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event	black	white	date	result	#mn	game
Samsung Cup	Choi CheolHan	Luo Xihe	2005-12-16	7.50	293

Should this game be in Bill Kills or the art of sacrifice?
I don't know why this game is not more famous but it's the illustration of the shibori. After black 195 white seems dead and continue the game looks out of question. But white let him die and transforms his death in a big sixty-point shibori to win the game and win large! When we stare at the board the illusion is perfect. White seems late but...
(Thomas Cabaret)

event	black	white	date	result	#mn	game
Ten Best Games	Karigane Jun'ichi	Honinbo Shusai	1926-09-07,10-18	T	254

Invade the opponents' territory and next sacrifice all these stones again? Yes, it's an option, this game shows you why...

event	black	white	date	result	#mn	game
Honinbo tournament	Sakata Eio	Fujisawa Hideyuki	1959-11-25,26	R	127

Sakata sacrificed all the "wall" and killed white. Great "tesuji"!

(Hajime Ozawa)

event	black	white	date	result	#mn	game
Meijin tournament	Sugiuchi Masao	Sakata Eio	1962	R	246

Sakata was not in a good shape in the beginning. After 154 move, each move by white forced next black move from lower left to lower right. Sakata made a lot of suicide moves, but, finally, black stones in the upper side was killed by 186. It is miracle to me, but it might be easy for Sakata.

(Hajime Ozawa)



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