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Only Asumi Nase noticed Yoshitaka Waya's unusual behavior.
Everyone else's attention was focused on the game of chess.
Because Chen Anxia's second move was a normal placement of a stone at the star point, it did not elicit any reaction.
As for Chen Anxia's first move, although the crowd was puzzled, they did not think about it too much.
Because they know the game will give them the answer.
Seeing this, Miki Yuko, who was playing against Chen Anxia, did not hesitate and directly picked up a white stone to occupy the last edge star, making her board a standard diagonal star layout.
Now it's Chen Anxia's turn to make a move.
Apart from He Gu Yigao, everyone else at the scene believed that Chen Anxia would choose to launch an attack.
Because Black's first move, the 3-3, has already reduced Black's advantage of having the initiative.
Not to mention that under the current komi rules, Black also has to bear the enormous pressure of a five and a half komi.
Therefore, they found it hard to imagine that Chen Anxia would make the unexpected choice to attack.
In their view, unless Chen Anxia didn't want to win, he would definitely launch an attack on the white pieces.
The next moment, under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Anxia reached out, picked up a black chess piece, raised it high on the chessboard, and then placed it down directly.
At this moment, for Yoshitaka Waya, the world seemed to be viewed in slow motion.
In this slow-motion video, you can see a slender little hand holding a black chess piece, slowly lowering it onto the chessboard.
Snapped!
With a crisp, clear sound of a piece being placed, Chen Anxia's move was made on the board, and his hand left the black piece.
This means that Chen Anxia's move was made at this very point.
And this location is... Tianyuan!
boom!
Upon witnessing this move, Yoshitaka Wagaya felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind, leaving him completely blank and unable to even know what he was thinking.
Besides Yoshitaka Waya, the father-son duo Kenjiro Yamazuka and Kiyoharu Yamazuka also felt as if a bolt from the blue had struck them when they saw Chen Anxia's Tengen move.
Because Chen Anxia's layout is very similar to She Qingchun's Tianyuan Star Five-Five layout.
However, Kenjiro Yamato was well aware that there was a fundamental difference between the two.
As for the others, after seeing Chen Anxia's move, their faces showed astonishment, disbelief, and disbelief.
As Yuko Miki stared at the layout before her, her pupils constricting, and she murmured incredulously, "Mitsubo... Star... Tengen..."
"This...this is...this is the astonishing scheme that person once devised!?"
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Chapter 120 He's GG, Sai's Fear! (Bonus Chapter for Baili Qingyan)
As the daughter of Go master Miki Sōshi, Miki Yūko was exposed to information about the Go world from a young age, and naturally knew that Wu Qingyuan had once played a stunning game with a three-star center.
Miki Yuko just couldn't understand why the unique Three Star Tengen layout belonging to Wu Qingyuan would be displayed by Chen Anxia.
This also shook Miki Yuko to her core, leaving her unable to calm down for a long time and unable to make a move.
Amidst her chaotic thoughts, Yuko Miki suddenly recalled the scene of Chen Anxia playing chess with Shinsuke Ichiyanagi, and also thought of a possibility.
But this possibility shook Miki Yuko's mind violently, and her trembling eyes quickly scanned the crowd of spectators around her.
At the same time, Yuko Miki thought to herself, "Could it be that person is here? Could it be that person also received Chen Anxia's mission?"
"Could it be that the person I'm playing against right now... is that person?"
As Yuko Miki considered this possibility, her expression began to become dazed.
In a daze, Miki Yuko seemed to see an incomparably majestic figure standing behind Chen Anxia, a figure standing at the pinnacle of the chess path, looking down at her.
The downward gaze from above made Yuko Miki feel immense pressure, like a mountain.
Under this immense pressure, Miki Yuko felt suffocated, her body felt incredibly heavy, so heavy that she didn't even have the strength to hold the chess pieces.
Meanwhile, Fujiwara no Sai, the only player in the room who had reached the level of a top-tier player, looked at the opening of the game and seemed to have discovered something, muttering softly, "Three stars, three points, tengen..."
"Angle, side, mid-belly..."
Does this entirely new layout imply entirely new principles of chess?
As he spoke, Fujiwara Sai frowned slightly and murmured again, "Why does this layout remind me of the man who once defeated me?"
Besides Fujiwara no Sai, the other three players, Ichiyanagi Shintaro, Yamazuka Ken, and Ogata Seiji, whose Go skills reached the top tier, also seemed to realize something, and their gazes on the Go board narrowed slightly.
As for the others, their limited skill level prevented them from seeing any hidden meaning in the three-star center point layout, even Shinsuke Ichiyanagi.
On the other side, Yoshitaka Waya finally snapped out of his daze at Asumi Nase's constant calls.
However, even though Yoshitaka Waya had regained his senses, the shock in his heart had not subsided.
Overwhelmed by the shock, Yoshitaka Wagaya couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he looked at Chen Anxia, "GG, he's GG..."
"There's no mistake, with this setup, he's definitely doomed!!"
Asumi Nase was startled by Yoshitaka Waya's reaction.
Asumi Naze didn't know what Yoshitaka Waya meant by "GG," nor did she understand why Yoshitaka Waya thought Chen Anxia was "GG."
But Asumi Naze knows that a match is currently underway.
Yoshitaka Waya's actions undoubtedly disrupted the order of the competition.
Most importantly, Yoshitaka Waya was also a staff member responsible for maintaining order.
As a friend, Asumi Nase wanted to do something to reduce and make up for the mistakes Yoshitaka Wayatani made.
Before Nase Asumi could react, several exclamations rang out from the crowd.
"GG, he just said GG, right?"
"Is GG here too? Where is he?"
"Is the 'GG' he mentioned the same 'GG' I'm thinking of?"
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As these exclamations rang out, the once quiet and serious arena began to descend into chaos.
Some people who didn't know the reason also began to become curious about GG.
Ogata Seiji noticed the chaos and frowned.
Although Seiji Ogata did not want to take his eyes off the game, as the person in charge of this tournament, he could not turn a blind eye to the chaos.
This also fueled Ogata Seiji's impatience and anger.
Of course, Ogata Seiji did not show his impatience or anger.
After greeting Shintaro Ichiyanagi and Ken Yamazuka, Seiji Ogata headed towards the chaos to see what had happened.
On the other side, Yuko Miki snapped out of her daze amidst Yoshitaka Waya's exclamation.
After regaining her senses, Yuko Miki felt the pressure on her body and the hallucinations before her eyes disappear.
However, Yuko Miki is still under tremendous pressure.
Because Yuko Miki didn't know if her guess was correct.
If correct, then the outcome of this game is no longer in doubt.
Of course, Yuko Miki's chess player's mindset prevents her from giving up halfway.
Regardless of who her opponent is, once the game begins, Yuko Miki has a responsibility to finish it.
Taking a deep breath, Yuko Miki ignored the chaos outside the arena, and instead stretched out her slightly weak right hand, trembling as she picked up a white stone and placed it on the board.
Chen Anxia also ignored the chaos outside the arena.
Even Chen Anxia didn't notice Miki Yuko's unusual behavior.
Because at this moment, Chen Anxia had already entered a state of chess enlightenment.
However, because everyone's attention was drawn to the peculiar layout of the three-star celestial sphere, they did not immediately notice Chen Anxia's current state.
Snapped!
嗒!
Snapped!
嗒!
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The game of chess continued amidst the alternating sounds of pieces being placed and the mechanical whirring.
In this process, the chess principles from Wu Qingyuan were gradually put into practice by Chen Anxia.
Fujiwara no Sai, who had grasped Wu Qingyuan's strategy, couldn't help but show a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face, and his mind wavered at this moment.
Fujiwara Sai didn't know the relationship between Chen Anxia and Wu Qingyuan, nor did he know why Chen Anxia, who had already mastered a top-level chess principle, would use a top-level chess principle that didn't belong to him.
It's important to understand that a chess player has already chosen their own principles from the moment they embark on the path of chess.
This also means that most chess players will only study one chess principle in their lifetime, hoping to elevate it to the top level.
Even top Go players like Tengen Dosai, Go Seigen, and Fujiwara no Sai only mastered one top-level Go principle.
While trying to do too much at once can lead to failure, the bigger reason is that top-level chess principles are not so easy to grasp.
This is partly due to the inherent difficulty of top-level chess theory, but also because top-level chess theory is basically in the hands of top chess players.
How would you get them to teach you their top-level chess principles without reservation?
Therefore, instead of spending time and effort learning new, top-level chess principles that you may not be able to master, it is better to focus all your energy on the top-level chess principles you already possess, in order to further improve them.
For Chen Anxia at his current age to be able to fully grasp a top-level chess principle and stand at the pinnacle of chess at such a young age is itself an incredible feat.
Now, Chen Anxia has demonstrated a second top-tier chess principle, which explains Fujiwara Sai's reaction.
As his mind wavered, Fujiwara Sai seemed to see again the cub of that peerless ferocious beast that was greedily devouring the principles of Go and growing at an unimaginable speed.