Chapter 78: Ding'an's First Defeat
A little after 9 o'clock in the evening, Lao Nie accepted Li Xiangping's invitation and the two started the second game.
"Ha, they're practicing again. Bai Yi and Guan Sheng the Great Sword are practicing again..."
As the game unfolded, more and more spectators crowded into the room. After all, those who hung out in Lianzhong's "Cahua Village" were basically all senior network veterans. So at this point, the "young man in white" was Li Xiangping and the "Big Knife Guan Sheng" was Lao Nie. This was something that almost everyone on the entire server knew.
How should I put it? Old Nie's status in the hearts of chess fans is naturally beyond description. Although Li Xiangping has no status, he has been the most talked-about figure in the entire Go world in recent months. So the match between these two...
Not to mention the ordinary spectators who came to watch the fun, even the chess players whose competition had not yet ended squeezed into this room to watch the game while playing their own chess.
Li Xiangping was used to it, but on the other side of the chessboard, Lao Nie, a network rookie who couldn't even type, was a little uncomfortable. Especially when he saw the chat in the dialog box, almost all of them were cheering for Li Xiangping, which surprised Lao Nie.
The place where Old Nie was surfing the Internet was actually the internal Internet cafe of their "Nie Dojo". There were many disciples around, and several of them were playing in this "Internet League". The two people closest to Old Nie, watching the game behind him, were Chang Hao and Gu Dali.
Old Nie said to the two of them, "Wow! This is incredible. I didn't expect Xiang Ping to be so popular."
Chang Hao and Gu Dali looked at each other, and Gu Dali responded with a smile:
"Of course. Li Xiangping is now known as the best online Go player, especially his 'Jueyi' account... Master, you don't know, this account is almost becoming an online legend."
Old Nie grinned widely: "So amazing? Haha."
Chang Hao then said, "There is a saying that masters are found among the common people. Although I don't think this is the case in the Go community, I must admit that most Go fans have this feeling to some extent."
Although Old Nie has a low EQ, he is not stupid. After hearing what Chang Hao said, he smiled and said:
"Yes, I understand what you mean. This should be the reason why he is so popular now."
Gu Dali spoke again, "I think this is just one of the reasons, not all of them . After all, his performance during this period has been so outstanding. Someone has done statistics. In the past six months, yes, after the end of this year's ranking tournament, this guy seems to have never lost a game. He made it to the quarterfinals of the Samsung Cup. He is even more amazing on the Internet. Master, do you know his record on Qingfeng.com? 'Jueyi' now tops the website with a record of 129 wins and 0 losses. Wow, 129 consecutive wins, this is simply a miracle. In his 129 consecutive wins, I contributed 5 games alone... By the way, Brother Chang, how many games did you contribute?"
Chang Hao smiled and said, "Then I'll have less, I only contributed two plates."
Gu Dali nodded: "Yes, with such an excellent record, plus everyone's complex of 'masters are among the people', it's no wonder that he is so popular."
Gu Dali said that Li Xiangping has not lost a game in the past six months. This is of course not true. Some time ago, Li Xiangping was training at the Chinese Chess Institute, and he lost 25 games. However, no one cared about this at this time. After all, in recent period of time, Li Xiangping has not lost a game in a formal competition, and has not lost a game in an online game. These two points are basic facts.
Even Old Nie was amazed by this fact. After listening to Gu Dali's words, Old Nie shook his head while operating the mouse to play chess with Li Xiangping and said:
"Wow! 129 consecutive wins? If you include my last game, that would be 130 consecutive wins. Awesome, that's awesome..."
Seeing Old Nie's look, Chang Hao and Gu Dali smiled at each other again. Of course, the two of them knew their master very well. To say that Old Nie was a positive person, one could say that he had always maintained a childlike innocence. To use a neutral word, one could also say that Old Nie was actually a bit childish.
So what is the biggest characteristic of a childish person? Of course, it is nothing else. People like this often have a strong competitive mentality.
For example, the chess game they were playing was originally just an online game. Normally, Old Nie would not care too much about winning or losing. However, both of them knew that after the previous match, the next thing would be...
In fact, there was nothing much to say. Gu Dali and Chang Hao both cheered up and were ready to watch a good show with great interest.
It's a pity that the two of them only saw half of the good show. It must be mentioned in particular that under the stimulation of the two of them, the competitive spirit of Old Nie was aroused and he really played well. At a little after 9:30 in the evening, less than 70 moves had been made, and Old Nie once again gained the advantage.
A bigger advantage than the first game!
Of course, everyone knows now that for the current Lao Nie, it is certainly unreliable to only gain an advantage in the first half of the game. This is not enough for him to win a game.
However, there was a small accident in today's game of chess. The accident was nothing else but that at around , Lao Nie's phone rang.
"Hey, I have to answer a phone call. Come on, come on, one of you can help me make a few moves. I have a great advantage in this game. You must not exceed the time limit..."
After saying this, Lao Nie left the computer, got up and went outside to answer the phone.
Chang Hao and Gu Dali looked at each other again:
"Who's coming?"
The two of them said this almost in unison. After they finished speaking in unison, they smiled at each other, and then said in unison again:
"Or everyone can come together, it's just a few steps anyway."
"Yes, yes, it's just a few moves anyway..."
It was a pity that Old Nie took a long time to answer the phone call. He went out at 9:40 and had not come back by 10 o'clock in the evening. So, the tragedy of the great chess master Shih ended.
At around 10:10 pm, with less than 120 moves to go, Li Xiangping had already begun to persuade Lao Shi to surrender:
"Brother Ding'an, I think we should stop playing this game. I have introduced this opponent to you. He is very good in the opening game, but very ordinary in the middle and late game. Our main purpose is to learn from him about the opening game. I think the task of this game has been completed. There is no point in continuing. If we have the time, we might as well admit defeat and invite him to play the next game."
Old Shi readily agreed: "That's great. I'll do as you wish."
So just like that, at around 10:20 in the evening, after more than 120 moves, Li Xiangping pressed the surrender button.
After pressing the surrender button, Li Xiangping suddenly remembered: This seemed to be Lao Shi’s first real defeat.
At about the same time that Li Xiangping pressed the surrender button, Lao Nie's call finally ended. He returned to the computer excitedly:
“What’s going on? What’s going on… Eh? You gave in, hahahaha…”
Seeing his opponent admit defeat, Old Nie was very proud. He began to praise Li Xiangping in front of his disciples. However, to Chang Hao and Gu Dali, Old Nie's words sounded like he was praising himself:
"Xiangping is a good kid, wow, really good! Especially his brute force. I said great strength, others said you bought a strength pill, but compared with Li Xiangping, I feel your strength pill is one size smaller. Fortunately, he is still young. Because he is young, his understanding of chess is not deep enough, just like this game of chess. In a few years, even I may not be able to beat him... Hey, another game request..."
Seeing the opponent send another game request, Lao Nie became even happier. He continued to praise Li Xiangping:
"Not bad, not bad. This kid is very good, really very good, and very motivated. Well, since he is so motivated, I will practice with you again."
