The way that this game between Chang Hao and Choi Cheolhan goes from the position below to the final result is astonishing. If you want to study the game to look at how you can use aji and forcing moves and sacrifices to reduce and invade and build for yourself, you'd probably need to be a high dan to fully understand everything. For us kyus, we can try to understand and maybe get something, but it's also so entertaining to just watch the magic happen...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$Bcm49 Chang Hao 9p (B) vs. Choi Cheolhan 9p (W)
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O 1 |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

When I got to this point in the game all I could think was - white to play and somehow deal with this... Having to live in gote and still somehow find a way to reduce an ungodly black framework? Impossible! I could never do it.

But Choi Cheolhan does.

I can see why people say he is the next Lee Sedol. His play from this point on is equally as skillful, which is saying a lot when you are playing against a veteran 9 dan like Chang Hao...

The game is here: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/39126

_________________
"You have to walk before you can run. Black 1 was a walking move.
I blushed inwardly to recall the ignorant thoughts that had gone through
my mind before, when I had not realized the true worth of Black 1."
-Kageyama Toshiro on proper moves

Lee Sedol is quite good at beating up Chang Hao too =)

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/23408 (and others from that 2nd BC Card Cup final)