Aoki Kikuyo of Japan (left in the photo) vs. Fan Yujing of China (right) in 2008 Jeongganjang Cup.
Answer: Fan Yujing won by 6.5 points.
Here is the beginning of the game (Fan plays Black):
And here is an interesting exchange that took place at move 78: White (Aoki) decided to sacrifice the stones on the middle of the right hand side, but they retain potential (and came back to life later in the game).
It’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).
Aoki’s next opponent will be Fan Yujing 2p of China (they will play later today).
In the Jan, 11th round of the 6th Jeongganjang Cup, Aoki Kikuyo 8-dan of Japan met Song Ronghui 1-dan of China.
Again, guess who won?
In the 3rd game of 6th Jeongganjang Cup, Lee Sula 1-dan of Korea played against Aoki Kikuyo 8-dan of Japan.
I don’t know for sure who won since Go Topics hasn’t published the game record yet and I cannot read Korean… but I have my own theory about the result, given the following photos:
(By the way, behind Aoki Kikuyo one can see Jujo).
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