Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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Before they knew it, the game had entered the middle stage.

At this moment, whether they were watching the game live or watching it online, everyone remained silent, their expressions grave as they watched the game.

No, to be more precise, it's about looking at Chen Anxia's black pieces.

At this point in the game, the situation has become clear, and those with profound chess skills can already glimpse the tip of the iceberg of Chen Anxia's chess principles.

This small part of the iceberg was what made them feel an indescribable sense of oppression, and even their bodies felt heavy without them realizing it.

At the same time, they seemed to have thought of something, but they were not sure, and a look of surprise and doubt flashed in their eyes.

As for those who hadn't even glimpsed the tip of Chen Anxia's chess strategy, they too felt an indescribable sense of pressure from Chen Anxia's chess.

Because Chen Anxia's moves were so solid, so solid that they felt almost breathless.

Even those watching the game felt this way, let alone Jin Dameng, who was facing Chen Anxia directly.

The pressure Jin Dameng was under at this time was unimaginable to outsiders.

In Jin Dameng's eyes, Chen Anxia's moves were so stable that they left no opening for Jin Dameng's aggressive style of play, and made Jin Dameng feel deeply powerless.

Moreover, Chen Anxia's moves were not only stable, but also seemed to foresee Jin Dameng's next move.

Every time Jin Dameng was about to launch a powerful attack, the strongest defense was set up in advance, leaving Jin Dameng with nowhere to unleash the great power she had painstakingly accumulated.

This feeling of frustration and helplessness, of having nowhere to use one's strength, made Jin Dameng increasingly irritable and depressed, and also caused her mental state to begin to collapse.

At the same time, Jin Dameng seemed to sense something, her heart trembled slightly, but she was not sure.

In the end, Kim Dameng did not continue and chose to concede defeat.

Jin Dameng knew that even if the game could continue, the outcome would not change.

Moreover, if this continues, this game of chess could very well become a nightmare for him, and could leave an indelible rift in his mind.

Jin Dameng is clear about how to make a choice.

After conceding defeat, Jin Dameng did not leave the Zishui Go Club, but chose to continue watching the game.

Jin Da wanted to see if his previous guesses were correct, and whether Chen Anxia's chess principles were...

After Jin Dameng conceded defeat, the players watching the game did not immediately challenge Chen Anxia, ​​but instead fell silent.

Chen Anxia's chess skills and his extremely authoritative chess principles forced them to seriously consider whether they had the courage to challenge Chen Anxia and whether they had the courage to face those principles.

A moment later, one of the players took a deep breath, stepped forward, looked at Chen Anxia with a resolute expression, and said, "Chen Anxia, ​​let's play a game of chess!"

The player was quickly recognized by someone in the live stream.

Although this player is not a professional Go player, he is an amateur 6-dan player whose Go skills are comparable to professional 4-dan or even professional 5-dan players.

This has made everyone start to look forward to it.

Chen Anxia naturally accepted the challenge.

Then, the game began.

Based on the result of the coin toss, Chen Anxia will play white and go second in this game.

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

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Amidst the crisp, clear sounds of pieces being placed, the game unknowingly entered the middle stages of the game.

The player playing against Chen Anxia had already unknowingly developed cold sweat on his face, and felt as if his body was carrying a small mountain, as heavy as a thousand pounds.

In the end, the player who played against Chen Anxia also chose to concede defeat by sacrificing a piece.

As for the live stream room, it had already become chaotic during the course of the game.

The reason for the upheaval was that someone confirmed that the chess principles Chen Anxia employed were derived from those of Tengen Dosai.

The person confirmed was a professional sixth-dan disciple under Tengen Dosai, named Takashima Takashi.

After that, news of Chen Anxia's ability to apply the principles of Tengen Dozai's Go skills spread throughout the Go community of the player world, causing a stir.

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Chapter 189: Guiding Chess for Professionals – Chen Anxia is a First-Class Player!? (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)

"Have you heard? There's an NPC in the game 'Hikaru no Go' who can not only use the Dao Ce style, but also the principles of Go from Tengen Dosai!"

"Really? What's the name of that game NPC?"

"Takashi Takashi, a disciple of Tengen Doya, has personally confirmed it. Do you think it's true or false?"

"The topic of Chen Anxia, ​​the NPC in the game, has been very popular recently. I know about him. I remember that in the setting of the game 'Hikaru no Go,' he was only 11 years old."

"An 11-year-old child has mastered the principles of the Yudo-ryu and Tengen Dosai Go styles, and can even defeat Yamazaki Sanjiro, Jin Dahai, and that amateur 6-dan player head-on..."

"Even in a game, it's so unreasonable to have a character like this."

"Fortunately, Chen Anxia is not a real person, otherwise, the next era of the Go world would definitely belong to the Chen family!"

"Looks like I'll have to go and meet this Chen Anxia too..."

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The upheaval caused in the Go community is showing signs of escalating.

Soon, top-tier and elite players such as Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, Yamazaki Honinbo, Miki Soji, Judan Toneri, and Iwashima Oza all learned of the news and quietly entered Yamamura Yasutaka's live stream.

Among them, Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, and Yamazaki Honinbo had long known that Chen Anxia possessed Go principles derived from Tengen Dosai.

To the best of their knowledge, Chen Anxia's understanding of Go principles from Tengen Dosai was only comparable to that of a professional first-dan player.

Only a few days later, Chen Anxia's knowledge of Go principles from Tengen Dosai was enough to defeat amateur players who were comparable to professional fourth dan, or even professional fifth dan.

This fact deeply moved Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, and Yamazaki Honinbo.

If Chen Anxia wasn't hiding his true strength, then the fact that his skill level had improved so dramatically in such a short time is truly astonishing.

In particular, Tengen Dozai and Go Seigen had long since stopped regarding Chen Anxia as an ordinary game NPC.

During the period when Tengen Doya, Go Seigen, Yamazaki Honinbo, and others entered the live stream, players successively issued challenges to Chen Anxia.

These players who challenged Chen Anxia all possessed a minimum of professional 1-dan skill level, and the maximum was a professional 5-dan skill level.

Of course, their challenge to Chen Anxia was not to defeat him, but to treat the game as a training exercise, a test of their chess skills and mental state.

Chen Anxia naturally accepted all the challenges from these players, greedily absorbing their chess principles and using them to enrich his own.

During this process, Chen Anxia's chess skills also increased rapidly at a speed that was unimaginable to ordinary people.

At this time, all the top-tier and elite players, including Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, and Yamazaki Honinbo, had entered the live broadcast room.

Under their watchful eyes, Chen Anxia was playing a game of Go against a professional 5-dan player.

They would all recognize this professional 5-dan player; he was a disciple of 10-dan player Toneri.

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

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Amidst the orderly and varied sounds of pieces being placed, the game unknowingly entered the middle stage.

Meanwhile, the disciple of the tenth-dan player had already played the first fifty moves with the black pieces.

However, the current situation shows that Black is at a disadvantage.

Furthermore, this disadvantage does not include the five and a half points Black gains in the opening komi.

Seeing this situation, the disciples of Shidan Sheren knew that the outcome was already decided.

However, the disciples of Judan Toneri did not give up, but persevered.

From the very beginning, the disciples of Judan Toneri did not come for victory, but for the experience of honing their skills and mental fortitude.

Therefore, the disciples of the Tenth Duan Sheren wanted to see how long they could hold out against Chen Anxia.

The game is still going on.

As the game progressed, the spectators suddenly noticed that Chen Anxia's previously significant advantage had vanished without them noticing.

At this point in the middle of the game, the situation between the black and white stones became surprisingly close.

Most chess players were puzzled by this.

Chen Anxia's game was still solid; he didn't make any mediocre or bad moves...

Even though the disciple of the tenth-dan player, Toneri, didn't make any brilliant moves...

So why has the situation developed to this point?

In the live broadcast room, only professional ninth dan players, that is, first-class players or above, could see the abnormality in the game.

This anomaly sent shivers down their spines and filled them with dread and horror.

Because they discovered that, as the game entered the middle stage, after Black had made its first fifty moves, Chen Anxia actually began to give instruction to the disciple of the 10-dan player.

That's right, Chen Anxia is currently giving guidance games to a professional 5-dan player.

To provide guidance to a professional 5-dan player, one must possess at least the skill level of a top-tier player.

'Does this mean that Chen Anxia has already reached the level of a top-tier Go player?'

This incredible idea suddenly popped into their minds, and they simply couldn't accept it.

After all, when Chen Anxia played against other professional 5-dan players before, although he still won, it wasn't an easy victory.

How come after these few games, I was suddenly able to give guidance to professional 5-dan players?

With their skill and insight, they could naturally see that Chen Anxia's victories were not easy. In the games where Chen Anxia did not offer guidance, he was simply playing normally.

This also means that Chen Anxia should not have been hiding his true chess skills in those games.

'What...what exactly happened?'