Tags: cho chikun, kisei, kobayashi koichi, title, yamashita keigo
Kisei title: Yamashita Keigo – Cho Chikun 1-0
Yamashita started his defense of the Kisei title well, by winning the first game (by resignation).
It may look like an upset win since Yamashita made a large dent in Cho’s territory while they seemed to start yose, but by following the Cyberoro pro comments (just the variations, since I cannot read the actual comments) I think Yamashita was ahead anyway and Cho tried to over-stretch in the yose stage by not defending properly against White 118, which led to the more spectacular ending.
Yamashita looks happy during the post-mortem game analysis with the main referee, Kobayashi Koichi, who was himself Kisei in the late 80’s – early 90’s for a record of 8 consecutive years (of which, interestingly, he both captured the title from Cho, then lost the title to Cho as well).
The whole game seemed rather weird to me. Especially after they made their moyos everything seemed to get a bit “out of control” and Cho Chikun was being pushed around (even though I thought blacks position after the fuseki was the better one). I wonder what the next game will be like ^^
>> even though I thought blacks position after the fuseki was the better one
Same here, Vincent: I liked Black’s position better. In my case wishful thinking played its role too, since I want to see Cho Sensei win….