On the first weekend of August, two Chinese chess players, led by Lao Nie, fought to Japan in a row, preparing to compete for the first world champion of the season.

Although it was a direct civil war between the two Chinese chess players, the sense of ceremony could not be lost. The day before the game, the organizer still held a "Eve Festival".

No one could have thought that on the eve of the festival, Old Nie became the protagonist.

In fact, it is normal to think about it. One of the two participating in the competition tomorrow is Lao Nie's personal disciple, and he is the disciple who believes that after Chang Hao's ninth dan, Lao Nie's disciple has the most outstanding talent and may achieve the highest success in the future.

The other one, although he and Lao Nie had no name as a master and apprentice, had the reality of a master and apprentice. When Li Xiangping had just traveled through time, in order to make Lao Shi familiar with modern Go as soon as possible, especially "Xiaomu Go", he had really received careful guidance from two masters, Nie Ma, for more than a month.

After that, Li Xiangping would also be a human being. He often talked about this and thanked the two masters for their careful guidance many times.

Since this is the case, although Li Xiangping is not a personal disciple, it seems reasonable to say that he is Lao Nie's "recorded disciple".

It is precisely for this reason that when the two contestants made a nutritious "pre-match speech", the host's microphone was naturally handed to Lao Nie:

"Although Li Xiangping has won 12 world championships and has also achieved what everyone calls the Golden Slam last year, and this is Gu Dali's second time entering the final of the World Championship, I want to say that I feel that Li Xiangping is dangerous this time, and I personally am more optimistic that Gu Dali will win the championship this time."

When Lao Nie said this, everyone was shocked, almost beyond the expectations of everyone present.

Indeed, as Lao Nie himself said, the two of them had a very different past record, and they didn't look like opponents of the same level at all. Even if one is a personal disciple and the other is a registered disciple, Lao Nie couldn't say that.

Of course, although Old Nie's mouth is so big that everyone knows, the Japanese also know that even with Old Nie's mouth, he cannot be aimless. He must have his reason to say this.

So everyone didn't say anything and quietly waited for Lao Nie's following.

And Lao Nie did have the following, and he gave two reasons to be optimistic about Gu Dali this time.

The first reason is that it is a big road product. Most people don’t feel much after hearing it, including Li Xiangping himself. It’s hard for Lao Nie to remember it so clearly. He knew that Li Xiangping and Gu Dali had a total of 17 matches in the official game before, and Li Xiangping only led by one game 9-8.

Therefore, Lao Nie said that although the achievements the two have achieved so far are far apart, the gap in the real level is not as big as everyone imagines, at least not as big as the results reflect. And judging from the current situation in the world chess world, Gu Dali seems to be the best-in-class master with the best way to deal with Li Xiangping, so he has a chance to win this time.

This reason is not much nutritious, but when Lao Nie said the second reason, Li Xiangping was a little moved. After Lao Nie finished speaking the first reason, he held his glasses and said directly to Li Xiangping:

"Xiangping, about 16 years ago, Mr. Wu Qingyuan told me that "fighting the second rabbit" is a very dangerous thing. If you want to fight the second rabbit, you may not be able to end up with it. I remember that I was young and frivolous at the time and couldn't listen to Mr. Wu's words at all. It's too late to regret it now. I hope you don't repeat my mistake."

When Li Xiangping heard Lao Nie say this, he was slightly moved and was still a little moved. He never expected that Lao Nie would educate himself on his embarrassing things on this occasion.

The "Bo Ertu" joke is definitely familiar to anyone who is a little more experienced chess fan.

The "sixteen years ago" that Lao Nie said happened to be around 1989 to 1990. At that time, Lao Nie had actually achieved success and was well-known throughout the country.

Not only has he achieved success, but at that time, Lao Nie was still at the peak of his personal chess skills. In 1989, he entered the first "Yingshi Cup" final and competed for the championship with Lao Cao. In the first half of 1990, he entered the third "Fujitsu Cup" final, and that time he competed for the championship with Mr. Lin Haifeng.

It’s a pity that he lost both finals.

Afterwards, everyone analyzed the reasons for Lao Nie's defeat, so Mr. Wu's "Bao Ertu" became a famous go-to meme in the Go world-----

Old Nie usually likes to play bridge very much. Just before those two finals, he once went to participate in a bridge competition. During that bridge competition, Old Nie happened to meet Mr. Wu, so Mr. Wu said something to him, which is what Old Nie said just now.

Li Xiangping was moved not only because Old Nie revealed his embarrassing incident, but because of Old Nie's words, he found that Old Nie seemed to care about him very much.

If we talk about this year, although Li Xiangping himself is clear about his problems, most people cannot see that - he has not many games this year, but his results are still strong. Not only has he won the "Asian Cup" championship, but he still maintains a high winning rate in the AFC field, and he just loses to Chen Yaoyue in one game.

However, the above is just the surface, or the above is just the perspective of chess fans, who only care about the results of the game.

A first-line professional expert who treats Li Xiangping as his opponent will not look at this!

These people will only see: after entering this year, Li Xiangping's chess seems to have some change. It is very strange that he has not become better this time, but has become worse.

Specifically, he seems to be no longer playing chess smoothly now. He can no longer find the feeling of smoothness when watching his chess. Some of his tricks have begun to become stiff, unreasonable chess and excessive moves have begun to increase, and some low-level mistakes have occurred from time to time------

Li Xiangping believed that the changes reflected on the chessboard must be seen by Li from South Korea, Gu Dali and Kong Erjie, and even Chen Xiaoqiang and Zhou Xiaoyang and others.

But people like Lao Nie who have played Happy Go for so many years also see it, which means he really cares about himself.

It is not the superficial type that only cares about achievements, but pays attention to the content at any time and at the quality of the chess you play.

In the eyes of outsiders, the quality of my chess suddenly became worse, and there was only one reason: I went to college this year, so I was definitely distracted. I must have spent less time on Go, which led to my chess skills being a little unfamiliar.

The chess I played recently during this period is very consistent with the "suddenly becoming unfamiliar with the chess skills."

So Li Xiangping knew in his heart that the other rabbit he mentioned, the one he mentioned, should refer to his own college entrance examination.

It is precisely because of this that although Li Xiangping knew in his heart that his true situation was not that true, he still felt that Lao Nie's love was in his heart.

"...Well, although it's not what you think, I want to integrate the game-making method of letting the chess and the game-making method. These are my real two rabbits. But Teacher Nie, you are generally recognized as not optimistic about me in public. Then even if I appreciate your affection, I will try to slap you in the face in tomorrow's game..."

The game officially started at 10 o'clock in the morning of the second day. By guessing first, Gu Dali guessed the black chess in this final today.

Dali seemed to be ready, so he quickly dropped the "star, small mind" to start, while Li Xiangping should use "two consecutive stars".

Gu Dali seemed to have thought about the fifth move in the overall situation, and he almost didn't think about it.

After seeing this move clearly, Li Xiangping couldn't help but look up at his opponent.

And at this moment, Gu Dali also looked up and smiled at Li Xiangping.

"Small eyes and single gates to guard the corners"!

What Gu Dali used today is the beginning that Li Xiangping often used recently.

Li Xiangping sighed in his heart, this is a pure provocation!

Gu Dali smiled just now, and he was clearly saying to Li Xiangping:

Boss Jueyi, I know you seem to be studying this start recently, so I will practice with the accompanying staff today.

".........How much has this guy studied this routine?"

At this moment, Li Xiangping had several thoughts in his mind. Suddenly, he moved his heart, and he picked up a white piece with a smile and gently patted it on the chessboard.

This move made Gu Dali raise his head again.

Li Xiangping seemed to know that he would look up, and the moment he looked up, he immediately smiled at him.

Gu Dali responded with a wry smile, which was a real wry smile.

And the meaning of his wry smile is also clear: I really didn't expect you to do this.

That's right, Li Xiang made a move beyond his opponent's expectations under the screen-----

If his sixth move in the overall situation was played in 2005 in real history, then this would be a very common move, a move of a big road player. Even before 2000, his chess move just now was considered by many professional chess players as "this move is the only move".

Li Xiangping took a step to "subdividend"!

It is the kind of step that leaves room for both sides of the "two" space to reflect the essence of "seeing the same" thought.

Times have changed, things have changed. In the "Dog Age", no one has played such chess full of 'seeing harmony' ideas.

Because of Li Xiangping's time travel, he brought some Go ideas from the dog era in later generations to this era--especially this kind of "meeting together" chess, which he had already written an article on "Go World" to clearly object.

Because now, most people have accepted his ideas, this move is almost gone in the professional chess world.

But just today, just now, Li Xiangping suddenly became "retro" again. What does he mean?

No one knows what Li Xiangping means for the time being.

At least for a long time, Gu Dali should not know what Li Xiangping means, so he took nearly 10 minutes to take the exam when facing this former big-name product.

And today's final will start from this retro routine.
Chapter completed!