The 5th Dream Lily Cup undoubtedly occupies an extremely important position in Li Xuanhao's career.
The window paper of the "world champion" has finally been pierced.
He also became the 24th world champion in the history of Chinese Go, the 50th world champion of Chinese Go (the first world championship of Chinese Go in the 2024 Go year), and the 130th championship in the entire world.
In the final of this year's Dream Lily Cup, except for the third game, which was a little sleepwalking, the remaining three games were basically a complete victory, which perfectly displayed the name of "Xuangong Intelligence".
Coincidentally, the "world champion does not have a surname" rule of Chinese Go continues, and so far 24 champion chess players from Chinese mainland have different surnames.
And for Li Xuanhao, the meaning of this world championship is not just as simple as a championship.
Two years ago, after defeating Shen Zhenzhen, the incident of being publicly questioned by his friend Yang Dingxin about "opening a dog" caused a stir, and few people in the entire Go world came out to support Li Xuanhao, and even went to a psychiatrist for depression before entering the World Series finals last time.
The hardships along the way must be difficult for others to empathize.
At the age of 27, he began to rise, and winning the world championship at the age of nearly 30 is quite legendary, he pushed the human to better use AI to play Go to a new height, and also killed a "different" path in the world championship of a group of masters.
The increasing rise of AI has made the professional life of chess players longer, and Lianxiao and Li Xuanhao are excellent examples. Who can say that the championship of the Dream Lily Cup will not be just the beginning?
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