Yamashita Keigo takes the lead in the 54th Oza title.
After a center oriented opening the title holder Cho U
found himself without enough territory.
The match was covered live on IGS-PandaNet.
11-27 11th GS Caltex cup
Lee SeDol made a clean sweep through the 11th GS Caltex Cup
by first winning the league 7-0 and next the title match 3-0.
In the final game title holder Choi CheolHan played an interesting
opening but was forced into bad shapes during the fighting.
Lee SeDol seems to have refound his good shape.
11-25 8th NongShim Cup
Park YoungHoon, 9p from Korea did it: beating Peng Quan, 7p from China
in the 8th round of the 8th NongShim Cup. Both Japan and China have
one more player to stop Korea from winning the tournament.
11-24 8th NongShim Cup
Who's going to stop Peng Quan, 7p from China in the
8th NongShim Cup?! Five wins in a row for Peng in this
three country win and continue tournament.
Deciding games to be played the coming days.
11-23 11th Chunwon title
Cho HanSung pulls even in the 11th ChunWon title match against
contemporary talent Lee SeDol.
It's a best of five so still lots of battle coming up.
11-20 32nd Tengen title
Kono Rin, Tengen takes the lead again against Yamashita Keigo,
challenger for the 32nd Tengen title. Yamashita played very inspiring
from the start but Kono skillfully managed each and every attack of
his opponent, ending up with more territory in the end.
11-16 54th Oza title
Yamashita Keigo, the challenger for the 54th Oza title shows tenacity
and patience. Slowly the game seemed to proceed to a very close win
for Cho U (Oza) but then Yamashita played an endgame sequence turning
some territory into neutral points, thus turning around the tables.
The match was covered live on IGS-PandaNet.
11-14 11th GS Caltex cup
The GS Caltex cup changed its format: the challenger is now decided
by a league, similar to the top Japanese tournaments. The format
seems to suit Lee SeDol well since he walked through the league
with a perfect score. And in the mean time he's also 2-0 ahead
in the title match against title holder Choi CheolHan. As usual
these young Korean players don't follow traditional conventions
as the 2nd game clearly illustrates.
11-03 31st Meijin title
We have a new Meijin: Takao Shinji. The Honinbo was looking better
from the start and eventually won the 6th game by a comfortable margin.
Study the game to learn how to win a game without fighting.
The match was covered live on IGS-PandaNet.