Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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Takashima knew that this anthill would be the cause of his dam's collapse.

Takashima Takaya knew that the ant nest was buried by Chen Anxia.

What Takashima Takashi didn't know was how Chen Anxia, ​​during the planning stage, so precisely planted this anthill in the early stages of building his own dam...

Not only Takashima Takashi didn't know, but top-tier players like Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, and Yamazaki Honinbo also didn't know.

Even they can't do that.

However, unlike Takashima, they had some speculations about this.

Their speculation is that Chen Anxia was able to do this because of his supercomputing talent and his understanding of the principles of the game.

This is why Chen Anxia was able to foresee the future of the game and the general direction of Takashima Takayuki's dam construction during the planning stage, thus planting this ant hole.

Their guesses are close to the correct answer.

However, they overlooked one thing: Chen Anxia could immerse himself in the principles of chess and thus see the brilliant moves that emerged from those principles.

That seemingly illogical move in the opening phase, that anthill planted in the opening phase—it was Chen Anxia who combined these three elements to create this move.

Takashima was still in the motion of placing a piece, but the motion stopped just as the piece was about to land on the board.

Takashi Takashi could have placed the stone if he had just moved it down a little further, but his hand just wouldn't move.

Then, the Go piece that Takashi Takashi was holding slipped from his hand and fell straight into the Go board with a crisp thud.

Those spectators who hadn't noticed anything amiss looked puzzled, wondering what was wrong with Takashima Takashi.

Could it be that he didn't grip it firmly enough? But for a seasoned professional Go player, that should be something that could never happen...

Amidst everyone's confusion, Takashima Takashi spoke with a hint of resentment and helplessness, "I lost..."

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Chapter 193 Defeating a Professional 6-Dan, Rapidly Growing Go Skills! (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)

Takashima's sudden surrender caused a huge uproar, with both the players present and those watching the live stream in an uproar.

"Takashima Takashi has admitted defeat? What happened?"

"What happened? Why did Takashima admit defeat?"

"Judging from the current situation of the game, Takashima Takashi clearly has the advantage, and this advantage should be unbreakable. I really don't understand why Takashima Takashi would concede defeat."

"Is there anyone knowledgeable who can answer our questions?"

"Takashima Takashima had already taken a move and was about to place it; he didn't look like he was about to concede at all!"

“I’ve noticed that too. Do you think Takashima Takashi’s sudden surrender was due to something happening in reality that forced him to admit defeat?”

“That’s possible. Otherwise, I really can’t figure out why Takashi Takashi would concede defeat when he had the upper hand.”

"Could it be that Takashi Takashi has already foreseen defeat? And that's why he had no choice but to concede? But in this situation, how could Takashi Takashi possibly accept defeat?"

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Takashi Takashi naturally heard the commotion and arguments among the surrounding players.

However, Takashima ignored him and, after giving Chen Anxia a deep look, turned and left.

Chen Anxia's unreasonable move, though it turned into an anthill, caused the dam he had built to crumble in the future.

However, Chen Anxia's unreasonable move also made Takashima Takashi see the flaws and weaknesses in his own game.

Takashima had a gut feeling that if he went back and properly digested this game, and properly digested Chen Anxia's unreasonable move, he would be able to break through the bottleneck in his chess path that had been holding him back for three years.

Takashima's hasty departure only reinforced the suspicions of those players who believed he had no choice but to concede defeat.

On the other side, Chen Anxia ignored the commotion among the surrounding players and the departure of Takashima Takashi, and silently digested the gains from this game.

This game allowed Chen Anxia to absorb Takashima Takashi's principles of Go, and to use those principles to enrich his own understanding of the principles of Go from Tengen Dosai.

Chen Anxia could clearly feel that his understanding and mastery of the chess principles from Tianyuan Daozai had reached a new level.

Chen Anxia knew that if he were to face Takashima Takashi again, even if he were to play black again, he would not be as passive as he was in this game.

Although players have various speculations about the reasons why Takashima Takashi conceded defeat, it is an indisputable fact that Takashima Takashi lost to Chen Anxia.

Moreover, judging from the game just now, Chen Anxia clearly already possesses a skill level comparable to a professional sixth-dan player.

Under such circumstances, those players present whose chess skills are only at the highest professional fifth dan level should really think carefully about whether they are overestimating themselves if they want to challenge Chen Anxia.

However, it must be said that as things have progressed to this point, the players' purpose in challenging Chen Anxia is no longer for the opportunity mission.

Imagine the current buzz surrounding Chen Anxia, ​​and the fact that so many players and chess masters are unable to defeat him.

If I were to win, wouldn't I be able to become famous overnight?

It's no wonder these players think this way, after all, how many people spend their lives striving for fame and fortune?

After a brief period of silence, players have finally stepped forward to challenge Chen Anxia.

These players were all hoping for a lucky break. What if Chen Anxia made a bad move, or what if they made a brilliant move? Wouldn't they have a chance to win?

Moreover, Chen Anxia, ​​who had been fighting in successive battles, should no longer be at his peak mentally.

This also means that the possibility of Chen Anxia making a bad move is greatly increased.

As for losing the game, since even professional 6-dan player Takashi Takashima lost, losing to Chen Anxia wouldn't be anything shameful.

Little did they know that this was exactly what Chen Anxia wanted.

The challenges continue.

During this period, one player after another left, and another player after another arrived.

Among the arriving players, some players who had reached the sixth rank of professional players gradually emerged.

As for players with a professional rank of 6 or higher, none have appeared yet.

After all, a professional 7-dan is already considered a high-level professional, and if placed in the professional Go player pyramid, it would be at the top of the pyramid.

Players at this level are usually extremely busy, and most of them have only heard of the "Hikaru no Go" game but have never played it.

In this situation, even if they want to challenge Chen Anxia, ​​they need to register and log in to the "Hikaru no Go" game first, and then go to Chen Anxia's location in the "Hikaru no Go" game.

This process also takes some time.

Before we knew it, the day's challenge had come to an end, under the watchful eyes of players both on-site and in the live stream.

Although the number of matches today is less than yesterday, the quality of the matches is many times higher.

Therefore, Chen Anxia expended more energy today than yesterday.

Even in the final game, Chen Anxia made a mistake due to excessive mental exertion.

Fortunately, that one wrong move did not affect the final outcome of the game.

Just like yesterday, Chen Anxia told the players before leaving that he would be here again at the same time tomorrow to accept their challenges.

After today's challenge ended, a storm was unleashed in the Go community of players.

The source of this storm is naturally Chen Anxia.

This is inevitable, after all, those who lost to Chen Anxia today were all professional players, and the highest level among them was even a professional sixth dan.

Meanwhile, the question of "just how strong is Chen Anxia's chess skill?" has been discussed by more and more players and chess players as the storm has begun.

Just how strong is Chen Anxia's chess skill? Does anyone know?

"He is strong when facing strong opponents and weak when facing weak opponents; that's the feeling I get from Chen Anxia."

"Those who failed to challenge Chen Anxia ranged from in-game students to professional players, and even professional sixth-dan players. I really don't know how strong Chen Anxia is."

"Chen Anxia seems to have encountered difficulties when playing against in-game students, and he has also encountered difficulties when playing against professional players."

"This gives me the feeling that Chen Anxia's chess skills have increased rapidly in the past two days."

"In just two days, his Go skills have increased from a student to a level that can defeat a professional 6-dan player? Don't be ridiculous, how is that possible? Even a game NPC shouldn't be this overpowered."

"My impression of Chen Anxia can be summed up in four words: unfathomable."

Do you think any top-level professional players will appear in tomorrow's challenge?

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Chapter 194 Chen Anxia is really GG! (Third update, please subscribe!)

The world of players.

Yuko Miki already knew about Chen Anxia's situation.

However, Miki Yuko did not challenge Chen Anxia because she already knew how strong Chen Anxia was back in the National Children's Go Tournament.

However, Miki Yuko never expected that Chen Anxia would be this powerful.

He first defeated two young leaders, Jun Toshihito and Juro Yamazaki, and then defeated a series of seasoned professional players. Even the former young number one, Takashi Takashi, was defeated by Chen Anxia.

At this moment, Miki Yuko was thinking that even if Chen Anxia relied on his father's help, he would still be able to defeat Iwashima Osamu with his own chess skills during the National Children's Go Tournament.

The brilliant moves he made at that time, which shocked even his own father, were very likely a true display of Chen Anxia's own chess skills.

As for the claim that Chen Anxia's chess skills had improved by leaps and bounds, even achieving a qualitative leap, Miki Yuko simply couldn't believe it.

According to Miki Yuko, Chen Anxia initially concealed his true chess strength, only revealing it when encountering players of a similar level.

Not only Yuko Miki, but Ryoko Kurozuki also knew about Chen Anxia a long time ago.

Naturally, Ryoko Kurozuki also did not believe that Chen Anxia could make such rapid progress in just two days, and thought that Chen Anxia was hiding his true chess skills.

At the same time, Ryoko Kurozuki also began to suspect that the one who solved the ancient triple ko was likely Chen Anxia himself, rather than with the help of the Go master Miki Soji.

But if that's really the case, then wouldn't the Go master Miki Soji have been inspired by Chen Anxia?

This was somewhat unbelievable to Ryoko Kurozuki, so she didn't think much of it.

Aside from Yuko Miki and Ryoko Kurozuki, Jun Toneri and Sanjiro Yamazaki are also keeping an eye on Chen Anxia.

But seeing Chen Anxia defeat professional players one after another, and even defeat Takashima Takashi, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment and resentment on his face.

In their view, Chen Anxia hadn't used his full strength at all when playing against them...

No, to be more precise, he didn't even have the right to make Chen Anxia unleash his full power.