Pro vs amateur

[Elom]

I have to say, I have been thinking about the *exact* same thing! I think that this would be extremely effective for helping any player hoping improve his game for many reasons, I don't know why there isn't more of a focus on these type of game reviews. I found some commented games on 361points.com, featuring a western C class insei who many games played against or commented by pros (some of whom are now well known). Apart from that, it's seems to be hard to find commented pro v amateur games, especially ones with a lower-dan player (the ones we really need).

Rather than flood the board, I'll just copy a two posts I made on go4go (lazy, I know):

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I'd just like to compare the strength difference between various insei leagues, I know a little about Japanese insei, however I'd like to find out how strong the bottom of the E league is in EGF DAN's (around EGF about 3 Dan?) and the top of the A league (can't decide betwee EGF 7 or 8 Dan) and everything in between. I suspect the Korean and Chinese top class insei are 0.5~1 stones stronger than top class Japanese and Taiwanese
http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/insei ... 201407.htm
Note: In short, rank, in reality, is just a number in front of a name that shows the most likely level of decision making in a go game compared to other players, and because the arbitary and semi-absolute value of rank, it can be tricky to discuss rank.
I use the EGF standard when talking about Dan grades above.

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Does anyone know where I could find commentary of amateurs playing against top pros? Not just Insei, but also Non-Insei and European Amateurs.
If they're any on Go4Go, please let me know.
I'd also appreciate some commented games of top Japanese pros against top Korean and Chinese pros, thanks.

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