Similar to previous years, Li Xiangping went to Fenghuang Ancient City with reporter Xie Zhang and others.

On the way, Li Xiangping asked:

"Who are you going to send as the vanguard of the alliance this time?"

"Brother Niu, I heard that Brother Niu strongly requested to be the first to play again."

"ha!"

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, people like Brother Niu may really not be suitable to be professional chess players. Playing Go requires smart people, and there are two types of smart people who play Go.

One type is a smart person with the attributes of a top student - if this kind of person doesn't play Go, he can do well in many other industries.

The other type is the smart people with the attributes of giant babies. This type of people is represented by Wu Qingyuan, Lao Nie, and South Korea's Da Li.

This kind of "smart people" may only be suitable for playing Go. If they are asked to do anything else, they may be in trouble.

However, the fact is that in the Go world, it is often the smart people in the latter group who are more terrifying.

But Brother Niu really doesn't look like a smart person. If he is forced to classify, he can be classified as a smart person with giant baby attributes, but limited to his own qualifications, his level of intelligence is definitely not as good as the three listed above.

position, so his professional achievements are just like that.

Well, in fact, in real history, Brother Renniu has won the world runner-up three times in total, which is exactly the same as Lao Nie. However, when it comes to influence and status, of course he cannot compare with Lao Nie.

It's just a pity that even facing such a chess player, Li Xiangping lost the first game.

In the first game of this year's special 10th round, Li Xiangping and Niu Ge fought fiercely for nearly 8 hours, with more than 320 moves. In the end, Li Xiangping lost with a 2-goal disadvantage.

"Hey, brother Ding'an, even if we use our two swords together, we still can't defeat our opponent. Maybe this is the real gap between us and the dog?"

"Haha, it's normal. In the past, when I played handicap chess, I often cheated and deceived, hoping to disturb the opponent's mind. However, in order to fight dogs, I can only use real skills, and my opponent's mentality today is very good.

, showing the best patience, it is reasonable for us to lose."

Li Xiangping smiled and said:

"Of course I know these. I mean the gap, the gap between us and the dog. Brother Ding'an, do you think this game of chess is representative? The 2-move game we lost today is the current gap between us and the dog?"

Lao Shi continued to laugh and said: "It's hard to say this. The sample size of one game is too small. If you guys from Xiangping want to summarize, I think it's better to wait until all the games are played."

"That's right."

After a brief exchange with the plug-in, according to the schedule, Li Xiangping changed the game and moved to Suzhou to continue the next game.

Since he completely abandoned cheating and cheating, Li Xiangping fell into a hard fight in the next game.

In the first game of the Suzhou Station, Li Xiangping faced South Korea's new star Park Chun. He once again lost with a disadvantage of 1 goal.

Although in handicap chess, 1 move is already the smallest gap, but if you lose, you lose.

0 to 2, this is the worst start Li Xiangping has ever experienced since participating in the special tenth round.

In the third game, Li Xiangping faced the oldest player on the team, probably the first female professional Go player in history, "Brother Xi" Rui Xiwei 9th Dan. Li Xiangping still failed to defeat his opponent.

But he didn't lose either.

After a fierce battle, both sides ended up with a tie and a draw was made according to the rules of handicap chess.

In the 4th game, Li Xiangping finally drew a draw, but there was nothing to be proud of, because his opponent was Yili Liao who had not yet become the "Liao God". He was obviously still very immature now, and he was probably the strongest player in the alliance.

Li Xiangping thought that it was reasonable for him to win the weak one.

After winning a game and finishing at the bottom, Li Xiangping gradually found the feeling of playing handicap chess - the feeling of playing handicap chess without having to cheat.

In the 5th game, Li Xiangping faced Chen Xiaoqiang, the strongest player in the alliance. Although Li Xiangping lost again, Li Xiangping thought that he had a good chance. As long as the chessboard was just a little bigger, he would win this game.

The winner may be you.

However, there are no ifs in the outcome of the game. Halfway through the schedule, Li Xiangping has one win, one win and three losses. This is no longer a question of final victory, but a question of keeping his current chess position and not being promoted back by his opponent.

Li Xiangping mustered up all his energy and dealt with a group of new chess players who were like wolves and tigers.

In the sixth game, Li Xiangping won again, this time against Shi Yue, who was also not yet fully mature.

However, in the 7th game, Li Xiangping lost again, this time to Japan's Yuta Iyama.

Not only that, in the last two sets of the Suzhou Station, Li Xiangping lost consecutively, losing to his former teammate Zhou Xiaoyang and Tang Elder Tang Xuanzong respectively.

At the end of the nine-set match, Li Xiangping only achieved 2 wins, 1 loss and 6 losses.

Fortunately, there was a draw, otherwise the alliance would have been promoted back.

However, the crisis has not been resolved yet. As long as South Korea's Prince Kim wins the final game, Li Xiangping will also be demoted.

South Korea's Kim Prince suddenly became the focus of attention, because according to the prize distribution plan of this competition, the value of the last game of chess is very great. There is a difference of several million, which is more than twice as high as the average world championship prize.

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Maybe it was this that affected the performance of South Korea's Prince Kim. Li Xiangping won the last set, and he won it relatively easily. It was the easiest set in the 10-set match.

After calculating the total score, Li Xiangping finally managed to avoid relegation with 3 wins, 1 loss and 6 losses.

Such results also allowed Li Xiangping to see clearly the gap between himself and the dog. He knew that if he competed with the dog with his current strength, the probability of winning would be less than 10%.

Fortunately, it is only 2010 now, and Li Xiangping still has 5 years to continue to improve his strength.

The time came to 2011. In this year's special tenth round, Li Xiangping continued to lose, but his results were slightly improved compared to the first round, with 4 wins and 6 losses this year.

In the following year of 2012, although Li Xiangping still lost, his results went further. This year, he had 4 wins, 1 loss and 5 losses, which was infinitely close to the 50-50 mark.

Although he has been defeated for three consecutive years, Li Xiangping still firmly holds the position of "Ding Er". This is also a beautiful scenery in the world chess world.

The time has come to 2013.

This year, Li Xiangping is 26 years old, and the day when the dog is born is getting closer and closer.

In real history, 2013 was actually a year that changed the landscape of the entire world of chess ------

In this year, six young Chinese chess players won six world championships, marking the full maturity of a generation of young Chinese chess players.
Chapter completed!