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Young Yun JunSang is facing title holder Lee ChangHo with kadoban
(one more loss will lose the title) by taking the second game with
a minimal margin. Things are getting serious for senior Lee. |  | |
01-31 50th Guksu title match
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The Chinese really caught up with the Korean Baduk Boom.
Chang Hao, 2nd generation talent of the contemporary Go
talents (1st being Nie Weiping, 3rd Gu Li) wraps up the
match against Korean number one Lee ChangHo in the final
of the 11th Samsung Cup. An achievement which will earn
Chang Hao quite some points amongst his collegues, both
domestic as abroad. |  | |
01-24 11th Samsung Cup
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Just to show how broad the current collection of Chinese
talents is Kong Jie takes the 3rd ChangQi title in a best-of-three
title match against Chinese leading man Gu Li. Kong is 24 and Gu
is 23. The current world of Go, WeiQi and Baduk is dominated by
youngsters, all eager to perform and all the energy in the world
to read out the complexity they like to create on the board. |  | |
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First blood in the 11th Samsung Cup final goes to Chang Hao [cn].
Against Korean prime player Lee ChangHo [kr] the game proceeds
according to textbook patterns but eventually turns into a few
decisive ko fights.
Next game will be played the 24th of January. | | |
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Kong Jie evens the 3rd ChangQi title match by killing a huge
group of Gu Li. The third and deciding game will be played
the 23rd of January. | | |
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Gu Li takes the first game in the best-of-three title match
for the 3rd ChangQi title against Kong Jie.
An exciting match which will be continued the 21st of January. |  | |
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The title match for the 31st Kisei title is off to a good
start. Lots of fighting, ko's and trades. The match is a
comeback of Kobayashi Satoru on the highest platform.
He is challenging Yamashita Keigo in the best-of-seven
match for the highest prize in Japan, the Kisei title.
Replay the game and enjoy. |  | |
01-18 31st Kisei title
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Gu Li walked over young challenger Zhou Ruiyang (15), keeping
the Mingren title for the third year in a row.
Is Gu going to try and beat Ma Xiaochun's incredible streak of 13 titles?
It seems nearly impossible in an era where a seemingly endless stream
of young Chinese talents reach the top. | | |
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19 year old Yun JunSang takes the lead in the 50th Guksu title
against title holder Lee ChangHo. Plenty of time to recover though
for the master of Korean Go in this best of five match. | | |
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We have the first world champion of 2007: Lee SeDol.
What seemed solid territory turned into a huge
group seeking for a 2nd eye.
The 3rd game of the 3rd World Oza finals turned into a
big semeai which Cho U just couldn't win. |  | |
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The 2nd game of the 3rd World Oza finals showed the same
pattern as the 1st game: Cho U playing activily, continuously
searching for the initiative. But this time Lee SeDol seemed
better prepared, cleverly dodging every attack and taking
points on the way.
The best-of-three will be decided in a 3rd game which will
be played on the 9th.
The games are broadcast live on IGS-PandaNet. | | |
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After a bad start in the 1st game of the finals of the
3rd World Oza Cho U manages to pull it off by sharper
play in the middle and endgame.
The best-of-three will continue the 8th and Lee SeDol
will have to win that game.
The games are broadcast live on IGS-PandaNet. |  | |
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Today the finals of the 3rd World Oza starts. A best-of-three
between Lee SeDol from Korea and Cho U from Japan.
On the 8th the 2nd game will be played and on the 9th the
possible deciding game.
The games will be broadcast live on IGS-PandaNet. |  | |
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The 1st place on the Korean rating list Lee ChangHo also leads the
top-10 earnings with 364,227,920 Won.
Second is Park JungSang and third Lee Sedol. |  | |
