Life In 19x19

Uberdude wrote:
I don't know if the times given in the wbaduk app can be trusted, but when I checked the latest game (a bit before when they were fighting that ko on the left side) Lee had used all of his 3 hours main time and was in byo-yomi whilst Ke still had about two and a half hours left ...

Am I the only person who sees these games as bizarre?

One of Lee Sedol’s tendencies/philosophies over the years has been to not let his opponent get too thick a position or moyo (described quite nicely by kim myunghwan as keeping his opponent under tension) and I, over the years had come to expect ...

This Result has truly shocked me. Is this truly the end of an era? I hope not.

Anyway, I've been following (second to Lee Sedol) the results of Yang Dingxin. He seems to be very strong even at just 15. In the last year and a half he's beaten all of the Chinese players in that list.

Sedol has also lost 3 games in a row recently to Park Jungwhan, two of which were in the maxim cup final. It seems his condition is not so good right now.

Can someone please tell me why Park allowed both of his groups at the top to be killed?

Rui Naiwei defeated Komatsu Hidekby resign
Fan Tingyu defeated Na Hyun by resign
Won Seongjin defeated Peng Liyao by resign
Choi Jung defeated Zhou Hexi by resign
Zhong Wenjing defeated Tang Weixing by 2.5 pts
Dang Yifei defeated Baek Hongseok by 1.5 pts
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Han Woonggyu by 0.5 pt
Gu ...

jts wrote:

bakekoq wrote:

What's the rank of Cho Chikun?

He's a Japanese player, so I don't think the Hanguk Kiwon ranking system will take him into account.

The Concept: "Cho Chikun" is undefined.

tapir wrote:

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Plenty of Japanese players show up. It's just that the vast majority are beaten in the preliminaries and so it may seem that none show up.

Joppon, you would know that this is wrong if you would bother to look at the actual tables of the preliminaries. Those who show up in ...

lemmata, your assumptions are of course, flawed. (intellectual exercise )

"•All of the best players in China and Korea are participating in international tournaments and almost no Japanese players show up for international tournaments."

Plenty of Japanese players show up. It's just that the vast ...

Park-Weijie?
Jie-Won?
Lee
Wen Yao

Hyperpape wrote

Then again, even at a late age, there's huge uncertainty. Will Lee Sedol's career continue as long as Lee Changho's did? Is Lee Changho's window to win international titles over or will he be a contender for the next decade? In general, which of the players at the top will stay ...

As to who is the most promising young player:

I think that the situation is more complicated than a number of you believe. There are so many circumstances that come into play when trying to determine this question. It would be less annoying if people would stop trying to judge the strength of a ...

OK, how about this?
Diag 1a
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$$ | . X ...

Sorry, I guess you mean B7. Or maybe even D6. Is the stone at D7 so important?
$$Bcm01 Prisoners: white 2 black 0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
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$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O O . O O X ...

Hyperpage, I don't see what you mean.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O O . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O . . O . X . X . . O X X ...