Integration preliminary tournament - BC Card Cup

Hey guys...

the Baduk world is really embarassing for the Japanese pros. Only two players qualified for the main round and they were seeded! OK, to the main post here:

This year four amateur players from Korea made it into the main round. That's more than Japan and Taiwan together! Ithink it is pretty bitter.

Here are the qualified players by country:

Tournament member;
Korea; 
  Lee Sedol(9d, champion),
  Lee Changho(9d), Yoo Changhyuk(9d), Choi Cheolhan(9d), Park Junghwan(9d), 

Heo Yeongho(8d, Choi Kyubyeong(9d), Kim Seungjun(9d), Lee Sanghoon(9d), 

Choi Myeonghun(9d), Ryu Jaehyeong(9d), Cho Hanseung(9d),
  Kim Juho(9d), Song Taekon(9d), Lee Younggu(8d), Yun Junsang(8d), Kim Jiseok(7d), 

Lee Jaewong(6d),On Sojin(6d), Jin Donggyu(5d), Kim Kiyoung(5d), Han Sanghoon(5d), 

Park Jinsol(4d), Park Jihoon(4d),
  Park Seunghwa(4d), Seo Jonghui(3d), Kang Yootaek(3d), Lee Taehyun(3d), 

Kim Hyunseob(2d), Kim Sedong(2d),Kim Kiwon(2d), Lee Hyeongjin(2d), 

An Kukhyun(2d), Whang Jinhyung(1d), Han Taehee(1d), Park Junseok(1d),
  Hong Moojin(ama), Lee Hoseung(ama), Min Sangyoun(ama), Kim Jinhwi(ama)
 

China; 
  Chang Hao(9d, runner-up),
  Kong Jie(9d), Gu Li(9d),
  Chen Yaoye(9d), Wang Lei(8d), Peng Quan(7d), Wu Guangya(6d), Piao Wenyao(5d), 

Zhou Ruiyang(5d),Zhong Wenjing(5d), Yan Huan(5d), Peng Liyao(5d), Tan Xiao(5d), 

Jiang Weijie(5d), Mao Ruilong(4d),Sun Li(4d), Zhou Hexi(4d), 

Dang Yifei(4d), Tang Weixing(3d), Li Xuanhao(3d), Fan Yunruo(2d)
 

Japan; 
  Cho Chikun(9d), Sakai Hideyuki(8d)
 

Taiwan; 
  Chen Shiyuan(8d)

KBL

Next round of the Korean Baduk league final stage. Yi Sedol's team won again! This time they defeaded Team Chungbuk & Konkuk Milk, team of Heo Yeongho. After failing two games in row, they made a comeback by winning last three games. Cho Hunhyun was beat by An Kukhyun 2dan. I will just post one games here but a lot pictures.

team roaster

Heo Yeongho vs. Yi Sedol

Kim Seongryong (adoreme's former sabomnim) and his pretty assistent

It looks like the audience isn't really interested in the game...

RESULT: B+Resignation



The last and deciding match was between Cho Hunhyun and An Kukhyun:

Cho Hunhyun doesn't look happy

looks very cold there....

The final goes for three rounds. The first round will begin on 23th January. Then the Team Hangame will face Yi Sedols team...gonna be fun :)

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ASR set 1 - 21.01.11

A set of problems I made for the Advanced study room's super class players. The top two problems are white to play and about 3-4dan level. The lower left is black to play and 6d level and the lower right is black to play at about 7dan level. Good luck! You can leave solutions as a comment below. I'll check them.

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Korea wins!

Korea defended their title! They also won the last game by Choi Cheolhan (w) vs. China's Kong Jie (b).

From the beginning bith players played for territory, but Kong Jie couldn't handle the invasions by Cheolhan. He invaded three times in black's moyo and survived two times successful. In adition white killed a big black group in early middle game.

Here some photos of the closing ceremony:

This is the trophy

Choi Cheolhan with a four-game-winning streak

RESULT: W+Resignation




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News: European Professional League - Info

Quoting Alex from L19:

"Recent news from Kim Sungrae, 8p (Insei League teacher and my friend), who suggested to start European Pro League during the last AGM on EGC-2010. He was even faster than Harry from EuroGoTV:

"I suggested the three steps and these were passed by the professional board meeting.

The first step is making 12 European professional players by KBA. They can participate in Professional tournament in Korea.

The second step is making the European Professional Go Association in 2012.

The third step is finding the sponsors and making professional tournaments. "

Not sure if Kim-sabbonim has some sponsors in mind, but anyway it's good that this idea is supported by Korean Baduk Association.

Will post more news on this subject soon"

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3rd stage of the 12th Nongshim Cup

The 3rd stage of the 12th Nongshim Cup has started. A Korean player ended with a win in the 2nd stage and this was Choi Cheolhan.

The first game was against Zhou Ruiyang 5dan. In the opening they played a new variation which was better for white played by Choi Cheolhan.

The middle game was easy for white and Zhou resigned after 214 moves. Now only one Chinese and Japanese player is left! Korea has two players inclusive Choi in the tournament.

Cheolhan played the next game against Japan's Yuki Satoshi. Black (Choi Cheolhan) had an easy win against him. White made some mistakes, Kim Seongryong 9dan said that Yuki Satoshi played two bad moves in the opening, 44 and 46; that became a big baseless group. Fortunately, he saved the group, but Choi Chulhan was ahead in territory. Since Yuki was totally losing, he made his bid for victory by 112 to 116, taking a big risk. However, it failed, and another big group of Yuki was captured. That was the end of the game.

Next opponent of Choi is Kong Jie from China!

Yuki vs. Choi

First game: Choi Cheolhan (w) vs. Zhou Ruiyang (b) - W+R
Second game: Yuki Satoshi (w) vs. Choi Cheolhan (b) - B+R





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Even

Hello guys...long time no see, but I am back!

The second game for the 54th Kuksu was played on 14th January and like the title says Choi Cheolhan won. Cheolhan playing as white had to face the chinese opening, played by Yi Changho. Btw, this is the only title, which Changho is helding.

 My impression of this game was Yi played for moyang(moyo) but couldn't handle white well. White could invade always in black's moyang and lived or connected his groups. I think it was hard for both and Yi Changho resigned after 166 moves and he has to win the next games to defend his only title.

RESULT: W+Resignation



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Moon Dowon's seven straight wins

Here is the current conclusion of the 9th Jeongganjang Cup's first round with Moon Dowon's seven game winning streak. Ordered by opponents defeated starting with the first.















impressive games I must say and soon to be memorized games by me also. :)

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Speed training 3

Here the third session of the speed training program. Have fun and remember if you get a problem wrong three times its 50 push-ups for you!

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Book review: 21세기 신수 신 정석

21세기 신수 신 정석

I'd like to review the 21세기 신수 신 정석 series written by Lee Changho and Song Gi-chang.

As you might know Lee Changho is a 9p and considered to be one of the best Baduk players of the 20^th and 21^st century, Song Gi-chang is coauthor of many Baduk Books and a honorary 8d in Korea.

Ok lets get this started.

Physical Review

The series consists of 3 hardcover books which feature a picture of Lee Changho and with the nice Korean font they look really well. The pages are made of relatively thin and rough paper but they don't feel cheap, in fact they are nice and comfortable to flip. One page contains 2 whole board diagrams with description(or one if it's the first page of a chapter) so you get over 1500 diagrams.

Content Review

If you didn't already know, this series is about Jeongseok and Poseok, and that's what you get.

And not only a bit but quite a lot to be honest. The Jeongseok are presented in 59 chapters (21 in Volume 1, 21 in Volume 2 and 17 in Volume 3).

The 1^st Volume covers the 4-4 Point(2-space high pincer, one space low pincer, side attachment),

Sanrensai, some 3-4 Jeongseok ans something that I cannot really describe.

The 2^nd Volume covers a lot of Shimari openings(including a 3 stone Shimari), a weird 6-3 Jeongseok, once again the 1-space low and 2-space high pincer from 4-4 and the 2-space high pincer from a 3-4 stone.

The 3^rd Volume covers 2-space high and 1-space low pincer from 4-4, Chinese Poseok, Mini Chinese Poseok and the Kobayashi Poseok. All the chapters start with a position from a game played by Pros or Yeongusaeng which is then analysed.

As you might have noticed the content is divided chaotically between the three volumes despite the fact that they where all released at the same time, I don't know why they did this but it can be really confusing. But up to now I could only find one mistake in all of the diagrams (11 and 17 look nearly the same but interchanging this two moves would not be very wise[3^rd Volume, page 76, upper diagram]) so I can forgive this strange decision and give this books 9 out of 10 points(10 if the chapters where arranged in a way that would make a little bit more sense).

Should I Get This Books?

You should if you:

1. Are a mid to high Dan player
2. Like to study Jeongseok and Poseok
3. Know some basic Korean(the better your judgment the less Korean you'll need)

Alot of the Jeongseok presented are REALY COMPLICATED so Kyu players might want to stay away from this books but who am I to order you to not get this books, if you like to study Jeongseok(like I do) this books will be a nice thing to have. Volume 1 is also always a great thing to have as it covers a lot of the common pincer Jeongseok and therefore can be really usefull. However they where published in 2005 so they don't contain the most recent research.

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Review was kindly made by blackmoa a friendly user on KGS. Credit goes to him!

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54th Kuksu - first game

Another message. The 54th Kuksu started yesterday on 12th January 2011. The titleholder Yi Changho had to face Choi Cheolhan - good friend of Yun Yeongseon and also they were in the same Baduk school.

 

The game just finished after 136 moves, which Cheolhan resigned. Cheolhan (b) played for influence it seems and built up a wall but he couldn't use it useful.

In the middle game black had some problems and had to run for his group. Changho played well and could kill a big group through ko. After palying some ko threats black resigned, as of the bad position.

The next game will be played tomorrow, 14th January 2011. You can watch it on WBaduk and BadukTV live here on this blog - at 10:00 o'clock (Korean Standard Time - 02:00am CET): http://beginningpath.blogspot.com/p/baduk-tv_04.html

 

   Reviewing with some pros like Yi Sedol and Blackie ;)

RESULT: W+ Resignation




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Can't be tamed!

Moon Dowon did it again! She won her sixth game in a row. That is a record, shared with her opponent of this game - Song Ronghui.

Here is the event opening with some paparazzo:

This game was not so difficult as the last one. Dowon chose the Chinese opening by playing black and after approx. 50 moves she had an advantage. Song Ronghui couldn't do anything and resigned at move 205.

The next opponent could be Yoshida Mika or Suzuki Ayumi.


RESULT: B+Resignation

Some information about the tournament:

Top prize is 75,000,000 Won (approx. $ 67,000/ 51,300 €), and for runner up 15,000,000 Won (approx. $ 14,000). Each player is given 1 hour and 3 periods of 40 seconds for the overtime.

The 9th Jeonggangjang Cup is sponsored by Korea Ginseng Corp. and managed by KBA, WorldCyberkiwon Corp., and BadukTV. 

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Next!

Hello guys...

Moon Dowon don't want to give up. She won the 5th game, too. It looks like she wanna end this tournament quick. But this game was kinda close. Dowon - who was playing with black - won by 1.5 points and will face another Chinese player, I suppose it will be Tang Yi 2dan.

This game was also totally unfavorable for her, but she somehow made it. 9P commentator said that it seems like God is helping her. 

Representative players  

Korea: Park Jieun 9P, Yi Hajin 3P, Moon Dowon 2P, Park Jiyeon 2P, Kim Miri 1P
China: Rui Nawei 9P, Song Ronghui 5P, Li He 2P, Lu Jia 2P, Tang Yi 2P 

Japan: Aoki Kikuyo 8P, Yoshida Mika 8P, Chinen Kaori 4P, Suzuki Ayumi 4P, Mukai Chiaki 4P

RESULT: B+1.5

                                  Some players including Rui Naiwei 9dan are replaying the game.

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9th Jeongganjang Cup - 1st stage - 3rd and 4th game

Next post for the Jeongganjang Cup 2011!

Korea is on the road!

                                  Park Jieun, Yi Hajin, Moon Dowon, Kim Miri and Park Jiyeon.



Moon Dowon is on a run! She won the last games, too!!!! Now she has four victories out of four!

In the 3rd game she won against Chinen Kaori from Japan.

                                                  Moon Dowon (w)             Chinen Kaori (b)

Chinen Kaori played for territory. She had a good start and Dowon had to fight. In the middle game,  a big semeai was starting. In the end, it was a seki as you will see.

RESULT:   W+10.5

                                                                In the reviewing room: 

Speed training 2

Back with four more problems from my speed tests. Imagine the stress one suddenly feels when such a test is announced and doing bad in it might get you kicked out of the school. In the end I got two of those four wrong in the first run... (Black to play, you got 20 seconds for all.)

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Speed training 1

Back in the old KBC days we had something called "Speed test" which was solving Baduk problems as quick as possible. At first we would get 2 pages with 24 problems each about corner shapes to solve in 5 minutes. Then the time would decrease to 3 or 2 minutes. Later we would also get carpenters square positions, also other shapes and more problems in the same time. Basically hardwiring all those problems was the goal and deciding our grades at KBC.

Reviewing material is good for strength and sharing the problems is good for your strength so try some (black to play):

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Korean Baduk League 2010


The KBL is going into the final stage.

The teams are:

• Team Hite Jinro

   Choi Cheolhan, team captain

• Team Shinan Chunil Salt

   Yi Sedol, team captain

• Team Chungbuk & Konkuk Milk

   Heo Yeongho, team captain

• Team Hangame

   Kang Dongyun, team captain

Players	1st round	Semifinal	Final
Team Hite Jinro(9-7,44P)	01-08,09	01-15,16	1st round 2nd round 3rd round
Team Shinan Chunil Salt(10-6,46P)
Team Chungbuk & Konkuk Milk(11-5,43P)
Team Hangame(12-4,47P)

In the first round of the final stage is between Team Hite Jinro and Team Shinan Chunil Salt.

Only the first game was won by Won Sungji for Team Hite Jinro.


In the second match of this round, it became a battle of captains! Yi Sedol (w) vs. Choi Cheolhan (b).


Here you can see the game:

(;
KM[6.5]
FF[3]
SZ[19]
EV[2010 Korean Baduk League post season (Team Shinan Chunil Salt vs Team Hite Jinro)]
GM[1]
PB[Choi Cheolhan]
PW[Lee Sedol]
BR[9d]
RE[W+R]
DT[2011-01-08]
WR[9d]
;B[qd];W[dc];B[pq];W[dq];B[do];W[ce];B[cq];W[oc];B[po];W[qh];B[pc]
;W[od];B[qf];W[og];B[dr];W[dj];B[jd];W[hc];B[md];W[pe];B[qe];W[ob]
;B[qj];W[lc];B[ld];W[kc];B[kd];W[kg];B[jc];W[jb];B[mg];W[mh];B[lh]
;W[mf];B[nh];W[mi];B[lg];W[lf];B[ng];W[nf];B[hd];W[ib];B[hg];W[kh]
;B[li];W[oh];B[oi];W[eq];B[cp];W[jf];B[jp];W[gi];B[df];W[cf];B[dh]
;W[fh];B[fj];W[gj];B[ki];W[ji];B[jj];W[ii];B[fk];W[hl];B[ei];W[fm]
;B[de];W[dd];B[gl];W[gm];B[hm];W[il];B[im];W[el];B[hk];W[jl];B[jm]
;W[kl];B[gk];W[ij];B[ek];W[dk];B[dl];W[dm];B[cl];W[cm];B[bk];W[bj]
;B[bm];W[bn];B[en];W[em];B[ik];W[jk];B[kj];W[km];B[kn];W[ln];B[ko]
;W[mm];B[fg];W[cg];B[dg];W[ff];B[gh];W[fi];B[cd];W[ci];B[gf];W[ej]
;B[fe];W[pi];B[di];W[cj])

The  next two game were won by Shinan Chunil Salt, too.

Date	Team Shinan Chunil Salt	3-1	Team Hite Jinro
01-08	Lee Hobum(2d)	W+R	Won Sungjin(GS)
01-08	Lee Sedol(9d)	W+R	Choi Cheolhan(9d)
01-08	Lee Chungyu(3d)	B+4.5	An Sungjoon(2d)
01-09	Han Sanghoon(5d)	W+R	Kim Hyeongwoo(4d)
01-09	An Kukhyun(2d)		Lee Wonyoung(2d)

* The last game wasn't played, as of the result 3-1.

They will face Team Chungbuk & Konkuk Milk in the second round on 15./16. January 2011.

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9th Jeongganjang Cup - 1st round - 2nd game

Here we are with the second game of this tournament. Moon Dowon won the last game, so she continues for her team. Next opponent was Lu Jia from China.

Due to some smaller kills by black, she could win by 18,5 points, which is pretty big in the pro world.

(;
KM[6.5]
FF[3]
SZ[19]
EV[9th Jeongganjang Cup 2nd round]
GM[1]
PB[Moon Dowon]
PW[Lu Jia]
BR[2d]
RE[B+18.5]
DT[2011-01-09]
WR[2d]
;B[pd];W[dd];B[pq];W[cp];B[eq];W[po];B[qo];W[qn];B[qp];W[qf];B[nc]
;W[pn];B[nq];W[pj];B[cf];W[fc];B[bd];W[do];B[cc];W[ic];B[gp];W[qd]
;B[qc];W[rc];B[qe];W[rd];B[pe];W[re];B[pf];W[pg];B[qb];W[og];B[no]
;W[pp];B[qq];W[lc];B[nm];W[pl];B[jp];W[dq];B[ep];W[er];B[fr];W[dr]
;B[ck];W[rb];B[me];W[le];B[lf];W[md];B[ne];W[kf];B[lg];W[kg];B[ke]
;W[ld];B[ng];W[kh];B[of];W[oi];B[ef];W[gr];B[fs];W[mp];B[np];W[gq]
;B[fq];W[hp];B[go];W[ip];B[jq];W[in];B[ir];W[jo];B[hl];W[jl];B[ko]
;W[kn];B[ln];W[km];B[lm];W[ek];B[hn];W[cj];B[dj];W[dk];B[ci];W[bj]
;B[cl];W[di];B[ej];W[ch];B[fk];W[eh];B[fj];W[mh];B[nh];W[mi];B[mg]
;W[dm];B[dl];W[dc];B[dg];W[cm];B[ni];W[nj];B[ok];W[oj];B[bk];W[bi]
;B[bm];W[bn];B[an];W[ao];B[al];W[am];B[kk];W[jk];B[an];W[cb];B[bb]
;W[am];B[qg];W[rf];B[an];W[cd];B[bc];W[am];B[oh];W[ph];B[an];W[nd]
;B[lh];W[li];B[od];W[am];B[kj];W[jj];B[an];W[bg];B[bf];W[am];B[ki]
;W[ji];B[mj];W[mk];B[lj];W[bl];B[qh];W[pi];B[bm];W[kp];B[lo];W[bl]
;B[jh];W[ih];B[jg];W[jf];B[ig];W[hh];B[hg];W[gg];B[ie];W[je];B[jd]
;W[kd];B[if];W[ke];B[gf];W[gh];B[bm];W[ff];B[fe];W[fg];B[ee];W[bl]
;B[id];W[jc];B[gd];W[gc];B[bm];W[hq];B[an];W[bo];B[hj];W[ij];B[im]
;W[jm];B[dh];W[ei];B[fi];W[jr];B[kr];W[js];B[iq];W[kq];B[lq];W[hk]
;B[hi];W[fm];B[el];W[gl];B[gk];W[ii];B[ik];W[il];B[hm];W[hk];B[ho]
;W[gi];B[ik];W[be];B[ce];W[hk];B[io];W[gj];B[lb];W[kb];B[mc];W[kc]
;B[em];W[ol];B[rn];W[rm];B[ro];W[sm];B[db];W[eb];B[ca];W[mb];B[nb]
;W[la];B[ea];W[fa];B[ga];W[da];B[eg];W[fh];B[ea];W[fb];B[hc];W[hb]
;B[hd];W[da];B[cb];W[eo];B[en];W[fo];B[fn];W[am];B[dn];W[bl];B[ak]
;W[jn];B[fp];W[bm];B[es];W[ds];B[ml];W[nl];B[lk];W[nk];B[na];W[qa]
;B[pa];W[ra];B[pb];W[on];B[nn];W[dp];B[om];W[pm];B[ma];W[lb];B[aj]
;W[ai];B[ag];W[ah];B[af];W[cg];B[de];W[ec];B[sn];W[op];B[oq];W[kl]
;B[ll];W[cn];B[fd];W[gb];B[ed];W[ib];B[oo];W[ea])

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9th Jeongganjang Cup - 1st round - 1st game

Hello guys,

I am here for some new points on this blog. I will try to post some news regarding to the pro world.

The Jeongganjang Cup is a female team tournament with teams from Korea, China and Japan.

The teammates are following:

Players;
China;
  Rui Naiwei(9d), Song Ronghui(5d), Li He(3d), Lu Jia(2d), Tang Yi(2d)
Korea;
  Park Jieun(9d), Lee Hajin(3d), Park Jiyeon(2d), Moon Dowon(2d),
 Kim Miri(1d)
Japan;
  Aoki Kikuyo(8d), Yoshida Mika(8d), Suzuki Ayumi(5d), Chinen Kaori(4d),
 Mukai Chiaki(4d)

The first game was between Moon Dowon and Aoki Kikuyo.

(;
RE[W+R]
BR[8d]
EV[9th Jeongganjang Cup 1st round]
WR[2d]
PB[Aoki Kikuyo]
FF[3]
SZ[19]
GM[1]
KM[6.5]
DT[2011-01-08]
PW[Moon Dowon]
;B[pd];W[dd];B[pq];W[dp];B[qk];W[fq];B[fc];W[cf];B[jd];W[qf];B[re]
;W[rf];B[qe];W[pf];B[nd];W[qi];B[oj];W[nh];B[nf];W[po];B[np];W[no]
;B[mo];W[nn];B[lp];W[mn];B[qj];W[pi];B[mk];W[mi];B[mj];W[jq];B[ko]
;W[ln];B[jp];W[kq];B[iq];W[ir];B[hr];W[lo];B[mp];W[kp];B[ip];W[mr]
;B[nr];W[js];B[lr];W[kr];B[ms];W[hq];B[eq];W[dq];B[gq];W[hp];B[fr]
;W[ho];B[eo];W[do];B[dr];W[cr];B[fp];W[kj];B[kk];W[jk];B[km];W[kn]
;B[jl];W[jj];B[lj];W[li];B[ml];W[hc];B[kh];W[ki];B[hd];W[ic];B[id]
;W[jc];B[dc];W[cc];B[ed];W[kd];B[de];W[cd];B[ke];W[lc];B[ld];W[kc]
;B[mc];W[le];B[kf];W[md];B[nc];W[lf];B[lg];W[jg];B[kg];W[jh];B[if]
;W[mg];B[eg];W[cg];B[cm];W[dn];B[cj];W[ds];B[es];W[er];B[jn];W[jo]
;B[dr];W[ol];B[ok];W[er];B[in];W[io];B[dr];W[qc];B[pc];W[er];B[mf]
;W[gc];B[ng];W[gd];B[mh];W[oi];B[dr];W[dm];B[cs];W[cl];B[fe];W[br]
;B[gb];W[hb];B[eb];W[mb];B[nb];W[la];B[cb];W[bb];B[ba];W[ef];B[ff]
;W[eh];B[bl];W[bm];B[ck];W[dl];B[bn];W[cn];B[am];W[bi];B[bj];W[ej]
;B[cm];W[ak];B[ci];W[bh];B[dh];W[di];B[ce];W[dg];B[bf];W[fg];B[qp]
;W[hs];B[gr];W[lm];B[ll];W[il];B[qn];W[ee];B[bd];W[bs];B[ds];W[fd]
;B[bc];W[hg];B[fm];W[gl];B[fl];W[fk];B[gm];W[el];B[hl];W[hk];B[gk]
;W[gj];B[im];W[ik];B[hf];W[gf];B[bg];W[ch];B[ri];W[rh];B[rj];W[qo]
;B[ro];W[rn];B[pn];W[op];B[rp];W[oq];B[or];W[qm];B[rm];W[pm];B[on]
;W[om];B[sn];W[oo];B[rn];W[nl];B[oh];W[ni];B[pg];W[qg];B[nq];W[ga]
)

Newbie and help :)

Hello folks,


I will be the second poster here on adoreme's blog. I will help him to get more readers and try to make the blog more attractive :)


But before that, I will introduce myself to the readers:


I was born in December '90 in Germany. I "discovered" Baduk in 2008 through the anime 'Hikaru no Go'.

I started to play on the Kiseido Go Server (KGS) from June, 25th.

After eight month of playing I consulted a teacher to improve my Baduk. My choice was Yun Yeongseon 8p.



For some, who don't know her:

She was born in 1977 in Seoul, South Korea and started to play with 10 years. In 1992, she qualified for the pro stage and became 1p.
She won the women 'Kuksu' - title in '94, '95. '96 and '98, which is the most important tournament for female pros.

In 2002 she could win the female world championship, which was the highlight of her career so far.





In that time, I participated in a few tournaments as well with good results.

In June 2009, I stopped my studies with Yeongseon, due to school works.

I could constantly progress my Baduk strength and now I call myself 3k. This is a result after five victories of five games in a raw on a tournament.

 
Let's have fun and more interesting news here together... 


a1r

An interesting article

About the difference between top european players and the average Korean 7dan

http://www.wbaduk.com/news/news_view.asp?news_no=358 Part 1

http://www.wbaduk.com/news/news_view.asp?news_no=361 Part 2