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Author:  emeraldemon [ Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Kuksu next week

Kuksu title match begins next week. I think Lee Changho will hold on to it, all though his record hasn't been as impressive this year as in some past years.

Author:  hyperpape [ Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:13 pm ]
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Lee currently holds two titles: the KBS and the Kuksu. He has already lost in the main tournament of this year's KBS, so he would no longer hold any titles if he loses to Choe. He has won at least one title every year since 1990.

The sense that Lee is losing some of his strength has a bit of objective evidence now: he dropped to seventh in the Korean ratings by the beginning of December.

I think Choe will win, but it's not as if Lee is a walkover at this point.

Author:  emeraldemon [ Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kuksu next week

Lee Changho wins the first game:




It's a complicated position, but I think we can infer that Black decided he couldn't win the ko and the whole left group is dead. A huge kill! It surprises me somewhat, because surely Black has many local threats.

Author:  Dusk Eagle [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:52 am ]
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I didn't analyze it too deeply, but I think the issue is that there is a double ko (which means black can only win one) but black needs to win both to win.

Author:  emeraldemon [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:27 am ]
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Yes, after looking again I think you're right. At first I didn't think white had enough if he just won the ko on the right, but I think it is enough.

Author:  LovroKlc [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:07 pm ]
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very cool how W reads fight on upper left. I think, on move 104, if not earlier, W knows he wins :D

Author:  emeraldemon [ Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:50 pm ]
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Game 2 goes to Choi Cheolhan!


Author:  emeraldemon [ Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:07 pm ]
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Game three also goes to Choi Cheolhan, using the chinese fuseki, he's up 2-1 now.


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