Life In 19x19

Chinese Go fans are so lucky to have access to a high quality Go magazine Weiqi Tiandi, published semi-monthly and usually contains a lot of technical articles. In one particular column, pro players are invited to present some interesting moments they've seen from recent professional games.

For the latest issue, Mao Xiaobing 4-dan picked the following moments:

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34843/12

W12 is a surprised attacking move very early in the game.

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34997/73

71-year-old Rin Kaiho found the best solution in a complex capturing race.

In the previous issue, Wang Xiangyun 2-dan picked the following moments:

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34618/18

Interesting symmetric opening.

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34666/51

B51, a fearless play, typical of the young generation of Chinese players.

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34774/33

Very good tesuji in mid-game.

I am leaving Beijing soon. Presenting here are a few more interesting moments from the recent Chinese city league games (compiled from sevaral articles in the Weiqi Tiandi magazine):

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34596/58
The best defense is a good offense

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34606/53
A 'light' move

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34612/25
A good move creating miai points (E5 and K6)

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34725/30
A good example of 'sabaki'

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34723/132
An interesting 'probe' before deciding how to save the central group

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34724/48
Another 'sabaki'

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/33248/55
Always consider alternatives before responding to a peep

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/33248/116
Another exmple as above in the same game

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34436/111
What a tesuji! The sacrifice later interesting too

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34436/201
A good yose in the same game

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/33180/69
A desparate attack and ...

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/33180/76
A wonderful defence

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34242/32
A good shape

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34725/180
A good yose

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34029/133
A very exciting capturing race, starting from this move

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/33587/115
A winning tesuji

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34237/98
A tesuji to invade the corner

There are a lot of more interesting moves but I run out of time to catch my flight.