Posts Tagged ‘judan’
Final showdown in the Judan title
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Just a reminder:
Today is the final game of the Judan title, between Cho Chikun Judan and Yamashita Keigo Kisei – all games so far have been shown live on both IGS and Cyberoro.
The score so far is 2-2.
Because of the evolution of the score, Yamashita has statistically more chances to win this last game, since he came from behind (Cho had 2-0 at some point).
On the other hand, Cho is known for doing his best under pressure, so the title is still open, statistically speaking
Judan title: Cho Chikun – Yamashita Keigo 2-0
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
The title holder, Cho Chikun, continued the pressure on the challenger Yamashita Keigo (the Kisei title holder) in the Judan title and won the second game after another spectacular fight.
I wrote a few thoughts on this second game.
Here is the position after move 76, and a nice whole board problem: Black to play next and do something about White’s moyo on the right side.
Judan game 1: Cho – Yamashita 1-0
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Yamashita has a much harder time in the Judan title, so far, compared to his Kisei title defense: the Judan title holder Cho Chikun won this first, fighting game.
I wrote my thoughts on a nice sacrifice sequence that occurred in the game on the tournament page. It is about the “Sacrifice two stones instead of one” Go proverb that White can apply in the following position, after Black played the triangle-marked move:
Updated the “Professional Go tournaments” page
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
I finished updating the “Professional Go tournaments” page – added a bit a background about the pro titles in Japan, and also a link to the upcoming Judan title page.
In the Judan page I wrote a story I had almost forgotten: how Cho Chikun became self-appointed insei teacher.
