I inadvertently messed up the website during an upgrade. As the result, some updates are lost and I am looking for a way to recover them. For now, I am revamping to the old platform for stability. Fortunately, the sgf viewer still works with the old platform.
I will not be able to post very often with my current schedule. Still, I will try to update 1-2 times a month to cover some major national and international Go events. Please stay tuned.
Testing SGF viewer with a game from 2001 North American OZA Tournament
Update: to reduce frontpage clutter, all future game comments will be in the individual posts.
This is one of the semi-final game 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.
Continue reading ‘21th World Fujitsu Semi-Final, Lee Chang Ho – Liu Xing (Graph 1-7)’ »
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. 
Continued from previous post
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.
Continue reading ‘The 6th World Ing Cup, Gu Li 9p v. Yamashida Keigo 9p (Graph 8-14)’ »
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.
Continue reading ‘The 6th World Ing Cup, Gu Li 9p v. Yamashida Keigo 9p (Graph 1-7)’ »
Both Lee 9p and Cho 9p are legendary pro players. However, recently Lee Chang Hao 9p scored 3 wins in a row against Cho 9p in world tournaments.
B 15 is a moyo move. It looks more like a move by the famous Takamiya rather than Lee Chang Hao.
Continue reading ‘13th World LG Cup Round 2, Lee Chang Hao v. Cho Chi Kun’ »
Note: I don’t currently intend to provide detailed commentary here because it is difficult to capture so many snapshots. However, I probably can provide a download-able sgf file with some variations. If you would like to see that please leave a comment.
New moves are being invented everyday. For example, white 14 is a very contemporary move. Black chose to not finish the joseki at the bottom left corner, and white did not play the immediate follow-up moves. Rather, white is asking black to make a choice of A, B, or C.
Continue reading ‘6th World Ing Round 2, Lee Sedol v. Zhou Heyang’ »
Gu Li v. Lee Sedol on 2009 August 28
As we know, Lee Sedol 9p of Korea is currently taking a 1.5 year leave from professional Go tournaments. During his hiatus, he will play very few games. It is surely a loss for the Go world since Lee 9p is one of the strongest pros out there.
This is the game he played in a special match against Chinese top player Gu Li 9p. Both players are famous for their relentless fighting styles. It is always enjoyable to watch their match. Of course, the game usually turns to be very complicated and reading intensive whenever they play.
Continue reading ‘Gu Li v. Lee Sedol on 2009 August 28’ »