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BRITISH GO JOURNAL NO 131 SUMMER 2003 ~ CONTENTS
UK News and Tournaments ~ Tony Atkins ...... 2 An Ethical Problem? ~ Ian Marsh ...... 5 Go Tutor ~ Counting: The whole board ...... 6 Council House ~ Tim Hunt ...... 7 BGJ 130 Problem ~ Tim Hunt ...... 9 LG Cup Upset ~ Alexandre Dinerchtein ...... 10 Impressions of Penzance ~ Francis Roads ...... 13 Diary of a Go Plonker ~ Ian Marsh...... 14 Nakade & Ishi-no-Shita ~ Part Twelve ~ Richard Hunter ...... 16 Editorial ...... 20 An Ethical Solution ~ Ian Marsh ...... 21 Hyde’s Assistants ~ Both inadequate ~ Franco Pratesi ...... 22 A 13 x 13 Problem ~ Simon Goss ...... 24 Thoughts on Reading the Spring Journal ~ Matthew James ...... 25 Answer to the 13 x 13 Problem ~ Simon Goss...... 26 The Long Goodbye ~ Roger Peck ...... 28 ‘Go’ Problems ~ Tim Hunt ...... 29 The BGA Bookseller ~ Gerry Mills ...... 30 Thrilling Semeai Games ~ Part One ~ Richard Hunter ...... 31 Ten Years Ago ~ Tony Atkins ...... 34 The Phases of Go ~ Roger Daniel...... 35 ‘Go’ Problem Solutions ~ Tim Hunt ...... 36 World Go News ~ Tony Atkins ...... 38 BGA Officials ~ Postal, e-mail and Web Addresses ...... 40 UK Club Lists ...... 41 Notices ...... 43 Glossary of Go Terms...... 44
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UK NEWS AND TOURNAMENTS Tony Atkins [email protected] Upstairs and Downstairs would hence have the above five, joined by Like last time two events were held side by Des Cann and Matthew Cocke (pre- side at Leamington. More accurately they qualified), and by John Hobson (2 dan Bath), were upstairs and downstairs. Upstairs on who won the nigiri against Tim Hunt (3 dan the Sunday, 23rd March, 41 players took part Milton Keynes) to decide the best player on in the second four round rapid play event. two wins. Again held at the Oddfellows in Tropical and Topical Leamington, again the weather was nice The British Go Congress, from 4th to 6th enough at lunch time to seek an ice cream in April, was this year held in the far south- the park. Tournament winner was Des Cann west at Penzance. John Culmer and the West (4 dan Milton Keynes). Second and third Cornwall Go Club welcomed 50 players to a with three wins were Alan Thornton (2 dan very sunny weekend of seaside and Go St Albans) and Niall Cardin (1 dan Oxford). playing at the Queen’s Hotel, the only large Both Ben Swann (7 kyu Manchester) and hotel on the Promenade. Situated a few Tim Lamont-Smith (18 kyu Worcester) won blocks down from the usual Yacht venue, the all four games. Others on three wins were:
Kyeong Yun Jeong (1 kyu Leicester), Matthews Charles Photo: Matthew Piatkus (3 kyu Oxford), Malcolm Walker (7 kyu Worcester), Emma Marchant (8 kyu Bracknell) and Alex Beman (25 kyu Leamington). Between games National Trainer a now beardless Matthew Macfadyen analysed games from the Candidates (Hunt v Hall and Hobson v Cockburn), but the third commentary before prizes was cancelled as everyone was feeling a little tired. Downstairs over both days of the weekend 16 players of grade 1 dan to 4 dan took part in the first stage of the British Championship. Winner of all four games was Quentin Mills (3 dan London) who beat Alex Rix in the fourth round. Players with three wins were Alistair Wall (4 dan Wanstead), Alex Rix (4 dan London), David Ward (4 dan Cambridge) and Andrew Jones (3 dan Wanstead). Because Seong-June Kim will not be playing the champi- onship this year as he is back in Korea, there were six places available in the David Ward concentrating during the next stage. The Challenger’s League Challenger’s League, held at MSO Cambridge
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hotel offered players grand views of the bay otherwise known by a long acronym spelt and was also handily placed for the tropical entirely with “T’s. This time six teams met gardens. The weekend featured the British at Burpham near Guildford and competed for Lightning, British Open and the topical the Broken Go Stone Trophy and a discussions of the Annual General Meeting. handmade chocolate egg made by Annie Agood local contingent took part as well as Hall. High Wycombe’s Paul Clarke (1 dan), players from London, Thames Valley, David Denholm (5 kyu) and Jonathan Midlands and Manchester, but only one lad Englefield (11 kyu) won aided by David from Cambridge who bravely travelled down winning 3/3. Also on 3/3 were Andre on his own. Cockburn (7 kyu Bracknell) and Alistair The British Lightning had 34 players and Wall (4 dan Royal Standard of England). was dominated much of the way by Tony Atkins (3 dan Reading) won the Bracknell Club; they had 3 out of 4 semi- Continuous 10x10 and Emma Marchant finalists. It turned out, however, that nobody solved the word quiz. could beat several times winner T.Mark Hall, Six days later four ‘International’ teams met 4 dan from London, and he took the title on up at the Nippon Club in Piccadilly for the 5 wins. Those on 4 wins were Tony Atkins twice yearly team event. Unfortunately (3 dan Bracknell), Toby Manning (3 dan regular winners Cambridge could not attend Leicester), Clive Hendrie (1 dan Bracknell), this time, allowing new winners. Wanstead William Brooks (6 kyu Cambridge) and won 5 games, London and Reading 10, but Francis Roads (4 dan Wanstead). winners with 11 points were the Oriental The British Open had 50 players and was team which contained players of 5 nationali- dominated for much of the way by related ties. As usual all got Japanese lunch and a Go players. A pair of Harveys and Mills prize, but the best prizes went to those on 3 were unbeaten after the first day, but again wins namely Quentin Mills, Stuart none could beat T.Mark Hall (4 dan) who Barthropp, Geoff Kaniuk, Young Kim and Li convincingly won the British Open with a Shen. straight 6. Quentin Mills (3 dan London) Games and Go won 5 to come second (ahead of Francis Roads). Fourth was 1 kyu player, David M. The second Cambridge Mind Sports King from Swindon with 5 wins. Others on Olympiad weekend was held, like the last, at 5 were Martin Harvey (4 kyu Manchester), Parkside Community College. This year it James Collier (4 kyu Devon), Bill Streeten was sponsored by Hitachi Europe and (5 kyu Wanstead) and William Brooks (6 Games and Puzzles shop and ran for three kyu Cambridge). The local junior player days up to the May 5th holiday. It was Jake Finnis (17 kyu) won all 6 games. Best organised by Charles Matthews, Paul Smith of six teams for the third year running was and others from Cambridge Go Club, Wanstead winning two thirds of their games. together with local Chess organiser Patrick Tim Hunt collected for the first time the Ribbands. As usual there was a good Terry Stacey Trophy for most wins in the selection of games: word games, card games, last year (27.5), ahead of David Ward (27) board games and traditional ones. No Go and Francis Roads (25). players took part in the British Shogi Championships, but were seen playing Locals and Internationals Tiddlywinks (Alan Dean), Tridge card game The first of two team events took place as (John McLeod), Omweso (Paul Smith), usual on Easter Monday 21st April. This was Settlers (Piers Shepperson). Local lad the Thames Valley Team Tournament, William Brooks showed his versatility by
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trying his hand at most games and other Go ment organiser and Bracknell club pudding players had a try at Paul Smith’s extremely expert, Ian Marsh, the Go Board and stones hard logic and games puzzle sheet. There iced sponge was cut after round two. Jim was a chance also to teach Go to other Clare had the honour of wielding the knife games players, especially the large numbers having been three time winner of the of junior chess players and especially this Tournament. 52 players attended the event year the large party of keen games players on 11th May, again held slightly confusingly from Uganda, who were over for the in Wokingham at the Woosehill Community Mancala-type games. Centre. The showers held off most of the day On the Sunday 32 kyu players (plus a ghost) and folk could be seen outside between played in the Barlow. Winner was Paul games walking the baby, smoking a pipe or Taylor (1 kyu Cambridge) with 5 out of 5. playing a game of 13x13 (T.Mark Hall, Last year’s winner, Edward Blockley (2 kyu Natasha Regan and Oscar Selby, but not Worcester), was second with 4 wins. Also on necessarily in that order). It was nice to see 5 out of 5 was Hoi-Ping Mok (12 kyu former British Champion John Diamond Cambridge), and on 4 out of 5 was Thomas back at the tournament and he went on to Ford (14 kyu Cambridge). On the Monday win beating T.Mark Hall (4 dan), Alan the 5-player junior event was won again by Thornton (2 dan) and Piers Shepperson William Brooks (Cambridge). The 6-player (5 dan). Other winners of 3 games were Dan’s event was won by its organiser, Alex Harry Fearnley (2 dan Oxford), Clive Selby (3 dan Cambridge) on 5 out of 5 and Hendrie (1 dan Bracknell), Steve Bailey second was Francis Roads (4 dan Wanstead) (3 kyu West Surrey), Alec Edgington (5 kyu on 4/5. All of these players had a chance to Wanstead) and Erwin Bonsma (6 kyu watch the players in the Challenger’s League Ipswich). Natasha Regan (1 dan Epsom) which had started on the Friday at St. Paul’s won the 13x13, as she had plenty of baby Church and had continued throughout the minders and was not playing the tournament. weekend at the MSO. The first two days saw Jil Segerman won the 25th anniversary Go the field split in half, as on the first day four quiz and puzzles, and Jonathan Englefield players won all their games. After the second won the photo caption competition. day Matthew Cocke was on 4, Des Cann and Pineapples and Pairs David Ward were on 3 and Quentin Mills was on 4 but having the top 3 others to play. The 13th British Pair Go Championships After the seven rounds the ordering was was held on 25th May at Foxcombe Lodge sorted so that every player had lost to every Hotel, Boars Hill near Oxford. This was the player placed above him. This was partly fourth time that Roger and Jill had hosted thanks to Des ‘Houdini’ Cann escaping from the event and the food was as excellent as an impossible ko fight against Alex Rix. usual, both for the competitors at lunch time Matthew Cocke (5 dan Norwich) won all 7 as for the koi carp in the pond in the garden. to become the new British Championship This year neatly there were four handicap Challenger. Des won 6 and David Ward 5. teams and eight teams in the open section. Quentin won 4, Andrew Jones 3, Alex Rix 2, Thanks to continuing support of the Japan Alistair Wall 1 and John Hobson 0. The top Pair Go Committee and the British Pair Go 3 retain places in next year’s league. Promotion Partners, everyone won a half of a pair of prizes such as a pair of pineapples. Cakes and Quizzes However looking at the group photograph of The 25th Bracknell Tournament was everyone with their prizes, it would seem celebrated with a Go cake. Made by tourna- that Natasha had won a baby, though
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Matthew had not! Organiser Francis Roads (2dan) and Simon Bexfield (1 dan) by half a produced an extremely hard quiz where first point in the final. Taking third place behind and second names of famous people had to the Bexfields were Natasha and Matthew; be re-paired; Jil Segerman and Tony fourth were Jackie Chan (1 kyu Pitchford were the best at this scoring 17 out Bournemouth) and Francis Roads (4 dan of 20. Steve Hefford was there supporting Wanstead) (splitting the tie of those on 2 members of the Bracknell Club and got to wins by CuSS). In the handicap Shawn choose the best dressed pair. This was Alison Hearn (6 kyu Sleaford) and Nicola Hurden and Simon Bexfield for the second year (10 kyu Bracknell) were on for a third win in running. a row, but lost to Swindon’s Elinor Brooks Leamington’s Kirsty Healey (1 dan) and (6 kyu) and Erik Hall (2 kyu). Despite Elinor Matthew Macfadyen (6 dan) were persuaded and Erik then losing to Annie Hall (27 kyu to play at short notice and won the champi- Bracknell) and Jonathan Englefield (11 kyu onship for the third year in a row. This time High Wycombe), the CuSS tie-break made they had a hard struggle as they only beat the Swindon pair the winners. Young Nicola Natasha Regan (1 dan Epsom) and Matthew and Shawn took second and Annie and Cocke (5 dan Norwich) by 2.5 points in young Jonathan took third, all with 2 wins. round 2, and Letchworth’s Alison Bexfield
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AN ETHICAL PROBLEM? Ian Marsh [email protected]
Below is a situation that occurred in a club Secondary questions are: game. I would expect dan and low kyu Would you try and play the black position in players to have no problems reading the a normal game in which you were losing? status of the three second line black stones. – a lightning game? I hope higher kyu players will find it an interesting challenge. How far into the sequence would you play? Adiscussion of this position is on page 21.
Clue for weaker players Black has noticed that the five-two point threatens a double atari and is wondering whether five-in-a-row in the corner works in this case. An Ethical Problem?
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GO TUTOR ~ COUNTING: THE WHOLE BOARD
Most amateur players count badly, if at A A d c c all. On the other hand all top players B B d e a count, some of them incessantly. You C C X e b can ask what this habit of seriousness D D E f does for your play. More importantly F F E f g g you could actually try it in your G G h h i i games. H H j j k k Why does counting matter? I I l l m m n n J J o o p p q q r r ● You must look at the whole board, K s s t t u area by area, to reckon the score. K u v This provides an antidote to the L limited vision characteristic of the pursuit of a local fight. ● You will detect big plays when you count, in the process of trying to assess the final results in each part of the board. ● You have to plan according to your count of the game. If you are 15 or ❏ 1 20 points ahead at the end of the middlegame, you should think of winding the game up, as simply and obtained yet. But the upper left can be safely as possible. If you are down by the estimated as 23. The Black region on the same margin, throw safety to the winds. right is a little harder to reckon. There is a Complicate, invade, look for kos. You big play at X for Black, one to the right of it have nothing to lose but the game. for White. It seems reasonable to count it at about 47. The marked White stones are ● You may believe abstractly in the best counted as pairs. Pairs ‘a’ and ‘b’ take move, the one move you should seek to account of captives. Try estimating other play. The truth is that even professionals areas yourself. – especially professionals – play according to the state of the game. Tips for counting Practical Counting ● Make use of your opponent’s thinking time to count. But use some of your own How should you count? One common time too if required. method is to count pairs of points. You count a pair for a dead stone still on the board and ● Count when observing games, for the point under it, and a pair for a vacant practice. Try to guess first, then count to point from which a prisoner has been corroborate, to sharpen your intuition. removed. Structure the count into separate ● Don’t worry about being seen to count. territories, so that a change in one does not Endgame expert Kano 9 dan counts with entail a total recount. a shake of the head for each point. Diagram 1 is taken from a game in BGJ 43 Next time, we’ll look at counting in the (between Hasibeder and Rebattu, both areas where boundaries are not yet fully amateur 5 dan). A precise count cannot be defined – endgame counting.
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COUNCIL HOUSE Tim Hunt [email protected]
The AGM Griffiths, previously co-opted, was elected The AGM took place on the evening of onto Council. Saturday 5th April, as part of the British Go Alison Bexfield was elected Auditor at the Congress in Penzance (a most enjoyable AGM. This was at the suggestion of the event – many thanks to the West Cornwall previous auditor, Toby Manning. Alison is Go Club). an accountant by profession, and for the Both reports of the past year, and plans for last few years she has produced the BGA’s the future were full of the GoZone project annual accounts. Therefore, she is the ideal www.britgo.org/gozone. Peter Wendes has person to audit the accounts. Thanks to now visited over 80 schools (and a variety Toby for his years of auditing. of other organisations) in Hampshire and At the council meeting following the AGM, the surrounding area to introduce Go. there were a few changes to the long list of Matthew Holton is starting similar activi- people who contribute to the BGA ties in the North-East. I believe that Simon (www.britgo.org/officers/). Goss has been talking to some others who Hopefully you have had a chance to see the are interested in getting involved too. This BGA resources CD. We decided to is the most exciting outreach activity we recognise the work that Jon Diamond had have had for a number of years, and it is put into this by creating the role of CD our main priority for the coming year. Editor and appointing Jon to it. The proposal to amend the constitution was Toby Manning has kindly volunteered to passed. This adds a new section with one take over from me as Championships clause, designed to make it much harder for Organiser. I am very grateful for this, being someone to force the winding up of the Secretary consumes enough of my time. association simply to get their hands on our assets. For some time, Adam Atkinson has been Winding-up and Dissolution the person who, more often than not, runs the BGA stand at events like the MSO 51. Upon the winding-up or dissolution where we have needed to run a stand. To of the Association, if, after the satisfac- demonstrate our thanks, he is now tion of all debts and liabilities, there remains any property whatsoever, that ‘Exhibitions’. property shall be donated to the Emma Marchant has taken over from European Go Cultural Centre, or, if that Alison Bexfield as Youth Newsletter Editor. is not possible, to some charitable I believe that Emma has produced her first body. Nothing shall be paid out or youth newsletter, but annoyingly, I am not distributed to the Association’s eligible to receive a copy. Does anyone members. know a reliable rejuvenation treatment? Other items from the AGM more naturally BGA Books fall under the headings below. The work of running BGA books continues Who does what to increase and is reaching the limit of what At the AGM, all of Council was re-elected one person can do on a voluntary basis. except for Natasha Regan, who steps down Actually, if the BGA bookseller was not following the birth of her son Oscar. Anna someone as wonderfully dedicated as Gerry
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Mills, we would long since have passed the parent manner. We have similar systems for limit of what one person could manage. the World Amateur Pair Go and Women’s Most of the book-seller’s work-load now tournaments. comprises selling book by mail-order, Until now, we have not had anything similar particularly to people who are not BGA for the European tournaments where the members. On the other hand, the most BGA is asked to nominate a representative. valuable part of the book-seller’s job is When we are asked to nominate someone taking the books to tournaments, so that we (which is not always the case, for example can have a look at them, and make in the Fujitsu Cup entrants are picked by the informed decision about which ones to buy. event’s organisers) Council makes a Fortunately this is the part of the job that selection. Obviously, we try to be as fair as Gerry finds most rewarding. possible, but even though we are not inten- So to reduce the bookseller’s workload, we tionally secretive about it, at the moment it will sell BGA books, the company, to is not quite as transparent as the ‘World’ Payday Games at book value, and return to selection systems alluded to above. We the situation where the BGA only sells decided to do something about this. books and equipment to its members. For the European Pair-go, we will use the Payday games is a small company partially same system as for the world, but with a owned by Gerry Mills which specialises in separate tally of points - see selling board games. For example you may www.britgo.org/reps/epairgo.html. have seen the very smart boxed go sets that Since different pairs represent us and have they have produces, and which the BGA their points reset to zero in different years, bookshop sells. the two systems should nominate different This was announced at the AGM, where pairs for each event each year. several important points were raised. For For this individual events we were unable to example, it is important that we can sell come up with a satisfactory points system. introductory books and equipment to all- Paradoxically, the standard at the European comers when we run an outreach stand. This events is higher than at the world events. At is possible because, for instance, the person the World amateur there are participants running the stand could sell books and from whose strengths range from 8 dan to 5 equipment as an agent of Payday Games. kyu, whereas at the European Ing cup, a 4 Council has scrutinised the terms of this dan might find it difficult to win any games deal very carefully, and we are satisfied that at all. So the invitations to European events it is the right solution for the BGA. get shared out between a very small pool of Selecting representatives for players, and a points system is not very international tournaments good at doing this. For many years, we have run a points So we decided to stick with the current system to select who represents the UK in method where Council chooses who the World Amateur Go Championship. You receives the invitations. However, we do can see the workings of the system on the want to allocate places fairly, and we would web page: like everybody to see that the allocation is fair, so we have created web pages for each www.britgo.org/reps/wamateur.html. event listing who has received invitations. This has worked very well, sharing out the They are all accessible from trips to Japan between those who might www.britgo.org/reps reasonably expect to go in a fair and trans-
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The policy email list I may just have made my usual mistake of At the AGM it became clear that not enough assuming that everyone else has as much people had heard about the bga-policy list. experience of computers as me. Perhaps I This is an e-mail discussion list open to all should provide a little more explanation. members of the BGA. It is a way for all Once you have ‘subscribed’ to the policy interested members to discuss how the BGA list, you will be able to send e-mails to bga- is run; what opportunities it should be taking [email protected]. Any e-mail you send to advantage of; and what its policies should this address will be forwarded to all of the be. It is also very useful for Council, helping list subscribers. Similarly, any message that us to be more aware of members’ views anybody else sends to [email protected] when we make decisions. will be forwarded to you. This enables those people who have joined the list hold discus- We strongly encourage anyone interested in sions via e-mail as a group. how the BGA is run, or who feels that they might have something to contribute, to join We have tried to make joining the list as the list. To subscribe, visit the web page: simple as possible, but if you can’t work the system out, please do e-mail me, and I will two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/bga-policy be happy to provide assistance. and follow the instructions. ❍
BGJ 130 PROBLEM INTHELIGHT Tim Hunt [email protected] In the Dark is replaced by a new It seems that I messed up the problem on series describing useful or interesting page 19 of the Spring Journal. Or at least, web pages that, once read, mean you not the problem, but the solution (p39). will no longer be in the dark but in the light. If you know web pages that you In Diagram 1, the failure, White does particularly like or find useful, please better to play 3 at 4. Still, the correct send a review in less than 60 words to answer in Diagram 2 is better than this. [email protected] for future I must have made an error in simplifying inclusion in this series. the position, but I can’t work out what (I only have the simplified position Go News written down). The statements in the text www.britgo.org/news/index.html about how well the various moves work If you can’t wait until the next was correct when talking about the newsletter and need to know the latest position in the game, even if they are news, then go to this page. Beneath it wrong when talking about the problem are five pages of news: UK tourna- position. ment results, overseas results, news, Credit to Jonathan Chin, Chris Goldsmith diary and small ads. Tournament and Duncan Macdonald for pointing out reports appear as soon as possible the error of my ways. It is nice to know after the event, with links to the full that so many people read their journal so results tables when available. assiduously, within a few days of Tony Atkins receiving it.
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LG CUP UPSET Alexandre Dinerchtein [email protected]
This is the game I played in the first round of the 8th LG World E 43 26 30 28 Championship on 17th June 2003. 38 19 C 21 31 29 27 24 32 My opponent is O Rissei, 9 dan. 2 40 36 37 1 Black: O Rissei 9 dan 39 41 25 White: Alexandre Dinerchtein 1 dan 20 23 22 Komi: 6.5 48 33 44 Figure 1 1 – 50 47 4If, instead, I take the empty 42 corner, O Rissei, 9 dan, will play 18 7 his favourite territory-oriented D opening at 11. So I avoid it. 45 6The correct choice. It is also 16 50 46 possible to take the corner at A. 49 34 4 9The only move. 5 B 15 12 11 12 A joseki. 17 35 13 9 3 6 14 17 O Rissei’s style. Ikken tobi at B 10 8 A is the usual answer. 22 It is not easy to find the correct way to invade this moyo. San san Figure 1 1 – 50 is not the best choice, Black’s position would be too powerful.
2 1 3 5 2 1 3 4 4
8 6 7
❏ 1 Bad for White ❏ 2 Black’s position would be too strong
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23 A good answer. 24 This is a new move. 25 The right direction. 26 The correct shape. Not long ago Lee Changho, 9 dan, played this move against Hane Naoki, 9 dan. Diagram 1 or Diagram 2 would both be bad for White. 29 A good move – see Diagram 3
4 1 3 6 2 5
❏ 3 The corner is small 32 A solid answer. 34 This exchange is necessary. Without it Black’s moyo would Alexandre Dinerchtein playing in the first become really deep. round of the 2003 LG Cup 36 A greedy move. It would be better to invade the moyo immediately. 54 92 42 Now White has no choice. If White cuts at C and Black plays at D, the moyo would be huge. 43 A big move. Now the exchange of 36 - 37 and 40 - 41 is bad for White. 66 71 69 77 48 The wrong answer. It would have 67 72 70 60 61 76 been better to defend the corner 53 68 74 75 directly at E. 51 57 65 58 59 52 Figure 2 51 – 100 56 73 F 78 79 54 Now the triangled stone (48) is 82 81 83 80 almost useless. 64 84 93 55 A passive move; the largest part 62 85 55 of the board is at 64 in the 100 63 95 94 90 bottom left. 99 98 96 88 61 Another passive move, but O 97 89 86 87 Rissei, 9 dan, thought he was 91 ahead. ❏ 2 Figure 2 51 – 100
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68 The correct shape; if White 6 5 7 played at F it would be difficult 8 9 to save the marked stone. 3 2 46 76 A probe. 4 80 White is happy to save the central 19 11 10 group without any damage. 18 45 14 12 15 Figure 3 101 – 150 (1 – 50) 13 G 17 101 The correct answer. Black cannot block in the corner. 16 34 35 115 A dubious move. It would be 36 29 25 24 28 32 33 48 50 47 more solid to defend at G 30 26 27 31 41 23 49 122 A probe. 22 39 136 Because of the 22 – 23 exchange 37 this combination is sente for 20 42 40 44 38 White. 21 43 137 A mistake. Better to defend at 41. 1 144 Now the game is close, but Black is still leading by 2 or 3 points.
Figure 4 151 – 270 (1 - 120) Figure 3 101 – 150 (1 – 50) 5Another mistake. Black loses about one move here. Better to capture at 16. 16 O Rissei, 9 dan, overlooked this move. 20 The group is alive. Now White is ahead.
108 47 79 80 107 117 44 116 82 69 68 50 81 64 Source: 58 57 12 9 48 49 7 65 www.go4go.net 60 96 70 71 10 8 5 500 commented games a 62 59 54 15 13 11 4 6 year, including 5 commented 56 22 53 74 72 33 14 professional games covering 61 55 100 75 73 32 20 102 101 major Go events every 95 21 63 99 17 84 43 week, 5 commented top- 25 24 97 16 83 level amateur games played 77 23 45 46 98 19 on KGS every week, and 76 94 78 51 119 35 1 67 occasional special topics 39 40 38 52 34 3 18 91 2 66 about European and American Go tournaments. 28 30 36 37 42 31 41 92 110 26 27 29 93 85 86 105 104 89 87 90 88 113 114 Figure 4 151 - 270 (1 – 120)
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IMPRESSIONS OF PENZANCE Francis Roads [email protected]
“Why are they holding the British Go You will have gathered that the venue, the Congress in such a distant location this year?” Queen’s Hotel, is on the sea front. It must was asked by more than one voice. But the have quite a lot of stars, and although they offer by the West Cornwall Go Club to host offered a rate reduction for go players, it was the Congress was the best one that Council not a cheap place to stay. Fortunately had received. Anyone who prefers more Penzance is replete with cheaper hotels and central locations is free to offer to run such a guest houses. The atmosphere was very Congress. Personally I think it is an excellent similar to playing in the Sefton Hotel in idea to explore such a distant venue; firstly to Douglas, before the IOM tournament moved make it easier for people in the area to attend, to Port Erin. and secondly perhaps to encourage more The main tournament went very smoothly; no people to attend the annual tournament held in annoying delays, with Tony and Tim keeping the West Country. the computer on its mettle. I felt that a slightly I use that rather vague term, because the sour note was struck on Saturday evening, annual event seems to have migrated; having when the AGM was delayed through being started in Devon, it has moved steadily inquorate. There were people in the hotel who westward, and unless the Scilly Isles are under were politely asked to make up the numbers, consideration must have reached its home. I but refused. Eventually a sufficient number of don’t think I have ever played in the British arms were twisted, but I do feel that being Congress at a more attractive location. To look unwilling to give up an hour of ones time to up from one’s game and view the sunlit waves support our hardworking and dedicated in Mount’s Bay was very pleasant. Council smacks of selfishness. The business I arrived a day early on the Thursday, to find went through expeditiously under the quiet but Tim Hunt already in residence. We visited the firm chairmanship of our President. WCGC in the evening. They meet in a On the Sunday the main tournament ended member’s flat, wrongly addressed on their early, with T Mark once again in first place website, but we found it. They have a couple with an unbeaten record. It was a pity that of junior members who attend from 8-9 pm, many of the stronger players were not there which is an encouraging sign. this year to give him a harder time, though I Coastal scenery is Cornwall’s strong point, think he might have won anyway, as he and Tim continued his strenuous programme seemed on top form. of cliff footpath walks on the Friday, while I On the Monday morning I took the opportu- preferred the art galleries of St. Ives. The art nity to visit an award-winning Pilchard community seems to have spread outwards; Museum. I couldn’t help wondering what the there’s art on view and for sale in almost competition had been. There was a sting in every West Cornwall town now. the tail for me in the afternoon. The Friday evening brought the usual Lightning weekend weather had been fine, but waiting Tournament. I had my doubts when it was for over two hours for a delayed train on a billed as a computer drawn handicap Swiss, windswept platform with no waiting room or but Tony Atkins seemed to keep the BGA left luggage facility made the ‘Welcome to computer under control, and it went very Penzance’ sign on the station seem rather smoothly. Predictably, bruiser T Mark Hall hollow. Still, it was a good weekend all swept all before him. round, and I hope to be back.
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DIARY OF A GO PLONKER ~ WHERE HAVE ALL THE BLACK STONES GONE Ian Marsh [email protected]
I have spent the last few minutes on my from the bowl, and lays them out in ever hands and knees searching for a missing changing patterns before sending them into black stone. battle. The Tsunami resigns their game by Why is it always the black stones that escape pushing the stones in a wave at you. The thus (a casual examination of most club’s Go Magician is someone who produces sets seems to confirm this theory)? It leaves prisoners from strange and random places at me wondering if the manufacturers of the the end of a game. The Klutz Magician finds cheaper types of Go stone make more black his prisoners have disappeared at the end of stones than white, or whether a worldwide the game (to where?) nobody knows, including the person who happens to be preponderance of white stones is inevitable. packing away the adjacent game. There are some exotic theories for the The only safe place for stones seem to be the inequality of the different colour stones bowls, and for prisoners the upside-down lid found in sets1. One is that stones rubbing of the bowl. together can naturally change colour in the dark. The evidence quoted for this is the Anyone who has attended a tournament occasional appearance of a wrong coloured using Canadian overtime (where after the stone in a bowl of otherwise correctly flag has dropped on your clock, you have to coloured stones. play a specified number of stones in a specified time) will tell you this is a good The sci-fi wormhole theory is used to idea. There is room to count out the required explain those stones that turn up unexpect- number of overtime stones and, by putting edly, often seeming to materialise in the the lid upside-down on your bowl; you middle of your game at an intersection you prevent yourself from messing up your could have sworn was empty. This is where overtime by accidentally playing stones from all those dropped stones disappear too. out of the bowl. The missing black stone is however Experience has also taught most Go players definitely my fault. I was holding my next to place any drinks well away from the Go stone to be played in my hand, rather then bowl. Other players tend to find it amusing leaving it in the bowl until needed, when I to watch someone, who is staring intently at dropped it. This is a bad habit I need to cure. the board, reaching out for a stone and Not only is the stone droppable but also ending up finding out all about the tempera- there is an overwhelming urge to play the ture of the coffee. On a more cataclysmic next stone immediately. Slowing down and scale this can lead to liquid over the board or taking that little bit longer is a good way to a bowl full of stones going flying across the reduce silly mistakes. floor. I suppose names could be given to the Assuming you survive major disasters, and various ways people handle their stones. I have not been topping up your bowl with would be a Butterfingers, whereas a Shaman someone else’s prisoners, what can you do if would be someone who grabs large handfuls you run out of stones (I will hazard that you of stones and rattle them in some form of are playing Black) and a supply of extra invocation. The Drill-Sergeant takes stones stones is not readily to hand. First you can
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exchange prisoners, a point being worth a the game3, then it comes down to common point. Secondly excess prisoners can be sense in a friendly game (a draw or voided exchanged for komi. Thirdly as a despera- game perhaps) or in competitions such tion measure if both players can agree that decisions are left to the tournament director. an area of the board is played out, then any Anyway, that is enough about stones. potential prisoners therein can be removed Particularly as I still have a missing stone prematurely. to find, assuming it has not already The player with stones left can fill in dame dematerialised. but you will still need stones to fill in any Notes: sente dame. 1 Before Go equipment was readily available There is no rule as to when komi stones in this country there was also the danger of should be given, although taking komi at the Go stones being eaten. start and again at the end of a game is to be 2 A way of determining who is Black in frowned upon. Because of the hazard of even games. One player grabs a handful of running out of stones I prefer to adjust for white stones whilst the opponent guesses komi in the counting up, rather then handing whether it is odd or even in number. stones over at the start of the game. 3 If all that is affected is the size of the win, Cultural differences also affect the handling who cares about that odd point? of stones. All Go players get taught that there is a right way to hold the stones, that they should be played assertively, and it is alright to slide a stone into awkward positions. You should not let go of a stone until it is in position. To oriental players THE CHESS SHOP assertively means boldly to produce a noise, THE BRIDGE SHOP whilst western players tend to play stones but not just Chess and Bridge! more quietly. We stock books and equipment for For nigiri2 it is common to place one or two Go, Backgammon, and stones on the board to indicate odd or even. other mind sports In some cultural situations it is assumed the In Londons West End! player will place one stone, so this is the Established 1881 safest thing to do if in doubt. ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Stopping the clock and-or placing multiple 44 BAKER STREET stones on the board is a good way to resign when there is a language barrier. LONDON W1U 7RT Just be prepared for, and tolerant about, Phone 020 7486 8222 cultural differences. Fax 020 7486 3355 Finally what do you do about that stone that Email [email protected] materializes next to the board at the end of Open 10am-6pm, Monday-Saturday the game, but whose origin is uncertain. MAIL/WEB ORDER A SPECIALITY Time honoured tradition has it that you ask, “Where did that stone come from?” when All major credit cards accepted the real question is “Where is that stone http://www.bcmchess.co.uk going too?” If the answer is not obvious and ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ you cannot agree, and that one point decides
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NAKADE AND ISHI-NO-SHITA PART TWELVE: ONE, TWO, THREE: ISHI-NO-SHITA Richard Hunter [email protected]
The previous article in this A 2 White can block at 2 in series ended with two B 1 Diagram 1e instead of problems. Diagram 1c. Once again 3 and 5 are sente, so Black Answer to problem 1 can live with 7. See how the Diagram 1. Blocking at 1 exchange of Black 1 for is no good. With 2, White ❏ 1 No good White 2 gains a move captures the black stones compared with Diagram 1. in the corner. Next, Black 7 5 9 4 10 1 8 This is the essence of needs to play both A and 3 2 6 skilful sacrifice. B in order to make two eyes. Black must get more Answer to problem 2 mileage out of his Diagram 2: Black must sacrifice stones. ❏ 1a Wrong hane at 1 in order to widen How about making a his eyespace. Next, White 2 dogleg with 1 in Diagram fails. Black 3 is the vital 1a? This doesn’t work point at the center of three either. When White stones and it defends captures it with 10, the against White 4 at 5.With 4 shape left behind in and 6, White prevents Black from getting a second eye Diagram 1b has no cutting ❏ 1b No cutting point point. Not all doglegs are on the side here, but Black equal. The orientation of 4 1 3 2 cuts at 7. The atari of Black this one makes it useless. 5 9 puts Black ahead in this capturing race. The key move is the hane at 1 in Diagram 1c. If Diagram 2a: White 2 is a White throws in at 2, then strong move. It’s the vital Black makes a dogleg ❏ 1c Hane 6 at 2 point for both sides in this with 3. This is the way to shape. It threatens to cut at get all the required 1 11, so Black can’t extend forcing moves in time. 3 2 with 3 at 4. Black 3 is best. Black 5 is atari, so White Playing 3 at 11 is no good: captures with 6 at 2. Can White can turn at 5 and you visualise the shape Black cannot make an eye in the corner. So White under the stones? This ❏ 1d Sente time the dogleg does plays 4 and Black cuts at 5. indeed have a cutting 5 2 1 4 6 Can you see how this will point, so Black 1 in 7 3 end up? White 6 prevents Diagram 1d is sente. After Black from increasing his White connects at 2, liberties by playing atari Black has time to play 3, there, but with 7 and 9 which makes two eyes. Black constructs a dogleg in ❏ 1e Black lives
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‘One, two, three…’ 6 3 4 5 2 1 Let’s start with a quick look 7 10 at one-stone captures. The 9 snapback has been described as a brilliant dawn ❏ 4 Hane 11 7 tesuji. It’s one of the first 8 2 1 5 6 glimpses of the beauty of go kill White. The hane at 1 4 3 that beginners encounter. I reduces White’s eye-space and 5 is a nakade. It does ❏ 2 Black wins still remember how stimu- lated I was by dying in a White no good to capture snapback in my very first one stone with 6. This only game of go. Snapback makes a false eye. Black problems are introduced in turns at 7 and prevents Graded Go Problems vol. 1. White from escaping. 10 6 It’s a very simple concept, Diagram 5 Black to play. 12 but most go players have The vital point is A. If 9 5 experienced the horror of White connects there, it’s all 7 4 1 11 discovering one they 14 8 13 3 2 overlooked slightly deeper ❏ 2a Ishi-no-shita into a fight once they were 15 at 5 past the point of no return. Diagram 3 shows a simple A the corner. After White example. White is threaten- captures it with 14, Black can play back inside with 15 ❏ 5 Black to play at 5, which gives him his second eye. over and Black is dead. If Black throws in at A, White Ishi-no-shita shapes often can capture this stone, but involve four or more stones. it’s a snapback. Black The most common types are retakes and lives. squares and doglegs, which we have studied in some ❏ 3 Snapback Diagram 6: White has just detail already. The original thrown in at 1, threatening Go Player’s Almanac ing to capture three black to capture the black stone in defined ishi-no-shita as the stones. But if Black the corner and make two sacrifice of four or more captures the marked white eyes. Black to play. stones, but many Japanese stone, he plays himself into go books use this term for a liberty shortage. White three-stone sacrifices too. can play back at the marked The 2001 Almanac now point, capturing four stones. omits this limitation. Seeing Diagram 4. White has seven stones on the second line. under the shape left by a 1 three-stone capture can also There is a proverb that says be difficult. Even visualis- ‘eight live, six die’. Seven is ing the position after two the unsettled case in ❏ 6 Black to play stones have been removed between these. If it’s Your first thought might be can be a high-level task. Black’s turn to play, he can to take this stone with 1 in
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Diagram 6a, but White 2 After White captures two wins the capturing race. It’s stones with 2, Black can suicidal for Black to play indeed break the eye on the atari from either side. left by throwing in at the marked point, but White can A make two eyes by playing A. The two-stone sacrifice only creates a false eye in gote. ❏ 6d Snapback is too slow Diagram 6d: There is indeed 2 1 a snapback at A, just as in Diagram 5, but it’s too slow. ❏ 6a White wins White’s four stones have only one liberty, so instead Black should extend at 1 in of capturing White’s throw- 1 Diagram 6b. This is a in stone, Black can capture ❏ 8 How can skilful sacrifice. the four white stones.This Black live? type of sacrifice in the corner occurs quite often in Diagram 8: The hane of games. It’s well worth White 1 is a mistake. Black studying carefully. to play and live. Diagram 7: The placement Diagram 8a: Black 1, at 1 is the correct way to widening the eye space, is correct. Blocking with 1 2 kill this White group. Black 1 at 4 is no good. ❏ 6b Extend 3 A 2 1 White will just hane at 1. After Black 1, White 2 is White captures two stones forced. Next, Black makes with 2. Next, Black plays one eye with 3 and threatens back inside at 1 in Diagram to make another one, so ❏ 7 False eye White must connect with 4. Black 5 is atari on three If White plays 2, then Black stones, but if White 3 prevents White from connects, he just loses more getting a second eye. Black stones. In Diagram 7, the can afford to sacrifice two two-stone sacrifice left a stones: if White plays A to possible false eye; here, 1 capture them, Black throws when Black captures three 2 3 in at the marked point to ❏ 6c Play back inside make this a false eye for White. Starting with 1 in Diagram 7a is a mistake. 6c. Next, White fills a liberty with 2 and Black 1 2 A captures two stones with 3. 3 Can you visualise the shape 1 5 2 4 A under the stones? ❏ 8a Capture ❏ 7a Mistake by Black three stones
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3 1 2
2 1 A 1 ❏ 9b Sacrifice ❏ 10a White lives ❏ 8b Enough space three stones ‘…Ishi-no-shita’ stones, White cannot stop 3, so White plays atari from Diagram 10a. Breaking the him from making an eye. the right with 2. With 3, eye on the left is no good. White retakes with 1 in Black captures one white With 2, White immobilizes Diagram 8b, but Black has stone, but he leaves himself the two black stones. Black enough space to make an in atari, so White can would like to connect at the eye with A. capture the three black 1–1 point in order to make a stones by retaking at the nakade shape but that’s marked point. Doesn’t a illegal, so White will get two three-stone capture give eyes when he captures there. White an eye here? Try and Black 1 in Diagram 10b is visualise what happens next. the vital point for both sides. Black can recapture the ❏ white stone with 1 in 9 Black to play Diagram 9c. This is possible Diagram 9: Black to play. because of the presence of 2 Capturing the white stone the triangled black stone. 1 on the side with 1 in 3 4 1 Diagram 9a is sub-optimal. ❏ 10b Vital point White captures with 2. 5 at 1 Next, if Black connects with If White connects at 2, 3 (left of 1), White can live Black 3 steals the eye on the side and this time the three- 1 2 A ❏ 9c False eye stone shape does lead to C nakade. Black plays 5 at 1. B As a result, Black 1 and If White captures the three Black square form an eye- black stones with 1 in stealing combination that Diagram 10c, then Black ensure White only gets a ❏ 9a Not best plays back inside with 2. false eye here. Be careful, Next, 3 and 4 are miai. with A. But if Black plays 3 even a three-stone capture White 4, Black 3 leaves at B, White can block at C may not result in an eye. White with only one eye, and then fight a ko for a the same as in Diagram 10b. second eye. Extending at 1 in Diagram 9b is a rather surprising move, but it’s a clever 4 sacrifice. It’s suicidal for 2 White to connect and play 3 1 atari from the left with 2 at ❏ 10 Black to play ❏ 10c Connect and die
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So what happens if White plays 3 and makes an eye on the side. Doesn’t this give him two eyes? Black 4 catches White in a beautiful ‘connect and die’ tesuji. This is an example of what can happen ‘under the ❏ Problem 1 stones’ in the case of a three-stone sacrifice. We’ll I’ll leave you with two look at some more examples problems to think about. next time. Both are Black to play.
❏ Problem 2
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EDITORIAL An apology is due for the late publication of this edition of the Journal, which is due to increasing demands on my time. Unfortunately, this situation will not soon improve and it is with regret that I am obliged to step down as Editor; the Autumn issue will be the last that I will produce. I have enjoyed my time as Editor. Whoever takes my place will have the opportunity to develop a publication that reaches out to the whole of the Go playing community in this country. We need to appoint a new Editor as soon as possible so that he or she has a chance to pick up the traces before producing an issue unaided. I will be very happy to provide whatever help is required to ensure a smooth transition. Please contact myself or a member of Council if you would like to discuss the possibility of taking on the job of Editor. Contact details are on page 40.
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AN ETHICAL SOLUTION Ian Marsh [email protected] Diagram 1 1 in Diagram 1 is the obvious first move, threatening double atari. 3 attempts a five-in- a-row in the corner, but thanks to the white stones on the second line 4 kills the stones. a
4 3 b 5 1 2
❏ 3 10 at 8 2 lightning game, the (admittedly small) 3 1 number of low dans I asked this question of 4 all came up with the same answer. Firstly, everyone commented that ethical ❏ 1 questions like this are tricky. Certainly playing nuisance stones for no other purpose Diagram 2 but to try and make your opponents clock Note that playing 4 as in Diagram 2 does drop is unethical. not work. Given that you have read the black stones as dead, and you realise that they are a good source of ko threats, then the first thing to do is to try and create an advantageous ko elsewhere on the board during the game. If however the rest of the game is played out and you are still losing, what is the correct 2 thing to do? In all cases the same answer 3 1 7 11 was given whether the game was a normal 6 5 4 8 9 game or a lightning game. Given my comment above about unethical moves, this ❏ 2 10 at 8 is surely what you would expect. Diagram 3 Everyone thought that playing as far as 3 in the first diagram was legitimate, to prove For those that read the sequence in the that the opponent had read and understood Diagram 3, then White cannot answer the the corner. Some thought about the atari on atari made by 5 as Black would then play at the three white stones first, as being integral Aand win the capturing race. In fact White to the sequence, whilst others preferred to must answer the atari by playing A,as leave the atari as a potential trap for White otherwise Black would win the ko fight should they play that particular line. using internal ko threats A then B. Whether stronger dan players would As to the secondary question as to what consider these moves frivolous is a moot Black should play in a normal game or a point.
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HYDE’S ASSISTANTS ~ BOTH INADEQUATE Franco Pratesi [email protected] In a previous issue (BGJ 130, p. 26) we have Madras was the sort of place where anything seen that in his book of 1694 Thomas Hyde could be found or ordered, but at the same came near to first describing Go to European time it’s difficult to imagine people there readers, with enough detail to let them play wasting their time, playing a difficult game it. This he did with the help of two persons, of pure skill, with no gambling involved. who unfortunately were not expert enough. The political situation was far from quiet at Let us try and expand the bit of information the time. Local traditional authority was provided by Hyde about them. divided among several groups, which fought William Gifford each other. The various European nations involved (especially Portuguese, Dutch, Thomas Hyde wrote that he owned a Go English, and soon afterwards French too) playing set, brought to him by Mr. Gifford, were each trying to displace the local trade who had been a merchant active in Asia, conquests of the others. where he had also been Governor of Fort St The ‘official’ members of the East India George, in Madras. Company were competing for their trade Fort Saint George is an exact reference; the with independent interlopers, working place is Madras, now Chennai, one of the individually or as unofficial groups or first British colonies in India. The fort was companies. Moreover, it may be surprising built on 23rd April (Saint George’s day) to know that hard internal battles were 1639 by the East India Company that had fought among the leaders of the East India obtained a piece of land from the local king. Company themselves. Around the fort, the colony of George Town In the specific case of Governor Gifford, we developed as the place of white people, obtain the general impression of a Governor whereas the rest of the colony was named more honest and dynamic than average. ‘Black Town’. The trading centre that grew Some information indicates positive activity here was open to merchants coming from by him to improve the local conditions for several countries of Europe and Asia, trade. For instance, we have indications that including China. early on he founded a bank in Madras.
INTHELIGHT
Go in the Movies www.european-go.org/archives/filmography.html Gionata Soletti from Italy has collected together details of all known films that feature Go in them. Many are oriental, but a few are western blockbuster movies such as Pi and ABeautiful Mind. Some just feature a Go board in a scene and others an actual game. TV Drama’s such as Ally McBeal and Animations are included. Tony Atkins
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Further information on the main events and it is evident that his knowledge did not the personages involved can be found in include the corresponding software. reference works. Let us summarise from one Shen Fuzong of them (Burgess James, The Chronology of Modern India. Edinburgh: Grant, 1913), Hyde’s main information had been provided keeping its chronological format. by a Chinese native. His name – Shin Fo- In 1681 the Court of Directors orders the çung according to Hyde – is differently dismissal of Streynsham Moster, Governor written, with Shen Fuzong or Fu-zong as the of Fort St. George, and on July 3 he is commonest version. succeeded by Mr. William Gyfford, till July It seems that there is no record about him in 25, 1687. In 1683, Mr Gyfford Governor of Chinese history books, all the information Madras, is directed to control Bengal also, about him originates from Europe (Ding and he is there from August 8, 1684 till Jan. Guoru, Personal communication, 2002). 26, 1685, Mr. Elihu Yale acting for him at Considering his life, this is not too surprising Madras. In 1684, Mr Gyfford, Governor of because he came to Europe as a young man, Fort St. George is made President of the together with Jesuit Philippe Couplet, and Coromandel and Bengal settlements. In died only ten years later, during his travel 1686, Apr. 12, King James II by Charter back home. grants permission to build a mint at Madras. In Europe, however, the visit of the converted In 1687, July 25, Mr Elihu Yale succeeds Chinese was not unnoticed. He especially Mr. Gyfford (dismissed) as Governor of left traces in England, where he was welcome Madras till Oct. 3, 1692. at the King’s court and was the first to make It is easier to find information on this Elihu a catalogue of the Oriental archives in the Yale, because one of the most renowned Bodleian Library. During his stay in Oxford, universities of the USA was named after opportunities to explain the elements of Go him; a whole book has been devoted to his to Hyde were of course frequent. life: (Bingham Hiram, Elihu Yale: the This Chinese converted to Christianity was American Nabob of Queen Square. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939). also the subject of a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller (see the front cover), which was kept Obviously, we often find Governor Gifford among the preferred art works by the King quoted in the part of book devoted to Yale’s and is still part of the Royal collections. stay in Madras. The relationship between Governor Gifford and member of staff Yale The sitter (Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu- appears to have been fine. On the other Tsung) was born of Chinese Christian hand, Gifford’s later stay in Madras was parents and came to Europe at the insti- comfortable enough, thanks to Yale, the new gation of Father Philip Couplet, Procurator Governor. of the China Jesuits in Rome. After Of course, we can only partially reconstruct leaving Macao in 1681 they travelled the life of William Gifford. However, it must together in Italy, France and England. be acknowledged that the single event that is Shen Fu-Tsung left England in 1688 for of interest for us is a hardly noticeable one Lisbon where he entered the Society of in his life. We cannot hope to find a history Jesus. He died near Mozambique on his of Madras, or of the East India Company, in way back to China in 1691. which information is provided on the Go set Shen Fu-Tsung seems to have been a that Gifford offered to Thomas Hyde! well-known figure at the English court Whatever the detail, the Governor eventually and his portrait was painted for James II. was able to present a game set to Hyde, but The first reference to the work is by the
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naval surgeon, James Yonge, who saw ness of the characterization. The fact that Shen Fu-Tsung at Windsor Castle in July the sitter looks upwards and away from 1687, describing him as ‘a young, the viewer suggests divine inspiration. palefaced fellow who had travelled from According to Horace Walpole, ‘Of all his his country and become a papist (his works, Sir Godfrey was most proud of picture being done very well like him in the converted Chinese.’ one of the King’s lodgings)’. www.artcyclopedia.com/art42day When James II visited Oxford in /art0808.shtml September 1687, Shen Fu-Tsung was the This renowned painting may be ‘read’ from subject of conversation at the Bodleian our point of view too. In the portrait we see Library, where the sitter had apparently a young Chinese who had taken the cowl. helped to catalogue the Chinese How could he be an expert in Go? Probably manuscripts. On that occasion James II his education had other priorities, works on remarked that ‘he had his picture to the mercy, heaven’s inhabitants, and so on. life hanging in his room next to the bed At most he could have heard about it or avail chamber’. himself of short descriptions of the game kept The painting can be categorized either as in the Bodleian Chinese archives that he was a religious picture or as a portrait. The indexing. Unfortunately, it is evident – from composition succeeds on the basis of the the information communicated – that he unaffected sense of design and the direct- never played a Go game with Thomas Hyde. ❍
A 13 X 13 PROBLEM Simon Goss White has just played 1 and captured the marked stone. There are no other prisoners INTHELIGHT and no komi. Black to play and win. This isn’t an endgame counting problem; it’s a Hall of Fame reading problem. Solution on page 26. www.britgo.org/hof/past.html If you have often wondered who the reigning South Coast Handicap Champion is, then this is the site for you. Every known winner of every UK and Ireland public tournament is listed. Earliest records date back to the first British Go Championship. Sister page ../hof/current.html just lists current champions and the titles they have. Tony Atkins
1 ❏ 13 x 13 problem
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THOUGHTS ON READING THE SPRING JOURNAL Matthew James [email protected]
I am currently researching and writing a six Ian Marsh’s lively writing in the Spring 2003 to eight thousand words paper of ‘Working issue mentioned in his notes: “In this case Memory and Go’. Which is about using the perhaps the proverb should be ‘In the land of game of Go as a prop to reveal the evidence, the blind the one eyed man is dead’”. In of hemispheric modes of and models of, reference to observing a blind eye situation, short term thoughts and awareness. by both players, of a dual atari shared liberty On reading the spring 2003 BGA Journal in (ko) once the game had ended. early May, I noted that Tony McFadden Another apt reworking of the original asked if any one had thoughts on how one statement, which lends itself to this closed could play an infinite game of Go. I was game ko observation would be: ‘In the considering the evolution of Go as country of the blind the one-eyed man is something to discuss at the end of my paper, lucky to escape with his life.’ Celia Green, for what advances can still be made if one The Decline and Fall of Science, 1976, had the opportunity to explore these possibil- p.171 ISBN: 0 900076 06 2. ities; and if people were to be inclined to ● accept a mutation. There has been a TV show that was repeated I imagined a spherical board, that has the recently called Monkey or Monkey’s Magic usual number of lines as a contour grid. But (children’s 70s, 80s comedy show). This there is no perimeter, which would make the featured a game between Monkey and his implications of board play to seem as an sensei, using the art of distraction to take his infinite board when empty. Now of course sensei’s hand made mystical sweets, during a this would mean an big rupture in traditional game of Go that the sensei was playing on efficient area capturing methods; and his own until monkey turned up. It made me possibly cause multiple ko situations – wonder how many times Go was featured in which only lends itself further to the this long running show. vastness of infinity. ● I have not yet played on such a board; but For those not of a high enough standard of can anyone say what other implications or memory to produces the 9x9 mind board debasing effects it would have on the rules suggested by Tony Atkins in the Spring 2003 of Go as they stands today? issue, another game can easily take it’s The practicality of making such a board, place; the game of Noughts and Crosses. To would need some form of gyroscopic help you or your children develop perceptual contraption holding the spheroid board in the reasoning skills and a good spatial awareness air, and to rotate it so as to view as much of capacity. One for long journeys with a back the game as is needed; and some new seat full of kids. For those that have better method other then gravity would be needed memory recall, 3D cubed Noughts and to keep the stones on the intersections. This Crosses, with three sets of nine boxes – or perhaps in itself, may inspire a lens shaped twenty seven spaces. board, which would have an altogether different effect. ●
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ANSWER TO 13X13 PROBLEM Simon Goss [email protected]
All there seems to be in the problem is the 5-point gote at A in Diagram 1 and the ko that White has just captured.
B 2 3 A 5 4 1 A B ❏ 2
1 answers it at A, White can recapture the ko, and Black has no ko threats. All he can do ❏ 1 is pass, leaving White to capture the six Black stones. White wins by 4 points. If either side connects the ko, it’s a seki. If either side plays at B, there is no seki Alternatively, Black could ignore the ko any more – one side must be captured. It’s threat and capture eight White stones at B. hard to play at B, though, because when But then White A kills Black in the lower you do, the opponent will capture the ko, right corner, and again wins by 4 points. putting you in atari, and you have to find Look again at Diagram 1. The way Black the first ko threat. Hence each player should have thought about this problem is would rather the opponent shouldered the to ask himself who needs to do what in burden of playing B. For this reason, such order to win. Black has 40 points of kos often get left as they are for a long territory. White has 30 plus the prisoner time. This explains the name mannen ko, from the ko capture. The seki isn’t enough which means 10,000-year ko in Japanese. for White even if he gets the 5-point Books and articles often say that a mannen endgame move at A as well. White has to ko is usually left till very late in the game, capture something to stand any chance. So when one or other side will normally Black must assume that White is going to connect to make it seki. If Black believes play the approach move at B and use the that this is the whole story, he may play at ko to try to capture something. But what A, expecting White to connect the ko. If can Black do about it? this happens, Black wins by 9 points. The answer is Black 2 in Diagram 3, filling But what White will actually do is shown in a point of his own territory, but also in Diagram 2. After Black takes the 5-point erasing White’s biggest ko threat. White move at 2, White makes the approach now has two possible ways of playing: move at 3 (atari). Black recaptures the ko, One way is to take the endgame point first but White’s ko threat at 5 is big. If Black and then keep on fighting the ko, as in
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5 7
6 8 3 2 2 4 ❏ 3 ❏ 5
5 6 2
3 B A 3 A 2 5 4 7 4 1 ❏ 4 ❏ 6
Diagram 4. But when White eventually (He can also win by answering the ko recaptures at 7, Black passes! Now White threat and letting White capture him at the can’t afford to play the atari at A. If he bottom, as you can check for yourself.) does, Black recaptures the ko, and White It’s important for Black to erase White’s has no more ko threats, so it is Black who biggest ko threat. If he erases the other captures him. one, with Black 2 in Diagram 6, he loses White’s other try is to approach the ko after White approaches the ko and then immediately at White 3 in Diagram 5. This plays the big ko threat at White 5. Now way, White’s ko threat at 5 ensures that Black can choose whether to answer it at A White will capture something. But Black and let White win the ko, or to capture at B still wins the game by ignoring the ko and let White kill him by playing at A, but threat to win the ko by capturing White. he loses by 5 points either way.
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THE LONG GOODBYE Roger Peck roger.peck&xitec-software.com
It was a day like any other day, 24 hours Chess, Bridge, Oware, Scrabble, Poker, long and ending in a “why”, only this day Crosswords, Othello.. the list was as long as was different. Murder was in the air and a long thing. Not being particularly up for murder’s my business. The perfect crime playing myself - my chess being rusty and they called it. A trail as cold as a liquid my Go green - and needing, in any case, to nitrogen bath after a long hot sauna and not mingle, I contented myself with a leisurely a lead in sight. Whoever orchestrated this saunter around the various rooms, observing little masterpiece was clearly a heavyweight the different ways devised to test the human in the head department. For once in my life I nerve, will and intellect. Someone, had to admit that I was completely stumped. somewhere, must know something. There Solving this one was going to be one tough was a lot of questions that needed to be assignment. $25 a day plus expenses. I really asked and I was the man to ask them. needed to get out of this racket. The first people to tap for info, I figured, It was a long shot but I had nothing else to were those manning the various promotional go on. August 2000 was the date. There was stalls on display. As well as hosting their talk of a big gathering of brains down in own tournaments the various associations London town at the Alexandra Palace – Ali- and federations (the ‘families’) represented Pali as it is known in the underworld. The at the Palace generally had their own stalls event was the Mind Sports Olympiad, and set up to push their particular racket, and it being something of a wood pusher myself I was to one of these that my enquiries led thought I would take the opportunity to catch me. This particular stall was promoting a up with a few old acquaintances and see if I game called Gipf and, feigning idle curiosity, couldn’t pick up a lead or two. The grand I sidled up to the stall, sat down at the seat halls of the Palace were teeming with available, and started asking questions about Masters, Grandmasters, Dans, Kyus, Sharks, how the game was played. Gipf proved to be Memory Men (and women), mathematical quite an intriguing invention involving two gymnasts, anagram aficionados, crossword players moving alternately, placing white champions and general enthusiasts alike. and black discs on the intersections of lines Here was an atmosphere you could cut with on a board. A strange idea for a game I’ll a knife; one that I recognized and one that I grant you - but there you are. The man at the grew up with having first tasted it at some stall referred me to some web site address tender age lost in the mists of time when I where I could find out more about it - played my first ever game of chess against
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was the overpowering enthusiasm that my explanation. Was it something in the way I adversary displayed throughout. In a rare had played his beloved Gipf that had moment of intuition I asked the man who I betrayed me? Had I been subconsciously had been doing battle with whether Gipf making shape or surrounding territory? No, I might in fact be his brainchild and the broad quickly dismissed this as a possibility. I grin and puffed out chest that greeted my rarely did either of those two things even enquiry assured me that he was. Indeed, Gipf when playing Go. That couldn’t be it. Was I was just one of a number of scams that this wearing a British Go Championship T-Shirt? dark horse of a man had dreamt up. No – that couldn’t be it either. All my Go Here then was the kind of man I was looking T-shirts having long since faded, shrunk and for. A man with real vision. A man in search developed tell tale dark patches under the of the perfect game. Could not the man in arms. No, there must be some other explana- search of the perfect game also be the author tion, but what could it be? Was there some of the perfect crime? I stared across the board particular look that all go-players shared? and pondered the nature of the person staring Did Go players all have long beards, or wear back at me as he held my gaze easily, glasses? Did they all carry themselves in a casually and completely unruffled. There was particular way? No, try as I might and no doubting, this was one tough cookie and I calling to mind every go player I had ever determined then and there to find out more known I could discern no common traits. about him. Smiling, I stood up and reached As I began to run out of all possible natural out a hand which he clasped firmly and explanations I started to wonder what arcane securely. I thanked him for the lesson and powers this man possessed that enabled him assured him that our next game would not be to read a man’s soul and penetrate his so easy. He nodded his appreciation and then, innermost thoughts and I realized that I as I turned to take my leave, he made an could not now part company with this man observation that completely stopped me in without first finding out. “Tell me”, I said, my tracks. “You’re a Go player aren’t you?” with a certain trepidation in my voice, My heart missed a beat. Alarm bells went off “how did you know?”. “Oh”, he replied, in my head. How did he know? What had “only Go players hold the discs between their given it away? I racked my brain for an forefinger and big finger the way you did”. ❍ ‘GO’PROBLEMS Tim Hunt [email protected] Here are two problems I created for my teaching at the West Surrey Teach-in. They are status problems. You have to determine what will happen to these groups. Perhaps they are alive, in which case the correct move for both players is to do nothing until the endgame. Or perhaps if White goes first she can kill, and if Black goes first he can live. Or perhaps the correct answer involves a ko. ❏ Problem 1 The answers are on page 36. ❏ Problem 2 29 July 2003 Journal 13/8/03 6:04 pm Page 30
THE BGA BOOKSELLER Gerry Mills [email protected] From 1st July 2003 this job is being simpli- problems), and the transfer to Steve Bailey fied. Non-members will no longer be able to of the sales of back numbers of BGJs. purchase books and equipment from the Acomparison with 1995 is illuminating: BGA, but instead will be diverted to ❍ The number of books in English in the commercial suppliers. This will mean that BGA Price List has trebled; the BGA will not need to operate the bookselling function through a separate ❍ The number of equipment products limited company - BGA Books Ltd. stocked has doubled. As far as members are concerned there will ❍ The number of different issues of Go be no change in the service provided, which World stocked has increased by 50%. at present includes: ❍ The value of sales has almost doubled, ● holding stocks of all books on Go while prices have hardly changed currently available in English There are some restrictions on the service ● holding stocks of a range of equipment to provided to overseas members. Books are meet the demands of most members and offered at standard prices to both UK and clubs as well as the BGA itself European members, but elsewhere a supple- ● where possible holding stocks of out-of- ment to cover additional postage costs may print books, occasionally including be required. Outside the UK such a supple- second-hand books ment is always required for equipment, which usually makes the price absurdly high: ● an ‘all new books’ subscription service eg the postage and insurance on a PGT3 Go ● a Go World subscription service set to be sent to Greece is over £30. ● holding stocks of old Go Worlds where Cash payments are accepted in sterling, possible euros or dollars, while cheque payments are ● holding stocks of Go stones to supply in accepted in sterling or euros, using the small quantities as replacements current rate of exchange. Credit card following loss or damage payments are not accepted. ● attending all major tournaments One problem area is the supply to members supported by the BGA throughout the of books in oriental languages. Kido Year British Isles, and attending minor tourna- Books have been supplied to special order ments or supplying them with books for for several years, but requests have been resale (on request) received but not accepted, for many other ● the provision of Book Tokens for BGA- books. It would be an advantage if another supplied books on Go bookseller, preferably with a knowledge of ● and finally, offering useful advice by oriental languages, could be appointed to telephone or e-mail on what books are source these books and so give an enhanced appropriate to members’ needs service to members. The reason for this simplification is the If you would like any further information continuing growth in the complexity of the about any of the services provided or to bookseller’s job. Previous simplifications obtain an up-to-date Price List contact the included the abandonment of the sales to BGA Bookseller - for details see BGA shops operation (there were also VAT Officials in this BGJ.
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THRILLING SEMEAI GAMES - PART ONE Richard Hunter [email protected]
Semeai is the Japanese word for a capturing race. This is going to be an irregular series. I don’t promise to meet the deadline for every issue of the journal. My aim is to present some leftover material that didn’t make it into my recent book Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races due to space limitations. We’ll start with an NHK Cup game broadcast in November 2002. Black is Cho Sonjin 9 dan and White is Hane B Yasumasa 9 dan. The commentary is 5 4 by O Meien 9 dan. 3 Figure 1. Moves 1 to 5 show a local 1 2 sequence. Actually Black peeped at 1 A and extended to 3 slightly earlier in the game. After White 4, play shifted to the right-center for ten moves. Now Black has returned to the position on ❏ Figure 1 the left side and extended to 5. Should Black answers White’s peep at 3 with 4, then White connect at A or extend at B? White 5 wins. O did not give the continua- If White extends at 1 in Diagram 1, Black tion, but Black will lose the capturing race if cuts at 2. This captures the corner. It’s a he connects up the marked stone. But if he simple capturing race with no clever moves doesn’t connect and lets White capture it, the for gaining or reducing liberties. Black is capturing race vanishes and Black is left ahead 5 to 4. with a weak group. However, Black may not On the other hand, if White connects at 1 in connect at 4. Instead, he may hane at 1 in Diagram 2, then Black comes out with 2. If Diagram 3. White can cut at 2, but after
3 3 1 4 2 5 2 1
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Black 3, the white stones on the right are captured. O expects White to give way and play Diagram 1. He is quite surprised when White connects at 1 in Figure 2. Black blocks at 2 and White peeps at 3. Next, O is sure that Black cannot connect with 4 at 8. Diagram 3 is good for Black. O reads out the moves to 9 in 3 5 9 Figure 2, but what is the status of the 8 2 6 4 7 capturing race? At best, it’s risky. The game proceeds with 4 to 7. Surely Black must escape with 8 at 9 To O’s disbelief, Black connects at 8. 1 “This semeai is frightening,” says O. “It will probably become ko.” After White blocks at 9, there is no avoiding a capturing race. What do you think will happen? ❏ Figure 2 Black starts by playing 1 in Figure 3 (move White 2 and 3 are fairly predictable. Next, 131). Is this best? O isn’t sure, but it does White should descend at either 4 or 7. White make the position easy to read (well maybe chooses 4, so the hane at 7 is a key move. O not quite so easy). “I don’t think one would predicts all the moves in Figure 3 and adds want to be Black in this position,” he says. the continuation in Diagram 4. Black plays 3 on the inside liberty because it belongs exclusively to White in this type of fight. White 4 is atari, so Black takes the ko with 5, but this does not put White in atari. Black needs to add one more move (inside White’s eye). White cannot avoid fighting the ko. Connecting at A and
A 2 4 12 3 11 6 10 5 7 1 5 8 2 3 9 4 1 ❏ Figure 3 ❏ 4
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approaching from the rear is ko, including approach- too slow. The result is a move kos. favourable one-move There is little time left in 10 approach ko for White. For the TV program for the 8 White, it’s a direct ko. post-game analysis, only a When he takes it, he puts few minutes, so the profes- 7 4 Black in atari, so White can sionals focus on the fight in 6 3 win by ignoring one black the bottom left. O wonders 1 5 ko threat. On the other whether the result should 2 hand, Black must make an have been a direct ko for approach move. The Black. 9 drawback of this is that if Diagram 5. Cho tries out White wins the fight, this ❏ 6 Black 1 here instead of 1 in extra move becomes just Figure 3. He’s dissatisfied another prisoner. Black with the outcome in the decides not to fight the ko at game. Is this move better? this point in the game. After 8 6 12 in Figure 3, he plays 7 elsewhere (move 143). Perhaps later he will have some better ko threats. O 3 regards this result as a 4 failure for Black’s plan. Later in the game (move 3 5 1 156), White adds a move in 4 2 9 the bottom left corner (he ❏ 7 connects the ko) to resolve 5 1 the fight unconditionally. 2 (Diagram 8) and produce a This gives Black his second more realistic seki with sente move elsewhere as ❏ 5 optimal move order (not compensation for losing the Cho tries descending at 3 shown) and White uses his capturing race, but it’s not instead of playing hane, but sente to play 1. Cho thinks enough. The game the players conclude that it that White is ahead in this continues for a while, but doesn’t capture White: the position, but Hane says he Black resigns after W 172. result seems to be seki. was not confident of winning. If you need a more detailed If Black wants to try and explanation of the basic kill White, then the hane at Just at the end, Hane points principles of counting 1 in Diagram 6 seems to be out that he should have liberties and winning the only move. This ends up descended on the other side, capturing races, then please equivalent to the actual at 1 in Diagram 9. White 4 read my new book. I have game. It seems that Black in Figure 3 was a terrible expanded on the material cannot expect to kill White. mistake he says. O plays published in the Journal through it with him to Hane expected Diagram 7, (BGJ 102–120) with a discover the difference. which is a seki in gote for chapter of entirely new Diagram 9 leaves Black Black. The professionals material discussing with no way to win the switch a few stones around capturing races involving fight.
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8 11 1 7 10 1
4 3 2 5 6 ❏ 8 ❏ 9 12 takes the ko The conclusion is that, after Figure 2, the commentator was guessing a bit at the result best that Black can get is the gote seki of of the capturing race. He didn’t have time to Diagram 8 (similar to Diagram 7). read it all out correctly either. I think you This was an exciting fight. The short time will find it worthwhile playing through the limits meant that both players made moves either on a real board or on a mistakes. It’s reassuring that even profes- computer. An sgf file can be downloaded sionals are not perfect. Moreover, the from the BGA website.
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TEN YEARS AGO Tony Atkins [email protected] The first Welsh Open at Barmouth was a Lazarev and Bogdanov were doing well, and sunny one day event in May 1993; it was so too were the local Orientals Shen, Guo won by Matthew Macfadyen. The new and Wataru. However our own Piers Brighton club and the local kids dominated Shepperson also did quite well with fourth the prize list at Bracknell, but Monmouth’s places in Milan and Helsinki. The Russian Quentin Mills was the winner. Shutai Zhang event was held again on a boat on the Volga. proved unbeatable as expected at the Fen Yun, the Chinese professional, was back Challenger’s League in Leamington. Second in England for two months before Prague. was Edmund Shaw and third Alex Rix. The She visited London, Cambridge and the M4 other Bank Holiday event was the revitalised Corridor. Prague was host to a successful Scottish Open. This was won by Francis European Go Congress. It was won by Rob Roads who was celebrating his 50th birthday van Zeijst, with Matthew Macfadyen in the same month. Francis also dominated the eighth. There were many side events, much second Isle of Man Go Week in Douglas. He music, trips out to the home of Budweiser won the main, afternoon and 13x13. Des beer and the traditional pork and dumplings. Cann won Leicester in June. In Japan, Cho Chikun won the Honinbo for Piers Shepperson was at the World Amateur the fifth time in a row, earning him the title in Fukuoka in Japan. China won the champi- of Honorary Honinbo. Kobayashi Koichi onship on SOS from Korea. On the won the Gosei, whilst in China a new 9x9 European Grand Prix circuit the Russians event was won by Ma.
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THE PHASES OF GO Roger Daniel
Beginners need eventually to come to a clear live. And so the fuseki is really characterised understanding of what constitute the phases and defined by the idea of the initial distrib- of the game of Go. ution of isolated and partially isolated stones You need to recognise these transitions. This and their arrangement across the board. is because you need to change your thinking What are called the josekis are in the fuseki at such points and take stock of your really just a rude interruption of this proces- situation. sion to deployment. Just often an interrup- The three phases are: tion to peace by contention or fighting. 1Opening (fuseke) So what is the middlegame? Well, survival is a very important activity in life and that 2Middlegame comes first. In other words – safety and 3Endgame (yose) urgency. Secondly, obtaining position by Of course everything has a beginning, a structure that you can convert into posses- middle and an end and so do each of the sion and control of Area. These two activi- phases. ties are always the concern of the Yose begins strictly when there are only 4 middlegame. point plays left on the board. You might be So, given these phases, recognition of the led into thinking that a few 7, 6 & 5 pointers importance of what is going on allows you could be included but although these are to orientate your mind and get your bearings completely calculable, these are really part – so to speak! of the late middle game – the part where you prepare for the endgame and in the endgame amounts are what counts. The fact that it can be calculated is not the phase. Planning for the endgame is important and a fine art. Learning that this is so is the key to progress. You may be going to win or lose INTHELIGHT the game by one point so the end of the yose can make or break you. UK Professional Visits If you have a clear idea of what the opening www.britgo.org/history/pros.html and endgame is then you are in a position to spot the transitions to and from the Covering all known visits by profes- middlegame. sional Go players to the UK and Ireland since 1974, this page will tell The beginning of fuseki consists of the first you who came where and when and eight moves or so – four of yours and four of some of the places they have been. your opponents’s. These moves determine Most frequent visitor is Yuki Shigeno the course and opportunities in the fuseki. who has been based in Italy for some There may be joseki in the fuseki. That is five years already and expected again sequential lines emerging, of forced plays in July. that set up solid blocks of structure. But, in Tony Atkins general, it is good to remember that each isolated stone is a potential group that has to
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‘GO’PROBLEMS ~ SOLUTIONS Tim Hunt [email protected] The answer to both make two eyes, so 2 is problems is that the group is forced, then White should unsettled. Black can live, push in from the outside and White can kill. with 3. After Black blocks with 4 we reach the most G Problem 1 interesting point. If you In the G problem, Black can have not done so already, 2 live with 1 in Diagram G1. stop and think about where white should play next. Make sure you read out every possibility. ❏ G4 White 5 in Diagram G3 is 1 the only move. Please convince yourself of this. O Problem In the O problem, Black can live by making the same shape as before, as in Diagram O1. The other ❏ G1 possible black move also Since this move makes the 5 works, and perfectionists most territory, it is the only will want to think about correct answer, although which leaves fewer ko other moves may make two threats. eyes. To kill, White needs to start ❏ G3 with the atari at 1 in Having to spot this move 5 Diagram G2. If Black lets from the problem position the two stones get captured, seems to make this quite a there is not enough space to hard problem. 1 Going back to the start, starting with the push in does not work because Black can immediately make two eyes as shown in ❏ O1 4 3 Diagram G4. For White to kill, only the 1 2 atari works, as in Diagram O2. Black’s shortage of liberties is fatal.
❏ G2
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after Diagram O3 is an Black 2 in Diagram O4 is interesting follow-up the only move. I leave you problem. to confirm this on your 1 2 own. 3
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❏ O2 You may, at first, think that White 1 in Diagram O3 also works, but it does not. ‘Black to play and live’ ❏ O3 ❏ O4 ht:David Woodnutt Photo:
Having played through a professional game late one evening, imagine my surprise next morning, when I discovered that an overnight visitor had taken a particular interest in what I thought was a very straightforward forcing move.
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WORLD GO NEWS Tony Atkins [email protected]
European Ing Cup Third was Dan Gilder (3 dan Manchester) The European Ing Cup (Ing Chang-Ki and fourth was Chen Mingyou (3 dan Memorial) was held at the Go Centre in China); both scored 3 out of 5 and shared the Amsterdam, the first weekend in March. Tour points for those places. Sharing the Britain was represented among the 24 strong Tour points for places 5 to 8 were Tony players by T.Mark Hall, the top UK player at Atkins (3 dan Bracknell), Toby Manning (3 the last European Go Congress. Four players dan Leicester), Gerry Mills (1 dan ended on 5 out of 6 namely Netherland’s Monmouth) and Paul Lecomte (1 kyu Guo Juan, Romania’s Cristian Pop and Netherlands). John Leuner won 4.5, Aude Catalin Taranu (professional) and Hungary’s Friren (3 kyu France) won 4 and Dave Csaba Mero. The other two professionals Horan (14 kyu Chester) won 3.5. Saturday playing, Russia’s Alexandr Dinerchtein and night’s distractions included the first Giant’s Svetlana Shikshina, only scored 4 as did Lee Causeway Go game, played on an upturned Hyuk, the Korean from Russia, and Go ban where the ‘squares’ were all different Germany’s Christoph Gerlach. However the heights; Noel Mitchell and Paul Lecomte weekend was marred by Victor Bogdanov (6 beat John Leuner and John Gibson. Sunday dan Russia) being taken ill during play on night was the Irish Go dinner at the Japanese the Sunday and being rushed to hospital with noodle restaurant, complete with parlour bleeding on the brain. He is now starting a games. Top of the 9 players in the Irish long recovery following surgery. Handicap on the Monday was Roger Daniel (2 kyu London). Second was Colin Adams Irish Open (1 kyu Lancaster) and third Dan Gilder and The 15th Irish Open was this time an event fourth John Leuner. in the Toyota-PandaNet European Go Tour. 27 players from a dozen nations attended the European Youth Goe Championships usual venue of the Teachers’ Club in Dublin, The Youth Championships were held in for a weekend of Go and other fun. The Irish Cannes, France, as part of the huge festival Rapid started off on the evening of Friday of games, during the third weekend in 7th March. 15 players took part. Marco March. Yet again a record number of players Firnhaber (5 dan Berlin) won the title with a from a large number of European countries straight 5 wins. Played with handicap and took part. Of 83 players in the Under-12 ever speeding time limits, anyone can do category, three players ended on 4 out of 5 well and so John Leuner (9kyu South Africa) to take the top places: Ihor Zaytsev (4 kyu and Dan Gilder (3 dan Manchester) took Ukraine), Artem Kachanovskyy (4 kyu second place with 4 wins. The Saturday and Ukraine) and Mirolsav Sos (8 kyu Czechia). Sunday saw the Tournament proper, with At under-18 four of the 193 players took the players battling for Tour points as well as a honours with 4 out of 5: Ilia Shikshine (5 large selection of prizes. The top place was dan Russia), Timor Douguine (4 dan Russia), likely to go to one of two visitors who had Antoine Fenech (3 dan France) and Martin been all over Europe after tour points. In the Jurek (3 dan Czechia). Apart from the strong end it was Marco Firnhaber who came out players there were vast numbers of double winner, with in second Vladimir Danek (6 figure kyu players, which is good for Go’s dan Czechia), who only lost to the winner. future if they keep playing.
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Velden Tournament Toyota-PandaNet European Go Tour The Austrian Toyota-PandaNet European Go Final Rankings Tour event was held over the third weekend The final rankings of the tour are decided at of the busy month of March. It was won by Paris, which scores extra points. Winner of Czech 6 dan Radek Nechanicky. Second was the 2002-2003 Tour with 113.73 points from Diana Koszegi (5 dan Hungary). Locals 7 events was Radek Nechanicky. Second Franz Huetler and Gert Schnider were third. with 104 from 5 events was Guo Juan. Third 44 players took part, but sadly there were no with 94.04 from 9 events was Marco players below 10 kyu. Firnhaber. Vladimir Danek had 65.9 and Fan Hui 62. Then came Oleg Mezhov, Csaba European Pair Go Championships Mero, Ion Florescu, Du Jingyu and Dragos The European Pair Go Championships were Bajaneru in 10th. Top UK player was Dan held in Wodzislaw in Poland on the first Gilder in 25th with 14 points. weekend in April. 14 official pairs took part in the top championship group; apart from France, Germany and Netherlands all were from the east of Europe. Unbeaten winners were Rita and Tibor Pocsai from Hungary. INTHELIGHT Second was Russia (Natalia Kovaleva and Alexei Lazarev) and third was Poland A (Alexandra Lubos and Leszek Soldan). They Computer Programs were the best of a group on 4 wins that also www.britgo.org/gopcres./gopcres.html included Germany (Lisa Ente and Benjamin Over the years the BGA has collected Teuber) and France (Anne Tombarello and information on as many Go computer Denis Hanotin). 15 local pairs also played in programs and Go Servers as possible. a handicap group. As well as historical information on Paris Toyota-PandaNet servers, there is information on every European Go Tour Final Go server available. Also there are listings of available Go software, 275 players took part in the traditional Easter whether recording or playing, free or weekend festival of Go in Paris. Again the paid for, complete with links to be elegant town hall at the Place D’Italie was able to acquire the software. the venue. The entry included a remarkable 30 players of 5 dan and above, and a dozen Japanese Professional News from the UK and Ireland. Wuge Briscoe, www.nihonkiin.or.jp/index-e.htm David Ward, Martin Harvey and Richard Go to the Nihon Ki-in site in Japan to Mullens won 3 out of 6. Winner again on a get the latest news on the professional perfect 6 was Fan Hui (7 dan China) who is scene in English. Updated usually living in France. On 5 wins were Csaba weekly by John Power in Tokyo, the Mero (Hungary) and Asai Hideki (Japan). pages give the latest tournament On 4 were Guo Juan (Netherlands), Ion results, promotions and so on, with a Florescu (Romania) and Radek Neckanicky special section dedicated to Western (Czechia). Top Frenchman was Jean- Pros in Japan. There is a link to brand Francois Seailles (5 dan) with 5 wins in 7th new news and links to older history. place. Professional Yuki Shigeno provided Tony Atkins commentaries and a Lightning Tournament and party were held on the Sunday evening.
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UK CLUB LIST CHELTENHAM: David Killen 01242 576 524 (h) Meets various places, Tues 7.30pm. BATH:Paul Christie01225 428 995 [email protected] Meets at The White Hart, CHESTER: Dave Kelly 01244 544 770 Widcombe, Bath, Tues 7.30pm. [email protected] Meets at Olde Custom House, Watergate St, Weds 8.00pm. BILLERICAY: Guy Footring 01277 623 305 DEVON:Tom Widdecombe01364 661 470 [email protected] Meets Mon eves. [email protected] Meets Tues at 7.45pm BIRMINGHAM: Michael Vidler 0121 246 1756 Exeter Community Centre, St. David’s Hill. [email protected] Meets at the Brook pub, Selly Oak., Mon 7.30pm. DUBLIN COLLEGIANS: Noel Mitchell [email protected] Mons and Weds 9:00pm BOURNEMOUTH: Marcus Bennett 01202 512 655 Meets at 24 Cowper Rd, Moordown BH9 2UJ, Pembroke Pub, 31 Lower Pembroke Street Tues 8pm. (off Baggot Street), Dublin 2. BRACKNELL:Clive Hendrie01344 422 502 DURHAM UNIVERSITY:Jenny Radcliffe [email protected] Meets at Duke’s [email protected] Meets Mons 8.00pm The Head, Wokingham, Tues 8.30pm. Victoria Hotel, Hallgarth St, Thurs PFH bar. BRADFORD:David Keeble 01274 581 577 EDINBURGH:Phil Blamire0131 663 0678 [email protected] Meets at The [email protected] Meets at UCW Victoria, Saltaire Rd, Shipley Weds 7.30pm. Club, 15 Brunswick St, Thurs 7.30pm. BRIGHTON:Granville Wright EPSOM DOWNS: Paul Margetts 01372 723 268 01444 410 229 (h), 01273 898 319 (w) [email protected] Meets at 7 Ripley [email protected] Meets Way, Epsom, Surrey KT19 7DB but check at Grand Central pub, Surrey St, opposite with Paul first. Tues 7.30pm. Brighton Station, Tues 8pm. GLASGOW: John O’Donnell 0141 330 5458 BRISTOL:Paul Atwell0117 949 0924 [email protected] [email protected] Meets term time at Meets at Polish Ex-servicemen’s Club, 50 St Research Club, Hetherington House, Paul’s Road, Clifton, Bristol, Tues 7.30pm. 13 University Gardens, Weds 8pm. CAMBRIDGE CHESS & GO CLUB:Paul Smith HASTINGS/EASTBOURNE: Patrick Donovan [email protected] 01223 563 932 01323 640 552 Meets by arrangement. Meets Victoria Road Community Centre, HIGH WYCOMBE:Paul Clarke01494 438 917 Victoria Road, Fri 7.30pm (term). Caters for [email protected] Meets Tues 8.00pm. beginners and children. HP (BRISTOL): Andy Seaborne 0117 950 7390 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY & CITY: Charles Matthews 01223 350 096 [email protected] Meets Wed & Fri [email protected] Meets at noon. Please ring in advance to ensure that Castle Inn, Castle St Mon 7.30pm; The players are available. Latimer Room, Old Court Clare College Tues HUDDERSFIELD: Alan Starkey 01484 852 420 7.30pm (term); Coffee Lounge, 3rd floor, The Meets Huddersfield Sports Centre, Tues 7pm. University Centre, Mill Lane Thurs 7.00pm; CB1 (café), 32 Mill Road Fri 7.00 to 9pm; HULL:Mark Collinson01482 341 179 CB1 informal Sun 4pm. [email protected] Meets irregular Weds 7.30pm. CARDIFF Neil Moffatt 0292 041 2539 [email protected] Meets Chapter ISLE OF MAN:David Phillips01624 612 294 Arts Centre, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff [email protected] Tues 7:30pm. Meets Suns & Weds 7.30pm. July 2003 Journal 13/8/03 6:04 pm Page 42
LANCASTER:Adrian Abrahams01524 34656 Open University & Milton Keynes: [email protected] Meets Gregson Tim Hunt [email protected] 01908 Community Centre, 33 Moorgate Weds 7.30pm. 695 778 Meets 1st Mon of month at O.U. Cellar Bar other Mons at Secklow 100, LEAMINGTON:Matthew Macfadyen Midsummer Boulevard Central MK, 7.30pm. [email protected] 01926 624 445 Meets 22 Keytes Lane, OXFORD CITY:Richard Helyer Barford, Warks. CV35 8EP Thurs 7.30pm. 01608 737 594 Meets at Freud’s Café, Walton Street, Tues & Thurs 6pm. LEICESTER: Richard Thompson 0116 276 1287 Check with Richard that Freud’s is available. [email protected] Meets at 5 Barbara Avenue, OXFORD UNIVERSITY:Niall Cardin LE5 2AD Thurs 7:45pm. [email protected] Meets at the LETCHWORTH:Simon Bexfield01462 684 648 Seminar Room, Corpus Christi Coll [email protected] Meets Caffeine Coffe Weds 7.30pm (term). Bar, off Station Rd 1st Sun 2.00pm please PENZANCE: John Culmer 01326 573 167 phone to check. [email protected] Meets Upstairs LINCOLN:Dr Tristan Jones07752 681 042 Flat, 39 Morrab Road, Penzance Thurs [email protected] 8.00pm. Meets Thurs 7.30pm. PURBROOK: Peter Wendes 02392 267648 LIVERPOOL:Roger Morris0151 734 1110 [email protected] Meets most Thurs [email protected] Meets Maranto’s Wine evenings at Peter’s house, ring and check. Bar, Lark Lane Weds 8pm. READING: Jim Clare 0118 377 5219 (w) [email protected] Meets at the MAIDENHEAD:Iain Attwell01628 676 792 Brewery Tap, Castle St, Mon 6.30pm. Meets various places Fri 8pm. SHEFFIELD:Will Segerman 0777 370 6305 MANCHESTER:Chris Kirkham0161 903 9023 [email protected] Meets Red Lion, Charles [email protected] Meets at the Square St, Suns 7pm. Albert in Albert Square Thurs 7.30pm. ST ALBANS:Alan Thornton01442 261 945 MID CORNWALL:Iyan Harris01872 540 529 or Richard Mullens 01707 323 629 Meets at Meets Miners & Mechanics Social Club, St. The White Lion, 91 Sopwell Lane, St. Albans. Agnes Thurs 6:00pm. Non-regular visitors ring to confirm. MIDDLESBOROUGH: Gary Quinn 01642 384303 SWANSEA:Meets at JC’s, a pub on the univer- [email protected] Meets at the University of sity campus Suns 3.30. Teesside Weds 4:00pm. SHERBOURNE & YEOVIL Julian Davies 01935 MONMOUTH:Gerry Mills01600 712 934 423 046 [email protected] Meets [email protected] Brewers Arms, St James St, South Petherton Meets by arrangement. Weds 7.30pm. SWINDON: David King 01793 521 625 NEWCASTLE: John Hall 0191 285 6786 [email protected] Meets at Prince [email protected] of Wales, Coped Hall Roundabout, Wootton Meets various places, Weds. Bassett, Weds 7.30pm. NORWICH: Tony Lyall 01603 613 698 Meets at TAUNTON: David Wickham 01984 623 519 The Louis Marchesi, Tombland,Thurs 7.30pm. Meets Tues various places. OTTINGHAM N :Clive Wright WEST WALES: Jo Hampton 01341 281 336 [email protected] Meets Weds [email protected] 7.00pm at The Crown Inn, Church St, Baron Allday 01341 280 365 Llys Mynach, Beeston. Llanaber Rd, Barmouth LL42 1RN. July 2003 Journal 13/8/03 6:04 pm Page 43
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GLOSSARY OF GO TERMS
AJI:latent possibilities left in a position KOSUMI:a diagonal play AJI KESHI:a move which destroys one’s own MIAI:two points related such that if one aji (and is therefore bad) player takes one of them, the opponent will ATARI:having only one liberty left; stones take the other one are said to be ‘in atari’ when liable to MOYO:a potential territory, a framework capture on the next move NAKADE:a move played inside an enemy BYO YOMI:shortage of time; having to make group at the vital point of the principal eye- a move in a given time. Overtime is now space to prevent it from making two eyes more widely used in tournament play OVERTIME:in tournament play, having to DAME:a neutral point; a point of no value play a number of stones in a certain time to either player e.g. 20 stones in five minutes DAME ZUMARI:shortage of liberties OIOTOSHI:‘connect and die’, capturing by a DANGO:a solid, inefficient mass of stones cascade of ataris, often involving throw- ins. If the stones connect up to escape, FURIKAWARI:a trade of territory or groups they all get caught. FUSEKI:the opening phase of the game PONNUKI:the diamond shape left behind after GETA:a technique that captures one or more a single stone has been captured stones in a ‘net’, leaving them with two or SABAKI:a sequence that produces a light, more liberties but unable to escape resilient shape GOTE:losing the initiative SAGARI:a descent – extending towards the HANE:a move that ‘bends round’an enemy edge of the board stone, leaving a cutting point behind SAN REN SEI:an opening which consists of Hamete: a move that complicates the playing on the three hoshi points along one situation but is basically unsound side of the board HASAMI:pincer attack SEKI:a local stalemate between two or more HOSHI:one of the nine marked points on groups dependent on the same liberties for the Go board survival IKKEN TOBI:a one-space jump SEMEAI:a race to capture between two ISHI NO SHITA:playing in the space left adjacent groups that cannot both live after some stones have been captured SENTE:gaining the initiative; a move that JIGO:a drawn game requires a reply JOSEKI:a standardised sequence of moves, SHICHO:a capturing sequence shaped usually in a corner like a ladder KAKARI:a move made against a single SHIMARI:a corner enclosure of two stones enemy stone in a corner SHODAN: one dan level KATTE YOMI:self-centred play; expecting TENGEN:centre point of the board uninspired answers to ‘good’ moves TENUKI:to abandon the local position and KEIMA:a knight’s move jump play elsewhere KIKASHI:a move which creates aji TESUJI:a skillful and efficient move in a while forcing a submissive reply local fight KOMI:a points allowance given to TSUKE:a contact play compensate White for playing second YOSE:the endgame