping continued to remain unmoved. He thought for less than 2 minutes and quickly followed his opponent's move. He wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in his opponent's gourd.

Li Xiangping didn't wait long, Gu Dali's Black 45 quickly took action.

After seeing this move, Li Xiangping fully understood his opponent's intentions and understood what Brother Dali wanted to do today.

Well, in a sense, Gu Dali's black 45 is still a common move. Not only is the shape ugly, it also looks a bit stiff.

However, the nature of this "common move" is different from the previous move. It is the kind of method commonly known as "common but powerful".

Especially with the cooperation of the first two "common hands", this black 45 hand becomes even more powerful.

Gu Dali directly used a "three-hit combo" to completely expose his combat intentions.

Li Xiangping began to think about what to do, but the more he thought about it, the more difficult it became. Let's go back to Gu Dali's black 45. This move is located in the upper right corner of the chessboard, and in this area, there are more white stones around it.

Therefore, it is not only White's sphere of influence, but also White's base camp and basic space.

Before Black 45, there were two solitary sunspots floating here.

Originally, in Li Xiangping's plan, these two sunspots would be included in his target range sooner or later, but the time had not come yet.

Because the overall game has just passed 40 moves, not only are there many big chess pieces on the board, but the two chess pieces are still relatively light, so it is not the time to start now, at least until the game is 60 or even 70 moves.

It's a pity that Li Xiangping thinks so, but Brother Dali doesn't think so.

He first used the first two common moves to make preparations, and then Black 45 took action directly, moving the two pieces that were within White's sphere of influence.

Although the technique is vulgar, it still has the feeling of returning to nature, which is truly "vulgar but powerful".

Because there was no other way, that place was White's base camp and basically empty. It was impossible for Li Xiangping to watch Black move away easily.

However, if he started to attack now, Li Xiangping found it a bit tricky. The chessboard was still so empty. He calculated several routes but could not find a change map that satisfied him.

Next, Li Xiangping will engage in a battle with his opponent at an inappropriate time on an unsuitable battlefield.

Enough. In fact, the above sentence can explain the wonderful flavor of Brother Dali's "Three Combos of Common Hands".

Li Xiangping put away his previous pragmatism and began to seriously think about what to do. Because he knew that this was the real Gu Dali, the peak Gu Dali, the Gu Dali who could defeat him in the first chess match.

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In real history, Gu Dali often used this vulgar but powerful method to win one championship after another.

Black 45 also became the last move of the morning game. After seeing this move, Li Xiangping knew that the first key point of the game had arrived, so he had to think carefully.

At noon, we ate in the cafeteria of "Big Pants". Although the food at CCTV was actually good, Li Xiangping didn't like the food.

Because he continued to think about it during lunch, but after thinking hard for a long time, he still couldn't find a good solution.

"Oh, brother Ding'an, no, it seems a bit tricky. This kind of forced battlefield choice is the most annoying."

"Haha, I did think of a route, but I haven't completely figured it out yet..."
Chapter completed!