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At the game of Ayumi Suzuki and U Cho
pair against Kazuko Konishi and Yoshio Ishida pair, black,
Suzuki and Cho pair, was attacking hard and the black was
leading. At Michael Redmond 9dan’s commentary, he said, “Black
seems good.” Unfortunately, Konishi and Ishida pair gave up
the game.
Ishida 9dan said to Konishi 8dan when reviewing, “It is better
to lose by being killed than having the territories occupied.“
When they come back to the waiting room, Konishi 8dan said
regretfully, “Oh, I lost by Ayumi’s pair 3 years in a row!” |
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At the game of Kumiko Yashiro and Satoshi
Yuki pair against Yumiko Okada and Kimio Yamada pair, from
the beginning, Redmond 9dan judged the white, Okada and Yamada
pair, would win. White seemed to make a different move during
difficult joseki. But towards the end, Redmond 9dan said,
“What? Black is trying not to be killed. Now, it is a different
story.” Black is leading now but Redmond 9dan said, “But white
is not that bad.” Akiko Tsukuda 5dan, too, said, “That different
move was successful.“ Soon, Yashiro and Yuki pair gave up
the game.
At the waiting room, everyone was talking about “that different
move” which Redmond 9dan mentioned. But Okada 6dan was apologizing
to Yamada 9dan, “I am sorry I made a mistake with joseki.”
And then, Yamada 9dan said, “But because of that the opponent
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At the game of Mika Yoshida and Shinji
Takao pair against Keiko Kato and Norimoto Yoda pair, someone
played a wrong turn but they did not know for a while and
kept playing. Finally, there was no penalty for the wrong
turns. (*in the Pair Go Rule by the Japan Pair Go Association,
if someone plays a wrong turn, and the next person plays without
realizing the mistake, there will be no penalty.) If you look
back the content of the game…
The winner, Yoshida 8dan, said, “At the beginning, I played
badly… but towards the end, we came close to the opponent“.
The result was that the white, Yoshida and Takao pair won
by 6 and a half stones. |
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The game of Izumi Kobayashi and Chikun
Cho pair against Imin Shei and Satoru Kobayashi pair, as fans
were expecting, was a close game. From the beginning, black,
Kobayashi and Cho pair, were gaining territories and white,
Shei and Kobayashi pair, were building up the thickness. The
game was divided into black’s territories and white’s thickness
and then, white attacked black. Redmond 9dan said, “The black
is leading by the territories. For white, the only way to
win is to get this black stone.” Kobayashi and Cho pair was
trying to defend but eventually, Shei and Kobayashi pair’s
power captured the big part of black stones which were running
around in the middle of the Go board.
After the game, when reviewing, Cho 10dan said, “I thought
black won’t die.” Izumi Kobayashi Women’s Saikyo said, “I
thought there was another way to be alive.” For them, it was
unfortunate to give up the game.
When they got back to the waiting room, Izumi said, “I am
sorry. With you, Cho sensei, I thought we won’t die even though
we don’t place 2 stones.” Cho 10dan said, “Oh, well, we tried
too hard because we thought we wouldn’t die.” |
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