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The 66th Honinbo has turned out to be an exciting title series. The sixth match, which finished on July 14, was a spectacular game full of complicated fights. Earlier in the year, Yasmashita Keigo (9p) won the first three games of the title. However Hane Naoki (9p) fought back with three successive wins of his own. The 7th game will now decide who takes the prestigious Honinbo title.
People who visit our site regularly might have already noticed our new Go shop – where you can buy Go books and have them posted to you worldwide. As of June 23, 2011 we’re announcing it publicly. I’d like to share our plans with you and explain what we’re trying to do here…
Do you want to learn to play Go but you don’t have a Go set? Do you already know how to play Go and want to teach the game to some friends? Then the Instant Go Set is just what you need. It’s a free Go board with stones that you can download and print out at home. Once you download the file you can make as many Go sets as you want or need.
For those who are new to Go, you may not have heard of Go Seigen yet. However, you don’t need to play for very long before hearing about this great master. Go Seigen is a legend in the Go world. In fact, he is one of the first professional Go players many people learn about, along with Lee Changho. He is also well known by the Chinese reading of his name, Wu Qingyuan (吴清源).
Following on from his victory over Lee Sedol (9p) earlier this week, Iyama Yuta (9p) has done it again, defeating Gu Li (9p) of China and winning the Chongqing invitational for Japan. Iyama has been a rising star in the Japanese Go world for the last five or six years. Many have speculated that he might one day rekindle Japan’s success in international Go. Has this day finally come?
People who visit Go Game Guru frequently, might have noticed our new design over the last few days. Hopefully you’ve also noticed that the site is loading much faster than before. We’ve been busy upgrading our site recently, including enhancing the mobile version of the website for people who browse using their phones.
We’re excited to announce the start of our new Go Game Q&A series. If you’ve got something you’ve been wondering about, you can ask us and get a clear answer from Go Game Guru. We want to hear about things you’ve been trying to solve for awhile and haven’t been able to despite searching. We’ll take the best questions and write articles based on them. Many of the others we’ll also answer here.
Many Go players I know are not confident in their ability to deal with openings using the 5-4 point. On the other hand, some players understand the 5-4 point well and use it as a weapon in their games. In this article we’ll cover some effective ways of dealing with your opponent’s 5-4 play and also show you some tricks that you or your opponent might try.
In April this year Anders Kierulf, Go player and author of SmartGo, surprised and excited the Go world with the launch of SmartGo Books – for iPad and iPhone. Anders has been busy recently, working on SmartGo Books and other exciting features for the SmartGo suite. Go Game Guru was lucky enough to get some time to interview Anders, shortly after the release of SmartGo Books.
Lee Sedol (9p) has taken the 3rd BC Card Cup World Baduk Championship for a second year in a row, defeating Gu Li (9p) with three wins to two. When compared to game four, game five was relatively peaceful. Lee Sedol in particular demonstrated a very flexible style in this game and it seemed like Gu couldn’t land a punch at times.
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