Life In 19x19

I don't actually think that's possible. God, possessing the solved formula for Go, couldn't win after giving a top pro 3 stones.

Here's something that's actually appropriately asian. The theme from the gangster movie Triad Election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHHNsgrvO8M

There's so many crazy young prodigies in China right now. In 5 years who will stop these guys?

I believe that the only way to attain 9 dan in China is to either win or get second place in an international tournament.

Respect to both players for agreeing to do this series. It's actually quite risky for the loser's legacy; since the two players' careers have been so closely linked, the loser of this series will probably forever be remembered as the lesser player. With the rise of all these powerful new young stars ...

It's a bit strange to call Michael Redmond the Bobby Fischer of Go. Unless he was drawing the parallel of an American guy rising up to play against top players of the East (Russians in Fischer's case, East Asians in Redmond's case).

And for the game between the most promising future stars, Na Hyun lost a close game to Jiang Weijie. Definitely the worst weekend we have ever seen from the Korean players. Let's hope they will pick it up in the Bailing Cup.

Personally, I think the most promising future star is Mi Yuting. 16 ...

For some events. Check this out from the 20th Mingren final.

I especially love how deadly serious everybody is, despite the hats.

No different than minor league baseball players, really. It isn't possible for there to be superstars without lower level people for them to dominate.