EVENT WHITE Feng Yun, 7p BLACK TMark Hall, 3d RESULT W+Many BOARDSIZE 19 DATE 26 June 1993 KOMI 0.5 SOURCE BGJ 92, Autumn 1993, Page 6b SETUP B D4 Q4 Q16 COM Copyright British Go Association 1993, 2000 We were lucky to have a 7-dan professional visiting Britain and giving lessons and simultaneous games. This game was played in the IVC in London and the comments are taken from what Mrs Feng said in reviewing the game afterwards with a couple of remarks concerning what I was trying to do to show the contrast. Black Rank: 3 dan Write Rank: 7 dan pro ENDCOM W 1 D16 B 2 C14 W 3 O17 B 4 Q14 W 5 K17 B 6 D10 W 7 F3 B 8 H3 W 9 C6 COM White 9: I have noticed that Mrs Feng often seems to play this reply rather than answer the pincer directly. ENDCOM B 10 E5 W 11 C8 B 12 C10 W 13 E8 B 14 F10 MARK A@C5 COM Black 14: Mrs Feng said I should defend the corner probably at 30(A) which would restrict the eyeshape of the White group. ENDCOM VAR B 1 C5 ENDVAR W 15 H4 B 16 J4 W 17 G4 B 18 J5 W 19 J3 B 20 K3 W 21 J2 B 22 L4 MARK A@K2 COM Black 22: Mrs Feng said that there was nothing wrong with pushing down at 49(A). ENDCOM VAR B 1 K2 ENDVAR W 23 H2 B 24 E3 MARK A@K2 COM Black 24: With a stone at 49(A) this would be a forcing move; without this stone white is alive and can move elsewhere. ENDCOM W 25 B4 B 26 B3 COM Black 26: Overplay! I should escape to the centre. ENDCOM W 27 C3 B 28 B5 W 29 B2 B 30 C5 W 31 F6 COM White 31: Now it's my group that's been cut off, not Mrs Feng's. ENDCOM B 32 F2 W 33 D2 B 34 F4 W 35 G3 B 36 F5 W 37 G6 B 38 D6 COM Black 38: Actually I could see no way that I could escape and I was just thrashing about a bit. ENDCOM W 39 B6 B 40 C7 W 41 B7 B 42 G5 W 43 H5 B 44 H6 W 45 H7 B 46 J6 W 47 C4 B 48 E6 W 49 K2 COM White 49: Mrs Feng didn't want me to get this point which would be sente and make a lot of territory. ENDCOM B 50 F7 W 51 G7 B 52 F8 W 53 E7 B 54 E9 W 55 D7 B 56 J9 W 57 H9 B 58 H10 W 59 J8 B 60 K9 W 61 G9 COM White 61: Mrs Feng criticized her own move after the game since this lets me save the group. See comment to move 68 for this variation. ENDCOM VAR W 1 K8 B 2 L8 W 3 L7 B 4 K7 W 5 L9 MARK L9 K7 L7 L8 K8 C@F9 COM Black 68: The varation to move 61 shows the situation on the board after move 67 assuming that white 61 had not been exchanged for black 62. Without the black move 62 (C in the variation to 61), white can break out since I can't do anything without putting the triangled stones into atari. ENDCOM ENDVAR B 62 F9 W 63 K8 B 64 L8 W 65 L7 B 66 K7 W 67 L9 B 68 H8 COM Black 68: The varation to move 61 shows the situation on the board after move 67 assuming that white 61 had not been exchanged for black 62. Without the black move 62 (C in the variation to 61), white can break out since I can't do anything without putting the triangled stones into atari. ENDCOM W 69 M8 B 70 G8 MARK A@J7 COM Black 70: A in the figure would be better since it threatens to take the two stones immediately. ENDCOM VAR B 1 J7 ENDVAR W 71 L3 B 72 K4 W 73 E2 B 74 Q8 COM Black 74: White now has a problem: one slip has allowed Black to save his group and White's group in the centre is not settled. ENDCOM W 75 R10 B 76 P9 W 77 Q12 B 78 O14 W 79 O10 B 80 Q11 COM Black 80: Mrs Feng liked this move and used the Japanese word tesuji about it. ENDCOM W 81 Q10 B 82 P10 W 83 P11 B 84 O11 W 85 P12 B 86 N10 W 87 O9 B 88 O8 COM Black 88: Mrs Feng said that this was a good move. ENDCOM W 89 N9 B 90 N11 W 91 L11 B 92 N13 W 93 L13 B 94 L16 COM Black 94: She said this was a strong move and that I had a good attack. ENDCOM W 95 K16 B 96 K15 W 97 L15 B 98 L14 W 99 K14 B 100 M15 W 101 J15 B 102 K13 W 103 L15 B 104 G2 W 105 H3 B 106 K15 W 107 P7 B 108 P8 W 109 L15 B 110 R11 COM Black 110: A very bad ko threat; it loses points and improves white's shape. I was actually thinking that it would affect the liberties on the two white stones and give me more threats but I was wrong. ENDCOM W 111 S11 B 112 K15 W 113 J10 B 114 K10 W 115 L15 B 116 S13 W 117 R13 B 118 K15 W 119 K11 B 120 J11 W 121 L15 B 122 L12 COM Black 122: I decided that I could not win the ko and hoped to capture the central white group but I have given a large profit to white on the upper edge. ENDCOM W 123 M14 B 124 K12 W 125 N6 B 126 P6 COM Black 126: Mrs Feng didn't like this move; she said that it only helps white to escape. ENDCOM W 127 P5 B 128 Q6 W 129 O6 B 130 Q5 W 131 M3 MARK O6 COM White 131: With 129 in place white can now connect. ENDCOM B 132 M4 W 133 N3 B 134 P3 W 135 N4 B 136 R14 W 137 S8 B 138 N8 W 139 L10 B 140 G10 W 141 R7 B 142 Q7 W 143 R3 MARK A@N5 COM White 143: A clever move which protects against the threat I have of cutting at 154(A) or cutting the central stones off. ENDCOM B 144 S4 W 145 D14 B 146 D13 MARK B@D17 COM Black 146: I lose my last chance! I make about 10 points in the centre but Mrs Feng makes about 20 along the upper edge. I felt afterwards that I should have played at B to break into the upper side. Mrs Feng suggested the 3-3 point in the corner but she would play at B to seal off the side. Black 146 goes against the proverb of playing away from strength; I should be trying to break up the upper side. However since I haven't captured the central group I am losing and I should at least try to make a better game of it. ENDCOM W 147 C15 B 148 E14 W 149 D15 B 150 F15 W 151 F16 B 152 M6 W 153 N7 B 154 N5 W 155 O5 B 156 M5 W 157 M7 B 158 G16 MARK A@O4 COM Black 158: I can't cut at A, 1 in the variation, because of the triangled stone: I lose. ENDCOM VAR B 1 O4 W 2 P4 B 3 O3 W 4 Q3 B 5 N2 W 6 M2 B 7 Q2 W 8 R2 B 9 P2 W 10 O1 MARK O1 P2 R2 Q2 M2 N2 Q3 O3 P4 O4 ENDVAR W 159 G15 B 160 G14 W 161 H15 B 162 E16 W 163 F17 B 164 E15 W 165 E17 B 166 C13 W 167 B15 B 168 Q17 W 169 P18 B 170 Q18 W 171 S6 B 172 S3 W 173 O3 B 174 O2 W 175 N2 B 176 P2 W 177 H13 B 178 F13 W 179 G13 B 180 N16 W 181 N17 B 182 M9 MARK A@S12 COM Black 182: Wrong order; I should play at 183(A) first because it is sente. ENDCOM W 183 S12 B 184 S14 W 185 Q19 B 186 R19 W 187 P19 B 188 R18 W 189 N15 COM White wins by many points. ENDCOM