Life In 19x19

The quarterfinals and semifinals will be in November.

manastin wrote:Do you have a schedule for the next games of LG cup?

xiayun wrote:The quarterfinals and semifinals will be in November.

Thanks. All I could find was what looks like the official page, but doesn't show anything on schedule after Mid-January. Which doesn't suprise me much, mind you.

http://baduk.lg.co.kr/eng/info.asp

I haven't been able to find it in the untranslated page, either.

Take care

Okay... I'm trying to understand move 54...



That's the variant suggested in Yeonwoo Cho's video. And I like that it links the SW and NW groups while also facing the centre, I like that a lot. What I don't understand is why black doesn't push North for longer. White would still link with the northern wall, but it wouldn't get those 20-ish points it's getting right now.

Which means I'm missing something, likely something obvious. What?

Take care.

In the variation, if is at C11, then at B8, so White makes many points in the corner, Black doesn't have a base and White can attack severely thanks to the wall C16. Black will not die but while White attacks, White will put many stones and control the center.

57 at c11 is far from a terrible move, indeed the top 3 moves to consider in that position are b8 hane, c11 extend and c10 c12 jump.

@jlt: Sure. But you're preventing White from getting... 5 points? If you manage to get those yourself, it's a 10 point difference, locally, in exchange for a center facing wall, pretty low (with holes, granted), and a pretty nice space between the 12th and 16th lines.

@Uberdude: c10 jump... do you mean c12?

As I see it, W54@D9 gets it the SW corner, a connection with the Northern wall, and center influence. Black can pick some details (reduce towards North or South? defects on the wall?), but that much's a given.

Take care.

As Uberdude said, at C11 is almost equally good, for us amateurs it doesn't make a difference.

In the variation showed by Yeonwoo, Black takes a few points from White, and White gets a wall facing the center.

If at C11, then White keeps a larger corner and
* either Black takes a few points from White around B12 and White gets a wall facing the center
* or Black gets a weak group that White can attack for profit.

Difficult for us to judge which alternative is best.

The quarterfinal is happening today:

Ke Jie vs. Weon Seongjin
Park Junghwan vs. Yang Dingxin
Shin Minjun vs. Lee Taehyun
Byun Sangil vs.Kang Dongyun

Results:

Ke Jie vs. Weon Seongjin
Park Junghwan vs. Yang Dingxin
Shin Minjun vs. Lee Taehyun
Byun Sangil vs.Kang Dongyun

Semifinal (11/11):
Shin Minjun vs. Park Junghwan
Ke Jie vs. Byun Sangil

Semifinal results:

Ke Jie beat Byun Sangil
Shin Minjun beat Park Junghwan

Final (best of 3):

Ke Jie vs. Shin Minjun

The final will be in Feb.

The final will start on 02/01.

That's February 1st?

Final 1st game;
Ke Jie defeated Shin MinJoon.

2nd game:2/3

Final 2nd game;
Shin MinJoon defeated Ke Jie.

3rd game:2/4

Final 3rd game;
Shin MinJoon defeated Ke Jie.

Shin MinJoon is 25th LG cup Champion.