Comments on: Interview with Cho Seokbin http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/ Saying `just one game' they began to play . . . That was yesterday. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sorin http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1788 Sorin Fri, 04 May 2007 18:10:11 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1788 About komi vs. attacking: with no komi, Black can play more relaxed and White has to attack more. With komi (especially with the large komi nowadays) White usually plays more of a waiting game, and Black has to attack more to make up for the komi. So I don't think older Japanese games (as in Shusaku and newer) are more "attacking games' compared to the ones today - just the side who's attacking switched. The real fighting games (compared to the nowadays games) are the old Chinese games, with the fixed opening (crossed hoshi points). It is a very interesting issue, because komi influences playing style, and then playing style influences results, which are then used to compute statistics to determine the proper komi value - so it's not entirely clear to me that the current value of komi is "proper" (in the objective sense). It's a "chicken and the egg problem". About komi vs. attacking: with no komi, Black can play more relaxed and White has to attack more.
With komi (especially with the large komi nowadays) White usually plays more of a waiting game, and Black has to attack more to make up for the komi.
So I don’t think older Japanese games (as in Shusaku and newer) are more “attacking games’ compared to the ones today - just the side who’s attacking switched.
The real fighting games (compared to the nowadays games) are the old Chinese games, with the fixed opening (crossed hoshi points).

It is a very interesting issue, because komi influences playing style, and then playing style influences results, which are then used to compute statistics to determine the proper komi value - so it’s not entirely clear to me that the current value of komi is “proper” (in the objective sense). It’s a “chicken and the egg problem”.

]]> By: VincentV http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1786 VincentV Fri, 04 May 2007 12:12:09 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1786 I have great respect for Cho Seok Bin. He totally dominated me in a simultaneous game. Is it possible that the "old playing styles" are just "bad" because there was no komi back then? It would seem logical that they put more weight on attacking then, no? This is just the opinion of a very weak player :) (I remember my game with Cho Seok Bin when he asked me why I didn't play the tesuji, and then showed me the variation with about 50 moves ^^) I have great respect for Cho Seok Bin. He totally dominated me in a simultaneous game. Is it possible that the “old playing styles” are just “bad” because there was no komi back then? It would seem logical that they put more weight on attacking then, no?

This is just the opinion of a very weak player :) (I remember my game with Cho Seok Bin when he asked me why I didn’t play the tesuji, and then showed me the variation with about 50 moves ^^)

]]> By: jose http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1780 jose Thu, 03 May 2007 11:46:50 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/05/02/interview-with-cho-seokbin/#comment-1780 nice interview nice interview

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