Chapter 31 Why is he called a national player?
Li Xiangping naturally knew nothing about what happened in the capital.
He didn't know who "Jueyi" had won in the past few days, he didn't know that his old man had been to Lao Nie's house, and he didn't know that the "bad moves" he had thrown out had attracted a small amount of attention in the Go community.
For Li Xiangping now, playing chess online with Lao Shi is just for fun, a way to show off, or simply a boring way to kill time.
Come to think of it, a person traveled through time and space and became a 13-year-old child, and was locked up in a hospital. What else could he do? If you think about it carefully, he really couldn't do anything.
If you meet a reborn person who has great ambitions and wants to make a difference after traveling through time, it would be fine. Such a person might do everything he can torment himself. Unfortunately, Li Xiangping is not like that. In his previous life, he was just a playboy with no ambitions. He didn't want to change the world, and he didn't even want to change himself.
Since he had been a playboy for so long in his previous life, he should continue to be one in this life. This was Li Xiangping's current thought. It was also because of this that he was so interested in pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. After all, for Li Xiangping, Go was his only specialty in his previous life. Now that he had such an opportunity, he naturally had to pretend to be cool to the end, otherwise how could he be considered a qualified playboy.
After winning the game the day before and showing off, Li Xiangping had a good sleep. At noon the next day, he first asked Lao Shi this question:
"Brother Ding'an, have you finished reading the works of your junior Wu Quanzhi?"
"Not yet. This book is very good. Ding'an is preparing to study it carefully."
Li Xiangping laughed: "Haha, Brother Ding'an also thinks this book is excellent, then what ?"
"Well, the main idea of the book is that it can be used as a model, and it is indeed the main body of chess learning. However, it seems that there are some incomplete aspects when it comes to close combat, so Ding'an must study it carefully."
Hearing Lao Shi's evaluation, Li Xiangping was very happy at first, thinking that his recommendation was indeed correct. If you want to intimidate someone like Lao Shi, you must have someone like Mr. Wu Qingyuan. But he thought about it and found that it was wrong, because Lao Shi's evaluation sounded so familiar.
Li Xiangping said with a dark face: "Brother Ding'an, is this the only comment you use to evaluate others? I remember that you used the same comment when you evaluated the 'Jianshan Hall Chess Book' written by senior Xu Xingyou."
“This… hehe…”
Hearing Li Xiangping say this, Master Shi seemed a little embarrassed, but he still explained:
"In Ding'an's opinion, the two books do have many similarities, so it is not surprising that Ding'an gave the same evaluation."
Hearing this, Xiangping became interested. He was not interested in the two books, but in the authors of the two books. To be more precise, he became interested in Xu Xingyou, the author of "Jianshantang Yipu".
You should know that although Xu Xingyou is ranked as one of the nine great chess masters in medieval times, his book "Jianshan Tang Yipu" can indeed be called a famous work. This book has had a great influence on later generations and is a rare classic in medieval chess.
For example, the old Shi in my body spoke highly of this book. He not only said that this book is "the essence of chess studies ", but also said that he had "played it for several years and benefited a lot from it."
But then again, although Xu Xingyou is famous and his books are good, Li Xiangping still has doubts about his level. After all, Xu Xingyou's most famous game is the "Blood and Tears" between him and Huang Longshi.
In the "Blood and Tears" chapter, not only was Xu Xingyou defeated by the genius Huang Longshi by three moves, but more importantly, Xu Xingyou was already 40 years old when he played the "Blood and Tears" chapter.
So how could someone like him be listed as one of the nine great chess masters in medieval times?
Is it just because he is famous enough? Or did he really experience some kind of "reverse growth" after the age of 40? This is the question that Li Xiangping is interested in now.
Li Xiangping also knew that Lao Shi should have met Xu Xingyou in person. According to legend, when Lao Shi was still a child, his chess talent was appreciated by Xu Xingyou, who personally gave him a book to encourage him. From this perspective, Xu Xingyou's chess skills may not be the best, but his vision of people is still first-class.
You have to know that when he was a child, Old Shi was not at all a show-off, and his brilliance was completely overshadowed by his good friend Fan Xiping.
When Fan Xiping was 16 years old, he defeated Liang Weijin, another national player in ancient Chinese chess, and achieved a good story of "one nail makes a national player". However, our chess master Shi was still not a match for Liang Weijin until he was 21 years old, and "did not lose a point for three years". It was not until the two of them visited Yanshan together that Liang Weijin enlightened Shi with the allusion of "the gurgling water under the mountain", leaving a famous "epiphany" story in the history of Go. At the same time, Shi's chess skills began to improve by leaps and bounds, and gradually reached the point where he could compete with Fan Xiping.
Xu Xingyou was able to see that Lao Shi was unusual when he was a child, so his vision was naturally impeccable.
Because he was curious about Xu Xingyou's true chess ability, Li Xiangping asked Lao Shi:
"Brother Ding'an, what do you think of Senior Xu Xingyou's chess ability? Is he really qualified to be called a 'master'?"
"Of course. Think about the peaceful and calm chess played by Senior Xingyou. It is the most authentic and authentic. He is truly worthy of the title of 'Master'. There is no doubt about that."
"Then if Brother Ding'an fights with Senior Xingyou , what do you think are his chances of winning?"
"this……"
Seeing that Old Shi was hesitant and unwilling to speak, Li Xiangping laughed happily:
"Okay, Old Shi, I know that people like you are the most hypocritical. You know that Senior Xingyou is definitely not your opponent, but you still say some high-sounding nice things. Okay, Brother Ding'an, let's stop talking nonsense now. What do you think is the reason that Senior Xingyou can also be ranked among the 'great people'?"
Old Shi felt a little embarrassed by Li Xiangping's laughter, because in real history, although Old Shi had many compliments for Xu Xingyou's chess, he had also criticized it. And Old Shi's biggest criticism was that he thought Xu Xingyou's chess could only be described as "normal", but was very lacking in "surprising".
To put it in modern terms, Lao Shi thinks that Xu Xingyou is an "orthodox Go player". Anyone who knows a little about Go knows that in modern times, if we say that someone is an "orthodox Go player", the term is no longer even a neutral term and is absolutely full of derogatory meanings.
"My dear Xiang Ping, let me tell you the truth. The reason why Senior Xingyou is ranked among the 'great masters' is not only because of his unique chess skills, but it may also be related to one thing."
"Oh, what is it?"
"That was after Senior Xingyou became famous. When he was traveling in the capital, he met an envoy from Goryeo. This man was extremely arrogant and dared to claim that he was the best chess player in the world. At that time, Mr. Donghou was very old and Mr. Yuetian had disappeared. For a while, our Chinese chess world was in a state of lack of successors. No one in the huge capital dared to teach that madman a lesson. In the end, Senior Xingyou challenged the envoy to a duel. The two won seven games in a row, and Senior Xingyou won all seven games. For a while, Senior Xingyou became famous in the capital. It was because everyone respected him for promoting the prestige of our country that he was ranked among the 'masters'."
"Haha, so that's how it is. I understand. I understand."
Of course Li Xiangping really understood it, and he also understood it very well - if there is still something that he doesn't understand, then please refer to the modern Lao Nie. The reason why Lao Nie was able to be "canonized" was because he was associated with the four words "enhance the prestige of our country", right?
"What is the name of the Korean envoy?"
"I don't know about this..." Old Shi said in a very unfilial tone:
"I wonder what kind of expert the small country of Goryeo could possibly have. He's just a madman. How could Ding'an remember the name of such a person?"
Li Xiangping was speechless. Thinking about the current era, the Korean wave is rampant in the world chess world, and Chinese Go is overwhelmed by Korean Go. Then thinking about what Lao Shi said, he could only use a popular Internet phrase:
Li Xiangping was speechless for a moment.
Since I have nothing to say, of course I can only find something else to do.
After lunch, Li Xiangping said to Lao Shi:
"Brother Ding'an, since there is nothing else to do, let's continue to find someone to play chess with."
Hearing that it was chess, Mr. Shi was happy, and he hurriedly said:
"Okay, okay."
Considering that he had a competition in the evening, Li Xiangping did not use the "Jueyi" account to show off on Qingfeng.com, but changed to a very ordinary 9D vest.
When he logged into Qingfeng.com, Li Xiangping felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, because today was Monday and it was noon, so there shouldn't be many experts at this time. But after logging in, he found that the dialog box in the lobby was very lively. Based on Li Xiangping's experience, he knew that there must be experts out today.
Li Xiangping did not need to spend time searching, because he soon noticed a game room, the one with the largest number of spectators.
Li Xiangping smiled when he saw the name of his opponent.
It was Long Feihu. Now it was Long Feihu who was playing chess! And judging from his opponent, it seemed to be a Korean chess player.
"Haha, Brother Ding'an, we can only wait and see the game today."
