macelee wrote:
The final game enters small yose now. Look like another comfortable win of Ke Jie, he is so strong.
Lee Sedol tried his best, including a very very deep invasion.
I think their record is like 8-2 now, in Ke Jie's favor, so Ke Jie definitely has good record against Sedol. That said, I don't think that the game was one sided the entire time.
In the middle of the game, there was an interesting aji for a capturing race after Lee Sedol played this cut:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X W . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
For example:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X 2 X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . . X O . X 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O 4 . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Presumably, Ke Jie read out that he had more liberties and the capturing race would be fine, so he extended:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X B . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But Lee's next move made it so that the capturing race worked, and black couldn't respond:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . W . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So Ke Jie compromised and cut, allowing white to capture the marked stones:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . B B 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O B . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So I personally think that Lee Sedol played well in this area, because it means that it made Ke Jie's move here a bad move:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X B . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think that here:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O O O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X X X X , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X O . X O . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O X . X . O . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . X X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X O X . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X O . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O , . O X . . O . . . O X , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The game is not bad for Lee Sedol. What happened later in the top right ended up favoring Ke Jie, and he gained a lead. But I don't think that the lead was there for the entire game.
Nonetheless, I agree that Ke Jie is pretty much unstoppable these days. The only reason I comment is that I don't think it was "comfortable" for Ke Jie the entire game.