Here’s a nice photo montage from the Nihon Ki-in site:
Archive for March, 2008
Judan Title: Takao Shinji – Cho Chikun 1-0
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The challenger in the Judan Title, Takao Shinji (who is also the Honinbo Title holder) won the first game against Cho Chikun (who is also playing the Kisei Title match) by resignation.
Here is the beginning of the game (Takao played Black):
Guess Who Won (8)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Yashiro Kumiko of Japan (left in the photo) against Tang Yi of China.
Tang won by resignation after a surprise killing of a group of Yashiro’s.
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Guess Who Won (7)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Tang Yi (left) was paired next against Lee Hanjin from Korea in Jeongganjang Cup.
- the variation in the lower left: White prefers to build a thick position in gote with 14 and 16 nowadays instead of taking sente with 14 to the left of 9 and leaving bad aji behind.
- how patient Black is with 33 (in most pro games I’ve seen Black attacks at 34 instead)
- how Black plays 43 to “threaten to build a big go threat”: it’s not in itself a ko threat since the ko on the lower side hasn’t started yet, but if White responds to 43 in the upper left corner, Black can start the ko next and then she’ll have a clear ko-threat in the upper left.
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Lee Hajin of Korea (left photo) vs. Manami Kana of Japan (right photo) in 2008 Jeongganjang Cup.
Guess Who Won (5)
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Lee Hajin of Korea (left photo) vs. Fan Yujing of China (right photo) in 2008 Jeongganjang Cup.
- Black 15 which is a new(ish) reply to White’s invasion at 12 (well, it stopped being new several years ago, but it’s “new” with respect to the English Go books)
- The technique of playing kosumi-tsuke with 25, then directly attacking with 27 instead of defending on the right side – which of course makes a lot of sense in this case since Black is already very strong on the right side
- The order in which 13 and 15 are played is puzzling to me: not sure what other choice does White have for 14 (maybe playing at 20? or jumping to the left of 17?), and how would that affect Black’s choice of 15.
Guess Who Won (4)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Aoki Kikuyo of Japan (left in the photo) vs. Fan Yujing of China (right) in 2008 Jeongganjang Cup.
Guess Who Won (3)
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008It’s time again for the “Guess Who Won” series. Today’s photo quiz is about the 6th Jeongganjang Cup game between Aoki Kikuyo 8p (Japan) and Kim Sesil 2p (Korea):
Answer: Aoki won by 2.5p.
Aoki (Black) used o-moyo (big moyo) strategy – see the diagram below for the first 49 moves (complete game record here).
