The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

However, professional-level Go players like Niu Xiaochai, Lin Beng, and Ji Yingting will need to find another seminar...

Ji Yingting had no intention of retiring to the Crescent Moon Chess Academy, given the seminar held in Crescent Moon Province. She was weak, and there were so many rules – it was incredibly annoying!

Ji Yingting, rubbing her long, bluish-green hair, couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Xiao Gongying, wondering what she was thinking.

I heard that Xin Yufei went to Diyue Province with someone... Thinking about it, there's still a long time before the next professional exam. I hope she can study hard for a while. Growing too fast isn't without its drawbacks.

At least in Ji Yingting's eyes now, Xin Yufei could never be a match for Ma Gongling... that woman.

"An Ruotong, where are you going? The Celebrity Dojo, you won't be staying there any longer, will you?"

Ji Yingting asked curiously. Actually, the sense of déjà vu was quite strong. There were no more celebrities in the Meijin Dojo, and no more 10-dan players in the 10-dan Go Academy. The Go Academy was just a name. An Haimi, a professional 7-dan player, was just like Fei Qiluo. He was not enough to support the dojo by himself.

After the Three Lives Cup ends, Luo Zhuyu will definitely return to the Luo family, and An Ruotong and Hua Shenxi will most likely also move to a different place.

However, Ji Yingting couldn't think of any other private organizations in Crescent Province. She didn't want to go back to school either; she just wanted to be a figurehead like Shang Gongying. As for the Ji family in Full Moon Province, Ji Yingting felt even more repressed.

"Sigh, I also really want to go to a slightly stronger but easier chess academy. Poor Gong Ying, I wanted to ask her to join the team before, but I didn't expect that she had already joined the Crescent Moon Chess Academy team," Ji Yingting sighed softly.

Judging from the results, Shang Gongying single-handedly carried the other two into the quarterfinals.

For someone at the very beginning of her professional career... she's had a really tough time.

"Sakuraba-neechan, are you still worried about that? If you win the championship, won't all the Go academies be fighting over you?"

"Is that right?"

Ji Yingting quickly wiped herself clean and put on her snow-blue liquid robe, which was completely bare underneath! She then slipped on two pairs of snow-white chiffon stockings. To an outsider, they might have thought that Ji Yingting was dressed so cutely because she had a match to play today.

In fact, the match between the Luo family and the Jinghong Dojo is tomorrow, and Ji Yingting isn't very interested in it. She feels that Luo Dule's strength is still a notch above.

She dressed formally because the Manyue Chess Academy was holding a chess expo today, which was also a bit of a dilemma for her.

Many Go academies and Go schools come here to recruit students, mostly amateurs, but of course... professional Go players are also welcome.

In fact, although Go is relatively popular on the moon, professional players are a negligible minority compared to amateur players.

Chapter 459: The Four Corners of the Panjiao

Man Yue Go Academy is holding a Go academy expo today, where many Go academies and dojos will be recruiting students.

"Hmm, I won by four and a half points, even with a three-stone handicap."

In a relatively secluded place, a middle-aged man with short black hair chuckled as he stood on a plaque that read "Heyuan Chess Academy."

Sitting opposite the chessboard was a petite girl with long blonde hair.

"Huh?" The little girl was slightly taken aback when she heard the man's words.

"No, I should have won!!!" The little girl jumped up from her seat.

“Xiao Zhao!” Standing next to the young girl, a girl with long, curly blonde hair frowned.

"Little friend, this is a dead piece... here, here," the uncle said, wiping the sweat from his brow and pointing to the corner of the chessboard.

His name is Heyuan, he is 37 years old and holds a professional dan level.

For more than ten years, because he saw no hope of advancing to the next rank, he decided to leave the Manyue Go Academy and establish his own academy to take on students.

Although with his professional rank of 3-dan, he could become a top lecturer at any Go academy.

However, becoming a professional Go player is incredibly difficult!

Just like parents raising children, Heyuan wants to personally cultivate children who can become professional Go players; this is the true meaning of becoming a Go classroom.

He played a game of Go with a three-piece handicap against a little girl named Wang Zhao, but...

The blonde woman looked at the chessboard for a while, then asked in confusion, "Teacher Heyuan, isn't this a double-life situation?"

There is a strange-shaped life-and-death situation in the corner of the board. A place where no one can fill in is a double life, but Heyuan said that Black's group in this area is dead.

She came with her niece today, even though she once had an amateur 3-dan Go skill and had been the president of a Go club.

"Wait, even if it's not a double life, shouldn't this be a ko fight?" The blonde girl stared at the chessboard for a while and then asked.

Her niece, Wang Zhao, had only recently started learning chess but was extremely talented, reaching amateur level four in just six months.

But Wang Zhao didn't want to join a chess academy without professional players... Since school was on holiday, she decided to bring her niece to the Manyue Chess Academy's expo to try her luck.

“Um, look, if White plays here, it will become this shape… and then, and then…” He Yuan stammered as he explained. He had never been a teacher and only had the skill of a professional third dan player. How could he explain the curved four-corner board?

Snapped……

Suddenly, a white feather fan gently touched that corner, and a faint voice whispered, "The four corners are not a double kill, nor a robbery kill, but... a clean kill."

In this game, only White can initiate this ko fight; Black can only wait to be defeated. Therefore, this ko is not valid. Because...

According to the modern Ying's method of counting stones, filling in empty spaces does not reduce the score. The player who is trying to kill can fill in all the ko threats in the empty spaces after the game ends and then try to kill again. Therefore... a curved four in the corner is considered a clean kill.

The three of them were startled at the same time. The girl with long golden hair followed the feather fan and moved her gaze upwards. She thought the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

She had long, light green, her hair styled in a pheasant-like cut, her eyebrows were pale green, and she had narrowed, star-like eyes. A magnificent, snow-blue Taoist robe was draped over her body.

“Ji Yingting…”

The blonde woman said with a hint of disbelief, while the green-haired girl made a cute peace sign and said, "President Wang Xi, long time no see."

Wang Xi, the president of the Go club at Minghai Ji Middle School... Half a year later, she never expected to see Ji Yingting, a super new first dan, at the Manyue Go Academy Expo.

Wang Xi also joined the Go club in high school, and various Go newspapers and magazines featured headlines about Ji Yingting. She often bragged about it with her fellow members.

"Ji Yingting?? Could it be the real person?"

When Kawamoto, a professional third-dan player, saw Kiyotaka Masato, he was slightly startled and respectfully lowered his head.

In fact, although Go is relatively popular on the moon, professional players are a negligible minority compared to amateur players, not to mention... the rising stars of the professional Go world.

"Really? This shape is called a 'spider-corner curved four'?"

Wang Zhao was still staring blankly at the chessboard. She arranged it herself and, sure enough, it was exactly as Ji Yingting had said. Go actually has such wonderful shapes.

"Ji Yingting, what are you doing? The Go club meeting of 9-dan Zhen Youquan has already started over there. What? Is she a professional Go player too?"

Soon, a young girl with long black hair and red eyes walked over from the opposite side.

"Ah, she's not a professional Go player. She's an acquaintance from junior high school, the president of the Go club..."

Ji Yingting said that she knew it was Wang Xi when she heard the familiar voice from afar.

"Sakuraba-nee was the president of the Go club in junior high? She must be very strong?" An Ruotong was slightly taken aback and stared at Wang Xi for several moments.

"I'm just an amateur third dan... Sakuraba, who is this little girl?"

"Her name is An Ruotong. Don't let her young age fool you; she's actually a professional."

Ji Yingting patted An Ruotong's head.

Actually, entering the professional field at the age of twelve is not too exaggerated. The youngest record in the professional circle is nine years old. Of course... becoming a professional Go player at such a young age is not necessarily a good thing. Twelve to sixteen years old is considered the golden period for a professional first dan.

"Such a young girl, is she a professional?" Upon hearing this, Wang Zhao revealed a strange expression. She only learned Go out of interest, but this black-haired girl who looked about the same age as her was actually a professional.

Having studied chess for half a year, the words "professional chess player" still didn't resonate with her deeply. However, Ji Yingting's explanation of the "corner bend four" move just now greatly impressed her. A professional chess player... just hearing that makes you sound incredibly skilled.

Regarding updates and dictionary upgrades

I apologize for the lack of recent updates. Book Guest is currently not accepting any posts or comments.

Moreover, due to the dictionary upgrade, all authors' books experienced problems.

It seems to be the 13th. I estimate that most of the chapters of older books on Shuke will be taken offline.

The original methods of using commas, hyphens, and full-width spaces to avoid sensitive words are no longer possible.

On average, every few chapters, or even every single chapter, of a million-word old book contains new sensitive words that are virtually impossible to change. Nine out of ten authors would not spend the effort to revise a million-word book; paragraphs would have to be marked with asterisks or underlines.

Regarding the chapters before "The Blind Girl," I'll have to wait and see how other authors handle them.

Unless I check and revise each chapter one by one, I simply cannot do it.

If we can wait until this storm passes, the updates should stabilize at once every few days.

Chapter 460: Xia Tianran's Invitation

The top four of the Three Lives Cup were taken by the Ke family, the Ji family, and Mei Zhongmei. The final spot will be decided between the Luo family and the Jinghong Dojo.

With long, light green hair cascading down to her waist, the starry-eyed girl wore a snow-blue Taoist robe; she was Ji Yingting, a professional first-dan.

Ji Yingting, who was strolling around the exhibition with An Ruotong at the Full Moon Provincial Go Association, ran into Wang Xi, the former president of her junior high school Go club, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.

...........

"Sister Yingting, the chess club meeting at Zhenyouquan is about to start," An Ruotong urged, forcefully pushing Ji Yingting away by the back. Ji Yingting helplessly whispered, "Senior, let's meet later."

Pillow by a secluded spring, a professional 9th ​​dan...

When I arrived at her exhibition, the venue was already packed with people.

An Ruotong led Ji Yingting to a seat on the edge of the room. It was supposed to be an exhibition... but the big Go academies and dojos really didn't come! It was more like an amateur exhibition than an exhibition for professional Go players.

Zhen Youquan, a 9-dan player, is a woman with long, dark hair. She was promoted to the new 9-dan in last month's tournament.

"I plan to independently establish a chess academy, which will be more like a small seminar than a chess academy, recruiting young active professional chess players who can form teams to participate in professional competitions around the world at any time."

After she had been talking for a while, An Ruotong asked curiously, "Sister Yingting, how was it?"

"Um……"

Ji Yingting thought for a while, "Does the new 9-dan player lack appeal? I also wonder how good she is at Go."

"Her ninth dan is very questionable," a cold voice suddenly came from behind.

An Ruotong turned around and saw a girl with long beige hair, wearing a scarf and a thick cotton-padded coat, speaking in a low voice.

“Xia Tianran…” An Ruotong frowned.

"Give up. Players who claim to reach professional 9-dan through hand-to-hand combat can only fool newcomers. Their actual rank is probably around 7-dan. If you want to attend a seminar, Jinghong Go Academy welcomes you anytime."

Xia Tianran adjusted her scarf, and when An Ruotong stared at her, she covered her face even more tightly.

"Hmph, you should think about how to beat Luo Dule first," An Ruotong sneered.