2012 Kisei

[ez4u]

There is a list at the bottom of the Nihon Kiin's index of players. First there is a section for player home pages (棋士のホームパージ) and then a section for player blogs (棋士のブログ). It has a few more than the goo listing. However, goo has some non-pro blogs, e.g. Go Weekly, that are not on the Nihon Kiin page.

[oren]

Final game, day 2 will be starting up in a few hours

Pics and kifu:
http://210.155.158.225/kisei.yomi/kisei ... 7ban07.htm

Mimura's blog guessing sealed move:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/igokishi-mimu/e/8 ... 570ae7636c

[Laman]

after an exciting final game Cho U defended his title 4-3. it is a closer result than the previous two years, when he took the title from Yamashita Keigo 4-1 and defended it against Iyama Yuuta 4-2.

fans of Cho U can look forward to Monday, when second game of the Judan final, Iyama-Cho, takes place. Iyama currently leads 1-0

[hyperpape]

I'll have to go home and check* if that lower-right corner has ever been played before.

(* =one of you check for me now)

[Laman]

I'll have to go home and check* if that lower-right corner has ever been played before.

(* =one of you check for me now)

i guess i am late for you, but someone else might be interested too.

data based on GoGoD, summer 2011:
depending on what exact position you mean, the pattern is rare to non-existent.
namely, no match for position at move 15 considering the lower right quarter.
4 matches for move 13 searching lower right quarter. two of them were high handicaps, the other two Wang Qun - Rui Naiwei (1988) and Luo Xihe - Cao Dayuan (1995)
36 matches for move 13 with 9x9 square considered (that is, without the right side star). more than half of them are old Chinese games

the closest match is the above mentioned Wang-Rui game, one of the only two where white doesn't immediately respond at 2-2 (the other one is a 7 handicap)

$$Bcm13 Wang Qun (W) - Rui Naiwei, W+R
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[go]$$Bcm13 Wang Qun (W) - Rui Naiwei, W+R
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