What's the 'billiard ball' game from Attack and Defence p27?

Jujube · #1

I'd like to play through the full game but can't find it in GoGoD. Can someone give me an exact date?

Thanks

Freewheelin' · #2

1975-09-11b

(Sakata Eio - Fujisawa Hideyuki)

Jujube · #3

Thanks!

An interesting game. I wonder if it was reviewed in Go World?

I quite like Sakata Eio as a player. He seems to have a bit of a wild "calculational" style.

Freewheelin' · #4

He's one of the 'immortals' - those players whose names will live on as long as go is played.

His style is described in lots of different and sometimes contradictory ways (weak group strategy, fighter etc). A pro teacher once talked me through one of Sakata's games to show how Sakata liked to play moves that contained threats for later in the game, and how he ground down his opponent by setting them problem after problem to solve until they were exhausted. But unfortunately I just wasn't really strong enough to appreciate the finer details.

What's the 'billiard ball' game from Attack and Defence p27?

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