Posts Tagged ‘title’
Cho won the 45th Judan title 3-2
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Cho Chikun defended the Judan title 3-2!
He won the last game by 3.5 points.
Interestingly, this last game was played on a Western-style table, instead of the traditional tatami mat – see pictures here and here.
I am very glad Cho Sensei won – he is one of the last representatives of the old Kitani School that is still competing successfully with the newer generation of players in Japan.
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.
Lee Changho lost the Guksu title
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Lee Changho lost the Korean Guksu title to challenger and newcomer Yun Junsang (19 years old, 4 dan).
Lenius corrected me: Yun Junsang is not a newcomer to the top professional Go: in 2002 when he was only 1p (and 14-15 years old!) he only lost 2-1 to Cho Hunhyun in a playoff to decide the challenger to Kiseong title (equivalent to the Japanese Kisei).
I wrote my thoughts on the 4th and last game.
It was interesting how kosumi-tsuke appeared in the opening, how White sacrificed a group, and how Black played 3 moves in a row on the second line, in the middle game.
