Nakano’s God hand
April 9, 2006 54th NHK Cup Go Tournament
Nakano Yasuhiro 9 dan(B) vs. Ishida Yoshio 9 dan(W)
With this great video I’m going to introduce the concept of “God’s Hand” move into Go. Which is basically the contrary of what the video shows.
Most of you might already know this concept from Hikaru no Go, so this won’t tell anything new to you.
God’s hand move is a PERFECT move, and it’s a perfect move in that exactly position. Each turn there is a possible God’s hand move, and the better you are, the closest you are to that move.
So, you may say, if everyone plays God’s hand move, is it a draw? No, God’s hand move is something abstract, because only God would understand how perfect it is. Top world go players might play it without realising (though I’m doubtful that they play it too), but it is absolutelly impossible to play them in a row. And once again, we wouldn’t even know about it!!
