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We live in Yi Sedol era
Filed Under (Samsung Cup) by Tomasz Ślązok on 24-01-2008
Tagged Under : Lee Sedol, Park Yeonghun
Yi Sedol 9p the winner
Yi Sedol 9p won today Samsung title by beating Park Yeonghun 9p 1,5 point taking black. In fuseki Yi play very solid and it was Park who start the fight with white 44. We can said that attack by white 44 end very succesful.
In first part of the game Park play many yose-like moves (white 38,78) which give him maybe some territory but globally Yi Sedol was getting stronger and stronger. Before chuban start Yi Sedol had a huge territory in upper-right corner, of course park also had build huge… moyo, but thanks to yi thickness it was easily reduced.
Yi Sedol eraThe game before yose was very even, but park play very questionable move (???) - white 162 - which end with disaster for white and in the end of the game black won by 1,5 point.
Today game was good affirmance that actually we live in Lee Sedol era. Few days later we will see another international final with Lee Sedol 9p. Recently Yi Sedol go is not so big entertainment like in past but we could also see today some fighting moves like black 65. Yi Sedol grow a lot and now his strength is unexpected moves in chuban but without any weakness.
SGF of this game you can found at Go News
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