Partida De Go De Profesionales Takemiya Masaki Black Vs Goto Shungo

NHK Cup Go Television Tournament 16th game of the first round Hello everyone. It is time for the NHK Cup Go Television Tournament. Today is the 16th game of the first round. Today Takemiya Masaki 9 dan will play against Goto Shungo 9 dan. Please enjoy. Both players have done the nigiri. Takemiya Masaki 9 dan will go first. Komi is 6.5 points. Both players will have 30 seconds to make their move. Each player has 10 periods of 1 minute byo-yomi. Have a good game. Black 16-4 Upper Right Corner Star Point White 4-16 Lower Left Corner Star Point Black 16-16 Lower Right Corner Star Point Stone Black: Takemiya Masaki 9 dan Born in Tokyo Became pro in 1965 Became 9 dan in 1977. Studied under Kitani Minoru 9 dan. He has been playing in the NHK 38 years and has participated 40 times. He plays for the Tokyo Go Federation. White 4-4 Upper Left Star Point White: Goto Shungo 9 dan Born in Hyobo prefecture. Became a pro in 1980/ Became 9 dan in 1995. Studied under Hayasa Hiroshi 9 dan. This is the tenth time he has participated in the NHK cup. He's been playing in it for 3 years. He plays for the Kansai Go Federation. White 3-14 Now to introduce our commentator: Komatsu Hideki 9 dan. Thank you for being here. Glad to be here. What will be the highlight of today's match? The most important part will be how Goto responds to Takemiya's Cosmic style. Really looking forward to it. Thank you. Now let's look at the tournament bracket. This is A block. There are still 2 more games to be played in the first round. Which game do you think we should pay close attention to? I think Xie, the female Honinbo. It'll be interesting to see how far she'll go. We should pay attention to the female players. Murakawa is a younger player, but very strong. Now let's look at the win/loss rate between our two current players. They've played 5 games. Takemiya has won 3 and Goto has won 2. Almost even. Goto will have to work hard. When these two first played, Takemiya was the Meijin. Goto at the time had said the two were evenly matched. Now let's look at the game. Takemiya has played two star point stones. He's unbeatable with it. Meaning if he plays Black? Looking at all of his games, he has a 100% win rate as Black. Lately he has been playing the approach more. When you think of him, you think of the sanrensei. White approaches and Black plays the kosumi. This is Takemiya's special opening. Lately he's been approaching. He approached in the game and White defended. He plays this two space extension lately. This is unexpected since they're not three spaces apart. He does play this from time to time. He approached and then he played the sanrensei. Well it is the NHK cup. He's playing just what his fans want him to, the sanrensei. It's what he's known for. I'm sure our viewers are looking forward to his cosmic style. I can understand that. And now he played here. This is a rare move. Even for Takemiya. This is new for him. Now he double approaches. Now let's look at a pre-game interview. Firist Goto 9 dan. Please share with us your hopes for this match. I hope to play my best and showcase a great game to the viewers. Even if you're on the wrong TV channel, I still hope that you will enjoy the magic of Go. How do you feel playing Takemiya Masaki? When I saw the tournament bracket and saw it was Takemiya, I looked forward to playing against his cosmic style. Well even more than that, Manami-san will be watching. I want to play well enough so she doesn't think I'm weak. That is all. Thank you very much. He's always making such interesting comments. Well at least he's met his goal right? Goto has been playing in the NHK cup for 3 years. I've played Goto 9 dan twice this year. During regular matches. He seems to be performing well. Really? Up next, Takemiya. Please tell us your hopes for this match. I don't have any. Goto is like a hermit living in the mountains, training in seclusion. He's strong. I can't lose. I want to play a game that fills my soul with the music of an Argentinian tango. An Argentinian tango? What does he mean? Well Takemiya has been quite the dancer the past few years. He practices everyday for 3 hours. He said it made him play Go better. The rhythm helps him play. He said he wanted to feel like he was dancing? And now the interviews are over. Now let's turn our attention back to the game. When White double approached... He played this. White will play the 3-3 and then there are a lot of moves to think about. You can play this. In the past people blocked here. Nowadays people don't block, but play elsewhere. There's also pressing down here. When Black presses down, how does White respond? He comes underneath here. So playing on the opposite side from where you were pressed down. You can press down here again. Now you build influence. You can also play elsewhere, and White will think about which way he'll want to block. In the game he played elsewhere and played the one space jump here. And then...here. A lot of times you come under from the opposite side that you're pincered. You'd feel that this stone here is weak, so you'd be safer playing under like this. Yes, you would. This is a possibility. For some reason playing the opposite side is more commonly seen. I don't know the reason why. I think both are possible. He played here, push out, then extend. This is the game so far. Now they're in byo-yomi. Now we see a territorial framework (moyo). The right side definitely is. Will it expand any further? What would you play to expand it? Push down and extend. Professionals would push up, not crawl. Now a one space jump or perhaps a knight's move. Or perhaps something over here. Protecting the corner. I don't think Takemiya is the type to play this sort of move. Pressing down here is also good. There are many different paths to choose from. Takemiya is famous for his cosmic style of Go. What is Goto's style? It's difficult to describe. He plays for thickness. He has very solid shape. He gets in a few sharp jabs. Very sharp. So he should be good at fighting. Takemiya has used 3 periods of byo-yomi already. I'm really looking forward to the next move. He'll play something I didn't mention. You did mention different ways Black could build. But he'll play something different? I'm looking forward to what happens next. Maybe play the Tengen (center star point) to expand? Tengen? Yes, like this to expand outward. If he plays around here I think it will be one more space up. Ahh, expand it even more? This all looks to be Black, so if you are going to play in the center, this is your move. But he probably won't play anything I've suggested. He's definitely thinking about it long and hard. How about approaching this White stone? Normally if you approach you'd approach here. I really don't think Takemiya would play this. Ever. Ever. Takemiya has a feel for the game unlike anyone else. Well of course he's thinking about what to do with all this. How will he handle it? You got it. I did. I got it right, but I feel kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a move that would surprise me. He spent a lot of time thinking about it, and he chose this move out of all the ones he had been thinking about. So this move emphasizes the territorial framework. This move creates influence. Without this move White could play something like the knight's move here. Right here. You can sacrifice. Playing here is a great move. What can White do now? If Black plays under the stone is captured. If Black plays this next. Playing here is a good move. You connect to protect the cut. Hane like this. Now extend. Black's shape is not good. The hane is definitely coming later. If you're going to save this stone, you play here. For the moment, Black won't kill it. Reduce here? This would be normal. So you attach here instead of invading the 3,3 point? If you're not satisfied with the result from the 3,3 invasion, you attach. He attached. I think this is normal. This is a two space jump rather than a one space jump. How does that affect things? The 3,3 invasion goes like this. The hanging connection here. You live by playing here but Black's area is too deep. It's too deep and White isn't confident he can do something against it. Therefore you attach. In the game he attached. Normally you play this. Not underneath. Both are okay. Now you hane. You give up territory, but then you get thickness. There is a ladder to think about if you play here. The ladder becomes important if you play like this. In the game, he played the hanging connection. You cut here, right? Then take. Atari here. Then this, then hane. This is a one way street. What happens next? Now you have this cut and this ladder. The ladder is good for White. White's stone is waiting right here. That's why Black can't capture this stone. The real game is like this. This won't actually happen in the game. Black would fall apart if this were the game. Will he atari first? He can atari. But if you play here, then here. I really think he'll play here. Then these moves. Connect. He can pull back. Like this, White is alive. He has about 8 points. There's this cut, and we don't know yet what will happen with this framework. Is this better than invading the 3-3 point? Black has a cutting point. He does. His shape is not that strong. I'm very excited for Black's next move. This is the real game. White played this. He probably blocked. Now the hane. This is as far as it has progressed. Black 16-18 Out of the past 59 NHK Cup Tournaments, Takemiya has been in 40 of them. He's was the champion once, and the runner up 5 times. I can't believe he only was the champion once. There was the Asia TV Cup. He won that quite a few times. The Asia TV Cup was a tournament between Korean, Chinese, and Japanese players. He won four straight championships. That's why I can't believe he's only won the NHK cup once. He's does well even in international tournaments. After those 4 straight championship wins, people called him the strongest man in the world. They hit it on the nose. Huh? He atari'd. This is a surprise. I thought you said that the ladder was good for White. If you cut here then you can capture this. Maybe Takemiya is thinking of playing like this. This would be it. So sacrifice this stone. Is this what he might play? This isn't what they're playing. Cut, atari, then connect. Maybe push upwards. New move. I think this hasn't been played before. He pulled back. Really? This was a bit of a surprise. You want to cut. You take. You extend, and then you hane here. Then it plays out like this. But you can't play this, like I said before. How about attaching here? Here? I see now. This is all captured, but then you block here. Black's shape towards the bottom is great. He might hane here. This is a wonderful sequence. I don't think the game will be like this. The ladder is bad after all. You may feel you're giving up too much after taking this one stone. Now there is a lot of potential. You would never expect to see a new move played in a speed game. In the game he connected once White cut. Like this. He didn't take. Does that change anything? Does White have no forcing moves if Black doesn't take? It affects the amount of territory. White 16-13 We're seeing a wonderful sequence. Will players start playing this sequence in their games from now on? Maybe not. In this game, the bottom is big. It makes sense given the whole board. The top isn't worth much. Wonderful. Looks cool. At least I got it right. He saw this attachment too. Goto 9 dan just sighed. "He can play his?" is what he might be feeling. He can of course. Now White will be squeezed of liberties. Black 14-14 He doesn't worry about joseki, but rather goes with what he feels is right. Coming up with it all on his own. "For the Meijin, there is no such thing as Joseki." Black 18-12 Well, we still haven't decided whether or not Black is in a good position. Really? The jury is still out. It is not entirely clear if Black is good. White gets a lot of territory. Yes, he does. Will he hane? If he hane's, then we don't know whether or not Black will atari here. White can capture like this. If you atari the other way then you'll probably let out a scream. You can't play here because you don't have the liberties. There is a cut left over here. So Black has already played something else over here. This cut is not that big. No big deal at all. So the hane is not too big. I think he'll hane though. He descended. This is the shape but... I wouldn't play this. What's the difference between the hane and this move? The hane leaves a cutting point. Is this better? Is just capturing bad? If you're going to capture, like this is better. He can still atari. Nothing over here works really. Up to here, it fails. Is this better? This might be the shape. So Takemiya expanded here? That's unexpected that he wouldn't expand further. We thought he'd go out further. Looking at this move, he must think he's leading. Is this Black's territory? For the most part. He's not going to come in this far. Is this overplay? He can come in this far, but I don't think he can win. I might play here. If I die, I die. If you play here, then Black will attack you. Maybe this here. Having this weak point is not good. So White coming in is a matter of timing? Takemiya has had a lot of beautiful games. This is one of them. This new shape here... This attachment here was moving. This fits the board just right. This shape makes it possible for Black's bottom to be big and this side to be small. So White needed to push in more from over here. Make it more narrow. Wonderful position for Black. It's White's move. Could he play an enclosure on the upper left side? Would that be good? If he did he'd lose. Lately enclosing like this has been popular. If you do that, Black will play somewhere around here. This is starting to get deep. This area is worth more than 50 points. This area right here is about 50. Then add a bit more here and it's 70. You can't let Black play this. A move like this would be normal. Playing here you could aim at this cutting point. That's why I think the hane here may have been better. I think this is normal. So White doesn't need to worry with this? Black will come at him from above. So continue the attack from above. One space higher. This is also a wonderful move. Both players are saying "This move is enough." Both players are very classy. Both of them are playing for just enough... White saying he's confident with this move. It'd be interesting to see who'd win if Black played this? So like this? This is definitely Black's territory. This is all Black's territory. White didn't play one lower. He played this and said "This is enough." Takemiya played here. They both think they have just enough. They're both just chugging along. Takemiya likes to make territorial frameworks when playing Black. Does he play the same way as White? He has been known to do that, but he usually plays normally as White. He plays for thickness. In the past, he played the 3-3 point as a starting move when he played White. For the second move as well? When he was Honinbo, he did. So when he first started playing, he didn't use his cosmic style? Sometimes he would, but most of the time, no. He hane'd. White 11-9 Black 11-11 Connect The bottom is worth about 60 points. Over 60? White has 4 corners. White 12-9 So he peeps? You can't cut now because the ladder is bad. He wants to make White heavy. Just taking two stones is not that great. Taking two stones? Let's say the ladder is good for Black. Wait, even like this it's not good. Let's say it is good. If it's good you play here. You jump ahead here. You throw away these two stones. You only gain a little bit. You could do this or this. This is why he peeped to make White heavy. If Black cuts then White will have to work hard to save both sides. The cut would be really good for Black. Who is ahead? I feel Black is good. Coming under is awkward. White is working hard for territory. The center might get weak. Black jumps. Then play something over here. Coming under isn't good. You want to strengthen the center. This is it. But maybe White is short on territory? He pushed. Since he pushed, does that mean he intends to cut? Cut, eh? Will cutting work? Black might be able to do well at the top. White isn't too happy. I wonder what he's aiming for by pushing? I don't think Black is too bothered by this. He could even jump like this. He might play lightly. Black 14-5 He cut. The one space jump is normal here. Even if he ataris, you atari back and cover the center. I don't think will atari from the bottom, but you never know. I don't think he'll play this. You keep pushing, and maybe like this you can capture. White gained more at the top than here. White's been captured it looks like. White has forcing moves. White isn't totally dead, so I don't think White is bad off like this. He didn't hane in the game. He blocked. Now hane. Connect, and then probably this. Just like I showed before. White has his work cut out for him. Do you have to save these stones? Threaten the cut. White is still thin here. He doesn't feel quite connected. However now it just might be that not making this exchange is a good thing. Maybe this? In the game, he jumped. This is the game. Can he extend the other way? That's possible but then Black protects. Is that good? White has to come back here. How about this move? This protects. Ahh, he played this in the game. I didn't think he'd actually do this. There's a cut. He played here quickly. I see. So this moves aims to just keep on pushing. He can't cut? He can, in fact. Here he blocks. So can White escape? He can't. I see. He only has two liberties. Doesn't work. So this move does it? This is the vital point. So White's only option is to push? Push or kosumi. Either is fine. Either. Now Goto 9 dan is in byo yomi. They only have 4 periods left a piece. Goto works at the Kansai Go Federation as a manager. He's very busy during the week. He even works in Tokyo once a week. He keeps a good enough record to be able to qualify to enter the NHK cup. Incredible. We're the same age about. Yes you are. We played a lot during our teens. and studied too, I guess In private. What was Shungo like? He's fun. We saw his interview earlier. He pushed. Black 10-4 Extend Will he push again? He didn't push again. Black 6-3 So White played these moves and Black got this. If you compare the actual game to just connecting, there's a lot more aji. Like this push. This is a good move. Pushing here could work. His shape isn't settled. And now Black approached here. Taking this stone is the safest move. This type of move would do it. He can think of playing nothing here and just play elsewhere. Invading over here is overplay. Maybe protect? Hard to find the right move to do that. He didn't attach to the stone, he played on space over. Good move. This is a good move. This is the most solid move, but maybe not he most sensible. It just captures the stone. This move aims at breaking through Black and also make this push not work. Black might protect this way. If Black tries to push through, this stone is here. He played this in the game. Not taking and playing here is a good move. This creates miai. The next move is rather hard to find. Perhaps over here? Well it'll definitely be something in the upper left. What will he do now? Over here would do. It's too straightforward. At this point Goto 9 dan is using a lot of his time. You want to play here. The invasion. He'll play this. What do you do next? You may not be able to actually do anything. Extend. Connect here, then push through. It doesn't work. You don't want to be captured, so here? This is unexpected. What do you play here? This? This seems to work better. White wins the capturing race. Black just has 3 liberties. This push here may not work. Black might not save those stones? Does it work? But if all of this gets captured. Well it may work out. It may be awkward to play, and losing these stones would be a big loss. What if you push through first? So after you invade? So you invade and play here. White might get his liberties squeezed. He may turn here. For example if he cuts. White just has two liberties. As for the game.... So none of that actually happened. This jump is a wonderful move. Wow, just as you would expect from two top class players. Each move is great. So this jump... This White move solidifies White, and at the same time aims at Black's weaknesses on the right. Now the hanging connection. Goto 9 dan is out of byo yomi periods, so he has to make all of his moves in less than 30 seconds. White 4-2 He's out of byo-yomi so he's in a pinch. His level of concentration might actually rise. His nervousness may make him focus more. Yes, nervousness can increase concentration sometimes. Might he become more pessimistic if he's low on time? Yes, but it should be okay. Black 10-5 Will White defend? How will he defend indeed? If he pushes out he'll get hane'd. Can he invade at the top? He pushed out. Black 9-6 One of Goto 9 dan's strong points is that he's very patient. Patient? It works against him when he doesn't know what to do it feels, though. He is patient and waits for his chance to strike back. Very patient. He had to play this way I think. He's going to have to invade at some point. Black 8-6 Extend Is Black aiming for weaknesses in White's group in the middle. White does have weaknesses. The cut is painful. He'll want to protect it. So push, eh? White 8-9 He'll hane here probably. So hane, not extend? Black's territory at the bottom is so big. White's territory hasn't really gotten bigger. He has the center, the upper left... He'll have to protect the upper left after the hane. He's aiming to cut. White could get pincered in the upper left. The cut is a problem. This one here then. But Black will play here. This area is really big. So is this around 50 points? I think actually 60. He connected here in the actual game. There? Black 7-6 Connect I thought he would pincer. Instead he connected. White 6-2 Attach Normally you'd this move as the knight's move here. But Black plays here and he must think that he doesn't have enough territory. Right the territorial balance. I think he's most likely correct. After the attachment, pros would extend. So don't block, extend. Can he cut? This is not necessarily bad. But then he cuts and ataris. White can't connect. This doesn't work. This is a position where if he attaches you want to extend. In the game they played all of this and then he extended here. Black's territory looks bigger if you block here since there is no cut. This move is still here. There is not a lot of territory here. So play over here, then attach at this point. Over here, oh, right here. He picked the corner. White 3-5 That's a safe, solid move. Now block the upper right. The bottom should be worth around 60 points. It's big. White 18-4 Black 18-5 So he played the hane and then he'll block. This is sente. If Black hane's. If White plays elsewhere Black hane's. Black should have this attachment here. Looks like he doesn't have enough eyespace. Next this. Not enough space. If Black plays this... This lives. Well, if White hane's first nothing he can do about it. Who knows if Black will defend though. He played this in the game. That's a big move too. It feels like we're already in the endgame. Yes, it does. Black has 50 here...70...Black is a bit bigger. What about White's territory? He played the atekomi here. White has territory on the 4th line. He has about 60 points. Once we play in this area then we'll see who is the victor. White 4-17 Maybe instead of blocking over here he should have attached. If you attach you can't come out. If you want to save the stones you play like this. Now Black hane's and White is dead. White just has 3 liberties. When Black attaches, you can only play this move. Now connecting is sente. If Black plays this then turns back to over here, then Black is definitely ahead. So White has no choice here? Can he play something over here first? Even if White cuts, this hane is big. Right. This area was White's and now it's Black's. He defended in the game. I still think Black is pretty good. Oh? Black played here. This is harsh for White. If he plays elsewhere this is sente. White can't come back here. This is big. He'll play here though. Black playing here is sente. But now, there's a chance Black could surround on this side. This is a painful situation now. Descend. They're not playing over here. White's move here is extremely big. Now that is all pretty much Black's territory. This would be worth 5 points for Black. White - 4 points. Maybe 9 points? it is sente though. So it's reverse sente. So if White were to hane and then hane again... That would be sente. Big move. Ah, there. White 4-11 So Black could play maybe two spaces into the side because of his center stones. So don't play too deep. How about on the fourth line? Like this. You could play either move. This wouldn't be good? I think that's possible. It just feels right. In the game he played here. Black is ahead. Better not to go too far in. If he plays too far he'll get cut and attacked. Black has a good followup, the kosumi attachment. So will White attach or slide under? Slide under. White 2-7 He was deciding between this and attaching. If he attaches, you hane. Now he cuts. Now he has this move. He can't connect. This is big. Now he cuts and this is big. Who'd have thought there were such moves? Slide. Here? Is that sente? If Black atari's here then White has no eye space. White 13-7 Black 13-6 Has he really captured the stone? Let's say he cuts. Now Black will peep here. Let's say he doesn't connect and plays somewhere else. He has a move like this. Now his eye space is in trouble. This is a fake eye. Then there is the hane here. Sorry. This. Now White's in trouble. White's shape is dead. Right now this move is small. White cut and now it's Black's turn. If Black peeps then White has to connect. There? Black 12-4 If Black cuts then White has to respond here. That's right. Even if he were to come out. I thought this situation was interesting. This might be the move. You can play this. You can't cut. He can't cut here. He can't connect. What if he comes out? He might cut. He has to connect. He can't make two eyes over here. This is probably the best way for Black. Black connecting is a great move. It's a forcing move. So he connected in the game. This is a great move. Now he can hane. It's a good end game move. This shows you how strong Goto 9 dan is. So this is more effective than just the regular hane? This is better than just playing the atekomi. Black 16-8 So he connected there. Here he threatens double atari. Right this is double atari. If Black connects then White can still atari. Ahh, so that sequence would still happen? Yes. So playing here accomplishes more or less the same thing. Not the same. It's correct. Now this move doesn't work. Black has the same amount of territory, but now, let's say Black hane's. In the future. Now Black can wedge here. He can come in this far. White can't cut so he has to play here. Black's territory stays the same, but White's could be less. You can't mess up these little details. They don't have much time to think. Impressive. White hane'd to protect against Black's move I showed earlier. Now will he hane or pincer? What about cutting? Using White's lack of liberties. You'd rather not play this move, but he has no choice. Could it be used as a ko threat? Well, what if Black were to hane instead? White might atari here later but... It'd be about the same if he did. If Black hane's here there may be a chance for him to do something. Oh well. And now this move. Takemiya is even good at the endgame. Good move. White should push in once. Since he jumped. He attached. He's planning to cut if he hanes. What will he do? He should just protect. With a hane. There should be no problem. Let's play out the cut. You might worry about the cut. If you try to fight back he'll atari you. You have to take. Black loses. Like this. It seems like you're taking two stones. You can play here. White didn't gain anything really. He took two stones but these two here... In the game he didn't cut, he haned. White's worried about this part here. Black has this kind of move. If this stone is already here you can capture. That's what this move is aiming for. Goto is strong at these types of things. It's Goto 9 dan's speciality. Defending weaknesses in sente. White 6-12 Black 6-8 He didn't extend to protect. He thinks the two stones are too small. They are. I think the hane is big. If you defend here, then he plays here, this area is thin. White's made some territory. He won't save them because of the atari. This is the game. He might extend in the center. Or play the kosumi on the left side? He isn't going to capture the two stones? That's also a possibility. White 5-14 That felt a bit quick. Black 7-9 He protected. White didn't go for it. You want to play right here. This captures, here or here. He can't play here either. Because of the cut here. Here. Now there's a cut here. With this there's some territory now. White will play something to protect. White has a lot to think about. In the game he connected here. I've been thinking about the atekomi here. Might be pretty scary now. If it doesn't work then he may be cut? Normally you'd play here or here. This shape hs no eyes. Peep here. I thought if he played like this then he'd have a lot of territory. This move is severe. He has to protect. He'll start to destroy his eyes. You can't make two eyes over here. White can't cut here so this isn't an eye. And you can't make two eyes here. I see. I see. White is doing the best he can with this. Will this work? If Black protects then White can go ahead and make territory over here. It looks small though. Will this work? So White may want to fight. Does this move work? Black wants to play here. How about this? Connect. Now White pushes and Black needs to come from below. So he has to protect here with something. What happens if White jumps in? He has to cut. This is simpler. So this would be bad for Black. So Black will cut like this. How about this? What happens now? Does White have any kind of move to capture these stones? In any case Black would feel uneasy. If Black succeeds in protecting then White might be behind. So in the game he played the knight's move. I was wondering if he'd play this. So he thinks there's nothing there? So there wasn't? Goto 9 dan decided there wasn't. Maybe there wasn't. White thought since there wasn't anything there he could at least play that move. Black 15-19 Seems like there wasn't anything. White is working hard in the endgame. That's the spot. White 5-4 Blocking might be the best way... Is blocking loose shape? It's hard to read out. If you block, then White won't be able to do anything directly, but... If White connects then he has this pincer. So for example if Black played elsewhere... Now he has this pincer. Cut. Cutting here and playing over there are miai. In the game, he blocked. He should play it. It might be a good move... White 6-19 Black 7-19 He's looking for a good move on the upper left side. Somewhere in Black territory. Is there something there? Well Black blocked, so maybe a cut? There may not be. He's looking. So he's playing at the bottom to buy some time. Black 7-18 If he finds a good move there... So he's looking for a move to erase Black's territory? Something like that. He's still looking. He cut. If there is something it'd start with cutting. Let's say Black tries to get as much out of this as possible. Is there a good move here? Here? Black comes up. This would be... These stones are captured. Black might still be fine. So is there a good move around here? This is a good one. Let's say Black doesn't try to get so much and just plays defensively. If Black plays peacefully... Even if he connects... You don't want to protect here. Now White can cut here. You want to make your territory bigger. If you compare the size of the territories in both sequences, White would have succeeded this way. Because of the cut here. Now White reduces. How will Black defend? Will he try and get the most out of it or will he compromise? I don't think Takemiya will play over here. Extending is a mistake. Now we pincer... This sucks. If you lose all of your liberties you're in trouble. Black is having a hard time. If he had played like this then he wouldn't have any problems. The keima is thin shape. There's a chance there's something here. He compromised. He doesn't feel great about this. This may be correct. White succeeded. White 13-11 Black 13-12 It's hard for White. They're buying time to think about the upper left. It feels like he should just connect on the third line. Counter atari. He takes. Black 6-6 Can he extend? He could pull back as well. He could pull back here. This is all well and good. What about pressing through here? The sequence goes like this. If White blocks then Black ataris. This is good for Black. White might play this. This exchange of territories may be good for White. So these Black stones for these White stones. So White was more successful? He'll push through. What about the cut? Now White captures. I think White can win this way. Because of this atari this stone gets swallowed up. What about this move? So this move works? Cut. Then connect. Now you have double atari and atari here. I thought White would be successful. He must have read this out and not pushed through. Deep reading. Wow. He played this in the game. If Black plays this then White goes here. In the game Black played here. He then extended. If White cuts Black is still alive. These stones are totally alive. So this is the game. I see. So who was successful in the end? Black doesn't seem to have lost too much. He kept his cool. White 2-6 So Black will seal up this spot. How would he do that? Push through. Now cut here. No, cut here, and now you have a ko. But now Black can cut and White cannot do much. So now that we've pushed White back... This worked rather elegantly. Now block. White wins the capturing race but... This is semedori, forcing your opponent to spend moves killing dead stones. This reduces White's territory. White failed. There's a chance this could happen in the game as well. This went well for Takemiya. He didn't back down, he pressed ahead. It was a severe move. White had to just defend. Maybe he could just extend here once. He played this. Now he cut first. Then he cut. This is basically the same thing I showed before. Now block. Should he play on the star point? You mean the left side star point? With that move the game would be decided. So is Black ahead? He'll pull back. I thought he'd play something else. It doesn't work never mind. Sorry. That'd be a loss. This is sente. So will he protect? He didn't connect at the top. Maybe he'll play on the left. White needs to protect the upper left. And Black still has the double atari left open. Is he not going to protect it? He might attach here. He might play this. This might not work but this is a big move. After doing all this in sente he'll double back and then... There's a possibility he might play it. If you're winning then there's no need to think about that. Connect. He prevented that from happening. Maybe the cut? Ahh, attach. Black 2-11 Should he hane? He probably won't. He'll hane. He won't just connect, he wants more. The hane works. White doesn't have any ko threats. If he did, he'd start a ko. Well, the game is decided so maybe he won't. White doesn't even have one ko threat. If you wedge, then Black starts the ko. You just hane from above. When you don't have many ko threats and then this sort of thing happens... You lose a lot. I see. This might be the best move. So just starting the ko and seeing what happens isn't good. Right. This is the best he can play with no threats. He's pushing back. He gave in. White really doesn't have any ko threats. Those moves he played to buy time cost him threats. This is the best he can do. He cut. This is an endgame move. He has to play something. If he doesn't then the White stones in the middle die. He should come out a bit. If he comes out then Black may atekomi. Black is getting every scrap of territory he can get. Now the atekomi. He can't extend. If he does the center dies. After he connects he'll need one more move. Painful. He had no choice. If he doesn't connect he'll die. He lost a few points in the end. Black is fighting for the ko. White doesn't really have many ko threats though. He has a threat there. The ko fight is over. Play at the top? We're finally at the end of the game. He filled in the half point ko. The game is over. They're finished. After 249 moves, Takemiya 9 dan wins by 10 points. Komatsu 9 dan, where was this game decided? What was the most important part? Takemiya played this new sequence in the lower right. It was truly wonderful. Black was ahead after that, and he held on to his lead. I thought maybe Goto 9 dan had a chance in the upper left but he played calmly. Black was the one who gained something there. This might be one of Takemiya's masterpiece games. Yes it was an incredible match. Thank you very much Komatsu 9 dan.