The Mystery of 19×19

First update for October. The next update will be around mid Oct or earlier if possible.

This game is between two young Chinese pros for the Chinese Agon Cup. I think it is a very interesting game. There was a very short opening then both players proceeded to the fighting without hesitation. This style is vastly different from the games in the 1995-2005 decade, showing how much Go has evolved.

Continue reading ‘Piao vs. Sun 2009 Chinese Agon Cup Final’ »

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’ »

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.

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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.

Continue reading ‘The 6th World Ing Cup, Gu Li 9p v. Yamashida Keigo 9p (Graph 8-14)’ »