Life In 19x19

@CoolBoots has the beta been released?

By the way, could someone provide a little background on why the adult qualifying tournament exists? I'm not too familiar with the Chinese system.

@wolfking I just want you to know that you're my hero for posting all this, keep up the great work!

When does the actual cup begin? Is there a schedule anywhere of when the games will be played?

The best move is the move that loses nothing, all other are negative.

I think that is the most succinct summary of what is really going on at the end of the day. The perfect player would not have a style, they would simply reflect their opponents mistakes back at them. I'm reminded of Fan Hui 2P ...

I read Uberdude as saying that Yamashita took a lead and Iyama was unable to take the game back. In that case, Iyama lost game 5, and the series is now 3-2.

Maybe this was mentioned earlier in the thread, but is there a way to move an incorrectly placed move without having to go back and cut the tree and replay the mistaken move?

Some SGF editors allow you to drag a stone to a new position to correct a recording mistake, but I can't find that feature ...

Sorry, I don't recognize these players on sight. Could someone help me with names?

Based on quick google searching, my first guess is, from left to right:

Hei Jiajia, Ueno Asami; Choi Jeong, Nyu Eiko; Yu Zhiying, Mannami Nao; Natalya Kovaleva, Tsukuda Akiko

The photo is a bit fuzzy, so it's hard ...