2013 Nongshim cup

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2013 Nongshim cup

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1st round(Beijing, China)
10/21/13 - Ceremony

10/22/13-10/25/13 game 1 - 4

2nd round(Pusan, Korea)
12/2/13-12/7/13 game 5-10
3rd round(Shanghai,China)
2/25/14-2/28/14 game 11-14

Team
Korea;
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Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon, Choi Kihoon

China;
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Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
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Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki, Yao Zhiteng
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Re: 2013 Nongshim cup

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1st game;
Fan Tingyu vs Yao Zhiteng
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1st game;
Fan Tingyu defeated Yao Zhiteng by resign.

2nd game;
Fan Tingyu vs Choi Kihoon


Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki
, Yao Zhiteng

* bold case = remaining players
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2nd game;
Fan Tingyu defeated Choi Kihoon by 6.5.


Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon
, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki
, Yao Zhiteng

* bold case = remaining players
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3rd game;
Fan Tingyu vs Anzai Nobuaki

Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon
, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki
, Yao Zhiteng

* bold case = remaining players
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Re: 2013 Nongshim cup

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Game records available here. The second was an interesting game.

http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/nc.html
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Read some interesting commentaries on game two. In particular, Lee Jaeung 7-dan has commented on Fan Tingyu's very slow but solid style (like a tortoise), in contrast to several fast-paced players such as Lee Sedol. Just a few examples below:

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 X a . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Many territory-oriented players would play 'a', but :b1: is more solid and sente too.

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[go]$$W
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X X 3 . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . 1 . . 4 @ . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

:b4: is an extremely calm and solid move, removing all aji of :ws: and prepare for attacking the top white group later.

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X X O . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . 2 3 7 . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . . 5 1 . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Black did not rush to reduce the left side. Instead he played very solidly to secure big territory at the bottom side (37 points), allowing white to get the key point :w8:. Even so, judging the global position, white needs to secure at least 60 points from his moyo to keep the balance, not an easy task.

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X X O . . . . X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O 2 3 . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . O X X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . 6 , . O . . X X . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . 5 O . . . X . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Still no rush, :b1: entered the moyo very slowly. :b5: attempted to leave some aji in the corner, before reducing (again very moderately paced) at :b7:

I learned a lot from this game.
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Game 3: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/37297

At the end of game 3, it is probably not very obvious for many fans why black had to resign. Here are a few diagrams I worked out.

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . O . O X . O O X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . O O X . O . X . X X . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . X X X . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O X O . X . . . X . . X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X O O . X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | O X O O X . X . O O X O . . . X O . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . X . O O X X . O X O O . |
$$ | . X . , O . O X O O X O . . . X O X . |
$$ | . X O . O . . O X O X O O . O O O X . |
$$ | . X O . . . O . X O X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . O O O X O 8 X X . X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . X X O X 1 X X 9 . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . X O X O X X X . . O . O O . |
$$ | . X X , O . . . X O O 2 3 . . , O . O |
$$ | . . . X X X . . X . X 4 5 . O . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

If black connects at :b1:, :w2: through :w6: are all forcing moves. Then white can get a sente move at :w8:

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[go]$$Wm10 :b17: = :ws:
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . O . O X . O O X O . |
$$ | . . . O X X . O O X . O . X . X X . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . X X X . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . O X X . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O O X O . X . . . X . . X b . |
$$ | . O X O O X O O . X X . . . . X . a . |
$$ | O X O O X . X . O O X O 1 3 6 X O . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . X . O O X X 2 @ X O O . |
$$ | . X . , O . O X O O X O 7 5 4 X O X . |
$$ | . X O . O . . O X O X O O . O O O X . |
$$ | . X O . . . O . X O X O . 9 0 . X . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . O O O X O O X X . X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . X X O X X X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . X O X O X X X . . O . O O . |
$$ | . X X , O . . . X O O O X . . , O . O |
$$ | . . . X X X . . X . X O X . O . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

:w10: turns to this side, using a squeeze to get :w14: and :w16: in sente, creating 1.5 eyes. :b19: is a must, but white can play either 'a' or 'b' to secure a second eye.
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Re: 2013 Nongshim cup

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I think that black's best response against 2 would be 14 but this make 4 sente for white which is quite a big gain for the endgame and eventually white would have won again.
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Re: 2013 Nongshim cup

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3rd game;
Fan Tingyu defeated Anzai Nobuaki by resign.

Fan Tingyu won 3 consecutive games(Prize for 3 consecutive wins - about $10,000).

4th game;
Fan Tingyu vs Kang Dongyoon


Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon
, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin
, Anzai Nobuaki, Yao Zhiteng

* bold case = remaining players
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4th game;
Kang Dongyoon defeated Fan Tingyu by resign.

Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue
, Fan Tingyu, Tan Xiao

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin
, Anzai Nobuaki, Yao Zhiteng

* bold case = remaining players

Next round - 12/2/13
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Thanks for the update! I hate the huge breaks in the middle.
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Re: 2013 Nongshim cup

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5th game;
Kang Dongyoon defeated Kono Rin by resign.

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Kono Rin vs Kang Dongyoon

Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Tan Xiao, Fan Tingyu

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki, Yao Zhiteng

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Next round - 12/3/13
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6th game; 12/3/13
Chen Yaoye defeated Kang Dongyoon by resign.

Korea;
Park Jeonghwan, Kim Jiseok, Choi Cheolhan, Kang Dongyoon, Choi Kihoon

China;
Chen Yaoye, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue, Tan Xiao, Fan Tingyu

Japan;
Yuki Satoshi, Cho U, Kono Rin, Anzai Nobuaki, Yao Zhiteng

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Next game - 12/4/13
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Several interesting moments of game 6:

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[go]$$W
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O X . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . O . X X O O . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O X . . X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . O O . X . X . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . X O . X . O . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X . . . . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . X X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . X X O , O . . O . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O . X 4 O . 7 O X X X X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . 1 # O 5 . 6 8 O O X . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . . 9 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]


Black invested a move at :bs: very early in the game at B61. He probably planned the following attack already. Black gained a lot of points in sente.

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[go]$$W
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . X . X O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O X . . X O . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , O . O . X X O O . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . O X . . X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . O O . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . O . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | X O O , O . . . . , 9 . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . X . X X O O . X 0 X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . O O 5 X 7 O O . X . X . |
$$ | O X O X X X O . . 2 1 6 X O . X . O . |
$$ | . O O O . . . X . 4 3 . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . 9 X X O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . O . . X X O , O . . O . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O X X X O . O O X X X X X O X . |
$$ | . . O . O X O O . X X O O X . X O O X |
$$ | . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

White needed the points in the center to remain in the game. :w1: and following are a brilliant sequence.
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[go]$$Wm11
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X . X . X O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O X . . X O . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , O . O . X X O O . O . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . O X . . X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . O O . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . O . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O X O . O . . |
$$ | X O O , O . . . 1 . O . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . X . X X O O . X X X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . O O O X O O O . X . X . |
$$ | O X O X X X O . . X O X X O . X . O . |
$$ | . O O O . . . X . X O . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X X X O . O . O . |
$$ | . . . O . . X X O , O . . O . O X X . |
$$ | . . . O X X X O . O O X X X X X O X . |
$$ | . . O . O X O O . X X O O X . X O O X |
$$ | . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

After :w11: white managed to control the center completely, a big success.

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . O X X . O . X O O O X X . . . . |
$$ | O O . O O X X X X . X O . O X X . . . |
$$ | O X . O . O O X . X X O . O O X O . . |
$$ | O O O , O . O O X X O O . O X X . . . |
$$ | O X O O X O O X X X X O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X X O O O O O O . O X O X O X . |
$$ | X . . X O . . . X . O O O O O O X X . |
$$ | . X X X O . . . . . . . O X X O O X . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . X O . . O X . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X O X O O O X O O O X X , X X . |
$$ | . X . X X O O O X X X O . X . X . . X |
$$ | X X X . . X . O O O X O O O O X . X O |
$$ | O X O X X X O . X X X X X O . X X O O |
$$ | O O O O X O O X . X X X . O X . O . . |
$$ | 5 a @ # X O X . X X X X X O . O O O O |
$$ | . X O O X . X X O O O X . O O O X X O |
$$ | . 3 4 O X X X O O O O X X X X X . X . |
$$ | . 1 O . O X O O O X X . . X . X . . X |
$$ | . 2 . b O O O O X X X X X . . . X X . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Mok Jinseok 9-dan commented that white made a mistake by allowing black to make the exchange of :bs: / :ws: at move 222. The game was extremely close at that time. However with this exchange, when the dames are all played out (as we do in this diagram), white needs to fill one more point inside his territory. Otherwise, :b1: is what I worked out the best move the exploit the aji. :w4: has to keep an eye to avoid seki. But :b5: is good, white cannot play 'a' to destroy black's eye because of weakness at 'b'. Please verify this.

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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O . O O X X X X . X O . O X X . . . |
$$ | O X . O . O O X . X X O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O O , O X O O X X O O . O . X . . . |
$$ | O X O O X . O X X X X O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . X X X X 4 O O O O O . O X O X O X . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . X . O O . O O O X X . |
$$ | . X 3 X O . . . . . . . O X X O O X . |
$$ | . X O O 8 . a . 5 O . . O X . X O . . |
$$ | X O O 7 O 1 2 6 O X O O . X X , X X . |
$$ | . X . X X O O O X X X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | X X X . . X . O O O X O O O . X . X . |
$$ | O X O X X X O . . X X X X O . X X O O |
$$ | O O O O X O O X . X X X . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X X O X . X . X X X O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X . X X O , O . . O . O X X O |
$$ | . . . O X X X O . O O X X X X X . X . |
$$ | . . O . O X O O . X X O O X . X . . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Finally :b1: (B233) is another good yose. After gaining :b3: and :b7: in sente, white again needs to fill one point inside if all dame moves are played out (otherwise black has 'a').

The two one-point gains in yose stage were enough to give black the victory.
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