We've all heard about joonki 9d and his recent drop to 8d and back, but what about joonkimomo 9d? Having a name seeming to parody joonki's, joonkimomo seems to be a reasonably strong 9d on Tygem, having a winning rate as a 9d that's a bit over 50%.  In contrast to joonki, joonkimomo seems to be from China, having advanced to the second round of a recent Tongyang tournament (http://www.tygem.co.jp/Tongyang6/gametable/gametable_all.html).  

Having another loss, we will see how well joonki 9d stays on his toes to maintain his status as 9d.  His recent record has actually been pretty good lately, though, having won the last 5 games before this one, one of them being another game against joonkimomo.

Having seen alternating wins between these two great players, maybe we can guess that they are close to the same level.  You be the judge in the game shown here.

The sequence on the right that occurs up to move 16 seems common, and perhaps worth remembering.  

The choices made by both sides seem to be quite high-level.

Can you reason as to why joonki 9d lost this game?

Game Statistics:

joonkimomo 9d: 14 - 13 [9d] | 586 - 454

joonki 9d: 14 - 8 [9d] | 7265 - 4261

Ranking Points:

joonkimomo 9d: 35825

joonki 9d: 42812

Last 20 Games:

joonkimomo 9d: 10 - 10

joonki 9d: 13 - 7