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Fuseki is hard

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Quiz time. Who recently declared something very similar to:

“Fuseki theory is developing very quickly and it’s getting harder and harder to follow it.”

a. Go Seigen

b. TheCaptain

c. Cho Chikun

d. Yoda Norimoto

c. Tartrate

d. Lee Sedol

e. Rui Naiwei

?

(Update)

Answer: d. Lee Sedol declared that in a recent interview.

I think this is amazing: Lee Sedol is the top player in recent international tournaments - so if fuseki is hard for him, what should the rest of us do…

I used to think at some point that fuseki doesn’t really matter for us amateurs, since most games are lost in the middle game fights. That is very wrong: fuseki is the foundation of the whole game, so it should be treated very seriously. If one’s foundation is not solid, the rest of the game will suffer too.

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Kisei Kuiz

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

It is still day 1 in the third Kisei game - but a major fight was already consumed, and another one is about to begin.

Here are 2 quizzes from this first day of playing.

Problem 1

Black to play - choose from A to G. Pay attention at both areas of influence and potential territory, but also at groups and balance of power. Shall black play in the largest open area (A), or invade and put pressure on white in the lower left (B), or make a base for his own weak group (C), or attack from the center (D), or connect below (E), or take white’s base away while expanding (F), or strengthen his main area, the right side (G)?

First quiz

Problem 2

Black to play - choose from A to F. Since the lower side is a hot area, all suggested moves are concentrated here. Shall black connect with A (to get strong before attacking), or attack from the outside (B or C), or take white’s base away (D or E), or play a large territorial move, threatening white from a distance (F)?

Second quiz

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