Time came to September 2000, and before he knew it, Li Xiangping had been in Beijing for nearly half a month.

"Boring!"

That afternoon, while staying at Li Yuanhu's mansion, Li Xiangping pretended to sigh.

In Li Xiangping's previous life, he actually did not come to the capital at this time, but had been attending middle school in his hometown of Ganyuan Province. I originally thought that after going to the hospital for a re-examination, he would go back to school, but I didn't expect

It has been more than 10 days since school started, but my old man has no intention of letting me go back.

By now, of course, Li Xiangping also understood what his old man meant by leaving him behind, because just two days ago, the old man asked himself tactfully: Are you willing to continue on the path of professional Go? If so, then

This year, I might as well stay in the capital and find a dojo to learn chess, and prepare to compete in the fixed-stage competition again next year.

Moreover, Li Yuanhu also told him that due to his outstanding performance in "unique skills", his chess game had attracted the attention of Lao Nie. Through the matchmaking of Lao Cai and others, Lao Nie even intended to accept him as his disciple------

I must admit that this is a great temptation! Who is Lao Nie? One of the "Three Pings in Beijing", he is as famous as the future "586". If you can become his inner disciple, it will not only mean that you can be in the Go world

If you have a good time, even if you don't play chess in the future, it will be of great benefit to engage in other industries.

And everyone in the Go world knows that Lao Nie never accepts non-professional chess players as his disciples, because he has said it long ago: for a person to complete the leap from amateur chess player to professional chess player, it still belongs to the category of basic Go skills.

No one can learn such things from anyone

The same, and his strength lies in the overall situation of Go and his understanding of Go. Therefore, if you want to be his disciple, it is best to be a young chess player who has reached the professional level of 4 or 5 or above and has great potential. In this way

Only then can we learn something from him.

But now, he is actually willing to make an exception for Li Xiangping. This is of course a good thing that others can't even ask for.

However, despite the huge temptation, after Li Xiangping struggled for a whole day, he still told the truth to his old man: he was not planning to take the path of professional Go in this life.

Of course, Li Xiangping's struggle is easy to understand. After all, he has been playing chess since he was a child. Although he is not a chess fanatic like "Brother Niu" of the National Youth Team, he still has feelings for Go. In addition, he

The first time he traveled through time, the "plug-in" he brought with him turned out to be an ancient chess master. This made Li Xiangping wonder: Was it because of his own time travel that he was destined to play Go?

It was these two reasons that made Li Xiangping correct himself for a whole day.

Compared with the entanglement, the reason for Li Xiangping's refusal is very simple: of course it is all because of the later generations of Go AI.

Having seen the power of the Go AI and knowing how terrifying it is, Li Xiangping certainly feels that being a professional chess player is actually very boring.

Because in Li Xiangping's view, it is almost impossible for humans to defeat Go AI.

Although the Go AI did not seem to be perfect when Li Xiangping traveled through time, the third-generation dog "Afayuan", which represents the highest level of Go AI, still lost 19 games to the second-generation dog "Master" out of 200 test games. However, that

So what? "Second-generation dogs" can already beat humans easily, but third-generation dogs----

Although it has not been formally tested, Li Xiangping believes that if humans put 2 pieces in front of it, it may not be enough. Maybe only placing 3 pieces is the best way to win.

Li Xiangping has formally learned Go. Of course he knows that the game is difficult. It is actually not easy for ordinary people to reach the top amateur level like him, let alone reach the top professional level.

However, the problem now is that even if you spend your whole life reaching a very high level, for example, reaching the highest level of human beings, you will finally find that there are rows of foreign dogs and native dogs waiting for you in front of you. You still have to face these machines.

Place 2 to 3 pieces.

Well, of course, it's boring to think about such a thing.

Li Xiangping believed that he was not a fool like Don Quixote. He had no interest in challenging the windmill. It was for this reason that he was not prepared to take the path of professional Go.

But the interesting thing is that although he expressed to his old man that he didn't want to be a professional chess player, he was a bit vague when expressing it. Of course, his vagueness was not because of anything else, but mainly because he had no reason.

It is completely conceivable to imagine Li Xiangping's current situation. Without saying that he is a time traveler, he is a 13-year-old boy who is trying to reach Duan Dan in this year's promotion competition. He is only one game away from being able to reach Duan Dan.

He made troubles on the Internet and defeated several professional masters one after another, so his father enthusiastically managed various relationships and helped him create various conditions to prepare him to continue along this path.

But this child suddenly told his father that he was no longer prepared to take this path. So what reason should the child use?

No matter what reasons others may use, Li Xiangping himself thinks that this reason is actually very difficult to find. And when he told his old man that time, he actually didn’t find any reason. Since there is no reason, of course it can only be a vague one.

Muzzy.

It is precisely because of Li Xiangping's vagueness at that time that he is now bored.

The reason is very simple. Although he himself cannot explain the reason, it does not prevent others from being able to figure it out.

For example, his old man Li Yuanhu got inspiration from that bullshit "evasive self-enforced syncope syndrome". He thinks that Li Xiangping still has a shadow over this year's failure in the fixed segment, at least he hasn't turned around yet.

, that’s why I said stupid things about not wanting to continue learning chess----

It must be mentioned in particular that this was not Li Xiangping's guess, but that just the night before yesterday, Li Xiangping overheard his old man talking to his grandparents. This is what Li Yuanhu said to the two elderly people.

And after he finished saying this, of course Li Xiangping could only be bored for a while. He didn't have to go back to his hometown, and he didn't have to go to school for the time being. According to the wishes of his family elders, he could only stay in the capital to "recuperate"

"Let's talk about it later.

“Little friend Xiangping, since you feel bored, why don’t you play chess online?”

"Hey, brother Ding'an, there's actually no point in playing chess online every day."

Hearing Lao Shi talking to him, Li Xiang said with all his heart that the main reason is that you are incompetent. You are not an invincible cheat like others. If you were an invincible cheat, I would definitely not have to worry about it. I would definitely be happy.

Go and become Lao Nie's inner disciple.

It's a pity that you are not. Although you have the qualities of a "chess master", in modern times, at best, you are only at the level of a first-class master. I estimate that you have little chance of winning against a super-class player.

Even if the two of us join forces, after practicing for a period of time, we may be able to reach the top level of human beings and win several human world championships. However, judging from the current situation, I really don’t see the possibility of us challenging the machines. This is me.

Reasons why I don’t want to take this path.

Although he said "playing chess every day is boring", he was really bored now. After hearing Lao Shi speak, Li Xiangping still turned on the computer.

When he turned on his computer and saw the live broadcast of the game on the website, Li Xiangping remembered that today was the first game of the "LG Cup" finals.

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, let's not play chess today. Let's watch the final of the World Series. You should know that these two lost to us some time ago."

"Haha, okay, little friend Xiangping, who do you think will win this competition between the two of them?"

Li Xiangping laughed: "What do you need me to think? I came from 18 years later. The Chinese player won the final. The result of the fifth round was 3 to 1. Looking back now, I am filled with tears.

Yeah, the championship won by Yu Jiuduan was won by me, a Chinese chess player, after 5 years, and it was only the third one."

"oh."

This time, the "LG Cup" finals are held in succession, so for more than a week, Li Xiangping mainly paid attention to this game.

After watching the first two games, Li Xiangping didn't think anything was wrong, because the two sides tied 1 to 1, which was the same as in real history.

But in the third game, Li Xiangping was dumbfounded because Liu Changhe won this game.

By the fourth game, Li Xiangping was no longer dumbfounded, he was completely dumbfounded. Because not only did Liu Changhe win the game, but he also made a "relying on cover" variation in the game---

--Lao Shi used it on him some time ago, but Liu Changhe seems to have made some modifications after new research.

"This...what is going on..."
Chapter completed!