TIG 2008: Defeated by a 1k (what else did you expect?)


On monday I played the second game of the TIG 2008 tournament, against a 1k, the highest rank in my group; therefore this is the toughest opponent I'm to face during this tournament.

Before the game, my opponent told me he had seen this blog. Once warned, I decided not to make the Kobayashi openning, a few seconds before skamus announced that I was playing as white according to the tournament directors. In the real game, black tried to make a sort of Kobayashi openning, which I answered with a short pincer: complicating the game only makes it worse for the weakest player.

We both made some good moves and I made some good blunders all over the board, but managed to get a big moyo on the left side. During the middle game you'll see one of my groups struggling to survive and in the end, a nice ko upper left (though I knew the sequence to survive, I didn't expect him to go for the ko).

All in all, I lost by "only" 13.5 points.

If you click on the continue reading, you'll see the game in EidoGo.






This entry was posted by Alejo on Monday, March 31. 2008 at 12:47. and is filed under In the Game. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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    Hi Alejandro :-)

    I forgot to tell you, at move 118 there is a pretty nice tsumego on the right :-). What move do you think would kill W?
    #1 Diego Guerrero on 2008-03-31 16:14 (Reply)
    Let me guess... T9 seems to be the vital point. In fact, I ended up sacrificing a few stones in order to be able to play T9.
    #1.1 Alejo on 2008-03-31 16:20 (Reply)

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