Life In 19x19

Only Yuki had a really overwhelming opponent.
overwhelming aka a 17 year old Chinese 2d who has never won a major tournament* ;-)
Li is one of my favourite players. He won 2014 CCTV cup and GLOBIS Cup and has advanced to the final of 2016 CCTV cup. He achieved a 7-game winning streak against Ke ...

hyperpape wrote:Yeah, it seems like there's only one team they might be equally matched against:

Hebei Xinao with
Li Ming, Xie Ke, Xia Jiankun, Liu Xing

You forgot their strongest player Kang Dongyun.

Has the level of Japanese Go declined this much? I'm beginning to get the feeling that even if Japan had sent Iyama, Takao, and Yamashita, they still wouldn't make it into the A-League.

By the way, how did GoRatings.org rank Iyama as high as number two in the world?!
I'm sure Team Japan will not ...

Has the level of Japanese Go declined this much? I'm beginning to get the feeling that even if Japan had sent Iyama, Takao, and Yamashita, they still wouldn't make it into the A-League.

By the way, how did GoRatings.org rank Iyama as high as number two in the world?!
I'm sure Team Japan will not ...

Some of players are very strong. This league finishes tournament in short period of time. So some players prefer this league over class A league.
For instance, Lee Sedol is one of them.
The reason why Lee is playing B league is that he is not satisfied with his performance in A league last year (6 ...