Judan game 1: Cho - Yamashita 1-0
Yamashita has a much harder time in the Judan title, so far, compared to his Kisei title defense: the Judan title holder Cho Chikun won this first, fighting game.
I wrote my thoughts on a nice sacrifice sequence that occurred in the game on the tournament page. It is about the “Sacrifice two stones instead of one” Go proverb that White can apply in the following position, after Black played the triangle-marked move:
