Life In 19x19

Overall, China suffered quite a bit: losing Tuo, Mi, and Lian so early is a major blow, but fortunately Ke Jie made it to the second round unscathed.
On the other hand, Japan had a particularly good day: Takao and Kono can pat each other on the back for what might well be the best Japanese ...

Looks like they are not skipping a beat: round 2 is already in the books, and with a few interesting (if not surprising) results.

Overall, it was a rather successful round for Korean players as they all won their games except for Kang Dongyun (who was defeated by Huang Yunsong) and Lee sedol, who ...

It is also worth noting that Lee Sedol is back and kicking, winning his game in typical Sedol fashion. And while his opponent was not exactly high-profile or what you would call a top pro for that matter, we have not been graced with too many of Sedol's games of late, and he will certainly be pitted ...