Life In 19x19

Wow, that's exactly why Black is penalized for 7.5 points in Chinese rule(1 points more than Japanese/Korean rules). Black has the right to finish the last dame in the meanwhile winning the last ko.

How is a labyrinth any more difficult for a blind than for a seeing person?

I think a person's physical movement and sense of direction are both greatly hampered when he can't see anything. And there is a big difference between a labyrinth on paper and a real one that you must actually walking in ...

This is the map. White lines represent the correct path, and red lines represent distractor, other doors(no lines marked)cannot be opened. In the beginning, Bao is directly placed into the center hex by a crane and starts from there. He must figure out one of the two exits first(left or right), when ...

Hi Edlee, thanks for the correction of a potential logic flaw. I just want to indicate that Bao's performance is a good PR for go. In fact do the hexagonal maze may not as difficult as finishing a blind go game at a near-professional level, but it's easier to understand and accept by general ...

In short, this guy is an amateur 6d player famous for an unique talent that most pros can't do. He probably is the only person in China can play and finish blind go games, yes, play go with his eyes folded. Some pros may play about 100-150 moves but they get completely lost when the situation on ...

Pair composition is decided by lots.

PS. Chang Hao 9p and Zhang Xuan 8p(couple) were magically drawn together.

First Round:
Luo Xihe/Li He defeated Gao Xing/Zhong Wenjing
Shi Yue/Wang Chenxing defeated Qiu Jun/Wang Xiangyun
Huang Yizhong/Song Ronghui defeated Wang Lei/Rui Naiwei
Lian Xiao ...

Interesting statistics between 3 Chinese players here:

Gu Li 22-8 Zhou Ruiyang (quite a gap)
Zhou Ruiyang 14-3 Chen Yaoye (dominant)
Chen Yaoye 15-10 Gu Li (upper hand)

Shin Jinseo 2p, born after 2000, as Lee Sedol's only "inner disciple"(tutored in person), gives Ke Jie a tough challenge in Limin Cup.

2014 Limin Cup is a tournament for world's youth players who born after 1994(for Asian pros) or 1998(for Asian amateurs), or 1991(for European and American players).

IMO he was a revolutionary pioneer who tried many ideas/styles to explore the potential of Go as much as possible, so it's pretty hard to categorise him into a specific style.

For beginners I think style is not urgent, as vast majority of beginners' game is decided by several close skirmishes, if ...

Nice to see Ke Jie keep rising.

BTW, is it better to keep all updates of the Chinese pro ratings in a single thread?

Some sidelights:
After a spectacular 6 consecutive loss including lost the Samsung Cup semi-final some time ago, Shi Yue rebounds by 3 consecutive wins and capturing a domestic title, Weifu Cup, defeating Mi Yuting in the final.

Yu zhiying, the 17 years old girl makes another leap from 82 to 75 in ...

It's pretty rare to see so many female pros gathering in a resort and posing like this.

http://i0.sinaimg.cn/ty/2014/1013/U2796P6DT20141013122253.jpg

From left: Rui Naiwei(9p), Chen Yiming(2p), ???(unkown), Fan Weijing(2p), Cao Youyin(3p), Song Ronghui(5p), Yu Zhiying(4p)，Wang ...

The 10 game match to decide the best player of our times was between #5 and #14.

No buddy, they played jubango because Lee Sedol has 14 major international titles and Gu Li has 7, far exceeding other players. It's still a long way for Shi Yue and Park Junghwan to catch up with titles, and only ...

http://weiqitv.com/index/live_back?videoId=544b37129874f08d778b4567

video review of this game by Shi Yue and cute Fan Weijing.

interesting, after the first round of wrestling all three team has returned to the start line. Hope there will be more exciting games from now on.