I am in Tokyo now for the 4th World OZA championship. Tomorrow (22th in Japan) will be the pair drawing event and I will try to report it as soon as I can. 
Here is the link to the official website: 4th world oza
This game is the first round of the 32th Meijin Tournament final between Cho U 9p (white) and Takao Shinji 9p (black). I chose this game because I think it is a very interesting moyo game between 2 top Japanese players.
Black 15 is an interest choice. Black felt that neither A or B was good enough. A has the weakness of the J3 invasion, and B is probably too low for the thickness.
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Because the Ko is very big for both side, black chose to finish the Ko when white started with the smallest Ko-threat at 152. Black gained from this exchange but white still keeps sente and a small lead.
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Black decided that it is risky to attack White’s invading stone directly. Instead, he chose to capture white’s Q18 and took a huge profit in the corner. It’s likely still an even exchange because black can still possibly gain more from attacking this white group.
This is one of the semi-final games of the 21th World Fujitsu in Tokyo. Although his performance is not as impressive as a few years ago, Lee 9p is still arguably one of the strongest pros in the world. Liu Xing 7p from China also performed well in Chinese domestic tournaments this year. Hard to predict the outcome of this game.
Liu Xing 7p often plays very unusual moves. In this game, he chose to play at 5 instead of L3 for the miniature Chinese opening. White 6 is very solid, and black 7 is speedy.
Happy July 4th Everyone!
The World Fujitsu Semi-final was played in the Nihon-Kiin today. Here are the results.
Lee Chang Ho 9p (W+R) - Liu Xin 7p
Gu Li 9p (W+R) - Chang Hao 9p
The Final match will be between Lee Chang Ho 9p (Korea) and Gu Li 9p (China) on the 7th. Both players are among the strongest pros in the world. The final match will be very exciting!
My reflection of the Semi-final games will be posted later today.
Hi All,
There were no international tournaments for the past 2 weeks. However, the upcoming summer months will be exciting!
In July, there will be the semi-final and final games of the World Fujitsu, and the preliminary rounds of the World Samsung Open.
In August, there will be the World OZA tournament in Tokyo. Since I will be playing in the OZA, I will try to bring live coverage from Tokyo if time permits.
I will also attempt to update with more game comments once a week between the Big international tournaments. Please stay tuned.
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White managed to connect his group with 72. However, black 73-75 are very strong moves. White’s five stones are short of liberty, and the three stones at N6 are almost dead. It seems like the game is getting more favorable for black now.
Gu Li 9p is one of the strongest pro in China, and Yamashida Keigo 9p is the current Kisei of Japan. Both players are top pros in the world. Gu Li 9p is white in this game.
Black 11 is an interesting choice. Normally one would play at A or B.
4th World OZA Part 1, pairing
32 players from 5 continents.
Group Photo