2006 Samsung Final: Changho & Xihe Create a Ko Masterpiece

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2006 Samsung Cup Final, Game 3

The match was tied 1-1 and game three would determine whether Luo Xihe would win his first international title or Lee Changho would lose his first international title to a non-Korean.

As commentator Komatsu Hideki, 9d said: "Luo's all-out play, refusing to give an inch, was magnificent," but when Black gained the lead Lee refused to let him win easily. The culmination was a leap of faith by Luo into a endless ko fight that dragged on nearly 100-moves -- with both players intent on winning the ko regardless the cost.

"Luo is a fast player, but this was a two-hour game, so it's unlikely that he could have had enough time left to read out the continuation...[W]ithin sight of his first international victory...his intuitive feeling that he could handle the ko fight was magnificent...This game is a ko masterpiece"

For full commentary by Komatsu see Go World Iss. 107 pp. 40-2.

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When I saw Luo Xihe Samsung ko masterpeice I thought it was going to be this insane not-a-triple-ko game:

http://www.gocommentary.com/free-videos ... olhan.html

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When I saw Luo Xihe Samsung ko masterpeice I thought it was going to be this insane not-a-triple-ko game:

http://www.gocommentary.com/free-videos ... olhan.html

Another great game