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This is the 5th and deciding game from the 55th Kuksu title match in Korea.
Cho Hanseung vs Choi Cheolhan, 55th Kuksu.
Choi won the Kuksu title three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2010. His opponent in each of the finals was Lee Changho 9p.
Cho Hanseung 9p won the first and third games, and Choi Cheolhan 9p won second and forth.
On the other hand, this is Cho’s second time in the Kuksu Final.
Let’s have a look at the game…
About An Younggil 8pYounggil is an 8 dan professional Go player with the Korean Baduk Association. He won the 'Prize of Victory of the Year' in 1998 for winning 18 consecutive pro games. After completing compulsory military service, Younggil left Korea to teach and promote the game Go overseas. Younggil now runs Younggil's Go School in Sydney, Australia and writes at Go Game Guru. You can find Younggil on Google+ and follow Go Game Guru on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter.
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Great game again, with very helpful explanation: thank you! Both players must have been drained at the end.
Kind regards,
Paul
Thanks again. I’ve deepened the ko fight analysis, especially explaining the calculations, at SL:
http://senseis.xmp.net/?KoFightExampleFromAProGame5
If you disapprove of the publication or challenge its correctness, let me know.
Thanks for your analysis about the ko. You’ve done very well!
This is a very good game and very interesting. Thank you Mr. Younggil and happy new year.
Great game along with beautiful explanation. Anytime I watch these commented games from Younggil sensei, I feel very confident that I improved at least one stone
Thank you very much.
Beautiful game. Thank you Younggil sensei for helping us to see it better.
Happy Holidays Go Game Guru
This game is unbelievably complicated. Great commentary as always.
Thanks for the commentary!
I cant figure out why white played R6 (move 78) and not S6. In the game white had to come back to protect the cut…
Happy holidays!
That’s a good question!
If W plays at S6, B’d atari at R6, W S5, B S7, and W has to live in the corner, and the result is not satisfactory for W.
Even though W spent one more move here in the actual game, Choi might have thought it was worth playing one more move.
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