In particular... Walther's back! I played him at Diesel on Thursday. I resigned when a group of mine died, but it was so nice to have him back and to get to play with him again. And we have our next dan level class scheduled. On September 15th, we'll study (at Mr. Park's suggestion) this game between Ma Xiaochun (b) and Yi Chang-ho (w) from 1997:
(;GM[1]FF[4]SZ[19]AP[SmartGo Kifu:4.2]CA[utf-8]
GN[1997-10-09a]
PW[Yi Ch'ang-ho]WR[9d]
PB[Ma Xiaochun]BR[9d]
EV[2nd Samsung Cup]RO[Semi-final]
DT[1997-10-09]
PC[Silla Hotel, Seoul]
KM[5.5]
RE[W+0.5]
CP[GoGoD Collection Copyright © 2001-2015 John Fairbairn. All rights reserved.]
CH[1];B[pd];W[dd];B[qp];W[dq];B[do];W[co];B[dp];W[cp];B[eq];W[cn];B[dn];W[dm]
;B[cq];W[dr];B[bq];W[cr];B[cm];W[cl];B[br];W[er];B[bm];W[bn];B[bl];W[bp]
;B[fq];W[fo];B[en];W[dl];B[ap];W[ao];B[fr];W[bk];B[cs];W[fm];B[np];W[jd]
;B[cc];W[cd];B[dc];W[fc];B[fb];W[qj];B[gc];W[fd];B[hb];W[gd];B[hd];W[he]
;B[hh];W[id];B[hc];W[fh];B[hf];W[ge];B[bd];W[be];B[bc];W[cf];B[jf];W[nc]
;B[qg];W[qm];B[pc];W[ne];B[lf];W[ld];B[ri];W[oq];B[op];W[qq];B[pq];W[pr]
;B[pp];W[rr];B[or];W[rp];B[ro];W[nq];B[ps];W[qr];B[nr];W[mq];B[mr];W[mp]
;B[kq];W[mo];B[pn];W[sq];B[pm];W[ko];B[so];W[sp];B[kc];W[kd];B[ng];W[qi]
;B[rj];W[qh];B[rh];W[pg];B[qf];W[nh];B[mh];W[mi];B[li];W[ni];B[qk];W[lj]
;B[lh];W[kj];B[ii];W[kg];B[kf];W[mg];B[lg];W[nf];B[fi];W[iq];B[jp];W[hp]
;B[jo];W[jn];B[in];W[io];B[kn];W[jm];B[km];W[jl];B[gh];W[ln];B[kp];W[hj]
;B[fg];W[eh];B[gf];W[ff];B[eg];W[dg];B[ef];W[ee];B[lo];W[df];B[fe];W[qo]
;B[ei];W[qn];B[dh];W[mm];B[ip];W[ho];B[hq];W[pk];B[ql];W[pl];B[rm];W[rn]
;B[ec];W[ed];B[bh];W[ie];B[ob];W[lm];B[pj];W[oj];B[kl];W[ll];B[gp];W[go]
;B[lq];W[jb];B[hm];W[kk];B[gl];W[ep];B[ij];W[nb];B[ib];W[ko];B[jc];W[kb]
;B[lb];W[lc];B[ic];W[lp];B[kr];W[hk];B[bj];W[fn];B[es];W[em];B[ds];W[ak]
;B[fk];W[hl];B[mb];W[ma];B[ja];W[ek];B[ik];W[il];B[cj];W[ck];B[bg];W[mc]
;B[ka];W[pf];B[ph];W[qb];B[pb];W[qe];B[pe];W[re];B[mf];W[rc];B[rf];W[se]
;B[of];W[me];B[bf];W[ce];B[oe];W[od];B[pi];W[gk];B[fj];W[fl];B[ok];W[ol]
;B[nk];W[nl];B[oi];W[nj];B[rl];W[ki];B[kh];W[ae];B[ji];W[dj];B[di];W[aq]
;B[na];W[oa];B[pa];W[qa];B[na];W[ad];B[ac];W[oa];B[sr];W[ss];B[na];W[if]
;B[ig];W[oa];B[sf];W[qd];B[na];W[dq];B[dr];W[oa];B[sb];W[rb];B[na];W[eo]
;B[dq];W[oa];B[sc];W[sd];B[na];W[ks]
(;B[gq];W[oa];B[oh];W[mk];B[na];W[jr];B[ir];W[oa];B[sm];W[sn];B[na];W[ls]
;B[lr];W[oa];B[qc];W[sa];B[na];W[hr];B[jq];W[oa]
(;B[sc]
(;W[sb];B[na];W[ci];B[bi];W[oa];B[ar];W[cg];B[ch];W[na];B[la];W[oc];B[og]
;W[qs];B[os];W[ej];B[aj];W[af];B[ag];W[ap];B[hi];W[gj];B[ff])
(;W[rq]))
(;B[so]))
(;B[la];W[hr];B[gq];W[jr]
(;B[is];W[js];B[ls];W[hs];B[lr];W[os];B[ns])
(;B[lr];W[os];B[ns];W[ls];B[is];W[js];B[jq];W[ir];B[gr])))
When Chun returns, I will declare Congress a success. (Are you reading this Chun? I said "when", not "if".)
We also had a special guest appearance from Devin Fraze on Thursday!
And I played my first game against An Huang, our newest tenure-track hire in the Brandeis math department on Friday -- he's probably about 6 dan! I'm so lucky! We didn't finish our game because we left to go to a Women in Science Initiative beginning-of-the-year event (free beer).
I'm planning to buy some more Go sets for the math department because we have a few grad students who are interested in playing, and we might be able to get Dave Hampton from the neuroscience department to come by (he stopped by briefly on Friday) and, while he's still at Brandeis, Neil, of course! If we can get some regular play happening, I'll also invite the Brandeis club to join us.
Classes started on Thursday, so the craziness of the semester is picking up. I'm trying to set aside my Go time from the beginning of the semester, in hopes of doing a better job of defending it.
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