Life In 19x19

Onishi is at 10 - 1 this year, so far.

Only lose was to Kono Rin in Agon cup preliminary A final. Kono is at number 12 in the mamumamu for Japan and I think the strongest player Onishi has faced since returning. Onishi is still listed as inactive but would be number 14 in the latest list, based on ...

He has played two games in league A now. One on Tuesday and one today.

Hopefully this is the end of the whole conflict.

LG cup is being played this week with past champions replacing the non-participating Chinese delegation.

I didn't really see a bracket that I could completely understand but what I gather, and if I can recall, then Cho U won his game in the first round but not in the second round, Ichiriki and Xu ...

I found this article by chance:
https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2025-05-12/doc-inewhhpk3262792.shtml

It doesn't say if Ke Jie has played since February but I might also just have missed that. However, it does say that he wasn't on the national team roaster in April and it gives some reasons why he ...

I also looked for his games since LG cup earlier and couldn't find any.

He is number 4 in that list from wechat but the column for the change in rating is blank. His rating is also 2689.8 on the list. This does round to 2690, which was his rating during the LG cup match.

All of this suggests that ...

Also, is Ke Jie participating in any tournaments anymore?

I don't think it is "not hard", but maybe it is like this.

$$W
$$ | . . X O X . . X . , X . . . O , X . X|
$$ | O . X X O . . . . . . . . X X . . . .|
$$ | 2 O O O O . . . . . . . . . O X X X .|
$$ | 3 X X O . . . . . . X . . O . O . O .|
$$ | 4 . X X O . . . . X . . O . O O O . .|
$$ | X X X . O ...

I think that would leave a ko.
$$Wm3 B10 at marked
$$ . . . O . . . . . . .|
$$ X . X O . . . . . . .|
$$ . . . O . O . . X . .|
$$ X . O . . . . . . . .|
$$ . X O . O O O . . . .|
$$ X O X X O # 5 O . . .|
$$ X O X . X 3 X X 1 . .|
$$ . O 2 X X 6 . 4 O . .|
$$ O O X X O X X 7 . . .|
$$ X O O O O O ...

Is it like this?

$$W
$$ . . . O . . . . . . .|
$$ X . X O . . . . . . .|
$$ . . . O . O . . X . .|
$$ X . O . . . . . . . .|
$$ . X O . O O O . . . .|
$$ X O X X 1 X . O . . .|
$$ X O X . X 3 X . . . .|
$$ . O 2 X X 4 . 5 O . .|
$$ O O X X O X X . . . .|
$$ X O O O O O O O O . .|
$$ . X . O ...

Looking at the first four moves at least could be reasonable enough when the goal is to explore cultural evolution. The first few moves aren’t very concrete and are often something of a habit and possibly a group behavior, that players copy from each other. Other aspects of the game, like joseki and ...

I wanted to find a way to make that move work but I tricked myself somewhere in the variations and thought I had found a way for white to resist the monkey jump.

I think it is like this.

$$B
$$ +--------------------------------------+
$$ | . . O X X X X X X . . . . . . . . . .|
$$ | . O O X X O O X . X . . . . . . . . .|
$$ | . . X O X O . O X X . . . . X . . . .|
$$ | . X . O O O . O O X . . X . . X X . .|
$$ | . O O . . . . O O X . . . O . X . X ...

This youtube short from Baduk TV featured Sumire. https://youtube.com/shorts/-6FO1Ijptic?feature=shared

I think it is important to remember that out of all of Pechstein’s very numerous arguments only two were accepted:

1. That there should have been a possibility to have a public hearing at CAS.

2. That a German civil appeals court dismissed her case for the wrong reasons.

The case before the ...

What goes up must come down!

Soba Go has been ascending. When this kind of game no longer gives the top players the desired results they will play a different kind of game. Everyone will follow their lead when the top players are successful with a more original approach.

A similar question is ...