IGS archive: Takagi Shoichi, 9-dan pro and Korean amateurs, part2
Here is the second loss of Takagi, 9p to Korean amateur. Black is Cho Minsu (palma on IGS and Dashn), who is one of the best amateurs in Korea during the last 20 years. He won more than 30 amateur tournaments! Sometimes he beats former 1-2nd class inseis on his way. Palma was quite active on IGS and Takagi was not the only pro he beat. Of course, I don't want to say that Takagi, 9p is weaker than Cho. But his Go is unstable and he can lose sometimes. Cho has similar style with Takagi - both are very aggressive players.
About the game: The last ko fight was not even necessary for Black. He was already 10 points ahead ( it was no-komi game).
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