Of all the world chess tournaments in the world, the "Samsung Cup" is probably the most "fickle", with the format often changing back and forth, and from time to time there is a small trick in the draw.

For example, this time, not only did the match take less time from 3 hours to 2 hours per side, but the semi-finals were also changed from a trilogy to a one-game victory.

In early November, the semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup" officially started in Seoul, South Korea, this time it is a typical confrontation between China and South Korea, except for Li Xiangping VS Li Canghao, the other side is no one else, it is Luo Xihe VS Cui Poison, who created a famous game in real history.

Of course, at this time, no one knew that they could create a famous game, and Shenzhu was still a rare guest in the top four, in fact, in real history, he also had and only had the experience of the World Series finals, but only that time, he wrote a modern Go legend.

It is for this reason that before the game, everyone's focus was on the battle between Li Xiangping VS Li Canghao, and many people even directly ignored the other one, thinking that this was the final that came in advance.

Of course, everyone has reason to think so.

After all, comparing fame and past achievements, the two sides are too far apart.

Li Xiangping and Li Canghao, now one has 13 crowns and one has 14 crowns, and the sum of the number of championships won by the two is almost half of the total number of championships produced in the past 88 years.

The two players on the other side have a combined number of champions so far.

Li Xiangping is last year's "Golden Slam", and is recognized as the strongest player in the chess world at the moment. And Li Canghao is the former overlord, and he has defeated Li Xiangping twice in Fanqi, because he is recognized as the closest to Li Xiangping's level, his threat to Li Xiangping, most people are recognized as far more than the current Gu Dali.

On the other hand, the most polite evaluation of the two players is that they are only "first-class strong players with very characteristics".

Since the status of the chess players is different, of course, the highlights of the game are different, and the attitude of everyone towards the game on both sides is also different.

On Li Xiangping's side, this is the final that came ahead of schedule, and even whether Chinese Go can continue to remain strong and maintain the overwhelming momentum against South Korea's Go, many people think that this game of chess is very important.

As for Luo Xihe's side, because Li Xiangping is still "built", at this time, no one will pin the heavy responsibility of winning the championship on him, so the requirements for him are more to hope that he will show his personality, give full play to his own characteristics, and be able to play wonderful chess games, and most chess fans will be very satisfied.

This trip to South Korea was personally led by Team Leader Ma, and if you really want to say it, Luo Xihe is still his "contracted disciple------", which is the kind of master-apprentice relationship that the two signed a master-apprentice agreement under the witness of the old management of the chess academy, but it is obvious that Ma Xiaofei led the team this time, and his focus is still on Li Xiangping. When he was still on the plane, he turned on the small talk mode with Li Xiangping:

"Xiangping, they all say that your chess style has changed now, which makes me a little curious, so tomorrow's 2-hour game, do you want to play with Da Li?"

"Huh?! Hehe, I really haven't thought about this......"

Li Xiangping is telling the truth.

Before getting on the plane, he really didn't think about how to play this game of chess.

After all, he is an old opponent, and Da Li has played dozens of times, and Li Xiangping can't be highly excited about every game of chess, especially now that he has entered college, it may be a simple homework for others, but it has become a problem for him, he worries every day whether he will fail the course, so for a semi-final, he has not made particularly careful preparations.

However, he knew that Ma Xiaofei's seemingly casual question was not a casual remark, he should be reminding himself that when facing Da Li, the kind of play you have been using recently may not work, and you may need to seriously think about the strategy of this game of chess.

There is no other reason, because Da Li himself, he is the kind of "waiting" chess way, "waiting" style, and even from a certain point of view, he is the most skilled person in today's chess world to use this kind of play, which is his famous stunt, and it is his biggest reliance on walking the rivers and lakes.

To be honest, if he hadn't just lost to Zhou Heyang in the first game of the ninth section, Li Xiangping would not have thought of this layer soon.

It was precisely because he quickly thought of this layer that Li Xiangping quickly understood the meaning of Ma Xiaofei's words-------

Because Team Leader Ma is this kind of person, he is not as straightforward as Lao Nie.

If this is replaced by Lao Nie's straight temper, he will say anything directly, otherwise he will not directly criticize himself as "Bo Ertu" in front of the public like the last "Fujitsu Cup" final.

However, Ma Xiaofei will not be like Lao Nie, for a person like him, he may think that it is enough to talk to this extent.

Seeing Li Xiangping showing a thoughtful look, Team Leader Ma really didn't speak again, and there was nothing to say all the way, and everyone quickly arrived at the Korean arena.

At 11 o'clock in the morning of the second day, the game officially began.

Due to the shortened duration of the match and the cancellation of the lunch break, the process was slightly faster than before, and in less than 40 minutes, the match was already down to 45 hands.

In the on-site viewing room, when Ma Xiaofei went through the actual combat process on the chessboard, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

And his frowning action was quickly captured by reporter Zhang Da:

"What's wrong, Ma Xiao? What's wrong with Xiangping? ”

"No, no, everything is normal in black, anyway, at my level, I can't find anything to blame."

"And what did you frown about?"

"Am I frowning, I don't know myself."

Seeing that Ma Xiaofei still refused to admit it, of course it was difficult for reporter Zhang Da to continue to ask, but as a senior Go reporter with a 6-level industry, Lao Zhang had actually seen the problem------

Today's first 45 hands, no matter how you look at it, it looks like two Li Canghao are playing chess, but one is a genuine card and the other is a copycat.

Although the vast majority of people believe that today's copycats, his comprehensive strength, is actually slightly stronger than the genuine goods, but the cottage is not a copycat after all, you compete with others in the field that they are best at, no matter what, it is not wise.

Just when Zhang Da reporter was thinking about it, the latest chess score came again, and the first move of this chess game, that is, Bai 46 under Da Li, attracted everyone to talk about it at that time.

Reporter Zhang Da pointed to the chess hand and said with a smile:

"Huh? Wrapping around one hand like this? Ma Xiao, what do you think of this chess move? ”

Ma Xiaofei also smiled: "Where am I qualified to evaluate Da Li's chess, under normal circumstances, the efficiency of the simple encirclement of the air is generally not high, at most it is beyond reproach, anyway, in the chess game before Xiangping, it is basically difficult to see this kind of play, but Da Li likes to play this kind of chess very much, he not only likes, but also very good at it, I played with him back then, I was often tortured by his play, I can only say that this is a typical Da Li style of play, 5 years ago, I would think this is a good move, However, it is difficult to say after Xiangping was born..... Hey! ”

Team Leader Ma, who was talking endlessly, suddenly stopped, and the reason why he stopped was Li Xiangping's black 47.

This is a hand that seems to be abnormal.

Of course, only from the specific technique, Li Xiangping's chess move is still very normal, this is just a "stab", the kind of "stab" of stabbing "single level jump", or it can also be called "peeping".

However, anyone who has played chess knows that the "stab" has a direction, and there is a difference between the yin side and the yang side in Go.

The simplest example, a "small single pass to guard the corner", you "stab" in it, this is the "yang side" in Go, this kind of chess will not be a problem most of the time, sometimes even a good "test hand" good hand.

But if it is a "stab" outside, then this kind of chess is basically a vulgar hand, and the "stab" of this vulgar hand is called "stabbing in the shadow" in Go.

Li Xiangping's chess hand just now, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a "stab in the shadows".

And the logic of this: before the white 46, Da Li just took a step that looked extremely chic "Mid-belly Big Fly", and as soon as this chess hand came out, he immediately made a three-dimensional appearance under his chessboard.

Although Ma Xiaofei said before that this seemingly simple way of playing around the air is generally not efficient, it must be admitted that this move is extremely balanced, and as soon as this move comes out, how to deal with him immediately becomes Li Xiangping's top priority.

It is from the perspective of dealing with the appearance that there is a difference between the yin side and the yang side of this kind of "thorn".

Like the previous example of "small eyes and single corners", most of the time "stab" in the pattern, this kind of chess can be considered as "stabbing in the sun", because even if this piece is useless in the end, at least it will not suffer, at least it can cause trouble for the opponent's appearance to be restrained.

But if it is "stabbed" on the outside, this kind of play is basically a vulgar hand, except for reinforcing the appearance of the opponent, it will not have much effect most of the time.

Li Xiangping just now, he played such a move.

However, despite the fact that this move was so abnormal, Ma Xiaofei and Zhang Da did not immediately start criticizing it------

There is no other reason, because people will not interpret such a seemingly obvious violation of chess principles as "stupid moves" or "low-level mistakes", and professional chess players will not put them here even if they are misplaced.

Considering that it was Li Xiangping who shot today, he had a lot of criminal records before, and there were too many abnormal plays.

Therefore, everyone's first thought: Li Xiangping is like this now, he must have his own intentions, but his intentions and ideas have not been seen by everyone for the time being.

There are not many hands in this game, from white 46 to black 55, a total of 10 hands for five rounds.

How to say it, for Li Xiangping's 5 chess moves, everyone understands each move, and he has been throwing beans there to fight east and west in the past five rounds, obviously preparing for the elimination of the appearance.

But how to break this appearance? What is Li Xiangping going to do? At this time, even Ma Xiaofei hadn't seen it.

"Hehe, can you still look like this......"

Team Leader Ma was talking to himself.