(;GM[1]

FF[4]
SZ[19]
PW[Go Seigen 9d]
PB[Kitani Minoru 9d]
KM[0.00]
AP[CGoban:2]
CA[UTF-8]
RU[Japanese]
ST[2]
;B[qd]CR[qd]C[Before WWII, in Japan, the most popular stars in sports were led b
y Futabayama of sumo (Japanese wrestling), Kawakami of baseball, Boriguchi of bo
xing, and Kimura Meijin of shogi. While in go, the most honorable, at the top of
the world, were none other than the discoverers of "new openings," Kitani Minor
u and Go Seigen (Wu).
Wu, since traveling to Japan in 1928 at the age of 14, has held the highest hono
r in Go, never faded in 30 years. He was truly a genius that woudl appear only
once a few hundred years in Go history.]
;W[dc]CR[dc]C[Compared to competitions in which the outcome may be decided in a
short burst or a split second, a Go game requires much longer battles to yield a
winner and a loser. This is probably why Go players' professional careers are l
onger than that of other sports.]
;B[pq]CR[pq]C[After WWII, Kitani Minoru's records were down for a while, but sin
ce he was promoted to 9 dan last year (1956), his once unbeatable form appeared
again. Recently he posted an astonishing record of 14 wins and 5 losses. In majo
r tournaments like the Highest Rank Deciding Matches, Honinbo Matches, and Tokyo
Newspaper sponsored Championship Matches, he recorded all triumphs.]
;W[oc]CR[oc]C[Is the once overwhelming "Wu-Kitani Era" re-emerging? Gradually re
covered, rising giant Kitani Minoru, challenges Go Seigen for the first time in
13 years. This balanced struggle is indeed the most remarkable post-war battle s
ince the Wu-Fujisawa 10-game series.
BEYOND THIS POINT, COMMENTARY BY GO SEIGEN HIMSELF.]
;B[cp]CR[cp]C[This is the first game between Kitani 9 dan and me after the War.
Before the War, we had a 10-game series when we were 7 dans; later, we also play
ed 4 games. I remember these 4 games were three games in the Grant Meet (Nihon K
iin's ranked players tournament) and one game sponsored by Yomiuri Newspaper. Fi
nally in 1944, we met again in the ranked players tournament when we were 8 dans
. This game now is my first against Mr. Kitani in 13 years.]
;W[po]CR[po]C[This game is played in Tokyo Chiyoda District Kioi Street's Fukuda
ke Inn on April 14-15, 1957. At the same time, the game between Sakata Eio 9 dan
and Takagawa Honinbo 8 dan (another of Strongest Deciding Matches) is also held
here. That game of theirs will end with Sakata 9 dan, playing Black, winning by
4 points.]
;B[pp]CR[pp]LB[qo:A]C[Black 7 is Kitani 9 dan's unique move; other players rarel
y play it, but Kitani 9 dan has used it a few times in openings like the 1-3-5 (
R16-Q3-C4) of this game.
Black wouldn't want to play A instead, so that white would play Q4 to form the "
avalanche shape," so the Q4 move applies the proverb "opponent's key point is al
so my key point."]
;W[oo]CR[oo]C[White 8 extending upwards is solid.]
;B[qo]CR[qo]C[Black's hane here is big.]
;W[qn]CR[qn]C[Of course white must reply in kind.]
(;B[ro]CR[ro]C[This move is better than the alternative at S4... (see variation)
]
(;W[qg]CR[qg]LB[eq:A][iq:B]C[White 12 is usually played at A.
Kitani 9 dan said in his post-game review that, if White A, Black had prepared t

o play B.
In the situation shown in this game, White 12 does have various ways to play...]
;B[pe]CR[pe]C[Black 13 of course.]
;W[qj]CR[qj]C[Also normal.]
;B[ep]CR[ep]LB[rn:A][eq:B]C[Black 15 is a big point on the board.
Had this move been played at A instead, White would certainly have ignored it (t
enuki) and played B.]
;W[cf]CR[cf]C[White 16 is also a big point that cannot be missed. This point and
Black 15 (E4) are miai.]
;B[kc]CR[kc]C[Black 17 is an extremely good point.
Next move, White 18, is a difficult one (difficult to find a good spot, that is)
.]
;W[oe]CR[oe]C[White chose to attach.]
(;B[pg]CR[pg]C[Black simply plays the tesuji of Q13.]
(;W[pd]CR[pd]C[White 20 to squeeze here is a good move.
White had other options, but see the variations for why they were not played ins
tead...]
;B[qe]CR[qe]C[Black 21 certainly.]
;W[of]CR[of]C[White extending here to P14 is good.]
;B[pf]CR[pf]C[Black has no choice but to Q14.]
;W[qc]CR[qc]C[As a result, White gets 24 and...]
;B[rc]CR[rc]
;W[qb]CR[qb]C[...26 to settle down the corner. This local fight thus comes to a
pause.]
;B[hc]CR[hc]LB[ic:B][qh:A]C[If Black played at A instead, that would be a good p
oint, too, but then White would certainly play B, and B is a point that cannot b
e missed.
Black 27 as played (H17) is an extremely big point.]
;W[qh]CR[qh]TR[rc][qd][pe][qe][pf][pg]C[Now White gets R12, which is a key point
, and White is in a form to attack Black.]
;B[og]CR[og]LB[nh:A]C[If Black neglects to play P13 now, White would play at A a
nd a large black group is captured.]
;W[rn]CR[rn]C[White finally gets S6. During the period of conflicts, Black never
got a chance to play here.]
;B[np]CR[np]LB[nq:A][rq:B]C[31 is absolutely the only move.
If Black tenuki, when White plays A, Black has to defend with B. Getting sealed
into the corner in gote would be unbearable.]
;W[iq]CR[iq]
;B[pi]CR[pi]LB[oi:A][qi:B]C[Black 33 does two things: it prevents a White move a
t A, which would be huge, and it also threatens to cut at B.]
;W[lq]CR[lq]LB[oi:A][qi:B]C[If White played at B instead, it would be slow.]
(;B[mq]CR[mq]LB[oi:A][qi:B]C[Black plays at N3 instead of at B for two reasons.
See variation for both...]
(;W[lp]CR[lp]C[White might not play M4, and instead play the hane at T5...]
;B[no]CR[no]LB[pn:A]C[Now B gets out with 37, also aiming at the cut at A.
At this critical point, white made a mistake with the next move.]
;W[nn]CR[nn]LB[mn:B][so:A]C[White 38 is played in a wrong direction. White shoul
d have played at A, first.
Here, if White plays B now, it would NOT be sente, so Black wouldn't answer it.
]
;B[qi]CR[qi]C[Due to white's mistake, Black finally gets sente to play the cut a
t R11.]

;W[ri]CR[ri]LB[oh:B][ph:A][oi:C]C[If White can get sente here, he would have the

A, B, C sequence to extend white's territory at the right side.]
;B[rj]CR[rj]
;W[rk]CR[rk]LB[rg:B][rh:A]TR[rj]C[If black had played the marked stone at A inst
ead, white would have atari with B.
In this position, "capture the cutting stone" is common sense.]
;B[pj]CR[pj]LB[rg:C][rh:A][sj:B]C[It would be awkward for Black 43 to atari at A
, forcing White B, then Black C to get two White stones.
Imagine, for example, after Black C, White plays Q10.]
;W[sj]CR[sj]C[After White 44, however, black can start an attack... (see the var
iation for move 45)]
(;B[qk]CR[qk]
;W[rj]CR[rj]
;B[pk]CR[pk]C[To here, White is pressed into a low position. This is the fault o
f White 38 (O6).
It has become an opening favorable to Black.]
(;W[mc]CR[mc]C[If White plays elsewhere for move 48... (see the variation)]
;B[fc]CR[fc]LB[ce:B][ck:A]C[This move is very good.
At first glance, A seems to be the real big point for Black. But if Black A, Whi
te will certainly make a checking extension at F17. Then the Black teams on the
upper and right sides would not yet have two eyes, and with two "floating" teams
, Black would be a bad condition.
Also, please note that with F17 in place, black creates an opportunity to attack
White at B.]
;W[ck]CR[ck]C[Since Black gets F17, the other big point (C9) is left for White.]
;B[gq]CR[gq]LB[mn:A]C[And then Black 51 becomes clearly the next biggest point.
Black could also consider playing 51 at A (like in a previous variation), but th
at would make it complicated, so Black takes cash first.]
;W[mo]CR[mo]LB[cm:D][pm:B][mn:A][pn:C]C[At A is the correct (textbook) move here
, but if White played there it would be no threat to Black's corner (see variati
on for move 53).
Also, if White A, Black B to force White C, and finally D would give Black a cle
ar lead.
Therefore, even though N5 is not solid, White doesn't have many choices. This is
again the fault of move 38 (06). White's purpose here is to get Black to respon
d in order to gain sente. If Black ignores here... (again, see variation for mov
e 53)]PL[B]
(;B[lr]CR[lr]C[Black responds to the threat here...]
;W[kr]CR[kr]
;B[mr]CR[mr]C[These two moves are necessary.
In short, in order to get sente, White has to make a move like N5, even though i
t leaves a weak point.]
;W[nj]CR[nj]LB[mn:A]C[White 56 (O10) is the key point to attack. No matter what,
if White doesn't stick to this Black group, he will have no way to win.
56's purpose is to gain opportunities to protect the cut at A by attacking Black
. Conversely, Black can adopt two different attitudes, either harder or softer,
when he chooses his next plays.
In short, this is the first crisis of the game.

See the variations for the different approaches for Black, beginning at move 53.
The first is the roughest and most unsatisfactory for Black, but the other ways
give white a bit of a headache.]
;B[nk]CR[nk]C[Instead of the other ways, Black used 57...]
;W[mk]CR[mk]
;B[nl]CR[nl]C[...and 59. This is of course the most solid way to play, but...]
;W[mj]CR[mj]C[...after White connects with 60, he has somewhat achieved his goal
of attacking Black.]
;B[oj]CR[oj]C[In the end, Black must finish with P10.
It is possible to avoid playing this move, but... (see variation)]
(;W[so]CR[so]TR[oo][po]C[The hane here is to gain sente before sacrificing the t
wo marked stones.]
;B[rq]CR[rq]
;W[ml]CR[ml]
;B[nm]CR[nm]
;W[mm]CR[mm]TR[oo][po]C[This move ends up sacrificing the two marked stones. It
is possible to avoid doing this, but...]
(;B[on]CR[on]TR[cm]C[The marked spot on the left side is the key point concernin
g the trend of both sides' growth. We can see how they both fight to reach it fi
rst.]
;W[mn]CR[mn]C[To here, although White loses two stones, he gets a spectacular ou
tside thickness in SENTE. White has managed to gain back what he lost with move
38 (06). ]
;B[pn]CR[pn]LB[qm:A][cn:B]C[After this move, if white could gain some cash in se
nte by playing at A, before turning to play at B on the left side, that would be
even better than simply playing B right away.
Let's see what would happen if that was the case...]
(;W[cn]CR[cn]LB[ql:B][rl:A]C[White finally gets the chance to play at C6, and th
us escapes from the previously disadvantageous situation. At the right side, if
Black plays at A, White at B would take care of it.]
;B[qm]CR[qm]C[Since White got the big spot on the left, letting black profit wit
h 71...]
;W[rm]CR[rm]
;B[ql]CR[ql]C[...and 73 is unavoidable.]
;W[rl]CR[rl]
;B[co]CR[co]LB[er:A]C[C5 is the way to solidify the corner. Of course, even with
out this move, the corner has no problem for now. but later, when the outside si
tuation changes, then there is a possibility that White will cast in a stone at
A. So now Black 75 prevents it.]
;W[bn]CR[bn]LB[dn:A][bp:C][bq:B][er:D]C[White 76 extending downwards decides the
growth of both sides' territory. Playing at A instead would be yielding and pas
sive.
Also, this move aims at White B, Black C, White D. If, when White plays B... (se
e variation)]
(;B[ce]CR[ce]C[Black 77 is the long-awaited severe tesuji.]
;W[de]CR[de]LB[cd:A]C[White absolutely CANNOT afford to play at A to give in.]
;B[cd]CR[cd]
(;W[df]CR[df]LB[dd:B]C[Connecting here is a strong move. If White connects at B
instead...]
(;B[dd]CR[dd]C[Black must play here...]
;W[ed]CR[ed]
;B[ec]CR[ec]C[Since White blocked, black has no choice but to cut, looking forwa
rd to a deciding fight.]
;W[cc]CR[cc]C[This is, likewise, the only move for White.]
;B[bc]CR[bc]
;W[bb]CR[bb]
(;B[bf]CR[bf]C[Black must play here. If he connects... (see variation)]

(;W[bg]CR[bg]C[White must also play here. If he tries something else... (see var
iation)]
;B[bd]CR[bd]
(;W[af]CR[af]C[W has no choice but to play here... (see variation)]
;B[ab]CR[ab]PL[W]
(;W[ba]CR[ba]LB[cb:A]C[If White plays at A here, instead, it leads to a ko. (see
variation)
This way also leads to a ko, but it is an easier one for White.]
;B[ae]CR[ae]C[With this move, the huge ko that will determine the result of this
game has started.]
;W[be]CR[be]
;B[ee]CR[ee]
;W[fd]CR[fd]
;B[bf]CR[bf]C[After Black 97, White can't find an appropriate ko threat anywhere
on the board. How, then, to save such a dangerous situation?]
;W[ag]CR[ag]C[Under the current circumstances, White 98 is the choice when there
's no choice.]
;B[eb]CR[eb]
;W[cb]CR[cb]
;B[cg]CR[cg]C[Black 101 cuts directly. Good.]
;W[gd]CR[gd]LB[be:A]C[This point absolutely cannot be passed by.
If White played A instead, Black would follow with G16, and that's a ko threat f
or Black.]
;B[bh]CR[bh]C[Black's move to pull the three white stones into the ko is rather
unexpected.
This is the second crisis of the game (The first was at move 56).]
;W[be]CR[be]
;B[rf]CR[rf]C[Black threatens a White group that is worth about 50 points.
The mere idea of White ignoring this threat seems ludicrous, since it's hard to
imagine that White would sacrifice such a big group. But Go Seigen's strategies
are often unexpected--]
;W[ad]CR[ad]C[White unhesitatingly finishes the ko.]
;B[sh]CR[sh]C[With this move, Black kills the White group. However, I think with
the moyo at the middle, White has more than enough to compete with Black. White
's move at G16 gave his central moyo a big boost.
That said, Black 103 was a questionable move.]
;W[en]CR[en]LB[ic:B][ie:A][jf:C][ig:D]C[White played this move out of order.
First, he should have played A, forcing Black B, and THEN play at E6.
If Black does a shallow invasion at C, white would block with D.]
;B[hd]CR[hd]
;W[he]CR[he]
;B[ge]CR[ge]LB[ie:A][if:B]C[If Black played at A, it would just help White to ge
t in a move at B.
Black cuts here to apply some techniques directly, looking for a chance to turn
it around.]
;W[ie]CR[ie]
;B[fe]CR[fe]
;W[ac]CR[ac]
(;B[ej]CR[ej]C[This invasion is too deep. There is another way... (see variation
)
Since Black has gone so deep into White's zone...]

;W[gj]CR[gj]C[Whit has no choice but to cap and surround Black in order to kill.
]
;B[el]CR[el]LB[ig:C][gh:A][fi:B]C[Black has better prospects at C here, instead.
Then, when White B, Black C and tries to seek a living path in another directio
n.]
;W[fm]CR[fm]C[The exchange that just occured is worth reconsidering by Black. Si
nce he is inside the influence of White's thickness, Black 117 could easily lead
himself into a trap that he cannot escape.
Besides, after White plays 118, When Black later tries to invade from the bottom
, it will be different (clearly it is harder to invade from the bottom now than
before).]
;B[gh]CR[gh]C[Since it has developed to this situation, the only way for Black t
o win is to desparately find a way to save this group.
On the other hand, if White fails to capture Black, White would lose. Therefore
White has no choice to but to fight his hardest. It's do-or-die for both opponen
ts - an inspiring and heartbreaking fight has begun.]
;W[fi]CR[fi]C[Kitani 9 dan's given time has completely consumed (each player is
given 10 hours; Kitani's clock should show 9 hours 59 minutes, saving the last m
inute for byo-yomi), and he doesn't have sufficient time to deliberate.]
;B[eg]CR[eg]
;W[fh]CR[fh]
;B[fg]CR[fg]
;W[hg]CR[hg]
;B[gg]CR[gg]
;W[hh]CR[hh]
;B[fl]CR[fl]LB[gi:B][gk:A]C[If Black plays at A instead, White would counter at
B.
Even if White let Black run away towards the center, White's right side has a ro
ck-solid wall, and Black cannot escape anywhere.]
;W[di]CR[di]
;B[cj]CR[cj]
;W[dh]CR[dh]
(;B[cl]CR[cl]LB[gm:A]C[If Black played at A instead... (see variation)]
;W[dk]CR[dk]
;B[dl]CR[dl]
;W[do]CR[do]
;B[dj]CR[dj]
;W[bk]TR[bk][do]C[The two marked moves are related tesuji.
Now Black's lower left corner becomes shaky.]
;B[gi]CR[gi]
;W[fj]CR[fj]
;B[ek]CR[ek]
;W[bl]CR[bl]
;B[hi]CR[hi]LB[dp:A]C[The middle-game fight has come to a most critical point.
It's such a close and intense melee at the center that Black has no chance to de
fend the weakness at A.]
;W[dg]CR[dg]
;B[ji]CR[ji]
;W[jd]CR[jd]LB[jc:A]C[If Black ignores this move, White A would be unbearable. N
o matter how urgent the situation at the center is, Black has to answer this mov
e.]
;B[jc]CR[jc]
;W[kh]CR[kh]
;B[jh]CR[jh]C[Now every move by Kitani 9 dan is under the sound of byo-yomi.]
;W[kf]CR[kf]

;B[hj]CR[hj]
;W[hl]CR[hl]
;B[il]CR[il]
;W[im]CR[im]C[Starting from Black 115 (E10, the move that was too deep), it has
been Kitani 9 dan's unique "invading strategy." Often this strategy (to let oppo
nent form a big frame, and then to live within this frame) would terrify the opp
onent...]
;B[hk]CR[hk]C[...However, in this game, White's zone is as solid as a stone fort
ress, and it's really hard for Black to achieve what he is looking for. Besides,
Kitani 9 dan is now short of time, which puts him at an even more disadvantageo
us position.]
;W[hm]CR[hm]
;B[lh]CR[lh]
;W[ki]CR[ki]
;B[kg]CR[kg]
;W[lg]CR[lg]
;B[jg]CR[jg]
;W[le]CR[le]LB[ef:C][gf:A][hf:B]C[When White plays 160, if Black tries the seque
nce from A to C to make an eye, then White would adopt the techniques shwon in t
he variation to destroy Black's other eye at around K10. (see variation)]
(;B[kj]CR[kj]
;W[li]CR[li]
;B[jk]CR[jk]
;W[hf]CR[hf]LB[ff:A]C[White connecting to destroy the eye at A is the safest way
.
No matter how Black struggles now, he cannot live. White wins by resignation.
Time consumed:
Black - 9 hours 59 minutes
White - 6 hours 26 minutes])(;B[gf]CR[gf]C[Black threatens to cut...]
;W[hf]CR[hf]C[...so White connects...]
;B[ef]CR[ef]C[...and Black has one eye. Now, however...]
;W[jl]CR[jl]C[...White begins to destroy his second eye. When he atari...]
;B[ik]CR[ik]C[...black connects...]
;W[jj]CR[jj]C[...and White plays the severe tesuji of K10. With this move, Black
's chances to live become very slim indeed.]
;B[kj]CR[kj]
;W[li]CR[li]
;B[jk]CR[jk]
;W[kk]CR[kk]C[White makes the eye false with L9...]
;B[ij]CR[ij]
;W[ih]CR[ih]C[...and destroys another potential eye with J12.]
;B[kl]CR[kl]
;W[lk]CR[lk]C[The eye is still false with White M9..]
;B[jm]CR[jm]
;W[io]CR[io]C[White jumps, but black still has only one eye.]))(;B[gm]CR[gm]C[If
Black hane...]
;W[gn]CR[gn]
;B[em]CR[em]
;W[fn]CR[fn]C[After White plays G6 and F6...]
;B[dn]CR[dn]
;W[dm]CR[dm]
;B[do]CR[do]
;W[dl]CR[dl]
;B[dj]CR[dj]
;W[bj]CR[bj]C[White has D7, D8, and B10 to live at the bottom.
Then...]
;B[hn]CR[hn]C[...if Black hane again...]

;W[ho]CR[ho]C[...White just also hane, and it works.

Black is unsuccessful.]))(;B[hh]CR[hh]C[If Black plays H12...]
;W[jh]CR[jh]
;B[fg]CR[fg]C[...and F13, this would turn into a large-scale life and death prob
lem. To live inside White's surrounding stones is probably quite difficult, and
in fact, even if Black doesn't try to struggle to live here, he could instead in
vade from the lower side to damage White's territory - and that could be enough.
But to give up the upper portian is a difficult decision to make, since it's dif
ficult to be sure that Black would gain enough from below.]))(;W[cb]CR[cb]
;B[ba]CR[ba]
;W[ca]CR[ca]
;B[da]CR[da]))(;W[ac]CR[ac]C[If White plays here...]
;B[ab]CR[ab]
;W[aa]CR[aa]
;B[ae]CR[ae]
;W[ch]CR[ch]
;B[db]CR[db]
;W[cb]CR[cb]
;B[eb]CR[eb]
;W[ag]CR[ag]
;B[af]CR[af]
;W[ca]CR[ca]C[White creates a seki in GOTE. A big loss.])(;W[ab]CR[ab]C[If here
instead...]
;B[cg]CR[cg]C[After Black cuts here...]
;W[bh]CR[bh]
;B[ee]CR[ee]
;W[fd]CR[fd]
;B[ef]CR[ef]
;W[dg]CR[dg]
;B[ge]CR[ge]C[The two white stones are captured.]))(;W[ad]CR[ad]C[After a peep..
.]
;B[be]CR[be]
;W[bg]CR[bg]
;B[ab]CR[ab]
;W[bd]CR[bd]
;B[db]CR[db]
;W[cb]CR[cb]
;B[ca]CR[ca]
;W[ac]CR[ac]
;B[ba]CR[ba]C[Black can create a ko.]
;W[aa]CR[aa]LB[rf:A]C[Although White takes it first, at this point Black has a h
uge ko threat at A.]))(;B[bd]CR[bd]
;W[ac]CR[ac]
;B[bf]CR[bf]
;W[ad]CR[ad]
;B[be]CR[be]
;W[bg]CR[bg]C[Black dies.]))(;B[cc]CR[cc]C[If Black chooses to live in the corne
r with C17 and B14...]
;W[ec]CR[ec]
;B[bf]CR[bf]
;W[bg]CR[bg]
;B[be]CR[be]
;W[fd]CR[fd]LB[ba:C][bb:B][cb:A]C[After White F16 hane, White is thick, and it's
no good to Black.
Also, eventually white would have the sequence from A to C to force a ko.]))(;W[
dd]CR[dd]
;B[bf]CR[bf]C[Black would use B14 to...]

;W[bg]CR[bg]
;B[cg]CR[cg]
;W[df]CR[df]
;B[bh]CR[bh]
;W[be]CR[be]
;B[ag]CR[ag]C[...to make a ponnuki. After sacrificing two stones...]
;W[bd]CR[bd]
;B[dj]CR[dj]C[White's center moyo is gone.]))(;PL[W]
;W[bq]CR[bq]
;B[cq]CR[cq]LB[bp:C]C[Black blocks here, instead of at C...]
;W[bp]CR[bp]C[...White B4 up to...]
;B[bo]CR[bo]
;W[ao]CR[ao]
;B[br]CR[br]
;W[ar]CR[ar]C[...A2 are extremely big endgame moves.]))(;W[qm]CR[qm]LB[cn:B]C[Wh
ite plays here to try to force black to respond. If he does respond, then all is
well, and White will go on to play at B.]
;B[cm]CR[cm]C[If Black ignores, however, and goes on to play on the left side...
]
;W[om]CR[om]C[White forces with P7...]
;B[op]CR[op]
;W[pm]CR[pm]C[...and then Q7 seems to capture the large black group on the upper
right side.
However, white avoided this sequence because of some truly amazing reading...]
;B[rf]CR[rf]C[Black first tries to create eyespace with S14...]
;W[rg]CR[rg]
;B[rb]CR[rb]
;W[ra]CR[ra]
;B[ph]CR[ph]C[...and Q12...]
;W[nh]CR[nh]C[...White destroys the eye on the outside with O12 and...]
;B[ng]CR[ng]
;W[lf]CR[lf]C[...M14...]
;B[sf]CR[sf]C[Now pay close attention.
Black begins to make one eye with T14...]
;W[sb]CR[sb]
;B[sd]CR[sd]LB[ok:A]C[Here is one eye, but it seems that the other one at A can
easily be made false by white...]
;W[re]CR[re]
;B[sh]CR[sh]C[T12 is an amazing tesuji, along with...]
;W[sg]CR[sg]
;B[rl]CR[rl]C[...S8!]
;W[ql]CR[ql]C[White must cut...]
;B[sl]CR[sl]LB[qf:A][rh:B][sk:C]C[Black descends, threatening the sequence Black
A, White B, Black C to atari White...]
;W[sm]CR[sm]C[White must answer...]
;B[qf]CR[qf]C[Another forcing move, which removes one more liberty from White...
]
;W[rh]CR[rh]
;B[ol]CR[ol]LB[pl:A]TR[rl][sl]C[And finally P8! Black has two eyes, because Whit
e cannot play at A to make it false. If he does, he will not be able to atari th
e marked stones and his entire group will die.
As it is, he must play S7 and kill the two stones in order to live in gote. Trul
y a terrible result for white.
ED NOTE: The ability to read this sequence out in the middle of an intense game
is truly astounding.]))(;AE[ml][mm][nm][so][rq]LB[mn:B][so:A]TR[oo][po]C[...Inst
ead of playing A for sente, White connects at B to avoid sacrificing the marked

stones.]PL[W]
;W[mn]CR[mn]
;B[pm]CR[pm]C[Black peeps...]
;W[pn]CR[pn]C[...and White connects...]
;B[cm]CR[cm]LB[mm:A]C[...and Black gets the big point on the left. Not only that
, there is still a leak in White's shape at A, so he is thin.]))(;AE[mj][oj][mk]
[nk][nl]PL[B]
;B[on]CR[on]C[To avoid playing the P10 sequence, black would have to respond to
O10 here.
Cutting like this starts a large-scale battle...]
;W[om]CR[om]
;B[mn]CR[mn]
;W[nm]CR[nm]
;B[ml]CR[ml]
;W[mm]CR[mm]
;B[ll]CR[ll]
;W[ph]CR[ph]
;B[oh]CR[oh]
;W[oi]CR[oi]
;B[li]CR[li]
;W[nh]CR[nh]
;B[ng]CR[ng]
;W[mh]CR[mh]LB[on:A]C[...up to here, the situation is quite complicated. It is h
ard to predict the outcome for Black, so he chose the P10 way instead of the fie
rce cut at A.]))(;C[If black ignores N5...]PL[W]
(;W[rq]CR[rq]C[White gets a peep...]
;B[qp]CR[qp]C[...and after black connects against it...]
;W[nr]CR[nr]C[...another painful peep.])(;W[nj]CR[nj]C[Or white could attack wit
h O10. There are three approaches to dealing with this move now...]
(;B[pm]CR[pm]C[This is Black's roughest strategy, and the least satisfactory. Th
e other variations give white a headache...
First he peeps...]
;W[pn]CR[pn]
;B[nk]CR[nk]C[...then attaches...]
;W[mk]CR[mk]
;B[ml]CR[ml]C[...then hane...]
;W[nl]CR[nl]
;B[nm]CR[nm]
;W[ok]CR[ok]
;B[ol]CR[ol]C[However, after the P8 atari...]
;W[mm]CR[mm]C[White can struggle with N7 to force a ko...]
;B[nk]CR[nk]C[After Black takes the ko...]
;W[op]CR[op]C[White has a ko threat at P4, with more to come.]
;B[lm]CR[lm]C[So Black has to atari first, then...]
;W[mn]CR[mn]
;B[nl]CR[nl]C[Connect to finish the ko.]
;W[oq]CR[oq]C[White gets P3, though...]
;B[or]CR[or]
;W[nr]CR[nr]
;B[pr]CR[pr]
;W[nq]CR[nq]LB[ng:B][mh:D][nh:C][rq:A]C[...up to O3. Both sides made an exchange
, but since White can next get either A or B, this result is better for white.
For example, if Black plays A next to protect the corner, White can play B, forc
ing Black C and then a White double-hane with D, destroying the thickness formed
when Black connected the ko at O8.
And what happens if black ignores the corner and plays on top, around B, instead

? (continue...)]
;C[Assuming black ignores the corner...]PL[W]
;W[rq]CR[rq]C[First white tosses in a stone at S3...]
;B[rr]CR[rr]
;W[rp]CR[rp]
;B[qq]CR[qq]
;W[qp]CR[qp]
;B[sq]CR[sq]
;W[so]CR[so]
;B[qs]CR[qs]C[...and the sequence is unavoidable to here. Although Black lives,
giving the two stones to White in gote is a big loss.
In conclusion, the situation is better for white.])(;B[nl]CR[nl]C[Let's suppose
black doesn't ignore, and instead decides to give White a headache with O8...]
(;W[ph]CR[ph]C[If White cuts with Q12 and...]
;B[oh]CR[oh]
;W[oi]CR[oi]C[...P11...]
;B[ni]CR[ni]C[...Black will atari and...]
;W[oj]CR[oj]
;B[mi]CR[mi]
;W[mj]CR[mj]
;B[lj]CR[lj]
;W[mk]CR[mk]
;B[mm]CR[mm]C[...peep with N7.]
;W[lk]CR[lk]C[White must save these cutting stones he's invested, so black gets
to...]
;B[mn]CR[mn]C[Cut, and White would be fairly thin. So White can't just cut with
the marked stones.
Of course, if white were to play A now, black would of course give up those five
s stones around Q9.])(;W[ol]CR[ol]C[If white separates at P8 instead...]
;B[om]CR[om]C[Black starts with P7 up to...]
;W[pl]CR[pl]
;B[nm]CR[nm]
;W[ql]CR[ql]
;B[ni]CR[ni]
;W[mi]CR[mi]
;B[nh]CR[nh]
;W[mn]CR[mn]
;B[nk]CR[nk]
;W[ok]CR[ok]
;B[mj]CR[mj]
;W[oj]CR[oj]
;B[li]CR[li]
;W[mk]CR[mk]
;B[lj]CR[lj]
;W[lk]CR[lk]
;B[kk]CR[kk]C[...here, P19, sacrificing four stones (08 group), but with sente h
e gets to play at...]
;W[ll]CR[ll]
;B[cm]CR[cm]C[...C7. This is a big point, and it's an easy situation for black.
In conclusion, O8 is a good response against White O10.])))))(;W[]LB[mc:A]C[Supp
ose White doesn't play at A...]
;B[nd]CR[nd]C[Black immediately peeps at O16...]
;W[od]CR[od]
;B[nc]CR[nc]C[...and blocks with O17. These two moves concern the base of both s
ides; extremely big.]))(;B[mn]CR[mn]C[With N6...]
;W[nm]CR[nm]
;B[pm]CR[pm]

;W[pn]CR[pn]
;B[rl]CR[rl]C[...to here, although Black doesn't quite separate the white groups
, Black is now able to attack this big White team when the time times.]))(;W[so]
CR[so]LB[qi:A][pn:B]TR[oo][po]C[This hane is sente, and the goal is to protect t
he cut at A and to sacrifice the two marked stones when black cuts at B...]
;B[rq]CR[rq]
;W[qk]CR[qk]C[White extends here and is settled.]
(;B[pn]CR[pn]C[If Black cuts now...]
;W[pm]CR[pm]
;B[on]CR[on]
;W[om]CR[om]C[White sacrifices the two stones in sente...]
;B[nn]CR[nn]
;W[fq]CR[fq]C[Then turns to an extremely good point.]
;B[eq]CR[eq]
;W[er]CR[er]
;B[dr]CR[dr]
;W[fr]CR[fr]C[This way, white gains a good deal. It would seem that this variati
on is better for white.
Black can avoid this path, however... (see alternate move 39)])(;B[gq]CR[gq]LB[p
n:A]C[Instead of cutting at A, black plays G3 here...]
;W[nn]CR[nn]C[The next three moves...]
;B[mn]CR[mn]
;W[nm]CR[nm]LB[ng:A]C[Are appropriate.
Now, White A is a severe attack...]
;B[]LB[ng:A]C[If Black neglects to protect there...]
;W[ng]CR[ng]C[White will jump at the chance...]
;B[nh]CR[nh]
;W[mh]CR[mh]
;B[mg]CR[mg]
;W[nf]CR[nf]
;B[ni]CR[ni]
;W[oj]CR[oj]C[The attack would continue like this.])))(;B[qi]CR[qi]C[If black cu
ts here...]
;W[ri]CR[ri]
;B[rj]CR[rj]
;W[rk]CR[rk]C[White would atari...]
;B[rh]CR[rh]
;W[sj]CR[sj]
;B[rg]CR[rg]C[...and give up two stones in sente.
White now has the chance to play the huge move that N3 would have protected agai
nst...]
;W[op]CR[op]
;B[oq]CR[oq]
;W[nq]CR[nq]C[This cut is very large.]))(;W[pf]CR[pf]C[Q14 to wedge in seems to
be severe, but will it have a satisfactory result?]
(;B[of]CR[of]
;W[qf]CR[qf]
;B[od]CR[od]C[Atari to get out is a mediocre move.]
;W[ne]CR[ne]
;B[nd]CR[nd]
;W[me]CR[me]
;B[md]CR[md]
;W[le]CR[le]LB[pc:A]C[It's certain to get to here. This way, not only has White
enlarged his moyo to the biggest extent, but also he left some aji at A.
It would appear that this way is better for White. However, see the other variat
ion for why Q14 wouldn't work this nicely...])(;B[od]CR[od]LB[nd:A][of:B]C[After

white's wedge, Black can simply play the tesuji of P16 and wedge in himself.
Now, if White A, Black B. This exchange would be in favor of black.
So, White Q14 is not good.]))(;W[qc]CR[qc]C[If White attaches with R17...]
;B[of]CR[of]
;W[ne]CR[ne]
;B[rc]CR[rc]
;W[qb]CR[qb]
;B[qh]CR[qh]C[After capturing this stone, Black is in good shape.]))(;B[of]CR[of
]C[If Black hane...]
;W[ne]CR[ne]C[White would happily extend to O15...]
;B[pg]CR[pg]
;W[qf]CR[qf]
;B[pf]CR[pf]LB[ne:B][of:A]C[...it ends up with this shape. Clearly, Black's hane
at A would have been a mistake.]))(;W[mc]CR[mc]C[White had considered to play a
jump...]
;B[pc]CR[pc]C[Then Black would certainly play Q17...]
;W[ic]CR[ic]C[After that, if White played J17 to press...]
;B[ke]CR[ke]
;W[me]CR[me]
;B[ie]CR[ie]
;W[gd]CR[gd]
;B[lg]CR[lg]C[We can then imagine a picture up to here. W would look thin, so I
didn't adopt this way of play.]))(;B[rp]CR[rp]C[If black S4 instead...]
;W[ro]CR[ro]
;B[qp]CR[qp]C[Now white's wall on the right is almost perfect, an inferior resul
t for black than with the original move (S6).]))