Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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"What on earth is Yamazaki Jusaburo thinking? Why did he play such a large diagonal joseki?! You know, even top players are extremely cautious about this large diagonal joseki and dare not touch it lightly!!"

"Was Yamazaki Sanjiro's move a bad one? He had the advantage, yet he still chose to play the terrifying double-edged sword of the large diagonal joseki."

"I don't understand it. I really don't understand Yamazaki Sanjiro's move."

"I'm a professional 5-dan player, and even I can't understand it."

"Yamazaki Sanjiro shouldn't have played such a highly unpredictable move as the 'Big Diagonal Jab.' Could there be something in the game that we haven't noticed?"

"Are there any real experts in the live stream who can come out and answer some questions?"

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The world of players.

When Iwashima saw Yamazaki Sanjiro play this big diagonal joseki, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Meanwhile, according to the win rate given by the Go AI, Yamazaki Sanjiro's original win rate was 75%.

However, after this large diagonal joseki, Yamazaki Jusaburo's winning percentage fluctuated, constantly ranging between 25% and 75%.

Iwashima couldn't understand why Yamazaki Jusaburo would play such a diagonal opening. Because he couldn't figure it out, Iwashima couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Is this guy... crazy?"

Meanwhile, inside Yamazaki Sanjiro's dojo, Nakata Kaoru was stunned upon seeing this large diagonal opening move. A look of confusion flashed across his face, and he couldn't help but ask, "Master, what is the significance of Sanjiro's move?"

Yamazaki Honinbo narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the move and said, "If this move hadn't been made, the odds of winning between Sanjiro and Chen Anxia would have been fifty-fifty, or even forty-six."

"But once this move is made, the outcome of the game becomes a game of strategy, a game of supercomputing..."

The world of Hikaru no Go.

Chen Anxia naturally knew about the large oblique pattern.

This large oblique joseki, along with the large avalanche joseki and the demon sword joseki, is recognized as one of the three most difficult joseki to solve in the world of Go.

The basic shape of the large diagonal opening is somewhat like a pair of swallows flying.

In the current game, Chen Anxia's black stones in the lower left corner are in the small eye position of row 3, column 4.

Yamazaki Sanjiro's white stones first made a small knight's move at the 5th row, 3rd column position, and then made a large knight's move at the 4th row, 6th column position, covering the black stones' small eye within it, thus forming the famous large diagonal joseki.

In this situation, if Chen Anxia plays black and faces the opponent head-on, hundreds or even thousands of complex variations will occur.

Therefore, the large oblique pattern also has another name, called the large oblique thousand variations.

However, unlike the previous Demon Blade opening move, Chen Anxia can choose not to confront the opponent head-on, but instead use steady moves to avoid a fierce battle.

only...

Looking at the large oblique equation in front of him, Chen Anxia frowned slightly and began to super-calculate the ever-changing future of the large oblique equation.

This was also the first time Chen Anxia had entered a long period of contemplation in this game.

As supercomputing progressed, Chen Anxia's brows furrowed even more deeply.

Chen Anxia discovered that he was unable to supercalculate all the future variations of the large oblique equation.

This also made Chen Anxia realize that her super acting skills had their limits.

Chen Anxia believes that the same applies to Yamazaki Sanjiro.

This means that Yamazaki Jusaburo's large diagonal joseki will be the biggest variable in this game, and even Yamazaki Jusaburo himself cannot control it.

As for avoiding war, Chen Anxia could do that.

However, according to the future predicted by supercalculus, if Chen Anxia really chooses to avoid battle, not only will his own rhythm be disrupted, but Yamazaki Sanjiro will also take this opportunity to erase the disadvantage he previously recovered.

Chen Anxia knew that once the situation developed to that point, unless he changed his chess principles, there was a high probability that he would lose the game.

This is not what Chen Anxia wanted to see.

Therefore, faced with Yamazaki Sanjiro's large oblique pattern, all Chen Anxia could do was to confront it head-on and then engage in a game of super-calculus with Yamazaki Sanjiro in that ever-changing future.

Having pondered this, Chen Anxia had a sudden realization, murmuring to herself, 'Is this what you wanted?'

Then, Chen Anxia emerged from his long contemplation, reached out and picked up a chess piece, slowly placing it on the chessboard.

Everyone watching the game, whether they were players in person or amateur and professional players in the live stream, couldn't help but feel tense.

They didn't know what choice Chen Anxia would make.

And so, under everyone's watchful eyes, a black bolt of lightning flashed in the void, carrying a terrifying force, and struck straight down onto the chessboard.

Snapped!

Immediately following was a crisp, clear sound of a piece being placed, like a thunderclap, echoing in everyone's ears.

At that moment, everyone saw through Chen Anxia's move.

Through Chen Anxia's move, everyone understood Chen Anxia's choice.

The choice is... to confront them head-on!

At this moment, an invisible smoke of battle spread from the chessboard, accompanied by a chilling and murderous aura, impacting the hearts of every spectator.

Under the impact of this invisible smoke and chilling atmosphere, all the spectators seemed to foresee a fierce battle, and unconsciously held their breath and focused their attention.

Some of the spectators even developed goosebumps all over their bodies.

As they held their breath in suspense, Yamazaki Jusaburo smiled.

This kind of smile once appeared on Fujiwara no Sai's face.

This smile is the result of uncontrollable passion and fighting spirit.

Clap!

Yamazaki Sanjiro reached out and picked up a white Go stone, then slowly lifted it onto the board.

During this process, a terrifying aura burst forth from Yamazaki Sanjiro's body, solidifying around him into a powerful beast that roared and howled at Chen Anxia.

The next moment, Yamazaki Sanjiro suddenly placed his piece, shouting in his mind, "Come on, Chen Anxia!"

Snapped!

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Chapter 185 The Great Slant War: Supercalculus vs. Supercalculus! (Third update, please subscribe!)

The spirit and momentum of Go can be roughly divided into two stages.

The first stage is the cohesion stage.

This is the stage where most students are, that is, the stage where they embark on the path of Go and begin to cultivate their own Go spirit.

At this stage, the momentum of the game is solid but not substantial.

Players like Tetsuo Kaga, Ryoko Kurozuki, Yuko Miki, and Shinsuke Ichiyanagi all possessed a similar fighting spirit at this stage.

Of course, most of the students present were also at this stage.

Once a player's chess style and momentum are solidified, it means that the player has entered the professional level, and the chess style and momentum have entered the next stage.

This stage can be called the nurturing stage.

The meaning of "cultivating" is to use one's own chess skills and principles to cultivate the solidified spirit and momentum of the way of chess.

The stronger one's chess skills and understanding of chess principles, the more powerful the chess spirit one cultivates.

All professional chess players, even the top players, are at this stage.

Whether there were any further stages is unknown, and there are no records of them in the history of Go.

Therefore, a solid and imposing spirit in the game of Go is one of the symbols of a professional Go player.

Naturally, the imposing presence of a solid and substantial chess style is more oppressive than that of a superficial and insubstantial chess style.

All the students present felt immense pressure after Yamazaki Sanjiro unleashed his Go-do aura.

They all knew that this immense pressure stemmed from the difference in their chess skills.

They were not surprised by this.

Because they all had a deep understanding of Yamazaki Jusaburo, knowing that his Go skills had long since reached a professional level.

However, they were quite curious about Chen Anxia's reaction to this chess-playing aura.

In their view, Chen Anxia's chess skills should be somewhere between those of academy students and professional players.

Although Shiren Jun, whose skill level had reached that of a professional, resigned in the middle game, none of them believed that Shiren Jun had truly lost that game.

After all, judging from the situation at the time, Sherenjun still had the advantage.

Under their watchful eyes, Chen Anxia continued to play his chess pieces without being affected at all.

During this process, a terrifying aura of chess style also erupted from Chen Anxia, ​​colliding with the surging aura of chess style of Yamazaki Sanjiro.

Under the collision of these two terrifying chess auras, all the players present couldn't help but feel a strange sense of dread, and even felt the atmosphere around them begin to become heavy and ominous.

Some sensitive players even felt as if they were on a cliff in the middle of the sea, with two terrifying waves surging up on either side of them and colliding violently.

This scene caused the players' bodies to tremble uncontrollably.

The student players present couldn't help but show their emotions after feeling Chen Anxia's powerful aura in chess.

Because in their perception, Chen Anxia's chess style aura was stronger than Yamazaki Sanjiro's.

They didn't know if their perception was accurate, but they all knew one fact.

This fact made them murmur in disbelief.

"This aura of chess mastery..."

"Chen Anxia's chess skills have actually reached the professional level?"

"Could it be that Sheren Zhun really lost to Chen Anxia?"

"Why did Chen Anxia only win by half a point in our game, yet still give me the illusion that I could have won?"

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The players in the live stream don't feel as directly as the players in person.

However, they could also sense that something seemed off about the atmosphere at that moment.

Among them, both amateur masters and professional players knew what had happened, muttering to themselves, "Both sides have staked everything on this, to decide the outcome in this major diagonal battle..."