Roln111 Forces Quick Resign from Artem92

Artem and Ilya are among the strongest young players in Europe. However, Artem seems to struggle against Ilya whenever they play. Perhaps Ilya's ultra-aggressive style is hard for the peaceful and steady Artem to handle. In any case, since December 7, 2008, the record between the two is 10-4 in favor of Ilya.

In this game, after an earlier off-joseki sequence leaves White with a favorable local position. Artem attempts to create a huge moyo in the top area of the board. Ilya invades deeply with White 32 and after a clever sacrifice sequence, lives in sente through White 64. After grabbing the last big point with White 70, Ilya proceeds to methodically destroy Black's center influence. In fact, the game feels like Ilya grabs all of the big yose points as well and Black simply had no chance. It ends in a mere 136 moves. Despite Black making a relatively big center moyo, it is simply not enough.

The biggest problem was White's invasion living in sente without much damage to his outside. Perhaps we can say that Artem is not so good at attacking and that is his biggest hurdle in his dream to become professional.