We have just seen a couple of examples of time trouble, and here is another one - but an unusual one in two respects. First it was in the 1931 Oteai where games spanned two or even three days. Getting into time trouble in those circumstances seems over the top. Second, White (Kitani) evaded his time problems by repeatedly taking a double ko! If you didn't know about the time trouble you could fall into the trap of thinking there was some truly elevated thinking going on.

As an incidental point, note that the first 31 moves are all on the third and fourth lines. Where does that leave Shin-Fuseki?

So, next time I get into time trouble, just create a double ko on the board. Got it.

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Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

The wave of the future?

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Dave Sigaty
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- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21

The true GoGoD junkie can never resist...

The first 94 plays below the fifth line (not just the 3rd and 4th line though)

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[go]$$Bcm95 Yamashita Keigo 7d - O Rissei 9d, 27th Kisei Final, Game 5, 2003-02-26,27
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | X O . . . . O X . . . X X O O O . . O |
$$ | . X O O . O X . . . . X O X . X O O X |
$$ | X . X , . . X . . X . . O . . X O X . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . , . . O O . X O O . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . O O . . O X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . O O X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And runner up, the first 88 moves below the fifth line...

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[go]$$Bcm89 Ma Xiaochun 9d - Nie Weiping 9d, 6th Tianyuan Final, Game 3, 1992-03-05
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O . . . . O . O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , O . O X O X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X O O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | O O X O . O O . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | X O O X X X O . O . . X . O X . O . . |
$$ | . X O X . X X O . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Edit: Plus the longest time that Takemiya resisted the urge to play above the fourth line, 56 moves...

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[go]$$Bcm57 Yamashiro Hiroshi 9d - Takemiya Masaki 9d, 41st Honinbo Final, Game 2, 1986-05-28,29
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . . . . . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . , O . . . O X . O . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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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

Didn't play above the fourth line, yet still controls the center.

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.