Da Li, born in 1975, is now 34 years old, and Chang Hao, born in 1976, is now 33 years old. Two such "old" chess players met in the World Championship finals-----

It's strange that except for Li Xiangping, a time traveler, was a little emotional, the reaction from the outside world was normal.

No one thinks there is anything wrong with this, no one uses the word "upset", and no one even mentions the saying "veteran counterattack".

Yes, in today's era, it seems normal for them to meet in the finals.

Although after entering the new century, the professional chess world has shown a trend of younger age, which is reflected in the growth rate of young chess players getting faster and faster, and the average age of top chess players is getting lower and lower.

Like Mr. Eio Sakata's famous quote more than half a century ago: It is impossible to have a "celebrity" in his 20s!

This is a joke if you listen to it now.

However, it must be admitted that chess games like Go are different from other sports after all, and are never simply competing for physical strength. Therefore, from the normal physical structure of human beings, people in their 30s should have no reason not to compete with young people.

After entering the new century, Li Xiangping personally believes that this trend of youthfulness in the world chess world can be divided into two stages, namely the stage before birth and the stage after birth.

Before the birth of dogs, the advancement of chess players' maturity was actually mainly attributed to the Internet. Because of the existence of the Internet, young chess players can receive the most information at the fastest speed, and also have more practical opportunities than senior chess players------

The Internet is actually like a ripening agent, allowing young chess players to grow quickly and create a large number of skilled workers for the entire professional chess world.

Yes, in fact, before the birth of dogs, the Internet only helped the Go world to cultivate a large number of skilled workers. They are very familiar with various chess shapes and are familiar with popular routines. In addition, calculations are the strengths of young people, and these characteristics allow young people to achieve results quickly.

However, it must be admitted that if we talk about understanding Go and have a deeper understanding of Go, then older players should be stronger.

It is precisely because of this that everyone should not see the "youth storm" in the Go world blowing wave after wave, such as the "first storm" in the Korean chess world in the past few years.

But if you only need to observe carefully, you will find that such a storm is like a tide rising and falling, rising and retreating very quickly. Few of the people who stormed the storm back then became a climate.

Even if you look carefully over decades, you will find that every era can truly make a name for the Go history, only those chess players with higher talent.-----

For example, in this period of real history, although Da Lee won the last world champion in 2005, in the next five or six years, Lee Sedol repeatedly emphasized to the media that the world's number one now is still Lee Canghao.

Well, although Xiao Li was polite when he said this, he could make Xiao Li say the same thing repeatedly, and this could not be said that he was all false.

But since the birth of dogs, the situation has been completely different. The Internet has only given birth to a large number of skilled workers, making everyone's competition more intense. However, when the birth of dogs, the "youngering" of professional Go suddenly intensified. At that time, it seems that the age of 30 is really a hurdle. At this age, it is really qualified to call it a "veteran".

For example, Ke Shaoxia, Korean Xiaoshen, and "Ding Ye", in the "Dog Age", it was all these young people who were just in their early 20s who occupied the top of the food chain.

Even compared with these people, the group is actually not much older than them, such as Chen Xiaoqiang, Long Ge, and Park Tianzi from South Korea, all seem a little overwhelmed.

In the dog era, in the world competition, let alone the chess players in their 30s meet in the finals, even if anyone can kill the semi-finals in their 30s, it seems that this will become news.

The reason for such changes is that Li Xiangping personally believes that in addition to the "fast chess" of professional competitions, the impact brought by dogs is very obvious.

Dogs’ Go is completely different from the Go played by humans in the past.

This is like two completely different systems, and humans need to learn again!

Since it is learning a new system, of course, older chess players suffer a little, because in front of dogs, the past experience and understanding of human chess players cannot be said to be 100% clear, but at least more than 80% start from scratch. Since this is the case, of course, young chess players have the advantage.

Of course, is this trend of being younger than the top experts a certainty? This is not easy to say, at least Li Xiangping is not sure-------

After all, when he traveled through time, the dog had just come out for a few years, and everyone was in the stage of re-learning. Since they were all starting over, this allowed young people to gain a certain advantage.

What if it takes more than ten or twenty years? What if human professional chess players gradually get used to the dog system? Are they still young people in their early teens and twenties the king?

Li Xiangping doesn't think so.

"...Well, no matter who he will be the king in the future, that person is definitely not me anyway. After all, what I want to fight is the first generation of dogs. Judging from the current situation, the third generation of dogs should be the limit of humans. No, the third generation of dogs has actually exceeded the limit of humans. I have a plug-in, so I want to see if I can fight with it. When the dog upgrades again, I guess even if I add ten old Shis, I can't win. So I must be as early as possible. There is only a few years of vacancy period. When that period has passed, no matter whether the show-off is successful or not, I will definitely choose to retire..."

After watching the semi-finals, Li Xiangping thought so in his mind, and he was about to leave, but he happened to meet Dean Hua and "Old Xiao Hua" on the way.

President Hua waved to Li Xiangping with a smile: "Xiangping, come here..."

Li Xiangping walked over with a smile: "Mr. Hua, what instructions do you mean?"

"Xiangping, you're going to graduate from college in one semester. It's not bad. You can learn both chess skills and few people can do it like you. But Xiangping, even if you graduate from college soon, you still have to make some contributions to the Go career, haha...."

After President Hua talked endlessly, he left with Xiao Hua Lao, leaving Li Xiangping alone in the inexplicable situation.

He thought to himself what was going on today, and why did President Hua play an official voice with him?

What else did he actually make up the saying "to contribute more to the Go cause"?

When Li Xiangping returned home, he finally understood why President Hua said this:

After all, in China, Go is divided into competitive events and is under the jurisdiction of the General Administration of Sports. See athletes in other events going to college. Those are definitely people who are considering retirement or transformation.

Although professional chess players' sports careers can be slightly longer than other events, don't forget that they announced their withdrawal from the regular season in the first half of the year. So when they graduate, the management of the chess school will not have any concerns:

Since you withdraw from the regular season, it means that you no longer bear the obligation to "win glory for the country". Since you no longer "win glory for the country", it is actually inconvenient to continue to serve as a member of the national Go team.

If you are not even a member of the national team, then what will you do after graduating from college?

Especially considering that my family is still so rich, this certainly makes Dean Hua and others even more worried:

After graduating from college, this guy wouldn’t just give up Go and go home to inherit his wealth?

After guessing that President Hua might have thought this way, Li Xiangping was overjoyed. He thought to himself that Mr. Hua, you are worrying too much.

Anyway, your age is almost the same. Normally, you have reached the retirement age after working for a few years, so you can rest assured that at least I will definitely not leave Go before you retire.

Of course, since the national team members are unable to be the member, what position do you plan to arrange for me after I graduate from college?

After Li Xiangping felt that it might be the reason, he did not continue to think too much.

The semi-finals of the "Chunlan Cup" in Beijing ended. But the "Nongxin Cup" in Shanghai continued. So when Li Xiangping returned home, he turned on the computer and started to look at the chess score of the "Nongxin Cup".

The "Nongxin Cup" is still in the second stage, so the top experts have not yet appeared. Therefore, over the years, there is actually only one highlight of the second stage of the "Nongxin Cup": Will the Japanese team be eliminated in the second stage?

To be honest, it is actually quite difficult to get out in the second stage. Two conditions need to be met. First, the entire team did not win in a set, and second, there was no bye in the first round draw.

To put it another way, even if you don’t win a set, as long as you are lucky at the beginning of the draw, the first game is a bye, and you can survive to the third stage.

However, Japanese Go is so miserable and degenerate now. If you can advance to the final third stage, everyone will feel that "the Japanese team has performed well."

Well, Li Xiangping now thinks that the Japanese team "performs well this year". Zhang Xu was not selected this year. Yili Liao made a contribution to the Japanese team.

This guy is a bit similar to Li Xiangping's situation. His family is relatively rich and he can go home to inherit his wealth without playing chess. To be honest, Yili Liao's talent is actually good. If you look at his chess record, many of his chess still have their own ideas.

After reading the "Nongxin Cup" chess score, Li Xiangping's phone rang. When he glanced at the caller ID, he immediately looked around with guilt, confirming that his real girlfriend Yaya was not here. This time, he lowered his voice and answered:

"Hello."

Miss Bai's voice came from the phone: "Xiang, I'm here in Xiangping."

"Oh, here it is? It doesn't mean tomorrow... Forget it, where are you now?"
Chapter completed!