Life In 19x19

Iyama has lost to both Park and Mi in the World Go Championship... Nothing surprising. I now kind of expect Iyama to lose to deep zen.

Carcosa wrote:Goban arrived today, that was fast!!!

Missed the postman will have to go pick it up shortly.

Pics to come!

Please be sure to let us know how the board sound when you place a stone on it. I wonder if table Kaya boards retain the sharp 'click' of a floor board. Thanks.

This is a thread for people who who are interested in tracking Iyama Yuta's achievements because for them he plays a good and or interesting game and because the people want to talk about that. If he is in first or last place in any stupid ranking is totally off topic (and as a fan I don't care one ...

Just like there's no way Lee Sedol is in the top 10 because he lost to Ichiriki Ryo?
Did Lee lose to Ichiriki in a seven game match?
No. But top Korean and Chinese pros have never beaten Takao in a seven game match with 8 hours each either. So whilst they are considerable favourites in the ...

Well, there are two alternative world rankings, Dr. Park Tiel rank that successfully push Iyama Yuta out of top20 and Mamumamu rank that happily push him out of top30.
While GoRatings's claim its better prediction accuracy might differ from your opinion, you've to give the clarity score to it since ...

mitsun wrote:by78, your logic seems to be:
1) Iyama lost to Takao in a long match
2) Therefore Iyama cannot be among the world top 10

Is this really a persuasive logical argument?
Maybe logic is not your strong suit.

Seems perfectly persuasive to me. What do you reckon Takao's world ranking is?

Just like there's no way Lee Sedol is in the top 10 because he lost to Ichiriki Ryo?
Did Lee lose to Ichiriki in a seven game match?
No. But top Korean and Chinese pros have never beaten Takao in a seven game match with 8 hours each either. So whilst they are considerable favourites in the ...

Uberdude wrote:Just like there's no way Lee Sedol is in the top 10 because he lost to Ichiriki Ryo?

Did Lee lose to Ichiriki in a seven game match?

Takao won the final game by 2.5 points so Iyama loses the 7 crowns. Iyama played what seemed like overly slow in the opening to me (see m), allowing Takao to build a large moyo on the left. There was some exciting ko and trades and moyos, but Takao managed the situation well and it felt like a ...

The thing with the new stars tournament is that, by the time China played Japan, their win was already guaranteed so they didn't really try.

That said, it's impressive beating those guys even if they weren't trying their best.

If the top Japanese prospects play in the Chinese A-league and ...

Ichiriki recently won a game against Lee Sedol by 0.5, and that's about the only notable win I could find between Ichiriki and Yu against international competition from Korea and China. Looking through their records going two years back, they both lost consistently against middling competitors from ...

One swallow doesn't make a summer but more than one Japanese swallow can be seen swooping around at the moment.

In the Jastec Cup last month: Hirata beat Li Qincheng and Min Sang-yeon; Yu beat Tang Mengcheng, Song Chi-hun and Li Yixiang; Ueno beat Song Ronghui; Shibana beat Yang Bowei; Son beat ...

Yeah. Honestly Iyama should lose all his titles and start trying his luck in international titles. Then we can know whether he's top class or not after all.

Ichikiri and Yu are actually good candidates, their recent international performances are pretty good.

What do you mean by "pretty good ...

Nothing against Iyama of course but now that he has achieved the grand slam of Japanese titles, I kind of want other players to win some titles, especially "new faces" like Ichiriki. I feel this can only make the go scene more interesting.


Yeah. Honestly Iyama should lose all his titles and ...

Ok, so the English translation should be "Effeminately Elitist Baduk with Blossoming Youthful Feelings".