Da Li finally failed to escape the law of Zhenxiang. At the end of May, in the last three sets of the "Yingshi Cup" final, Cui Du made two straight games, thus defeating Da Li with a total score of 3-1, winning the first world championship in his personal career.

This result is not surprising.

Because it can be seen from the game that Da Li, who is already 34 years old, is indeed no longer at the peak, and his omissions and mistakes in the back-end game began to increase significantly, not to mention that Cui Du is still Da Li's nemesis------

When Da Li was at his peak, there was no way to deal with Cui Du, not to mention that Cui Du was nearly ten years younger than him, so it was of course very normal for such a result.

However, although the result is normal, when the "Yingshi Cup" ended, another topic caused heated discussion in the Go community:

After the "Yingshi Cup" ended, the competitions of last season were all over. If you put aside the rest and look at this season alone, the 2008-09 season in the Go world can be said to be exciting and the competition is very fierce.

A total of 6 individual world championships were won by 5 chess players.

And in this year, three new world champions, Kong Erjie, Chang Hao and Cui Du, were born respectively.

How about it? If someone had just become a chess fan this year and had no idea about the past history of the Go world, would he feel that the world chess world is booming now? Experts emerge one after another? The competition is exciting? The competition is extremely fierce?

Then, from these things he could see on the surface, he further inferred that Go has been developing, technology has been improving, and overall level has been improving?

Well, it is easy to understand to make such inferences, because this is human nature.

It’s a pity that this is not the truth!

Among them, except for the fact that "the competition is more intense", nothing else may not be the truth!

Because in real history, there are several similar stages in Go history.

The first stage was the middle-aged chess in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had already entered the pass, and some scholars and officials were unwilling to serve the foreign races, but if you let them rebel, they would not have the ability to do so.

So in this case, they adopted a lifestyle similar to "non-violent and non-cooperation", without being an official or in politics, and putting their spirit on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

As for the "Qing Dynasty" who had seized power, they actually support this. Anyway, if you play chess, it is better than rebellion. So in this way, in that special social environment, it has caused the abnormal prosperity of Go. In such a few decades, many famous Go masters emerged.

Starting from the "chess sect" of a generation that has passed a hundred years old, then Zhu Yuting, Zhou Lanyu, Li Yuanzhao, and then Wang Hannian, Shandayou, Zhou Donghou...

In short, the chess world in that era was definitely full of stars, fierce competition, and a prosperous scene.

However, when the genius Huang Longshi came out, he quickly unified the world. In the end, except for a few people such as Zhou Donghou, the others could not compete with him at all.

Only at this time did everyone realize that although there were many masters in that period, the overall level did not improve much. Huang Longshi himself said that it was a pity that he was already old by the past 100 years. If he was still in his prime, he might not be so lonely.

The second similar stage is Japan's famous "Six Super Era".

I believe that more senior chess fans will have an impression. Looking back at the Japanese chess world in the 1980s, it gives people the impression that it is the peak of Japanese Go. They have many soldiers and a wide range of generals, many superstars, and fierce competition...

But what is the truth?

The truth is likely to be a stage where the overall level of Japanese Go is relatively low.

Let’s not mention the later Da Li unification of the world. There are excuses for everyone to mention this. After all, Da Li is not of the same age as them, so Da Li dominates the chess world, and everyone can also say that it is a normal metabolism in the Go world.

But don’t forget that in the 1980s, when the "Six Super" had the strongest dominance, in a certain year, Hideyuki Fujisawa, who was already 65 years old, defeated Masayoshi Hatoshi to win the "throne". Then in the second year, he ushered in the challenge of Kobayashi Koichi, the strongest at that time, in Japan.

As a result, Mr. Hideyuki Fujisawa, who was 66 years old, successfully defended his title with a score of 3-2!

You should know that this is a game. At that time, the strongest Japanese man could not win an old man in his seventies. So no matter how you emphasize the chance of that competition, it is hard to say that the absolute level of the "Six Super" is better than that of the old charlatan Fujisawa, right?

Pushing forward the time, Fujisawa Hideyuki was in his prime, and his main opponent was actually Eio Sakata----

Of course, senior chess fans know that the words of Hideyuki Fujisawa vs Eio Sakata are of course at a disadvantage.

If you compare Eio Sakata and Mr. Wu Qingyuan...

So through this comparison, do you really think that Go technology can be accumulated? Is it really stronger than the next? In the decades of the development of Japanese Go, the level of the "Six Super" era must be higher than that of the Wu Qingyuan era?

The truth should not be like this, no, of course it is not like this!

The truth is likely to be the opposite. The more fierce the competition in the world chess world, the more you finish the show. The absolute level may have been reduced and everyone's overall level has been flattened, which will lead to warlords' melee and no one can do anything to anyone.

Similar to the first two paragraphs, of course, it is the chess world pattern in real history and later generations.

Especially after 2013 in real history, when Da Li really got old, when Gu Da Li and Lee Sedol became increasingly unable to do so.

Then with the rise of the "New Six Super League" in China, many pseudo-chess fans who don't know how to do it are cheering, believing that after so many years of hard work and long-term technical accumulation, young people have finally taken over the top of their predecessors as a whole.

But what about the truth? The truth may be cruel. From 2010 to before the birth of dogs, the overall level of the Go world was not improving. It is likely that like the previous two stages, there was actually a decline of some degree.

All this was not until the emergence of Go ai, which far surpassed all human Go geniuses, which once again led to the overall progress of Go level.

Well, if you want to say that similar debates actually exist in the Go world, it has only been a long time ------

The truth is often in the hands of a few people, just like the number of people who devalue the ancients is far greater than that of the ancients.

These days, most people still believe in technical accumulation and "evolution theory", and believe that Go should be the same as many other things, and must be stronger than the next generation.

But just this year, when everyone started such a controversy again, the situation seemed different.

There is no way, because of Li Xiangping’s existence!

Li Xiangping's existence made many pseudo-chess fans who believe in evolutionary theory vomit blood.

I didn't look too much about him. I declared myself half-retired at a young age, which left some people with excuses for normal metabolism.

Now, with this living example of him, he is indeed significantly better than others.

So this year's competition is fierce, no matter how lively it is, it's good-looking, but no one dares to say that technology is improving, and no one dares to say that the current competitive level is higher than when Li Xiangping was there.

Of course, for Li Xiangping himself, he would definitely not have controversial with others in person, so in the face of such a big discussion, he was quietly eating melons beside him. In addition to occasionally despising the IQs of some extremely derogatory ancient factions, he also regarded this matter as a lively view.

Time slowly came to June 2009. In less than a month, Li Xiangping graduated from college, so during this period, he often stayed in school.

In addition to preparing for the paper defense, I just go to drink everywhere------

As for the graduation season on the university campus, of course there are all kinds of breakups.

Well, fortunately, not many people have studied philosophy these days. For example, in the same class as Li Xiangping, there are less than 20 people.

And a poor student like Li Xiangping doesn’t have much presence in school except being his mascot.

Thinking about it, he is the best Go player in the world, but he doesn't even participate in the school's Go club and rarely attends Go activities organized by the school. So how much presence can a person like him have in an institution like Peking University? Therefore, after a round of events, there are not many people who invite him to have a breakup meal. In addition to gathering with his classmates, he rarely walks around with students from other departments.

But there is one person who still has to walk around, that is his former "daughter-in-law" Cai Shanshan.

One day in mid-June, at noon, Li Xiangping had just had some wine with his classmate Zhang Sirui, and then prepared to go back to the apartment to have a sleep. Zhao Daokai ran to the school to find him.

"Li Daqisheng, your wife is going to go to the Lighthouse Country soon, do you know?"

"oh."

Li Xiangping was a little stunned at the time. If he counted, he had not had contact with Cai Shanshan for more than a year.

Yes, it was from the first half of last year that he officially announced his relationship with Yaya, and the two had no contact again. Even Li Xiangping ran to Lao Cai’s house to pay New Year’s greetings, but he didn’t see Cai Shanshan that day.

Li Xiangping asked, "When will she leave?"

"I don't know very well, but it will take a month later. She actually had the procedures done a long time ago. She should have left immediately after getting her diploma."

Li Xiangping nodded after hearing this. In fact, in his previous life, Cai Shanshan went abroad after finishing her undergraduate degree in China.

But her study abroad is really studying abroad, and she really wants to go out to gain more skills, because Lao Cai is just like her, and Comrade Lao Cai’s wealth is still waiting for her to inherit it.

Zhao Daokai continued to smile at Li Xiangping:

"This weekend night, your wife said she wanted to treat her, and she also specifically told me to bring you with me, would you go?"

"oh?"

Li Xiangping said "Oh" and then said to Zhao Daokai:

"Go, of course you have to go."
Chapter completed!