Comments on: Takapotku 2012, first return tournament

By: Ten

Ten — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:51:35 +0000

Definitely so — I’ve been out of the European tournament scene for a while, so it may be that I just haven’t adjusted back yet.

By: TonyTiger

TonyTiger — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:21:20 +0000

Why not Ondrej Silt? Your egf gor almost matched in 2011. Now he is some 50 points ahead of you. Wouldn’t he be a great opponent to catch up in gor?

By: Ten

Ten — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:15:59 +0000

Thanks!

Of the European players, I only feel a kind of a rivalry with Ilya Shikshin, since we’ve played many times, but I get the feeling this rivalry is one-sided.

By: Uberdude

Uberdude — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:40:01 +0000

I would also play d9 not d10 if I play on the side, and it would seem very strange for Mingjiu to recommend d10 so I checked his demo, and he actually said d9 not d10

By: TonyTiger

TonyTiger — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:24:00 +0000

I really like your game reviews.

Do you consider any European go player as your main rival?

By: Ten

Ten — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:49:26 +0000

Thanks!

As for t4 (in the KGS game relay, with inverted sides; a16 here), that was a slight mistake. A16 is worth some three points, but before that, white should get a12, as you remarked. After that, a16 is good. A18 in the game is yet another mistake; just b15 would be better. There is no ko at c19 that I can see.

It may be that a normal move on the left side in the opening is possible. I was told in Japan that e6 is good after black plays the f3 keima (instead of f4 in the game); possibly, since black played f4 in this game, leaving an opening at h3 for later, just defending the left side territory could be enough for white. Even then I’d rather pick d9 than d10, however. It may be a style question, but I definitely wouldn’t play d10 myself, as I dislike the gap at c7 after that.

By: Excalibor

Excalibor — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:03:48 +0000

Congrats for a really great game… I watched it “live” relayed on KGS and so many over there wondered about T4 (as T8 looked a bigger yose move). As you have made no comments on it and only the high dans said ‘ah, I see the purpose of T4′ and you didn’t press with C19 for a heavy ko on black… Would you mind some explaining? ^_^

BTW, I am not sure if this is because your opponent is Jeff or because of your insei days, but your style feels different now, when compared with your games a year ago on this very same blog…

Lastly, someone asked Mingjiu about your E6 move during the lecture just a couple of hours after the game finished… He said D10 was the move, and didn’t mention the A – B exchange of the upper left 5-3 joseki… Do you think it is a matter of “regional” style (pros from different countries) or just personal style?

Again, welcome back and keep ot up! ^_^