New Super Meijin tournament

[Harleqin]

I have transcribed the kifu image into an SGF file. It was not entirely trivial, because moves that later were captured are not shown in the kifu, but I am fairly confident that I got everything right.

[sgf-full]http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=262[/sgf-full]

[Ember]

Is someone watching Gu Li - Iyama Yuta right now? How's it going?

[Peter Hansmeier]

Gu Li appears to be in trouble in the middle game... If he can survive with his weak group it will be close.

[Ember]

Gu Li appears to be in trouble in the middle game... If he can survive with his weak group it will be close.

Thank you, Peter Hansmeier, that sounds promising (for a Iyama Yuta-fan )! I hope, Iyama can use this advantage and win the game, I'll keep my fingers crossed for him...

[Peter Hansmeier]

Wow, Iyama Yuta really threw down the gauntlet... Gu Li seemed to escape (Liu Xing declared him alive back at move 120), but Iyama kept the pressure on, threatening two groups with a running group. It seems dangerous for him as well; either way I do not think there will be an endgame.

[Ember]

Sounds thrilling.. I'd love to see the game. Wish you a good time watching it!

[Peter Hansmeier]

222 moves in... I was wrong, it is now down to endgame. Gu Li easily handled both sides, and after a couple exchanges, a big ko erupted. Gu Li ended the ko. 226, another ko started. So much fighting! The Chinese kibitzers on WBaduk do not yet agree on who will win.

[Ember]

Thanks, Peter!

My boyfriend came online only a bit after your post and kindly watched the game on WBaduk for me. He told me a bit of what happened till the end (just ended a few minutes ago and send me the kifu right away).. It must have been great, although Gu Li (unfortunately) won. Didn't have the time to look at the game yet, thought you all might enjoy it, too. So here it is.

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RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.00]
PW[GuL]PB[IyamaY]WR[9d]BR[9d]PC[CyberOro - http://www.orozone.com]RE[W+4.00]
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;W[fi]CR[fi]
;B[fj]CR[fj]
;W[nn]CR[nn])[/sgf-full]

[cdybeijing]

That was an awesome game!

[Harleqin]

Gu Li easily handled both sides

That was not "easily" at all.

By the way, I noticed a "time tesuji". What were the thinking times?

[MagicMagor]

By the way, I noticed a "time tesuji". What were the thinking times?

I don't know if the settings in WBaduk where also the real settings, but in WBaduk it was 480 minutes (8 hours) and 3x60sec byoyomi per player. Only half of the time was actually used by each player (Gu Li used like 30 minutes more than Yuta did).

No typical settings for a time tesuji..

[hyperpape]

240 per player? No way it's 480 per player.

[Peter Hansmeier]

That was an awesome game!

I agree! Both sides played aggressively, and it was fun to watch. I liked Iyama Yuta's stylish double-attack and how the Chinese kibitzers on WBaduk kept switching between despair to elation.

That was not "easily" at all.

Fair enough, that definitely took some skill, but Iyama Yuta had just enough bad aji in the center. I was surprised White defended at b8 (I thought White was going to defend the other side to take a stab at the black stones).

[oren]

Here's the final. Gu Li wins the tournament.

(;CA[Windows-1252]SZ[19]AP[MultiGo:4.4.4]GN[Rating game]DT[20100727 [08\:39\]]PB[Gu.L 9DP]
PW[Lee.Ch.H 9DP]KM[7.5]HA[0]RE[Black 1.5Win !]US[www.cyberoro.com]MULTIGOGM[1]
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[fwiffo]

I'd like to discuss what happened in the lower left in the final. Specifically, how was it possible that a 3-3 invasion of that enclosure could live?