Victor Chow shares his recent games in the 2017 Samsung Cup, along with some commentary on each one.
2017SumsungCupWDRound1VChow-RyanLi
2017SumsungCupWDRound2VChow-AJarbalin
2017SumsungCupWDRound3Elu-VChow
2017SumsungCupWDRound4MSurma-VChow
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game records, Game Reviews, Tournaments at 7:17 PM, No Comments »
A couple of weeks ago the second round of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2016/2017 was played. South Africa, currently in the C League, faced Bulgaria. This time we managed a clean sweep, winning all four games. Andrew has reviewed his game, and Victor has kindly reviewed not only his own game, but Andrew’s review as well.
Original Game Records:
2016-10-25-round-2-board-1-youngpro-roseduke
2016-10-25-round-2-board-2-adavies-feanor
2016-10-25-round-2-board-3-nem-iaznab
2016-10-25-round-2-board-4-sente-semdd
Reviewed game Records:
2016-10-25-round-2-board-1-youngpro-roseduke-reviewed
2016-10-25-round-2-board-2-adavies-feanor-reviewed
Posted by Paul Steyn as EGF, Game records, Game Reviews, SAGA at 12:52 AM, No Comments »
A couple of weeks ago the first round of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2016/2017 was played. South Africa, currently in the C League, faced Lithuania, one of the stronger teams in the C League. There were some hard-fought, close games, and we managed a 2-2 result. Both Chris and Andrew have reviewed their games, and Victor has kindly reviewed not only his own game, but their reviews as well.
These games take place on average once every three weeks (schedule here) online on IGS. I have found that watching one or two of the games live gives one a much better feel for the game that really helps one understand the reviews, and this is a good way to help one improve.
Original Game Records:
2016-10-04-round-1-board-1-roseduke-andrius
2016-10-04-round-1-board-2-vladasltu-adavies
2016-10-04-round-1-board-3-iaznab-hurakami
2016-10-04-round-1-board-4-liquid-sente
Reviewed game Records:
2016-10-04-round-1-board-1-roseduke-andrius-reviewed
2016-10-04-round-1-board-2-vladasltu-adavies-reviewed
2016-10-04-round-1-board-4-liquid-sente-reviewed.
Posted by Paul Steyn as EGF, Game records, Game Reviews, SAGA at 10:00 PM, No Comments »
In round 10, we drew 2-2 with Lithuania. This leave it all to play for in the final round against Portugal – if we win, we go through to the playoffs.
Victor Chow has been reviewing all the matches, which is not only very useful for the players involved, but all South African players should be able to benefit from the comments that Victor provides. All game reviews have been uploaded to the European Team Championship page for 2014/15
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game Reviews, PGETC at 9:16 AM, No Comments »
Attached find some of my games against similarly ranked players that got reviewed by the pros – yes, I lost most of them 🙂
Day 2 vs Tim 1d
Day 4 vs Livien 3k
Day 5 vs Tomas 2k
Day 7 vs Rick 2k
Day 9 vs Kate 1d
Day 12 vs Tomas 2k
Day 14 vs Tim 1d
Day 15 vs Tony 2d
Day 16 vs Francois 3k
Day 17 vs Glen 1d
Day 24 vs Virgile 2d
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game Reviews at 12:42 AM, No Comments »
Attached is a review of the game between Cornel Burzo vs Kyoungnang Kang at the 2010 EGC. The review was given by Peter Liu (MilanMilan on KGS)
Cornel Burzo vs Kyoungnang Kang at the 2010 EGC
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game Reviews at 12:13 AM, No Comments »
Attached is an sgf of a 6 day lecture series by Jin Jing 2p (English name Jack, aka smartrobot on KGS) on the mini Chinese opening. The main line shows a 52 move whole board joseki which is considered best play by both players, and ends with an even result. There are many variations along the way, for instance, at move 13, there are variations which show the so-called Korean, Chinese and Japanese ways, while at move 52, some invasion possibilities are demonstrated for white.
Jack was basing the lectures on a book from a few years ago, and in some variations he didn’t agree with conclusions, which are noted. In addition, some conclusions are just “ko”, or “seki”, and are not necesssarily fully played out. These should be verified if in doubt.
I found the lecture series very interesting and I hope some of what I learnt can be discovered from the sgf. I recommend using an sgf viewer that clearly illustrates where variations are available, such as CGoban.
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game Reviews at 9:50 AM, 1 Comment »
Attached is a review of the 3rd quarter internet match between Ben Gale (3d) and Chris Welsh (1k). The game was reviewed by Steve (I don’t know his Chinese name). Steve is a Chinese 5d, and is the strongest amateur player in Beijing.
Posted by Chris Welsh as Game Reviews at 8:59 AM, 1 Comment »
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