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How Strong Are Professional Players?
Just how strong are top professional go players compared to amateur players? This question comes up again and again. The replies vary a lot, from saying that current amateurs are so strong that there...
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Chunlan Cup After Round Two
China is dominating the international Chunlan Cup after two rounds. Out of the eight remaining players, five are Chinese: Kong Jie (defeated Choi Cheolhan of Korea), Wang Xi (defeated Yuki Satoshi of...
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Fujitsu Cup: Happiness and Desolation for Japan
The first two rounds of the 23rd Fujitsu Cup are over. The hosting country, Japan, started very strongly with four Japanese players winning in the first round: Anzai Nobuaki defeated Chen Shiyuan of...
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31st World Amateur Go Championship Starts
The 31st World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) will start tomorrow in Hangzhou, China. This eight rounds, two games per day championship will be played between May 26th and May 29th. You can follow the...
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Lee Sedol Eliminated from Nongshim Cup
The 12th Nongshim Cup started a few days ago. Lee Sedol is the first Korean player and he eliminated Wang Xi of China and Iyama Yuta of Japan in the first two rounds. Why is Lee Sedol the first Korean...
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Kisei 2011 Started
The most important Japanese title in professional Go, Kisei, started yesterday. The title holder is Cho U, while the challenger is Iyama Yuta who seems to be in very good shape recently (he defeated...
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Kisei 2011 – Iyama Yuta Wins Game 1
Iyama Yuta who challenges Cho U for the Japanese Kisei title won game one by resignation. Here is the exchange that took place at the end of the game: The continuation is puzzling though – did Cho U...
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Kisei 2011- Cho U Equals the Score in Game 2
After losing the first game to challenger Iyama Yuta, Kisei title holder Cho U won the second game. I found Iyama’s move 40 quite amazing, it is played in a place that would never occur to me, see the...
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Japan lost to Norway in WAGC
The 32nd World Amateur Go Championship started yesterday in Matsue, Japan. Nothing unexpected in the first two rounds, but the third round came with a big surprise: Japan lost to Norway!! The Japanese...
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Old friends
I was very touched to see this photo! The reason is that the two famous professional players from the photo, Kobayashi Koichi and Cho Chikun, have been rivals for many years, as both have dominated the...
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