The game record is here.
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Cho holds 5 of the 7 major Japanese title. I wonder if he will become Kisei challenger – he started the league well, 2:0, but it is way too early to know for now. Posts Tagged ‘yuki satoshi’
Cho U Defends Gosei Title
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Cho U won the third game as well against challenger Yuki Satoshi and defended his Gosei title with straight wins, 3:0.
Yuki, playing white, started with an unusual opening again (his 4th move was on the 4X6 point!) but lost in the end by 1.5 points.
Gosei Title: Cho U Won Game 2, Leads 2:0
Friday, July 10th, 2009Cho U, title-holder, defeated Gosei challenger Yuki Satoshi by 13.5 points in the second game of the title match. Cho U won the first game as well, and since Gosei has a best-of-five system, he needs only one more win to keep the title.
Yuki Satoshi has a very interesting style: his openings are quite non-standard, which leads to interesting games with many fights – this one makes no exception.
The result, 13.5 points difference, is unusual: professional players usually resign when the difference is larger than 5 points, but there are some cases when games are played till the end for various reasons:
- When in time-trouble and with lots of exchanges happening late in the game, one may simply not be able to count accurately.
- When one doesn’t find “the proper time to resign”, games usually continue till the very end.
- When one doesn’t feel like resigning.
Historically, Sakata Eio, one of the most famous professional players in Japan, was well-known for playing till the very end even in games where we lost by over 20 points difference.
Game record here.
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For the complete tournament table, see this link.
The third game will be played on July 21st.
