EVENT
BOARDSIZE 19
BLACK Matthew Macfadyen, 6 dan, UK
WHITE Fernando Aguilar, 5 dan, Argentina
PLACE Tokyo, Japan. 1982 World Amateur Championship Round 2
DATE 17th March 1982
RESULT W+Resign
ANALYSIS Matthew Macfadyen
SOURCE BGJ 56, June 1982, Page 8
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Copyright British Go Association 1982, 2004
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B 1 q15
W 2 d16
B 3 c5
W 4 p3
B 5 q17
W 6 d3
B 7 f4
W 8 d5
B 9 c4
MARK #7
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Black 9: My favourite line of the ‘taisha’ - black 7 is well placed
to spoil the eyeshape of White’s group.
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W 10 d4
B 11 d6
W 12 e6
B 13 e5
W 14 f6
B 15 c3
W 16 c2
B 17 b2
W 18 d2
B 19 d7
MARK A@f3 B@c6
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Black 19: It would be nice to play 21(A), but white would cut at 29(B)
and win the capturing race in the corner.
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W 20 f5
B 21 f3
W 22 e4
PRISONER e5
B 23 j4
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Black 23: Leaves many weaknesses, it would be better to play one
point to the left.
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W 24 c9
B 25 e8
W 26 b7
B 27 b6
W 28 c7
B 29 c6
W 30 d10
B 31 g8
W 32 h6
B 33 k5
W 34 j7
B 35 l7
MARK A@f11
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Black 35: I was planning to build a large moyo on the right but this
is pushing too hard - better would be to extend to 51(A) or to play on
the third line on the lower side.
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W 36 f9
B 37 f8
W 38 h9
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White 38: Overplay - he is trying to shut the black group in to make
me add an extra stone in the corner but this is unreasonable - 38'
should be one point to the right.
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B 39 g9
W 40 g10
B 41 f10
W 42 h10
B 43 d9
MARK A@e10
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Black 43: Better at 50(A) - black is straining too hard to get sente.
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W 44 c8
MARK A@f11
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White 44: Better at 51(A) - white is straining too hard to make Black
add a stone in the corner.
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B 45 c10
W 46 c11
B 47 b10
W 48 b11
B 49 q5
MARK A@f11
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Black 49, White 50: Both better at 51(A).
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W 50 e10
MARK A@f11
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Black 49, White 50: Both better at 51(A).
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B 51 f11
W 52 e12
MARK A@e9 #30
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White 52: 53(A) is impossible since Black would cut above 30 and kill
many stones.
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B 53 e9
PRISONER f9
W 54 g13
B 55 h8
W 56 j8
B 57 j9
W 58 b1
B 59 a2
W 60 l8
B 61 k9
W 62 l6
MARK A@m3
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White 62: He has to play here - the white group dies first if he
starts a semeai. The result is not bad for White, though - even after
65(A) black’s lower side is weak.
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B 63 j11
W 64 m7
B 65 m3
W 66 r4
B 67 f12
W 68 f13
B 69 r5
W 70 q4
B 71 p5
W 72 o4
B 73 r9
W 74 l17
B 75 k16
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Black 75-99: Both sides strain as hard as possible - the issue is
not so much whether Black lives in the corner as what happens on the
outside while he is doing so. If 98' is at 99, Black plays below 91
saving his two stones 93 and 95 and getting a big centre.
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W 76 k17
B 77 j16
W 78 j17
B 79 c17
W 80 d17
B 81 c16
W 82 c15
B 83 b15
W 84 b14
B 85 d18
W 86 e18
B 87 e17
W 88 e16
B 89 c18
W 90 d14
B 91 f17
W 92 f18
B 93 e13
W 94 e11
B 95 d13
W 96 c13
B 97 h12
W 98 g17
B 99 b16
MARK #75-99
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Black 75-99: Both sides strain as hard as possible - the issue is
not so much whether Black lives in the corner as what happens on the
outside while he is doing so. If 98' is at 99, Black plays below 91
saving his two stones 93 and 95 and getting a big centre.
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W 100 h3
MARK #23
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White 100: Both players have been waiting for this one - Black’s
overplay at 23 comes home to roost.
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B 101 j3
W 102 j2
B 103 k2
W 104 h2
B 105 h4
MARK A@g5 B@f2 C@g4
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Black 105: Misses the best play - this should have been at 133(A),
White cannot reply one point above (Black would descend at 106(B)
and kill)- so he would have to cut at 145(C), allowing Black to cut
through the centre, securing his stones absolutely. This would
separate six white stones in the centre, and with weakish stones in
the centre White would be unable to invade the right side deeply.
Thus Black would get compensation for sacrificing his two stones.
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W 106 f2
B 107 o2
W 108 l4
B 109 l3
W 110 m4
B 111 p2
W 112 q2
B 113 n4
W 114 n5
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White 114, 116: These two stones are White’s profit from his attack,
now 118 becomes a severe invasion and Black has little chance of getting
enough territory.
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B 115 n3
W 116 o5
MARK #114 A@r11
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White 114, 116: These two stones are White’s profit from his attack,
now 118(A) becomes a severe invasion and Black has little chance
of getting enough territory.
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B 117 m2
W 118 r11
B 119 r13
W 120 q9
B 121 r8
W 122 p11
B 123 g15
W 124 f15
B 125 s4
W 126 s3
B 127 s5
W 128 p18
B 129 q18
W 130 o17
B 131 m16
W 132 m17
B 133 g5
W 134 l16
B 135 h13
W 136 q8
B 137 r10
W 138 r12
B 139 s13
W 140 q10
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White 140: Very solid, and almost sente - now White is definitely
winning.
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B 141 e2
W 142 g3
B 143 f1
W 144 g2
B 145 g4
W 146 e3
B 147 r7
W 148 l11
B 149 p7
W 150 o15
B 151 n9
W 152 l9
B 153 n7
W 154 n6
B 155 m8
W 156 k7
PRISONER l7
B 157 a8
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Black 157: Ludicrous - this is a straight loss of two points.
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W 158 a7
B 159 b12
W 160 c12
B 161 s11
W 162 q7
B 163 p6
W 164 o8
B 165 n12
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Black 165, 169: Unreasonable, but I was not interested in playing
safely for a small loss.
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W 166 o7
B 167 o9
W 168 p8
B 169 o11
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Black 165, 169: Unreasonable, but I was not interested in playing
safely for a small loss.
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W 170 p13
B 171 m13
W 172 s12
B 173 t12
W 174 q13
B 175 q12
W 176 q11
B 177 q14
W 178 j10
B 179 k10
W 180 k11
B 181 h11
W 182 l10
B 183 g11
PRISONER g10 h10 h9 j10
W 184 l14
B 185 l13
W 186 k14
B 187 f14
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Black 187: Should have played here earlier - maybe White would
answer to the right.
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W 188 e14
B 189 j14
W 190 k13
B 191 o13
W 192 o14
B 193 m14
W 194 m15
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White 194: Black resigns - please confirm for yourself that the
Black group is unable to make two eyes.
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