Li League Match 10 - Fukuoka vs Nagoya
So the final match of the 1st half of the season is here with two teams trying to avoid being last place. Like the previous this seems to have fallen on strength lines with player v player and few if any shenanigans
Board 1 has the two co-captains pairing off with 2922 Yanagihara Saki versus Nyu Eiko 3023. Board 2 has the 3rd string players with Jo Bun'en 2849 versus Takao Mari 2895, you'd have to favour Mari but she has had some difficulties with fighters before. Finally the two captains on Board 3 Hoshia Shiho 3001 versus Kato Chie 3031. If ELO at start of league rules then you would expect Nagoya to win all three but Shiho has had a strong tournament so far winning 2 and losing 1 versus poor Kato Chie who has last all her games so far. I would not want to bet against Eiko so the key match might turn out to be board 2 where both teams have decided to play their 3rd strongest players.
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Will be updating with the match report Sunday, sadly a little busy tonight and tomorrow..
| Board | Fukuoka | Senko | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board 1 | Yanagihara Saki | Nyu Eiko | B+4.5 | Nyu Eiko |
| Board 2 | Jo Bun'en | Takao Mari | W+R | Jo Bun'en |
| Board 3 | Hoshiai Shiho | Kato Chie | B+R | Hoshiai Shiho |
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Will be updating with the match report Sunday, sadly a little busy tonight and tomorrow..
Board 1 — Yanagihara Saki (White) vs Nyu Eiko (Black)
Opening
Both players showed signs of nerves prior to the game start which was interesting. Eiko started with the common 44 and 34 facing opponent and Saki went for the more influency duel 44. Black then knight approached the bottom left 44 with White following the most popular professional Joseki here and knighting back then the game took a more AI bent with an instant 33 invasion. I wonder if Eiko was trying to make Saki uncomfortable as she is known as favouring more traditional play and not always liking the AI variations - Classic Stylish Go, if you like. Anyway she defended with the sente variation and Black forced to the 3 stone then hane variation at which point Saki hane'd the bottom side. She has played this way before and I think it is because it fairly tightly squeezes Black into the corner but gives opportunity for pressure if needed but also provides some potential low value escape moves for Black. Black defends the hane, white sacrifice cuts, Black defends and white counter atarism and now with Sente (If white takes black counter ataris at the top) Black enclosed their 34 corner.
White now 33'd the remaining corner, this matched the previous until Black switched into the more traditional variation and pushed twice giving white Sente to take the extension between two Black walls, Black 1 space approached this stone from the bottom (makes sense more space so more points ) and white knighted away with Black capping white defended with a dogs head and at this point Black re-switched back to the top left and atari'd on the inside, white protected and Black crept putting pressure on the 3 stone wall. White then knighted from underneath making potential territory causing Black to jump 1 space and then White took a 3 space extension from a 3 stone wall giving Black Sente to threaten the lower group from below at D10, White ignored and protected the top left atari which put Blacks group under threat so Black had to take the B15 stone and then White protected with an armpit hit on the invader that Black (loosely ) jumped from allowing White to defend.
White now 33'd the remaining corner, this matched the previous until Black switched into the more traditional variation and pushed twice giving white Sente to take the extension between two Black walls, Black 1 space approached this stone from the bottom (makes sense more space so more points ) and white knighted away with Black capping white defended with a dogs head and at this point Black re-switched back to the top left and atari'd on the inside, white protected and Black crept putting pressure on the 3 stone wall. White then knighted from underneath making potential territory causing Black to jump 1 space and then White took a 3 space extension from a 3 stone wall giving Black Sente to threaten the lower group from below at D10, White ignored and protected the top left atari which put Blacks group under threat so Black had to take the B15 stone and then White protected with an armpit hit on the invader that Black (loosely ) jumped from allowing White to defend.
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