Go Legend

   Chapter 785 Going back

After Gu Dali and Li Shishi joined forces in the final of the "Fujitsu Cup", the time entered July 2008. At this time, it was only a month before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. Li Xiangping has also been on vacation. He has successfully completed 3 years in the Philosophy Department of Peking University. year.

   On this day, Li Xiangping came to the long-lost "Fangyuan Chess and Cards Room". Today there is a round of enclosures. Li Xiangping's team will play against Gu Dali's Shancheng team at home.

   Last season, the two teams were the champion and runner-up, but this season, the situation is completely different.

In addition to Gu Dali, the Shancheng team is also joined by the calm brother Xie He and Wang Xi. The lineup is neat and strong. At present, it is far ahead in the points rankings. When the game is just over halfway, it is 7 points away from the second place. many.

On the other hand, Comrade Lao Cai's team, due to Li Xiangping's sudden announcement of resignation, caused the team to fluctuate to a certain extent. Especially in the opening stage, it almost fell into the relegation zone. Fortunately, Zhou Xiaoyangtuo and others were strong enough to lead the way. The team is catching up slowly, and now it has come to the middle reaches, a typical situation of "no hope of winning the championship and no worries of relegation".

   After Li Xiangping came to the club, the game has not officially started:

   "The boss is here?"

  “Xiang Ping…”

   "Hello Mr. Li..."

   Li Xiangping smiled and responded one by one, and then directly asked Gu Dali of the visiting team:

   "Brother Gu, who is your opponent today?"

   "Zhou Xiaoyang." Gu Dali gave Zhou Xiaoyang a crossbow from the corner of his mouth, and then said half-jokingly and half-seriously:

   "Actually, let's be honest, I want to play against that kid on your team even more, boss, I heard that he was appointed by you to join the team. Are you really so optimistic about him?"

  Li Xiangping laughed when he heard it. The "child" in Gu Dali's mouth was of course the big boss Xiaofan Fan, who was only 12 years old this year. Comrade Lao Cai has already signed him, and as a substitute he has played 2 games on behalf of the team and achieved 1 win and 1 loss.

  Although there is only one win and one loss, his performance has attracted the attention of the entire chess world. You must know that he is only 12 years old this year, and his age has also set the record of the youngest chess player in Weijia over the years.

The previous record of    belonged to classmate Chen Xiaoqiang. He played in the Weijia when he was 13 years old. As for Li Xiangping, he did not log in to the Weijia until he was 14 years old, and he only achieved a winning rate of less than 40% in the first year.

Therefore, Boss Fan has one win and one loss at the age of 12. This is a great start. Moreover, when he signed him, Comrade Cai was talking all over the place, saying that Li Xiangping was very optimistic about this child, and the team regarded him as Li Xiangping's successor. It's no wonder that even Gu Dali wants to fight with him.

   When the two were chatting, Coach Wu just came over, and Li Xiangping asked casually:

   "Mr. Wu, is there any arrangement for Xiaofan to play today?"

   "Yes, put it on the fourth channel." After returning to Li Xiangping's words, Coach Wu turned to Gu Dali and said:

   "I said your old Yang, hehe, he really worked hard enough to put Wang Xi on the fourth stage."

   "Huh?!" This time even Li Xiangping was a little surprised--

You must know that although he is retiring, he is still keeping an eye on the trends in the chess world. He knows that Wang Xibadan is in excellent form this year, especially in the Weijia arena. In the 11 rounds that have ended, he has 10 wins and 1 loss, which is the highest winning rate this year. One of the top contenders for the award.

   It can be said that the Shancheng team can currently establish such a big lead. The first hero this year is really not Gu Dali, but Wang Badan.

   "Boss said, are you really that optimistic about that child?"

  Gu Dali ignored Coach Wu and continued to wrestle with this issue.

  Li Xiangping glanced at him and smiled and said, "Isn't it amazing, you still haven't got points? You haven't played against in the official game, and you haven't gone to the Internet to find out about others?"

   Hearing Li Xiangping say this, Gu Dali smiled embarrassedly—

Boss Xiao Fan is a real Internet expert. It is no exaggeration to say that he can achieve such a level now, and most of it is achieved by relying on Internet beating. Li Xiangping has played more than 100 games of coaching chess with him. Although Gu Dali played less online chess, Li Xiangping believed that this guy must have secretly used his vest to probe the bottom of others.

  Li Xiangping continued:

   "Brother Gu, I'm asking you now. I believe you must have played against him on the Internet. What do you think his chess style is?"

"this…"

   Gu Dali recalled a little and said, "I haven't actually played against him a few times, but this kid seems to be very good at treating orphans, and his orphan management is different from that of Chen Xiaoqiang, like, like..."

   "It seems that the attack power is stronger, but it has a bit of the style of Sakata Eio, isn't it?"

Gu Dali nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, now that I think about it, it's a little interesting. His governance is stable and fierce, and when he counterattacks with small means, he is quite sharp. Razor Sakata! Out a razor Sakata."

  Li Xiangping nodded involuntarily: "Yes, it's strange..."

   "Oh, what are you weird about?"

   The two didn't talk anymore, because the game time was up and Gu Dali needed to enter the game, so of course he didn't know now that Li Xiangping was wondering that Boss Fan's chess style seemed to be different from his previous life.

  Senior chess fans of course know that, in real history, Xiaofan in his early years was called "Youth Stone Buddha"——

  Since it is similar to Dali's style, of course it has nothing to do with "sharp" and the like.

   And Boss Fan really became sharp, it should be after winning the "Ying's Cup" in real history, he slowly changed from "Young Stone Buddha" to "Modern Sakata"——

   Don't underestimate this kind of change, in fact, this kind of change is not common in the professional chess world itself.

  The most normal transformation is actually like Mr. Kato Masao, who was a "Scorpio" when he was young, and then slowly transformed into a "Hammome Kato".

   Therefore, from sharp to peaceful, this is the normal growth pattern of most professional chess players.

  Like Boss Fan, who slowly turned from peaceful to sharp-looking through the history of modern Go, it seems that it is really hard to find an example similar to him.

   It is precisely because of this that in his previous life, Li Xiangping was very interested in Boss Fan. He originally wanted to see what Xiao Fan could eventually grow into if this trend continued—

   Unfortunately, this growth seems to be interrupted by the dog.

  Because of the dog's powerful strength, it seems that the normal growth of all human chess players has been interrupted, and all the characteristics of human chess styles seem to be zeroed out. Everyone is learning from dogs, and everyone seems to be starting over.

Well now, because of his appearance in this life, Xiaofan seems to be different from the beginning. He seems to have skipped the stage of "Junior Stone Buddha" and showed a chess style similar to Bantian at the age of 12, so Li Xiangping still I really want to see what he can grow into in the future.

   Everyone else went to the game. Originally, Li Xiangping also wanted to stay at the club for a day, but at noon, Zhang Wendong called him to the Chinese Chess Academy.

   Zhang Jiuduan told him about the "Asian Cup":

   "Xiangping, do you really want to participate in the "Asian Cup"?"

Li Xiangping smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, didn't I say that I can push as soon as I can? I have already held a press conference, and I will participate in the official game in March. letter."

Zhang Wendong smiled at Jiuduan: "Now there is a new situation, Xiangping, you know, this year's Asian Cup is Japan's turn to hold, and the Japanese sponsors have already spoken, as long as you, Li Xiangping, are willing to participate, they are willing to take this year's Asian Cup. The championship bonus has been increased to 15 million yen."

Li Xiangping opened his eyes when he heard it, 15 million yen, which is already the same as the "Fujitsu Cup" champion bonus, and before, the "Asian Cup" champion's bonus was at most 4.5 million yen, which is directly It's more than tripled.

   "Teacher Zhang, listen to you, don't tell me that if I insist on quitting, the prize money will not increase?"

  Zhang Wendong shrugged: "Of course, the Asian Cup is to be the banker by turns, and this year's increase in bonuses is also a unilateral intention of Japan. If you don't participate, who will pull it to the top."

   Zhang Wendong paused and continued:

   "Now, only you, Li Xiangping, have this face. You announced your resignation, so the games you participated in become scarce resources. How about reconsidering?"

   Li Xiangping smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, why do I feel like I've been kidnapped?"

   understands Li Xiangping's wry smile Zhang Wendong nine paragraphs, because he is very clear that with Li Xiangping's current status and his family, of course he will not care about the mere 15 million yen.

   However, he doesn't care, and it doesn't mean that other chess players don't care either. Since the first prize money has been raised, what about the runner-up prize money? Or other match fees? Naturally, it will increase accordingly-

   That's what Li Xiangping meant when he said that he was "kidnapped". If he doesn't participate, it means that the prize money will not be increased. Isn't he blocking the money of other chess players?

  Li Xiangping thought about it and had to say:

   "Teacher Zhang, I still mean that, try to push me if you can. If you really can't push, then, then..."

   As soon as Li Xiangping said this, Zhang Jiuduan laughed at the time: "Haha, that definitely can't be pushed,"

Zhang Wendong smiled happily: "Xiangping, don't worry, don't you worry about the chess fans saying that you go back on your word, we will do the work in this regard, I will contact the reporters Lao Xie Zhang Da and the others, and tell the whole story of the matter. Chess fans, if you really can't, you can say that the chess academy strictly stipulates that you participate in the competition, so there is no problem."

   Zhang Wendong paused and continued:

"Actually, let me tell you, you don't need to worry about it. You are the defending champion of the Asian Cup, so you only play 2 games. I believe that most chess fans are still very willing to see you appear in the official arena, so where? I'll also blame you for going back on your word."

  Li Xiangping continued to smile bitterly: "By the way, when is the Asian Cup this year?"

   Zhang Wendong didn't even think about reaching it soon: "From the 26th to the 29th of this month, the competition venue is Tokyo, Japan."

   "That's fine."

After leaving the chess institute, Li Xiangping returned to the club, and then saw the 12-year-old Xiao Fan being defeated by Wang Xi in the eighth dan, and then saw Gu Dali beating Zhou Xiaoyang in the main position, leading his team to take 3 points 3 to 1, and continue. lead the standings.

  Li Xiangping has no time to care about this, so he went back to prepare for his trip to Tokyo.

   Continue to be powerless to ask for a monthly pass, even if the effect is not great, I still ask for it, annoying you.

   (end of this chapter)