The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Next, Luo Qiu'er also picked up a white chess piece. Her snow-white hair was as beautiful as snowflakes falling from the sky, and her sapphire blue eyes were gently staring at the chessboard.

With a soft thud, she placed a white chess piece onto the board.

As one of the three most complex opening moves, the Demon Blade is actually the most common opening move. Even many people with only an amateur first rank can play the Demon Blade move completely.

But... what if we change the moves slightly? For example, when the Demon Blade joseki appears and Black makes a large knight's move, White doesn't press down, but instead pushes towards Black.

For example, during the "Demon Blade" phase, when Black pushes, should White choose to retreat instead of jumping, or should White block directly?

So... what will the outcome be?

For extremely complex opening moves like the Demon Blade, what a player fears most is not not knowing how to play, but... only knowing half of it! This is something that all amateur chess academies are warning their players about.

Having only a superficial understanding, or forgetting the established patterns, is a terrifying thing in the process of playing Go.

If you don't know how to set a pattern, then don't set one. Losing a little bit is no big deal.

However... if you suddenly don't know how to continue halfway through, or if you've never met the other person before... then you'll instantly find yourself in a hopeless situation.

For example, the short boy with a red mushroom haircut sitting opposite Luo Qiu'er right now.

"Forehead…………"

The moment Luo Qiu'er placed the chess piece, his arm holding the black piece suddenly stopped in mid-air, and his brows slowly furrowed.

Blocked? White blocked it.

Shouldn't this be a normal jump? Why is she blocking it...?

However, blocking doesn't seem to be a very special move. I remember seeing it many times in the city competition.

But no way, how exactly should I download it here? The teacher must have explained it before, I remember it.

He scratched his red mushroom-shaped head in annoyance, and then... couldn't remember.

Really... Although I know about other changes, I can't remember this one at all.

The Demon Blade's signature move was once modified by the robot AlphaGo. A normal jump would be somewhat disadvantageous, and Luo Qiu'er's blocking... was far beyond the opponent's learning range.

Don't think that having an amateur rank means you're really strong!!!

In fact, even an amateur 3-dan player has only just begun to learn Go, after all... Go is something that requires a great deal of talent.

Even an average amateur fifth dan can barely master half of the Demon Blade and a third of the Great Avalanche. As for the Great Diagonal Thousand Changes, they may never have even seen it once.

*Thud...* A cute girl with long pink bob haircut dropped a black chess piece onto the chessboard. Hua Shenxi chose the Great Avalanche.

Compared to the general concept of the Demon Blade, the Great Avalanche, which involves both internal and external bends, is more complex.

However, whether it's the Demon Blade or the Great Avalanche... large-scale fixed patterns have too many moves, and once completed, a quarter of the board will be occupied.

These two opening moves no longer align with modern Go principles, but they can still be used by players like Hanako to dominate weaker opponents.

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With a splash, two chess pieces fell onto the chessboard, and the loud echo immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Oh? Whose game has ended?" Zhou Quan frowned and looked over there nervously.

"It's finished downloading over there...it finished so quickly?"

"Really? It seems like it's only been less than ten minutes..." Several elderly people looked over in shock.

Haha, she did a great job! That means she'll have 10,000 star coins... Well done!!

After glancing at the girl with black twin ponytails, Li Le's tense mood gradually calmed down. It seemed that the others were not a big deal, only the girl with long light green hair in front of him was relatively strong.

Even if I lose 10,000 star coins... if the other four win, it's still a huge profit!!

"What!!!" However, in the next moment, Li Le's gray pupils suddenly widened, and everyone could even see the bloodshot veins in his eyes.

"Impossible, this is impossible!! She couldn't have lost!" Li Le stood up frantically, stunned in disbelief.

A girl with long orange hair reached out and gently stroked her opponent's head a few times. "Don't cry, sister... We promised not to give up, we have to keep playing with Liu Liu," she said softly.

The girl with long black twin ponytails was already slumped in her seat, her black eyes slightly vacant.

"White has lost. Although the game isn't finished, White is already down by nearly 60 points!!"

How could that be... Even if others didn't know, how could Li Le not know the strength of this girl with black twin ponytails?

She's a genuine amateur 5-dan player among the five! She achieved second place in the city's high-dan group in the city competition and is also my senior at the chess academy.

She...lost?

Senior sister lost? She lost in just ten minutes? And by almost 60 points!? Just how strong was her opponent? Was he a professional player?

Stop joking... You must have seen it wrong!!

At the same time, the girl with long black twin ponytails gently shook her head, her dark eyes filled with tears. "It's no use... it's too late. I can no longer play this game."

Chapter 251: Four beautiful girls were forced to stand in the corner and watched in turn by hundreds of people from the professional Go academy.

"They lost? They all lost... How is that possible?"

A black-haired girl wearing glasses shook her head as she looked around the chessboard. Her skill level was amateur 3-dan, considered the weakest among them. Besides, she thought her opponent was quite strong, having won by nearly twenty points. And what about the others?

Is winning by 60 points...? That's just too outrageous!

They won by over seventy points over there too?! They actually led by over seventy points?!??

Zhou Quan stared in astonishment at Ji Yingting's chessboard. Ji Yingting gently wrapped her soft, light green hair around her head, and slowly untied the light green ribbon with her two slender hands, pulling it back into her dark blue sleeves.

"That's it, it's over..." she said softly, her mouth squinting.

pat!

Two slender fingers gently pushed a white chess piece onto the chessboard. Her light green bangs, no longer bound by ribbons, gradually fell over her eyes. Ji Yingting's pale purple eyes revealed a satisfied expression as she moved the white chess piece to its rightful place.

"This side has over fifty points, then over forty points... Is the gap between the two sides really that big?!" Many people watching the game looked at the chessboard in disbelief.

You know, several of the stronger veterans in the chess hall lost to them without any resistance. So what's going on with these young girls? Are they the reincarnation of the chess saint Ji Xuehuang...? No, she's still alive.

Of course... if Ji Yingting hadn't said from the beginning that they couldn't give up, they wouldn't have been able to persevere for so long!!

This is terrifying... Their chess skills are absolutely terrifying!! The girl named Chen Feixu, with her long, golden curly hair, stared wide-eyed at her golden eyes, realizing that her chess skills were on a completely different level from her opponents.

Although the games haven't even started to end yet, many people have already quietly stopped what they're doing.

They couldn't make a move... their hands were unable to place the pieces.

They're already so far behind before the final stages... that's really strange, isn't it? They're high-level amateurs...

In professional Go matches, a deficit of more than five points is considered a significant difference. But can anyone imagine what it means to be behind by fifty, sixty, or even seventy points?

Li Le's eyes were slightly ferocious, as if they were like babies who had never learned Go in front of them! Utterly powerless.

"Hey, this is a price of 50,000 star coins... It's a fixed price." A soft, light green strand of hair fell down Ji Yingting's fair neck to her ear tip. She whispered, her small hand twirling the strand of hair. Her pale purple eyes were filled with a hint of madness that could not be ignored.

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Soon, a few drops of cold sweat slid down Li Le's cheeks. He gritted his teeth, struggling slightly, and said, "We'll give you... 50,000 star coins."

"Li Le?"

"Li Le!"

After hearing Li Le's answer, the others looked at the boy with gray, spiky hair with resentment. Of course... this was a rule that everyone had established from the beginning, and even they had no face to go back on their word.

"These kids...are they professionals? Or...candidates?" At that moment, Xin Yufei's grandfather stroked his beard and asked in confusion, his words causing the air in the hall to freeze instantly.

Profession??

Does it mean a professional Go player? Does it mean the test taker is a professional test taker?

The girl sitting to the side, her black twin ponytails hanging down, suddenly froze. Did that mean the person sitting opposite her was a professional Go player or a test taker? Were the others also professional Go players?

"A professional Go player...?" Li Le was slightly taken aback when he looked at Ji Yingting, the stunningly beautiful girl with long, light green hair, sitting opposite him. What exactly was this "professional Go player" thing? And what exactly was this "examinee" thing?

"Really? A test taker?? No wonder I lost by more than fifty points." Chen Feixu looked at her chessboard in disbelief, then raised her long golden hair and looked at the cute girl with pink pear-shaped hair sitting opposite her.

Um... Hua Shenxi's lips twitched slightly, and her pink gaze avoided her opponent's eyes.

"A professional candidate!!!!" In the next instant, a deafening commotion erupted in the chess hall, with discussions going on and on.

Although Li Le and his group lost 50,000 Star Coins... what's even more shocking is that all the examinees came to the chess hall together!! Compared to amateur players, these examinees are on par with professional players!!

Even the elderly man named Zhou Quan, with his spiky hair, stared wide-eyed. Professional test-takers?! No wonder they were so strong, ridiculously strong!!!

"The candidate... beat me by more than sixty points??? I guess... my skill level isn't good enough to take the professional exam. No wonder the teacher rejected me, saying everyone taking the professional exam is a monster."

The next moment, the girl with black pigtails sadly lowered her head. After all... professional test takers could give ordinary amateur fifth dan players a handicap, the gap was huge.

"Ugh... I messed up." Luo Qiu'er covered her face with her hands, her long, snow-white hair falling down in disappointment.

You see, while it's despicable and shameless for Li Le and his group to come to an amateur chess club to make money off the elderly, and the chess academy would severely punish them if they found out… it's even more problematic when professional chess players or exam takers come to such amateur chess clubs to play chess… especially when it involves gambling!

Besides, it's still during the professional competition period... How dare they... How dare they!!!

If the chess academy finds out, they could be banned from competition!

"Ah!! It's all my fault!!"

Xin Yufei sadly tossed her long, black bun hair. It was all her fault for inviting Sister Yingting and the others to participate in the competition. If they were punished, she would never be able to make up for it.

Besides, we don't even know their performance in the professional assessments. What if they're also close to becoming professional players? Just like Sakuraba-nee...

"The candidate... is he really that strong?" At the same time, Li Le and his friends felt no schadenfreude. They were completely defeated... but instead felt relieved. Chess skill is the essence of a chess player, not relying on such petty tricks to earn pocket money.

Perhaps... they will never do such a thing again.

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Then... the incident came to an end after the reporters arrived. Although Li Le and his group successfully returned the money to the old men at the chess club and did not pursue the matter further against Ji Yingting and the others, the incident... still managed to blow up quite a bit.

"Hey, what does this mean?" The two examinees had just come out of the restaurant when they saw the four people standing at the entrance of the chess academy.

Their appearance... is so strange. Isn't that girl with the long pink bob haircut, Hanako Shiki from our Group B? Why is she standing there?!

"Hey……"

"Hey……"

Aside from the girl with long orange hair who was curiously looking at the passersby, the other three kept letting out sad sighs.