Life In 19x19

Posted: **Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:56 pm**

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;

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

Posted: **Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:23 am**

1st game;
Fan Tingyu vs Yao Zhiteng

Posted: **Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:34 am**

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:46 am**

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:20 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:34 pm**

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

http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/nc.html

Posted: **Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:09 pm**

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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Many territory-oriented players would play 'a', but :b1:

is more solid and sente too.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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]

is an extremely calm and solid move, removing all aji of :ws:

and prepare for attacking the top white group later.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:37 am**

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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If black connects at :b1:

,

through

are all forcing moves. Then white can get a sente move at :w8:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm10 = $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 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]

turns to this side, using a squeeze to get :w14:

and

in sente, creating 1.5 eyes. :b19:

is a must, but white can play either 'a' or 'b' to secure a second eye.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:32 am**

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.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:09 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:47 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:00 am**

Thanks for the update! I hate the huge breaks in the middle.

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:39 am**

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

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

* bold case = remaining players

Next round - 12/3/13

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:50 am**

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

* bold case = remaining players

Next game - 12/4/13

Posted: **Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:22 am**

Several interesting moments of game 6:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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

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

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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:

/

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.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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

(B233) is another good yose. After gaining :b3:

and

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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