The final of the "Samsung Cup" with Chen Xiaoqiang was over, and the season was coming to an end. There were two more games in the international arena, one was the "Nongxin Cup" and the other was the "LG Cup".

As for Li Xiangping, since he is the main player in the "Nongxin Cup", he will definitely not appear until the third stage in March next year. Therefore, before the Spring Festival, he actually only has one game left, that is, the "LG Cup" final three games against Xiao Li, and that game is nearly one and a half months away from now.

Since the end of the year has come, various summaries have begun to be released. In the entire Go world, the most dazzling person this year is of course Li Xiangping:

So far, he has won the "Fujitsu Cup", "Asian Cup", "Toyota Cup" and "Samsung Cup" this year, and has helped the Chinese team win the "Nongxin Cup" championship with a magical five-game winning streak.

He has also reached the finals of the "LG Cup". If the "Chunlan Cup" that is once every two years is included in the next season, then this year, Li Xiangping has great hope of winning his second "Golden Slam".

Not only that, compared with the "Golden Slam" two years ago, his dominance seems to be better. In addition to winning Gu Dali with 3-0 in the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup", Li Xiangping's winning rate this year is also particularly eye-catching.

Since the "LG Cup" was defeated by Gu Dali last season, Li Xiangping has only lost two games this year. One set was the Entrepreneurship to Chen Xiaoqiang, and the other set was the first game of the "Toyota Cup" final to Zhang Xu.

It is precisely because of this that as 2007 is approaching, another record in the Go world has been repeatedly mentioned, that is, the highest annual winning rate of professional chess players.

There have always been two theories about this record in the Go world. One is that the holder of this record is Da Li. He achieved a 41-game winning streak, and his winning rate was as high as about 90%.

However, this statement is actually not accurate enough. The real holder of this record should be Mr. Eio of Sakata in Japan. He once had a total annual record of 30 wins and 2 losses in a certain year in the 1960s, and his winning rate had exceeded 90%.

And the reason why this record is not recognized by some people? Is it because in that year? Mr. Sakata also lost chess in some friendly matches (similar to contemporary grading matches and non-grading matches). If only official matches are counted? Then this record should still be attributed to Eio Sakata.

However, no matter which record is it? As long as Li Xiangping does not fail in the next "LG Cup", this record will definitely fall on him.

And it fell on his head without any controversy.

You should know that Li Xiangping rarely participates in domestic competitions? In his game, the hedging of the main player in the A-level? It is already a low-level competition.

Therefore, his game quality is so high? The strong opponents he encounters are actually far superior to the two competitors.

And being able to maintain such a high winning rate in such a high-quality game certainly reflects the dominance of a professional chess player and the very terrifying dominance!

It is also because of this reason? When everyone starts to end the year? When everyone mentions Li Xiangping's dominance, a comparison by Professor Yang Zhenning has been repeatedly quoted by everyone:

In the physics community, Einstein is more recognized as the first, but I am just engaged in physics, so I know in my heart that the gap between the first and second in the physics community is not as big as everyone imagined? At least it is not as big as the gap between Wu Qingyuan and the second in the year...

But when everyone compares Wu Qingyuan and Li Xiangping, everyone suddenly realizes that if they are simply dominant, Li Xiangping will even surpass Old Wu? After all, observe Mr. Wu's entire career? Even in his peak years, it seems that he has not been able to achieve such dominance as Li Xiangping this year.

It is precisely because of this that as the New Year in 2007 approaches, some people can’t wait to start discussing Li Xiangping’s historical status.

"Wu Qingyuan or Li Xiangping, who is the real number one in history?" has become a hot topic at the moment.

However, the popularity of this topic has not lasted for long. The reason is very simple. Both parties came out to speak out.

On the day Li Xiangping won his 17th World Championship trophy, someone interviewed Mr. Wu Qingyuan and mentioned the outside world's comparison of the two:

"Haha, I think I am not as good as him. Li Xiangping is much better than me," Mr. Wu replied with a smile:

"I have been watching Li Xiangping's chess recently. No, I should say that I have been learning. It's really a brand new world. There is an old Chinese saying that "Dragon News" is enough to die in the evening. I can tell you very clearly that every time I watch Li Xiangping's chess, I feel a sense of joy in the morning hearing..."

At the award ceremony that night, a reporter relayed Mr. Wu's words to Li Xiangping and asked him to say a few words.

Li Xiangping thought about it and began to think that he was going to adopt Da Li's statement: "Even behind my back, I never thought I could compare with Mr. Wu..."

But considering that he had learned a lot of tricks after all, and the outside world saw his performance, he was not alone, and this also included Lao Shi, so he decided to change his words and adopt the later generations of Iyama Yuta's statement:

I can only say that after so many years of hard work in the Go world, it may finally catch up with Mr. Wu's pace...

Both of them have such an attitude, so things are of course not fun. How to say it? This is like a fight. If the two parties are not convinced by each other and think that they are stronger than each other, then the outside world will be excited and will be excited to eat melons.

However, both parties involved are so modest and are praising their opponents, which of course is meaningless.

After the award ceremony, Li Xiangping was about to return to Beijing. Although there was no competition in January, he was still a college student. The final exam was approaching, so he would not attend classes normally, but it was impossible to miss the exam.

"Li Daqisheng, open the door!"

Li Xiangping opened the door and saw that Zhao Daokai came as promised. Li Xiangping looked around:

"Hey, where is the big Tiantian?"

"Ha, the little girl is shy and dare not come to see you."

"What's so shy about this?"

"It's still the three major illusions in life," Zhao Daokai said with a smile:

"Li Daqisheng, you don't think about it either. You took such painstaking efforts this time and invited a designer from abroad to design a dress for her. Don't that little girl want to be wrong?"

Li Xiangping looked dark: "You know what's going on, and I won't explain it to me this time."

"Ha, what to explain? How to explain it? You don't know. This is the case. It usually gets darker and darker as you describe it. Besides, you should also think about me. How did you tell me to tell her? Just say that you don't like her, this time it's just to repay her with a favor?"

"Go and go, I'll think of you."

Li Xiangping was too lazy to talk to this guy, but considering that everyone had come and the designer was still waiting there, it was impossible for this matter to be abandoned halfway.

So the next day, Li Xiangping led Da Tiantian to meet the designer. However, when they met, Li Xiangping couldn't stand it anymore, and the designer was nothing. Yang Na started gossiping again, and from time to time she winked at Li Xiangping with an expression of "You boy have a good eye".

Li Xiangping finally couldn't stand it. He used the excuse to rush back to school for the exam and handed over the rest to Zhao Daokai to handle. However, before leaving, Li Xiangping still left the money. However, thinking about the price of the high-order dress, even though Li Xiangping is not short of money now, it still hurts a little now.

Tsk tsk tsk 800,000 US dollars. It is said that because the designer is his fan, he gave a friendly price, and only a torn piece of clothing is enough to win two "Yingshi Cup" championships.

No, you have to pay taxes to win the Go championship and pay the chess academy management fee. Only about half of the money you get, so you need to win 4 "Yingshi Cup" championships.

After Li Xiangping returned to the capital, time finally entered 2007, and he was facing an exam immediately. So after returning, Li Xiangping put Go aside for the time being and dealt with the exam in front of him first.

Fortunately, the school treats students like him as mascots. Although they always say they treat them equally, they won’t make things too difficult for him when the exam is taken.

Half a month later, the exams were all over. Although they were incomparable to the real academic masters, Li Xiangping passed all of them and did not fail the exam, which gave him a happy mood to prepare for the last game of the season.

And just as he was preparing for the exam wholeheartedly, Li Xiangping encountered good news and bad news.

The good news is that he was once again selected in this year's "Top Ten Athletes in the Country".

Not only is this the fifth consecutive year he has won this honor, it is unique among active athletes, but he has received a lot of votes this year, ranking first among all athletes.

This result surprised many people, and even Li Xiangping himself felt strange. You should know that the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are not far away, and Go, as a niche non-Olympiad event, can actually rank first in such a selection, which is certainly beyond many people's expectations.

"Hi! What's so strange about this? I think it's normal."

Li Xiangping stared at Zhao Daokai: "What do you say?"

"First, your dominance." Zhao Daokai raised a finger: "Let's not talk about the issue of niche Go or not. If you only have more dominance, among the top ten athletes this year, you should have the strongest dominance, right?"

Li Xiangping nodded after hearing this. There is no need to be modest. If you only compare competitive performance, then in the past 2006, there was really no domestic athlete who had a stronger dominance in their respective events than him.

"Since you say first, there must be second."

"Hehe, this is the second, it should be related to the big players. Because of this drama, more people have known you now, especially the recent scandal between you and Da Tiantian. Tsk tsk, you Shi Xiangxia actually played with my wife of Fan Xiping. Those entertainment paparazzi aren't crazy."

That's right, this is the bad news about Li Xiangping, so he said to Zhao Daokai with a dark face:
Chapter completed!