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EVENT BOARDSIZE 19 COM 3rd Fujitsu Cup, 1990, Second Round. White: Lee Changho, 4-dan (Korea, age 14) Black: Takemiya Masaki, 9-dan (Japan, age 39) Komi: 5 1/2 points. Time: 3 hours each. White wins by 5 1/2 points. Date: April 9, 1990. Source: GO World #60, pp. 8-12. Commentary by Kato Masao in July 1990 "Kido" Recorded by David Forthoffer using GoScribe 2.0 Edited by Anton Dovydaitis. The second round was marked by stunning upsets. Lee Changho's comfortable win over the defending champion Takemiya shows that he is one of the most formidable 14-year-olds in go history. His stated ambition of becoming the world's number one by the time he is 20 may turn out to be conservative. The featured commentary in this article is on the Takemiya - Lee game. It is the first of a new series in "Kido", in which amateur players are invited to present questions about a professional game, to be answered by Kato Masao. His analysis mainly focusses on the fuseki and the early middle game. The aim is to produce commentary that will be of more practical use to amateurs than the standard professional commentary. We have also included some pertinent comments by Takemiya, taken from the Yomiuri Newspaper account of the game. Although only 14, Lee had two Korean titles to his credit at the time of this game: the Top Position title (Chaigowi), which he won 3-2 from his teacher Cho Hun-hyn earlier in the year, and the King of Go title. ENDCOM B 1 q16 W 2 d16 B 3 q4 W 4 d4 B 5 q10 W 6 o17 B 7 q14 W 8 l16 MARK All a@k16 COM Question: Why did White play 8 instead of `a'? ENDCOM B 9 k4 MARK l16 a@f17 COM Black 9. Black could choose to invade at 'a' instead. ENDCOM W 10 c14 B 11 f3 W 12 r3 MARK f3 c14 a@d6 k4 COM Question: What's wrong with playing White 12 at `a'? The 3-3 invasion feels a little premature. ENDCOM B 13 q3 MARK #12 a@r4 COM Question: Does Black have to block on this side at 13? ENDCOM W 14 r4 B 15 r6 MARK #13-14 a@r5 COM 15 has become a popular move lately. Question: What is the idea behind dodging to 15 instead of playing at `a'? ENDCOM W 16 s6 B 17 r7 W 18 r5 MARK #15-16 r7 a@q2 COM White can take sente by playing 18 at `a', but that gives Black more profit. ENDCOM B 19 q5 W 20 s7 MARK r5 r6 q5 s6 r7 COM As you can see, after White crawls up to 20, Black is left with sente. ENDCOM B 21 e5 W 22 c6 MARK a@r8 s7 e5 COM White 22. ENDCOM B 23 d7 MARK a@e7 c6 COM Black 23. ENDCOM W 24 c7 B 25 d8 MARK e5 c6 c7 d7 COM Black 21 to 25 are the Takemiya cosmic style in full cry. ENDCOM W 26 d3 MARK #25 COM Question: Isn't White 26 a little too solid? ENDCOM B 27 j11 MARK #26 a@j10 b@j9 COM Question: Isn't Black 27 a little greedy, considering White can enter at `b'? How about holding back at `a'? Black 27 is not greedy: Black's strategy is to invite White to enter at 'b'. ENDCOM W 28 r8 B 29 q8 W 30 j9 B 31 r2 MARK #27-30 a@g10 COM Question: I don't understand the meaning of Black 31? Kato: Neither do I. There's no special meaning. Black 31 was the first move Takemiya regretted. ENDCOM W 32 s2 B 33 s8 MARK r2 s2 a@g10 COM Black missed an opportunity with 33. ENDCOM W 34 r9 B 35 s9 W 36 h10 MARK #33-35 a@r10 COM White 36 is natural. The game is promising for White when he esapes with this move. Question: What is the point of 33 and 35 when White can capture at 'a'. ENDCOM B 37 j7 MARK #36 A@f4 COM Black 37 serves the dual purpose of attacking and providing a ladder block in case White attaches at A. ENDCOM W 38 l9 B 39 j17 MARK #37-38 a@g12 COM Question: Is it too late to attack the centre White group, with 39 at `a'? The attack runs out of steam. Opening up a new front while keeping a threatening eye on the centre group is the only thing Black can do. ENDCOM W 40 g17 B 41 j15 W 42 k17 B 43 k18 W 44 l18 B 45 l15 MARK #39-44 a@k16 COM Question: Why doesn't Black atari at `a' instead of 45? ENDCOM W 46 j18 MARK #45 a@m15 COM White 46 is proof of what I'm talking about. Black 45 gave White a chance to go wrong, and he obliges with 46. This move should really be a hane at `a'. ENDCOM B 47 k16 W 48 k19 PRISONER k18 B 49 m16 MARK k19 j18 k16 l15 j15 j17 g17 k17 43@k18 COM Because of White's mistaken cut at 46, Black was able to make the nicely timed forcing moves of 47 and 49. Takemiya commented that with 39 to 49 he made up for his slack move at 33. ENDCOM W 50 l17 B 51 l11 W 52 h11 B 53 l7 MARK l17 h11 m16 l11 COM Takemiya said he was satisfied with his game at this point. ENDCOM W 54 j12 B 55 o16 W 56 r17 B 57 q17 W 58 q18 B 59 r16 MARK l7 j12 o16 q17 r17 q18 COM Takemiya: Black 59 was the first step on the road to defeat. ENDCOM W 60 r10 MARK q17 r16 r17 q18 COM Question: Why does White tenuki with 60 after going to the trouble of invading the corner? Did he just change his mind? He didn't change his mind. After the sequence to 59, White gains from having played 56 and 58: they are forcing moves. ENDCOM B 61 r11 W 62 q2 B 63 p2 W 64 r1 PRISONER r2 B 65 o3 W 66 l12 MARK r10 r11 r1 q2 p2 o3 COM White 66. ENDCOM B 67 m12 W 68 l13 B 69 m11 W 70 k11 B 71 m13 W 72 f4 MARK l12 k11 m11 m12 m13 l13 COM White 72. ENDCOM B 73 e4 W 74 e3 B 75 g4 MARK f4 e4 e3 a@g3 COM Question: Can't Black resist with 75 at `a'? Black has no choice. You have to Lee credit: White 72 is a sever move. ENDCOM W 76 f2 B 77 f5 PRISONER f4 W 78 g2 B 79 c17 W 80 d17 B 81 c16 W 82 c15 B 83 s10 MARK #75-82 a@k10 b@q9 c@m9 d@r18 COM Question: Wouldn't Black 83 at 'a' been bigger? Takemiya said that 83 was the losing move. ENDCOM W 84 l10 B 85 r18 MARK #83-84 a@m8 COM After White 84, Black can't block White's path. Takemiya had nothing to say about the moves after 84 - apparently he considered the game unwinnable for Black after this. ENDCOM W 86 d6 B 87 e6 W 88 c8 B 89 d9 W 90 d18 B 91 k8 W 92 k9 B 93 c9 W 94 n9 B 95 n7 W 96 k2 MARK #85-95 COM Whte 96. As soon as Black stops White's invasion on one side, White invades on the other. ENDCOM B 97 j2 W 98 j3 B 99 k3 W 100 h2 B 101 l2 W 102 j1 PRISONER j2 B 103 j4 W 104 n11 B 105 o12 W 106 p18 B 107 c12 W 108 p9 MARK 97@j2 n11 o12 j1 k2 l2 k3 j4 j3 h2 c12 p18 COM White 108. Black should not have allowed this move. ENDCOM B 109 q9 PRISONER r8 r9 r10 W 110 m17 B 111 n16 W 112 s17 B 113 s18 W 114 s19 B 115 s16 W 116 r19 MARK #108-115 \t@r17 COM White sacrifices \t and 12 in order to reduce Black's corner territory in sente. ENDCOM B 117 t17 PRISONER r17 s17 W 118 o11 B 119 m10 W 120 m9 B 121 o8 MARK #116-120 a@n10 COM Black 121 is a mistake. ENDCOM W 122 m14 B 123 n10 W 124 l14 B 125 m15 W 126 n14 B 127 o14 W 128 o9 MARK #121-127 \t@n11 \t@o11 COM White 128. White sacrifices \t to make further inroads in Black's territory. ENDCOM B 129 o10 W 130 p10 B 131 p11 W 132 p12 B 133 n12 PRISONER n11 o11 W 134 o11 B 135 n11 PRISONER o11 MARK #128-134 a@o13 COM Black 135. This is another mistake. Black lost 3 points here. ENDCOM W 136 o13 B 137 p13 W 138 q12 B 139 q11 W 140 n13 B 141 o11 W 142 o15 MARK #135-141 COM This is a sparkling endgame sequence. It may look like magic, but Black could have done better at move 135. ENDCOM B 143 p14 W 144 n1 MARK #142-143 a@b9 COM White 144 is a mistake. ENDCOM B 145 b13 W 146 b14 B 147 p17 W 148 o18 B 149 e12 W 150 k14 B 151 k15 W 152 m2 MARK #144-151 a@b9 COM White 152. White apparently feels this is bigger than the hane at 'a'. ENDCOM B 153 m3 W 154 l1 B 155 l3 W 156 p8 B 157 p7 W 158 f10 B 159 h8 W 160 b8 B 161 g16 MARK m2 m3 l3 l1 f10 h8 p8 p7 b8 COM Black 161. ENDCOM W 162 f16 B 163 f15 W 164 e15 B 165 f17 W 166 e16 B 167 j13 W 168 j14 B 169 h12 W 170 j10 PRISONER j11 B 171 h14 MARK #161-170 COM Black is trying for a few points of territory here, but he has too many weaknesses to be successful. He is doomed. ENDCOM W 172 g12 B 173 h17 W 174 g18 B 175 h13 W 176 g15 B 177 n15 MARK #171-176 COM Black 177. If Black were to let White play here, Black could either respond for a 3-point loss, or tenuki for a 7-point loss. ENDCOM W 178 k12 B 179 h15 W 180 h16 PRISONER g16 B 181 b9 W 182 d11 B 183 e11 W 184 c13 B 185 d12 W 186 b12 MARK #177-185 COM White 186. The last of the larger endgame plays. ENDCOM B 187 b11 W 188 a13 PRISONER b13 B 189 n2 W 190 e10 MARK #186-189 89@b13 COM The proverb says, "First play forcing moves, then defend." This forcing move gains a point. ENDCOM B 191 d10 W 192 m1 B 193 o1 W 194 k1 B 195 h3 W 196 j2 B 197 g9 W 198 f14 PRISONER f15 MARK #190-197 COM Fortunately, White can simply take profit since his center group has two eyes. ENDCOM B 199 g3 W 200 m7 B 201 m6 W 202 n8 B 203 o7 W 204 f9 MARK a@m8 #198-203 COM White 204. White allows Black at `a', since it would be only a 1-point gote play. ENDCOM B 205 f8 W 206 d13 B 207 e13 W 208 e14 B 209 d5 W 210 c5 B 211 a8 W 212 a7 B 213 a9 W 214 g10 MARK #204-213 a@e9 COM White 214. Preparing to play `a' in sente. ENDCOM B 215 h18 W 216 h19 B 217 j16 W 218 e9 B 219 e8 W 220 h9 B 221 g8 W 222 n17 B 223 t7 W 224 s5 B 225 a11 W 226 t6 MARK #214-225 COM White 226. Atari. ENDCOM B 227 t8 W 228 a12 B 229 g16 PRISONER h16 MARK t6 t8 a12 COM Black 229. Takes ko. ENDCOM W 230 q1 B 231 g14 W 232 h16 PRISONER g16 MARK 29@g16 q1 g14 COM White 232. White cannot win this ko, but it doesn't hurt to try. ENDCOM B 233 a6 W 234 b7 B 235 g16 PRISONER h16 MARK #232-234 32@h16 COM Black 235. Takes ko. ENDCOM W 236 p1 B 237 o2 W 238 f15 MARK #235-237 COM White concedes the ko, since Black has too many ko threats. ENDCOM B 239 f13 W 240 g13 B 241 f11 W 242 g11 B 243 h16 W 244 j8 B 245 l8 W 246 f12 B 247 c11 PRISONER d11 W 248 m8 MARK #238-247 COM Game ends after White 248. White wins by 5 1/2 points. This was a convincing win for Lee. Despite his youth, he's relaxed and plays a solid game. This game was the last to finish in the 2nd round, so there were a lot of professionals gathered around watching the game wind up, including Lee's teacher, Cho Hun-hyun. Cho looked happy. "What do you think?" he said to Takemiya. "He's stronger than I am. He's taken proper revenge for me. Perhaps I should start taking lessons from him." ENDCOM