After finishing his trip to Taizhou, Li Xiangping did not meet Beijing immediately, but went to Pengcheng first to participate in a away game of the AFC.

"My friend Xiangping, how about I let this game?"

"Ah? Haha, Brother Ding'an is addicted to chess again? It's not that I can't let you play, but the Guangdong Provincial Team is a weak team, and the opponent is not strong this time. The level is outside the 40th place. How could Brother Ding'an be interested in such an opponent?"

"Haha, but I'm not completely trying to get into the chess, so I won't let the ten games come first. But I haven't played the official game for a long time, so I have to play a few games to practice."

"Ah!! So that's it, hahahaha..."

Li Xiangping laughed: "The competition is nearly a month away. Brother Ding'an is thinking about it now? He is still thinking about warming up in advance. OK, okay, no problem. Then let's take turns to the next month's competition."

In fact, September is coming soon, and this is the peak season for Go competitions. Of course, it is not just the AFC in the next month. The "Samsung Cup" and "LG Cup" will start one after another. However, nowadays, both Lao Shi and Li Xiangping themselves have focused on this non-level competition.

Because there is no way, if you really want to rush up to fight dogs eight years later, then according to Li Xiangping's assessment, your own strength must at least reach the level of making the top human chess players first------

It is not to use the "two swords combined" to get one first, but to both of them have to get one first level separately. In this way, when competing with the dog, there may be a glimmer of hope.

However, after a lot of practical evidence this year, whether it is for Gu Dali, Korean Li, or even Chang Hao's 9th dan, Li Xiangping believes that he has not reached the level of giving first.

It’s not that there is no chance at first, but if the game psychology and other factors are not considered, that is, if others perform at their own level normally, there is no need for any super-level performance. Li Xiangping believes that if these top chess players are allowed to win first, their hopes of winning will not exceed 30% at most.

He is 30% himself, and Lao Shi is actually not much better. Even if his level is higher than him, he is only about 35% at most, which means he can win at most one game after the last 3 sets.

Obviously, this is a bit far from challenging the minimum requirements for dogs.

In the next eight years, Li Xiangping wanted to meet this requirement as soon as possible.

In fact, before the dog was born, could he reach such a height? Li Xiangping couldn't explain it clearly, and he was even more confident.

The only thing he knows now is that if he wants to continue to improve with his own and Lao Shi's level, he must not lose opportunities like the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup".

If there is always such an opportunity to exercise, there is still a possibility. If there is no such opportunity, there will definitely be no hope.

It is precisely because of this reason that both Lao Shi and Li Xiangping themselves attach great importance to this competition-----

We value this game not because of vanity, but because we think about lowering other human chess players to the point where they are, and the two of us just cherish this training opportunity.

There is not much to say about the trip to Pengcheng. This year, the Guangdong Provincial Team has fallen into the relegation zone, and the strength of the two teams is still a bit different. And it is precisely because they are in the relegation zone that they have ideas when deploying troops and like to adopt a strategy similar to "Tian Ji's horse racing".

In the main player Taiwan, the Guangdong Provincial Team chose to give up strategically and sent a substitute with more than 80 ranks to the court.

Of course, there is no suspense in such a game. Lao Shi easily defeated his opponent, which was precisely because it was too easy, which made this game not much reference value. Li Xiangping couldn't see how his plug-in progressed, and did he have any new skills? He couldn't even see his current competitive state.

When Li Xiangping returns to the capital, the time is also coming to the end of August. The new semester is about to start, and the latest news from the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup" is also coming.

The game started on September 20th and lasted until October 7th, which is the last day of the National Day Golden Week. Li Xiangping played 10 games in these 18 days. The competition location was still in Fenghuang, Hunan Province. The first opponent to play was confirmed. It was Gu Dali, who had just met with Li Xiangping to compete in the final of the "Chunlan Cup".

The day after returning to the capital, Li Xiangping came to the China Chess Academy and talked to Dean Wang, Zhang Wendong and others about the schedule of the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup".

"Ha! Why is it Gu Ge again? Why is he ranked first..."

Dean Wang smiled and waved his hand: "It was proposed by him. According to our original arrangement, we were going to choose a pioneer among Xiaoqiang and Xiaoyang. But Dali himself strongly asked the first one to go, so he would be anxious to meet his wishes."

"Haha, what's next? How to arrange it next?"

"It has not been completely finalized yet," Zhang Wendong Jiuduan replied:

"There are six chess players now. Let's go up and go to the next game first. As for the order of appearance, since we have started, we will not make any specific arrangements. Let them discuss and inform you the night before the game."

Zhang Jiuduan paused and continued: "The game still takes the usual time for the world competition. Each side is 3 hours, and the countdown is 10 minutes and 60 seconds. Then 3 games of chess in 4 days. There is no rest between the first and second games. After two games, one day off, and so on, until all 10 games are over. Xiangping, is this arrangement okay? This requires a lot of physical strength."

"Haha, it's okay, by the way, I would like to ask if you are allowed to modify the chess portion in the middle of this competition?"

Dean Wang smiled and said, "You are talking about four games and one promotion, right? Allowed, not only is it allowed, but this is also a special request from the sponsor. Any side meets the requirement of winning four games. For example, if you are Li Xiangping 4-0 or 5-1, then as long as the game is not finished, it will become first and second from the next game. One set in the third set is to get two sons, otherwise the other person will get back to get first, and from the first to get two sons. Why do you really want to get two sons in Xiangping?"

"Haha, don't dare."

Li Xiangping was whispering, but he said in his heart that of course I thought, if I could really make two sons from other people, then let alone a first-generation dog, even if I sit in front of the third-generation dog, Lao Shi and I have confidence in using two swords. It’s a pity that if I want Gu Dali and others to have two sons, this is still too difficult. If I fight alone, I will probably never have a chance in my life.

"Don't I want to see how many games I can stick to and see when they can get back."

Zhang Wendong Jiuduan asked casually: "Then how many games do you think you can stick to?"

"I think it's only 4 sets, but I can't let it go at all."

Li Xiang said with a sarcastic attitude: "Since the basic plate is four games, I hope I can persist until the 6th game at least. If you want to directly shave your head, you will not be satisfied with watching chess, and the sponsors will be disappointed. Everyone said that's right?"

"Ha ha ha ha……."

Amid the laughter of the two, Li Xiangping thought in his heart that he could not be downgraded, especially that he could not be downgraded 0 to 4 or 1 to 5. If he was downgraded so quickly, the sponsor would probably lose interest. It would be extremely difficult to earn such an opportunity to exercise in the future.

It was precisely with this idea that after leaving the chess academy, Li Xiangping quickly said to the plug-in:

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, let's talk about the next game, but in this first game, let's use the two swords to combine first, so we have to strive to get a good start."

"Well, I thought so too."

"Haha, that's OK, then we'll make a decision now."

After leaving the Chess Academy, the next two rounds of the "Samsung Cup" competition were the first two rounds of the "Samsung Cup". Samsung products are still very marketable in China these days, so the organizers simply held the first two rounds of this competition in Shanghai, China. However, before going to the Shanghai competition, Li Xiangping returned to school, and he has now officially become a junior.

Surprisingly, when he returned to his apartment in Wudaokou, he saw Yaya, a senior student.

"Hey, the filming is over, why is this time so fast?"

"It's still early, I'm taking leave to go back to school."

"What are you going back to school?"

"Go back to school and take leave to continue filming."

"Ah? Haha, by the way, now in your favor, that crew is the most popular."

"Who else can be there? Of course, it's the Dream of Red Mansions crew. This hasn't started yet. How many entertainment journalists are there to stay there?"

"Red...Red Building."

Li Xiangping stared at his girlfriend and said with a smile:

"I heard that this drama is still casting. How many actresses cried and shouted to join the crew. Sister Yaya, you should have been moved, right?"

"Honglou, who is not moved?"

"hehe."

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm not laughing at anything. I'll advise you to give up your heart now. This crew feels unable to enter."

"Ah! Why?"

"No, you will know in the future."

Li Xiangping was lazy to explain to his girlfriend that this version of Dream of Red Mansions is a big pit, and Li Xiangping couldn't let his girlfriend go.

Li Xiangping remembers a joke circulating on the Internet that said that the actors in the 1987 version of the Red Chamber are all from the sky, but the actors in this version are from the heavens and earth-----

This sentence is really not wrong, because the trader behind this version of Red Mansion is the boss of the former "Heaven and Earth", and the big financial backer behind it is the corrupt official of the former Ministry of Railways who will soon be in trouble in a few years. Therefore, even if Li Xiangping is a time traveler, he can't afford to offend a crew like this.

After staying in school for 2 days, Li Xiangping joined the army and went to Shencheng to participate in the competition.

In the two games of Shencheng, Li Xiangping finished the game and Lao Shi played one game. Li Xiangping won a European amateur chess player, and Lao Shi won a fourth-tier Korean unknown professional, so these two games still have little reference value.

When the "Sanxing Cup" ends, in addition to the Weijia, it is the "Phoenix Ancient City Cup".
Chapter completed!