At 1:00 p.m., the match between Li Xiangping and Zhang Xu officially began. The "Nongxin Cup" competition system requires guessing first in every game. Pass the previous guessing first. In this game, Li Xiangping takes the black lead.

At the beginning of the game, the atmosphere of the Chinese team studying the lineup in the viewing room was still a bit dull ----------

Although the overall record of the Chinese team in the "Nongxin Cup" so far is not good, and they have only won two consecutive championships in the past two years, but when the main player appears, he still has not won a single game, which is even rare in previous years.

"Old Xie, I remember that in the Three Kingdoms ring game, the Chinese team had not been shaved yet, right?"

"I remember once a long time ago,"

The "sports world" reporter Xie, who is not good at chess skills, is still very complete:

"But that is not the "Nongxin Cup", but the predecessor of this game, the "Zhenlu Cup". In the "Zhenlu Cup" in the early years, the Chinese team had a game and was unable to win, but that was a lot of years ago."

When everyone present heard reporter Xie say this, he didn't say anything. The "Zhenlu Cup" disappeared around 1998. Due to the Asian financial crisis, many Go competitions such as "Zhenlu Cup" and "Tongyang Securities Cup" disappeared.

Strictly speaking, it is only 2005, and 2008 is not far away. However, when everyone heard Lao Xie say "that happened many years ago", no one present felt it was inconsistent-----

The reason why everyone does not feel inconsistent is of course related to the changes in Chinese Go. Around 1998, it was the period when Chinese Go was at its lowest point. Faced with the suppression of Korean Go led by Cao Li and his disciples, Chinese Go was not only desperate but also despair. But now with the rise of Li Xiangping, the entire world chess scene has long been subverted.

Especially this year, Chinese chess players seem to have ushered in a full-scale explosion, winning the championship and runner-up in three consecutive competitions, looking like a prosperous era, but at this critical moment, in this "Nongxin Cup", the Chinese team is once again facing the danger of being shaved.

This way, recalling the past less than 10 years ago, many people will feel "like a different life", and once they have this feeling, everyone's silence will be natural.

Fortunately, everyone doesn’t have to be silent for a long time. The “Nongxin Cup” is a fast chess for one hour per side. The game progresses quickly. As time goes by, the game slowly unfolds and the laboratory quickly becomes active.

At 1:30 noon, half an hour after the competition began, everyone started talking, and reporter Zhang Da said first:

"Hey, Xiangping's chess style seems to have changed back to this day. It's rare to see him play so proactively recently."

Hearing him say this, the reporters nodded one after another. Indeed, many people have this feeling today. Lao Xie pointed at Team Leader Hua and Team Leader Ma who were in the laboratory:

"Old Hua, Xiao Ma, what do you two professionals think?"

Leader Hua smiled: "Sun Tzu's Art of War says that Fenglin volcano is as fast as the wind, and its slightest as the forest, invading like fire, and it is still as motionless as the mountain. In the years when Xiangping debuted, it really showed the style of wind and fire. In other words, at that time, he was indeed invading like fire, and it is as fast as the wind, but in the past six months, his style seems to have changed, and he began to follow the path of Xulin and as motionless as the mountain, Ma Xiao, do you think this is the case?"

Ma Xiaofei nodded with a smile: "Yes, Xiangping is indeed very comprehensive now. He can play any chess and switch between various styles. He seems to be becoming more and more natural now."

Reporter Zhang Da quickly captured Ma Xiaofei’s implication:

"Oh, Ma Xiao, then do you think the situation in Black Chess is already good now?"

Team Leader Ma casually glanced at the chessboard in front of him, and then smiled in his habitual tone:

"It's only 50 moves. It seems a bit too early to let me tell you which one is better or worse. However, in this process, I can't find any fault with Xiangping. He has no blame for every move. On the contrary, it's all the two moves of the White chess, everyone... I personally think these two choices may still be questionable."

Well, at this time, how did Zhang Xu's deception be worthy of "discussion"? Many reporters present did not care about it, and they also thought it was not important. What was important was that everyone understood Ma Xiaofei's judgment. He must have believed that by this time, the situation in Li Xiangping should be good, so he said so.

Ma Xiaofei's remarks seemed to set the tone for this game. After that, only the entire laboratory could hear the praise of Li Xiangping.

At 2 pm Beijing time, when the game was held for an hour, the game had progressed to more than 80 moves. At this time, even Ma Xiaofei did not hide it. He clearly stated that he was optimistic about Li Xiangping's victory today, because only at this time, he believed that the black chess had a clear advantage:

"Well, everyone says that Li Xiangping's fast chess skills are super strong. It seems that this is true. The two have never fought before, but in my impression, it is a bit difficult to win Xiangping. However, when it comes to the fast chess, the gap between the two seems to be further widening. The black chess is smooth and easy to retract. On the contrary, Zhang Xu's white chess may be a bit unexpected for Xiangping to change his style again. There are several moves that are obviously not rigorous enough, and they show that the front and back ideas are inconsistent. Sometimes I want to be stable, and sometimes I seem to want to compete with Xiangping. How can I play chess like this?"

"That's Ma Xiao's meaning, do you think this chess has been basically won?"

"Unless Li Xiangping goes crazy behind him and shows an incredible evil player, this chess problem will not be a big problem."

Ma Xiaofei added with a smile:

"I borrow Li Xiangping's own statement. He believes that it is unlikely that humans will make no mistakes in making any mistakes. Therefore, the game of professional chess players is actually a trial and error game. Since it is trial and error, from this perspective, it can actually distinguish the level of chess players and play super first-class chess. If you make only one mistake in a game of chess, then the problem is not big most of the time. But if you make more than two mistakes, especially some of the mistakes are relatively serious, it will be more difficult to win the super first-class chess..."

Before Ma Xiaofei finished speaking, Lao Xie smiled and continued:

"Why are you allowed to make two mistakes against top-notch players?"

Ma Xiaofei smiled and said:

"This Xiangping didn't say it clearly, but that's roughly what it means. In fact, if you really want to say it, I think what he said is reasonable. I had this experience when I was still playing games: Sometimes when I won a game, I was satisfied with each other at the end of the game, and I felt that I played very well and there were almost no problems. However, after the game or after the study, I found that it was not the case at all. I still had many problems. However, in the game, the opponent did not catch it. Therefore, distinguishing the level of the player is not the case. In addition to the indicator of "making as few mistakes as possible", "whether you are good at grasping the opponent's mistakes" is also a very important indicator."

Ma Xiaofei paused, and then he continued:

"It's obvious that the reason why Li Xiangping is strong now is that he is strong in these two indicators. He is not only the first-class, but also the only one-class. But Zhang Xu's performance today, even at my level, can now find more than 3 obvious mistakes. Since this is the case, except for Li Xiangping himself going crazy, why should he win this game?"

Hearing Ma Xiaofei say this, the old reporter Xie Zhangda and others were happy. At this time, the only one who was still calm was the leader of the national Go team, Team Leader Hua.

It's normal to think about it. Although with the level of Hua's team leader, he now judges that Li Xiangping has obvious advantages, but now he still has 100 moves, right? Who can guarantee that Li Xiangping will definitely not go crazy after all?

Although judging from Li Xiangping's usual performance, it seems that he was crazy in the second half of the game was a small probability event, but don't forget that the reason why Li Xiangping played this game today is also a small probability event, so at this time, who can guarantee whether there will be another small probability event in a small probability event?

Finally, it was fine. Li Xiangping quickly dispelled everyone's concerns with his performance. When the time came to 3 pm, the game was over 150 moves, even the leader of the team was completely relieved-----

The laboratory just made a detailed situation judgment, and everyone judged that the black-headed Li Xiang's screen was already leading by about 11.

It would be fine if he only had the lead in the number of eyes, but at this point the game was still thicker in the black game. Not only did the black game have no weaker chess overall, Li Xiangping was still chasing Zhang Xu, a big dragon.

If such a situation falls into the eyes of the leader of China, it is already a great situation that is close to winning.

At this time, Lao Xie, who is at the level of 2, was shocked:

"Yi! Why did Xiangping do so ruthlessly? Don't you say that you won't cause trouble? At this time, you are still chasing someone's big dragon, so why are he not afraid of killing the final death?"

Reporter Zhang looked at him with contempt:

"Don't worry, this chess will not break."

However, Lao Xie noticed Lao Zhang's contemptuous eyes, but he was still a little confused, and didn't understand what he said was wrong, so he turned his attention to Ma Xiaofei for help.

Ma Xiaofei glanced at him and smiled:

"Do you think Xiangping is slaying the dragon now?"

"This, he keeps his moves away from the back of his head, this is not a dragon slaying."

"No, this chess seems to be a move that is always on the back of your head, but it is not to the master."

"What is that?"

"It's the first move to set the stage and run safely. If you don't believe it, just look at it. The big dragon of White Chess will definitely not die. But when he really sets his eyes on it, it should be the ending moment, because by that time, there is no place to compete for victory or defeat on the chessboard."

"oh?"

Before Lao Xie could finish "Oh", in fact, he could no longer see the White Chess Dragon doing his job, because at this time, Zhang Xu had completely lost the mood to continue. When Li Xiangping lost the 161st move in the whole game, he chose to give in.

When the news of Zhang Xu's admit defeat reached the laboratory, Team Leader Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Then after breathing a sigh of relief, Team Leader Hua sighed again:

"Oh~~~ I've said that I've been leading the way in all directions. It turns out that at the end, I still have to look at Xiangping."

At the same time, Li Xiangping, who was in the game room, also breathed a sigh of relief. In the competition system of the arena, the first game is often the most difficult, especially in this year's situation. Before the game, Li Xiangping also faced great pressure, otherwise he would not have thought of "combining two swords".

Now, it’s useless to combine the two swords, and the game was successfully won. Although Li Xiangping still needs to pass four levels if he wants to win the championship this year, since the heaviest burden has been removed, Li Xiangping felt extremely relaxed at the time.

However, this game was Li Xiangping's last official game in 2005. When he returned to Beijing from Shencheng, he would soon usher in the New Year's Day holiday in 2006.

When Li Xiangping returned to Beijing, considering the CET-4 English test, he has missed the "Celebrity War" challenge, and the schedule has not yet been determined. The "LG Cup" final and the third stage of the "Nongxin Cup" will be even more happening in February.

So for a moment, Li Xiangping was a little idle.

So in this situation, he was once again concerned about the "big power player".

The day after returning to the capital, he called Zhao Daokai:

"Painter Zhao, I haven't been out for a long time. If you are fine tomorrow, I will accompany me to your dad's company for a walk."
Chapter completed!