This is the first game of the Nongshim Cup:



It would be awesome if someone who knows Chinese could translate the comments!

Thanks for posting the game and comments

I wish I could give you two thumbs up

Why only 2?

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Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21

They're playing the first 4 games of the Nongshim cup all in a row (1 a day). Not sure if you feel like translating them all, but just in case...



A very interesting and close game, I've really liked Tan Xiao's play in these two games.

I would given sufficient time, but it looks like there's an error with the record you just posted?

trying again:

Thanks, it worked that time

Wow, this took much longer than the first due to the amount of commentary and background info (which was far more painful to translate, to be honest - I ended up giving up finding translations for some player names and biographical information).



Edit:

Note: I suspect that the Chinese translation used "thick" when "solid" is more appropriate, but didn't want to risk distorting the original comments if my understanding is incorrect. Nevertheless, I moved toward "solid" by the end, so just bear that in mind and don't get too confused if the usage didn't seem correct.

Game 3 didn't have commentary, but game 4 does:




This is the last game of this round, starts again in November.

This comments are very different from korean website.
i am thinking that korean commentary is more reliable than chinese translation.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

Which website are you using? Would you mind doing a translation?

it was from cyberoro.com
i am at work and can not view the board.
i will try if time permits.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

That may very well be true, another possibility is that it might be from a different commentator?

I think I saw original Chinese pro comments the other day, but not sure where I can find them in sgf files XD

I think they are available on YC, but not sure how to get sgf files out of that XD

Game 4:

Fig 1.
white sealed black in sente so white feels good.
and attacking the weakness of black start to lead the board.
but was agile move that made it even

var 1-1 black should have answer the peep and are miai so maintains the balance.

VAR 1-2 if and fight then white will cut and fight. this is not a good picture for black.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

var 1-3
was sharp but would have been better for white because it will leave black group unstable so black will feel uncomfortable.

var 1-4
let's consider this variation where black cut and push
this variation feels good but black is still unstable and white gains points while getting points.

var 1-5
this variation? it is very good locally but white gets sente and looks ideal for white.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

var 1-6
exchange was a product of deep reading that interfere if white play at then will die by net.

Fig 2
looks somewhat deep but jumping out erases the influence on left and it looks good for black.
for , show that he finished reading already and upto black looks good also is big so Lee was satisfied with this sequence.

var 2-1
was a probe but was good answer that created 3 stone saving aji and black lost sente. It appears now white came back from behind.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

var: 2-2
is a move that tried to get sente. white is very thick and black lost points here and now the game is very close.

var 2-3
was a cold move that maintains the lead

Fig 3
One more chance for Lee when tanshew missed lee's mistake.
Now black is ahead.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

var 3-1
is correct move that will simplify the board.

var 3-2
is a sharp counter attack that would have put lee into a bad situation. This variation is good for white.

var 3-3
answering instead is also good variation for white.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson