After the chess was played, Li Xiangping did not leave the Chinese Chess Academy immediately because there was still a drawing ceremony in the evening, but started a review with his opponent.

Well, speaking of it, Mr. Kato is quite graceful, because he is the first chess player since the qualifiers who is willing to stay and review the game after the game.

It's a pity that Li Xiangping was in trouble almost all the time during the review. There are no other reasons. First, Li Xiangping doesn't understand Japanese. Second, and more importantly, after the game, Gu Dali, Kong Erjie, and Wu coach Zhang Da

A group of reporters gathered around, so naturally, the entire review process turned into these guys communicating with Mr. Kato, and Li Xiangping was completely reduced to a bystander.

"Sir, why did you respond to this calamity? If you didn't respond, wouldn't this fight just make you angry?"

In fact, it was with Gu Dali's question that Li Xiangping finally realized how lucky it was for Lao Shi to win this game. Because only then did he really see clearly that it seemed like what Gu Dali said was true in actual combat.

Shi actually found a blind calamity, and his opponent could not have resisted. At that time, as long as he simply collected his energy and won the duel, the outcome of the game would have been reversed.

Hearing Mr. Kato answering Gu Dali's inquiry, he couldn't understand his gibbering Japanese, so Li Xiangping communicated with his plug-in:

"Brother Ding'an, is that so?"

"Of course, this game was really a lucky win."

After Mr. Kato finally finished speaking, Li Xiangping couldn't help but ask reporter Zhang Da:

"Reporter Zhang, what did Mr. Kato say just now?"

"He said he had an illusion at the time." Reporter Zhang Da smiled and said to Li Xiangping:

"He also praised you for being very powerful, because the calamity material you found was completely beyond his expectation. It was precisely because he didn't expect this move at all that he didn't count the coins when he was in panic.

Secondly, because of the size of the calamity material, he had an illusion the moment you made the move, mistakenly thinking that even if he made a move, your calamity material would still be missing by one, so he made a strange move."

Li Xiangping was relieved after hearing this. He felt that what Mr. Kato said should be the truth, because after all, this is a competition between people. So at Mr. Kato's age, it is completely understandable that he would make such a mistake.

"Sir, thank you for your advice!"

After the review, Li Xiangping said this to Mr. Kato very politely. In order to express his solemnity, he even bowed seriously.

Of course, the reason why Li Xiangping was so polite today was because he thought it was necessary to bow for his plug-in. Because he believed that through today's game of chess, Lao Shi should have a clear understanding of his own weaknesses.

Whether it was today's game or the game against Lao Cao the day before yesterday, it should be said that Shi Daqi Sage showed strong mid-game combat effectiveness. His combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to any modern chess player. However, his layout level under modern rules

What? Then I must admit that it is a bit boring.

In the first game against Lao Cao, it was because of Lao Cao's strategic issues. He didn't think about pursuing too much in the layout stage, so he was awarded a "two points" by Lao Shi. But in the second game, Mr. Kato

As soon as Lao Shi showed his strength, he immediately fell into a disadvantage and needed to rely on other people's mistakes to win the game.

This is Li Xiangping's understanding of his own cheating, and he believes that his cheating is such a smart person, so by this time, he should be able to see his own shortcomings more clearly.

Fortunately, after this game of chess is played, the top eight battle will not start until March next year. There are still several months in between, which is enough for me to continue practicing and upgrading.

"In the next stage, we should find a way to practice and upgrade..."

Just when Li Xiangping was thinking wildly, he asked casually:

"By the way, what's going on with the other games?"

Reporter Zhang Da smiled bitterly and did not answer. Gu Dali and Kong Erjie also smiled bitterly and did not answer. Coach Wu also smiled bitterly, but he patted Li Xiangping on the shoulder and spoke:

"You are the only one left among the top eight, Xiangping, so work hard."

"ah?!"

It must be admitted that Li Xiangping's "Ah?!" was really not a pretense, he was indeed surprised. Although Chinese Go is at a low point these days, even in the low point of Chinese Go,

It’s not often that only one of the top 8 players in the World Series is left.

In real history, the only few times were mainly concentrated in recent years. Li Xiangping thought to himself that it couldn't be such a coincidence, so that he could catch up once?

"Okay, everyone, stop sitting around. Let's go and see the results of other competitions. By the way, Xiangping, don't leave in a hurry. We'll stay and eat together later. After eating, we can participate in the next draw."

"Okay, Coach Wu."

By the time everyone got up, the top eight of this year's "Samsung Cup" had been officially formed. After seeing the top eight list, Li Xiangping once again felt that the top eight lineup was a bit weird. Apart from the Chinese team, the only one left was himself.

In addition to "amateur chess players", the RB team actually has 4 players entering the top 8, impressively occupying half of the country.

"This... what is going on? When did the RB team become so awesome..."

You can't blame Li Xiangping for feeling weird. I believe that as long as you are a chess fan from later generations, if you see that RB chess players can actually occupy half of the world, they will definitely feel the same as Li Xiangping. They will always feel weird to a certain extent.

Noriyoshi Yida, Kaku Kobayashi, 9th dan, Wang Licheng, 9th dan, and Nori Yamada, 8th dan. This is the list of the four RB chess players who made it to the top 8. Only 6 players participated in "this competition", and only 6 players were eliminated after two rounds.

Of the two, in addition to Mr. Kato, the other RB player who was eliminated was Zhao Zhixun. He was eliminated by Rui Naiwei in the first round. But even so, the results the RB team has handed over so far are extremely impressive.

Excellent.

In addition to the 4 RB chess players, the remaining 3 are naturally Korean chess players. They are Lee Cang-ho 9th Dan, Liu Chang-hyuk 9th-dan and Seo Bong-soo 9th Dan. They are the other Korean kings except Lao Cao.

Li Xiangping didn't feel much about this list. After all, in real history, before the rise of Xiao Li and their "Niu Calf Three Gang", Korean Go relied on these few people to conquer the world.

Li Xiangping even believed that the situation like Korean Go also demonstrated Lao Cao's theory of "genius promotes Go" from another angle. If you want to know why Korean Go has risen, you really don't need to look at the "Go environment", "Go

"Atmosphere", or "technical accumulation", "technical foundation" and so on to find the reasons.

Without him, it happened that during this period, from Lao Cao to Xiao Li, the best Go talents happened to be born in South Korea. This is the real reason why Korean Go is so strong. Li Xiangping even thinks that this is the only main reason.

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If compared to others, to be honest, even if RB Go in later generations degenerates like that, compared with the standards of the professional system, RB Go is still a few steps ahead of Chinese and Korean Go.

It's just that no matter how standardized the professional Go system is, without the emergence of top talents, it still cannot stop the decline of RB Go. It is not easy to make a breakthrough. Although he stands out among the RB players, but in the world

, he cannot be called "amazingly talented". His talent is at the same level as South Korea's Pu Pu. In this case, relying on such a person alone will certainly not be able to lead the RB Go to a full revival.

Li Xiangping believes that this is the truth. This is actually the essence of Go. When playing Go, don’t emphasize too many objective conditions and factors, especially after reaching the top level of human beings. The "theory of evolution"

And "skill accumulation" is not easy to use at all. Hard work determines your lower limit. Only talent can determine your upper limit.

Since he represented the Chinese team alone and entered the top eight, it would be difficult for Li Xiangping not to attract attention when dining at the Chinese Chess Academy. During this period, Li Yuanhu came over, and so did Cai Zhixiong, the old man.

Today's result is certainly not a good thing for Chinese Go, but it is a good thing for Li Xiangping.

After all, with only one seedling left, this provided a convenient door for Li Xiangping's training. He believed that as long as he proposed any training conditions at this time, as long as the conditions were not too excessive, the management of the chess academy would

They should all agree.

Since he has clearly seen the weaknesses of his cheating, Li Xiangping is indeed planning to put forward some training requirements, but there is no rush for this. He will wait until the opponents of the top 8 are determined.

Because there are 4 RB players in the top 8, there is no doubt that in the next round, Li Xiangping will definitely meet a RB player. Who will he be?

Around 7:30 in the evening, when Yamada Kisansei Hadan unfolded the small piece of paper in his hand and the host asked Li Xiangping to go up and shake hands with him, Li Xiangping didn't know whether the lottery was good or bad.

Because among the four RB chess players, Yamada Kisansei 8th Dan seems to be the least famous and weakest one, but Li Xiangping knows that in real history, it was this man who won the "three-star" this year.

Cup" runner-up.
Chapter completed!