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New Sydney Go Journal issue – and an incredible shodan

David Mitchell published a new issue of the always interesting Sydney Go Journal. And on a different note: I think it’s for the first time in Go history that a recently promoted 1 dan professional reaches the final of an international tournament: Han Sanghoon 1 dan of Korea will meet Lee Sedol 9 dan in the final of the 12th LG Cup. Read an interview with Han Sanghoon on Alexandre Dinerchtein’s Go News blog.

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4 Responses to “New Sydney Go Journal issue – and an incredible shodan”

  1. UncleJam says:
    November 14, 2007 at 9:13 am

    Hey I was looking at the LG Cup tables a couple of days ago and wondering who this Han Sanghoon is. I never heard of him and there was no info on him, yet he had been beating some very good players. Then I come here today and see this blog post, awesome!

  2. Chris says:
    November 14, 2007 at 11:46 am

    Sounds like fun. When does the final start? Do you know if it’ll be shown live online somewhere? (Although I’m on Linux, which seems to leave me missing out on e.g. Cyberoro games..)

    Thanks!

    - Chris.

  3. Sorin Gherman says:
    November 14, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    UncleJam:
    Indeed, Han Sanghoon is amazing. The Korean pro qualification system seems really tough…

    Chris:
    According to the Go Topics website, the data for the final is sometime in February next year (”2008-02-??”): http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/lg.html
    I’m relying on Cyberoro for live games, too.

  4. UncleJam says:
    November 14, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    It is scary that he says that stronger people than him did not pass the qualification.

    Where can I get non-english cyberoro? The english client is always having problems…