Andy Liu (bigbadwolf 9d KGS) slides in 4.5 win against yagumo 8d from Japan
Background:
Andy (Zhi Yuan) Liu plays as bigbadwolf on KGS. His AGA rating is 9.2677, making him one of the strongest go players in the
organization. He was born on May 5, 1991, and has done quite well at a number of tournaments, including having won the US
Open at the 2006 US Go Congress, despite having strong opponents like Jiang Mingjiu 7p and Jie Li. He was also the youngest
player to represent the USA in the 28th World Amateur Go Championship.
His opponent, yagumo 8d KGS seems to be from Japan, being that yagumo is often found using the Japanese version of the KGS
client. Not much is known about yagumo, but looking at his game history is a bit interesting, seeing how he earned his first rank
at 17k?, and moved his way all the way up to 8d starting from March 6.
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In this game, there are a number of interesting moves. I'm a bit surprised at black's choice of L3, but perhaps other observers
may have a better idea. White splits black well, and attacks viciously with G4, going on to kill the group at F8! Despite this, black
presses on and pushes for a rather close game, but not quite gaining enough. The game ended in a 4.5 point loss (komi was 0.5).
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2009-04-10
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