On September 30, in the 4th round of this year's Chinese "Celebrity War", Li Xiangping VS Chang Hao.

"Xiangping, you know, if you can win Chang Hao today, then your rating will be able to rise to the first place in China."

"Ahh It's true? ”

"I can't lie to you about this," reporter Zhang Da continued to explain to Li Xiangping while gesturing:

"The rating score is announced once a quarter, this is called the instant rating score, I specially checked it yesterday, if you can win today, then your rating score will surpass Xiaochang and officially rank first."

"It's going up so fast, I remember that at the beginning of the year, I was still outside the top 10."

"Hehe, you don't know, in fact, since last quarter, the scoring method of the rating score has been revised, and this time the instant rating is also temporary, and the official announcement will start from January next year."

Li Xiangping smiled slightly when he heard this, although after listening to what reporter Zhang Da said, today's game seems to have an extra gimmick of "the battle for the first grade", but to be honest, Li Xiangping will not take this kind of thing to heart.

As for the correction of the scoring method of the rating score, Li Xiangping thinks that this is normal. After all, if you want something like a "leaderboard" to be credible, or even an authoritative list, you need at least one requirement: it must at least look reasonable.

Well, this is like the International Table Tennis Federation in later generations, making a list to put a group of Chinese national players behind, and some cats and dogs in front, so no matter how the ITTF explains and explains its scoring system, such a ranking will not have any credibility, and the people who eat melons will only take this thing as a joke.

Fortunately, in all competitive events, the game of Go may be considered relatively thin-skinned, and at the beginning of the year, a rating ranking was made, and last year's World Series triple crown was only ranked 12th in China......

Of course, there is nothing to say, as long as it is a person who points face, he will naturally find some way to fix this grading system.

"Except for me and Brother Chang, what is the situation with the others?"

"Hey! This time, except for you who rose up, the rankings of others seem to have basically not changed much, the only exception is Gu Dali, in the last quarter, he was still ranked second, and only two points worse than Chang Hao, but with the new calculation method, he fell a little too much, and it seems to be ranked 5th. ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Xiangping burst into laughter. Strictly speaking, Gu Dali's form has not been much of an up-and-down, and his record in the domestic arena is still excellent, with 13 wins and 1 losses so far, ranking first in the winning percentage rankings, and in other domestic title battles, he has also had a good record.

However, who made him become an "ancient round" when he reached the international arena? In this way, of course, it is Li Xiangping's big advantage, his rating score is rising, and like the "ancient round" will suffer, as for Chang Hao, although his performance in the international arena cannot be compared with Li Xiangping, but he has finally reached the "Chunlan Cup" finals, so he can still sit and look at one.

No, strictly speaking, it is still the first in the family, I just heard Zhang Da's reporter introduced, today's game will determine the ownership of the first rating, if Li Xiangping wins he can be the first, if he loses today, then he will be ranked second after Chang Hao.

"Hehe, I've caught up with the battle for the first grade, that's okay, I have to cheer up today and have a good deal with Brother Chang."

"That's that," Zhang Da said busily:

"Then you have to cheer up, how about Xiangping, it shouldn't be a problem to take down your brother Chang, right?"

Li Xiangping smiled secretly in his heart, although in his heart, he didn't pay much attention to this grade first, but Zhang Da reporter was so energetic, he talked to himself before the game, didn't he value this gimmick, since this is the case, Li Xiangping felt that he was still quite understanding, he decided to say a few more words to meet Zhang Da's request:

"Hehe, how can Brother Chang be so easy to deal with, it's still the same sentence, I am not sure of my confidence with him, if you want to win, you have to be mentally up, I really don't dare to say something like "definitely no problem". ”

Seeing that reporter Zhang Da did not squeak, Li Xiangping continued:

"Hehe, don't think I'm being modest and polite, let's make such a comparison, if you compare the current Brother Chang with Da Li, of course there is nothing to say, everyone will think that Da Li is more powerful, reporter Zhang, do you say that's the case?"

Reporter Zhang Da continued to be silent, of course, there is no need to answer this question, although in the early years, these two were said by some domestic media to be what "peerless double pride", but now, this statement has long been mentioned, and the two do not seem to be at the same level at all.

"So for me, I specifically note, what I'm talking about today is only for me personally, do you think Brother Chang in the domestic arena is more difficult to deal with, or is Da Li in the international arena more difficult to deal with?"

"This ......"

Before Zhang Da reporter could speak, Li Xiangping smiled and preemptively said: "Hehe, there's nothing about this and that, let me tell you the correct answer, in fact, for me, the difficulty coefficient of the two is the same, maybe Brother Chang is more difficult to deal with...... Okay, don't mess with you, I'll race. ”

It must be admitted that Li Xiangping has always been honest, and he just told the truth. Although there must be a gap between Chang Hao and Da Li's strength, but in Li Xiangping's view, it is actually the difference between 99 ° and 100 °, since they are all such high temperatures, then from a purely technical level, their impact on Li Xiangping is the same, and it still depends on the performance of a game.

Chang Hao should not have any burden in the domestic arena, and he should be able to play his level normally.

On the contrary, if he meets Da Li again in the international arena, because he has lost to Lao Shi many times before, then Li Xiangping believes that this will definitely affect him more or less, and it should be difficult for him to fully play his level 100%.

Under such a rise, Li Xiangping thinks that "Chang Hao in the domestic arena is more difficult to deal with", of course, this is not his perfunctory reporter, it is indeed his true words.

However, what Li Xiangping didn't expect was that he said the truth today, and he was indeed ready to "cheer up", but the process of today's game of chess .......

The game went on until more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and today's chess academy was still full of friends, and a group of Go reporters such as Ganema and others were paying attention to the battle for the "first grade" in this game.

At half past two o'clock in the afternoon, the overall situation was only carried out to more than 80 hands, and Lao Nie shouted there:

"It stinks! It stinks! This, this, what did Chang Hao do here? Well, sleepwalking, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do at all, go and inquire, what Chang Hao was doing yesterday, why is he completely out of state......"

Compared with Lao Nie's urgency, Ma Xiao on the side seemed to be an old god, as if he had long expected today's situation:

"Hehe, it seems that Xiao Chang is still a good boy, at least he hasn't learned some people's cheekiness."

Of course, such insinuations are too obvious, and Lao Nie was immediately furious:

"What do you mean, Ma Xiao?"

Ma Xiao was surprised: "Huh? Lao Nie, don't you know that today's game is also a big win, and the winner is the first in the new ranking. ”

"I know, but what does this have to do with Xiao Chang's sluggish state, and what you just said, what kind of cheeky and thin-skinned person, Ma Xiao, you explain it to me clearly."

Ma Xiaofei said with a smile: "Hehe, Lao Nie, you don't want to think about it, in the face of the five crowns of Xiangping, is Xiao Chang embarrassed to take this first?" Even if he wins the game today and wins the first place in a row, isn't he afraid of being scolded by chess fans? ”

Ma Xiao paused: "If I were Xiao Chang, then I would definitely be embarrassed to take this first, since I am embarrassed, then this chess game must be awkward, so in my opinion, Xiao Chang is in a sluggish state today, it is too normal, but this also proves that he is still a good boy." ”

"Hehehe......"

"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee......"

After listening to Ma Xiaofei's words, the group of reporters let out a chuckle, and hearing such words, Lao Nie had nothing to say, after all, although the reason is crooked, it also sounds reasonable.

So what is the truth of the matter? To be honest, at the beginning, Li Xiangping didn't know, but when the chess game was over, Chang Hao's expression was like his burden, and he even often breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did Li Xiangping faintly feel: Maybe the truth is as Ma Xiaofei said, for Chang Hao, the first grade is actually not an honor, but a burden.

"Well, help him unload a burden, then I didn't do a good thing today.....

With this strange thought, Li Xiangping came to the viewing room and paid attention to another game.

The game between him and Chang Hao ended relatively early, and it ended at 4:00, and when he and everyone watched the game together, Zhou Heyang VS Gu Dali's game had just entered the stage of big officials.

"Xiangping, what do you think of this plate?"

Faced with Zhang Da's reporter's inquiry, Li Xiangping judged the chessboard for a while, and then replied with a smile:

"Judging from the current situation, then I may have to prepare for the match with Gu Ge."

But the game of human chess players is like this, and when the time passed half past four, Li Xiangping spoke again:

"Huh? Judging by this process, I may have to be prepared for both. ”

When the time came to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiangping found that history still has a certain inertia, in real history, this time it was Zhou Heyang who won the right to challenge, and now, it seems that he has reversed Gu Dali, and he will meet him in the game the day after tomorrow.

"Hehe, there's nothing to say, I'm going to prepare for the match with Jigong."