I am the moderator Shimosaka Miori.
Today is the 8th game of the third round.
Hane Naoki vs. Yamada Noriyoshi.
Please enjoy.
After the nigiri, Yamada Noriyoshi 9 dan will go first.
Komi is set to 6.5 points. Each player must make their move in under 30 seconds.
Each player is given ten, one minute periods of thinking time. Have a good game.
Now to introduce the players.
Playing as Black, Yamada Noriyoshi 9 dan.
From Fukui prefecture.
42 years old.
Studied under Honda Kuniisa 9 dan.
He plays for the Kansai Go Federation.
In the first round he defeated Mimura Tomoyasu 9 dan and defeated Sakai Hideyuki 8 dan in the second round. Now he's on to the third round.
Playing as White, Hane Naoki 9 dan.
From Miei prefecture.
38 years old.
Studied under Hane Yasumasa 9 dan.
Plays for the Central Japan Go Federation.
He was seeded into the first round and defeated Xie Yimin 9 dan in the second round to go on to the third round.
Now to introduce our commentator.
Ishikura Noboru 9 dan. Thank you for being here.
It's good to be here.
Tell us, what will be the highlight of today's match?
I've really been looking forward to this.
These two have excellent positional judgement.
They play very calm, methodical Go.
So they're similar?
Well it's fairly common.
There will definitely be a fight. It's just a matter of who'll make the first move.
Well, we'll keep an eye on who will attack first.
Thank you very much, let's begin.
He used up one period of his thinking time.
So we've caught up to where the game actually is.
What do you think of the game so far?
So these two komokus and this low stone, it appears to be his special opening.
We've seen this before.
Here, most people would approach.
It's normally not good to let Black have two corner enclosures.
Black will play here, and then probably for Yamada this is an opening he likes.
So Hane did something unexpected and played here.
So now Black may be thinking "What now?"
This move would be the normal move.
He could also expand out further.
These two White stones want to expand in this direction.
An approach this way would develop this area and be really good for him.
So therefore we need to think about how to enclose.
Black had this move prepared.
A one space enclosure.
These two stones are high.
The aim is to develop the center.
Black is trying to do something against that.
This might be the first time to see this opening.
It's simple, but you don't see it often.
The knight's move would be more usual.
In speed Go you need to go for the big points.
That's really important.
This means that Hane has changed his game plan a bit.
He played the enclosure on the sixth move.
There are a lot of places where you can expand.
White has that one space jump in the upper left.
Having two extensions from that would mean he could make a big territorial framework.
Once it's there it'd be difficult to invade.
So now White will play on the right.
Recently, it's been very popular for people to start fierce fights from the beginning of the game.
This game seems rather calm.
Well, yes, both of them are calm players.
They both expand their territorial framework, and then it's a matter of who goes into the other's framework first.
He played in a narrow space.
Normally in the opening you want to play in the wide open spaces.
He's aiming at invading White's framework on the left side.
Where exactly would he invade?
Somewhere in here. Coming in here would be severe.
This aims at the weakness of the one space jump.
He's aiming at that kind of move which is why he played in such a narrow area.
Approaching here would be a fine move. Playing to expand in the open spaces is normal.
If White plays here then Black develops the bottom.
Black's territorial framework would be excellent, therefore White will basically say "Sure, come on in."
Now there will be a fight.
He invaded right away.
This is the first time for Yamada 9 dan to be in the third round of the NHK cup.
He beat Mimura and Sakai and is riding the wave.
He's been gaining confidence with every game.
Now, how to attack this?
White is weak since Black has a stone here.
If he plays this then Black will jump.
Now these two parts have been cut apart.
Black has friends nearby.
He can come in the corner, slide, peep, these kinds of moves.
How to respond is actually pretty difficult.
If you play this then these stones are too cramped.
How about this move? More severe.
I think he's thinking about this.
It seems he's played elsewhere.
He let Black get another move there.
White doesn't have an especially good move to attack the invading stone.
For the moment, just play at the top...
If Black escapes out with his stone, then White will follow.
Very flexible.
It shows how flexible Hane is.
Let's say White plays this straight out. Black will push out.
So now to choose between cutting and haneing out.
Like this Black gets out.
If Black gets out White is cut and then the situation is painful for him
For the moment let's play here, make sure this area is secure.
White can aim to invade here or even here.
Now this move is aiming at this move all the way over here.
The most peaceful move would be to play here.
White will follow
This is in a good spot.
Black is weak and White is weak.
There is no real worry of being attacked.
So will Black play here or something in here?
The one space jump just doesn't quite cut it.
He needs to come up with something more.
That's what he's thinking about.
He chose the most peaceful move.
I've seen Yamada play quite a few times.
He usually plays straightforward moves.
We saw many of his calm moves during the second round.
It takes confidence to win like that.
It's best to stick to your own style.
White played the diagonal attachment.
What's the meaning of this move?
Black could slide underneath and come in.
This protects in sente.
This simultaneously protects his weakness while threatening Black's base.
Interesting move.
Usually you play here.
After that, you can come into this area.
If you play here, then later...
White's territory is big because you can stop Black from coming in.
This shape is about Black's eye space. Now he can make an eye.
This also attacks White's eye shape.
White can't really make an eye here.
This move is going to start a fight.
White is weak, so he jumps.
Exchanging this for this means that Hane is really going to work hard.
He made territory here, and now he has to survive.
He has confidence.
Normally you wouldn't make this exchange first before jumping.
He's sealed up territory.
He thinks White can do it.
Both of them played one space jumps.
Does White need to do it again?
White should place importance on his weak stones.
Play from your weak stones.
There.
The one space jump protects his weak stones.
The stones on the left were weak.
It is very important to understand that concept.
Playing from your weak stones.
If you just keep making territory, then you'll get attacked, and lose control of the game.
A peep.
This moved is also interesting.
What does it mean?
You can play this but if you do it now White becomes thick.
The next move would be something like this.
There's a peep here if you block.
If White connects here then like this...
This would be great.
This tests White's response.
So will he protect?
He's thinking.
So now what to do as White?
Connecting here is just what Black wants.
So now he's thinking of playing something different.
Since White has played from his weak stones here, then the honest move is to just jump out.
White might jump.
White is doing quite well here.
That move is useful.
This stones, which were weak, come out and help to create a territorial framework.
This would be ideal.
Black doesn't want this.
So that's why Black could play this.
These stones are still weak so play something here to strengthen and then come back.
I see.
That's his aim.
So if White plays here, or maybe White connects this way.
Well, let's think about how to fight back.
We worry about this hole here.
If we play here then we can keep connected.
These White stones here become weaker.
This move here makes it difficult for White.
He's fighting back.
I think Hane's style is quite calm.
When he does counter attack, it's usually severe.
He's earned 23 titles.
One of those would of course be the NHK cup.
He's good at speed games.
Of course Hane is strong...
He usually gives the impression that he's unshakable.
Even when things get tough, you don't see it on his face.
He always has the same, calm expression.
I think that's wonderful.
White peeped once then descended.
So Black's peeping stone at the top, White wants to swallow it up.
Black should play from it.
How is he going to come out with those stones?
White played here to take territory and attack Black.
Just running out will leave this stone in a lurch, therefore...
Something like this.
If it connects Black is stronger.
Then Black can really attack these stones.
He just played there.
Black can connect this way and this way.
Two equal ways of getting out.
This is safe.
This move is really big.
It might be okay to just throw this stone away.
Ah, he moved out with it.
He's really trying.
If worse comes to worse then he can connect under.
The crux is these stones here.
It's not good if these stones get attacked.
He doesn't want to get attacked while trying to attack Black.
So Black is connected?
Yes.
White doesn't want Black to connect his upper right stones to his stones on the left.
He'll cut.
Very thick move.
He's almost connected to the left side.
Now if White plays here...
White is connected.
This point here is the vital point.
If White plays here then these two stones cannot be saved so...
These three stones are in trouble.
White will connect.
You got it.
I thought I fight would break out but actually it's quite peaceful.
This area has been resolved.
What do you think of the position?
White did okay.
Black's group on the upper right is still not connected with the group on the left.
And the upper left is a lot of territory for White.
Black is thick though.
So he'll have to use that thickness, and maybe do something with the three stones on the left.
This move is wonderful.
So instead of directly attack White's three stones on the left...
He's aiming at the from farther away, putting pressure on them.
White continues to expand.
He's basically saying "Go ahead and attack those three stones."
Hane's stones won't die easily.
He's waiting for the attack.
From here on Black will attack White.
We'll see how much territory Black will get in the lower left by attacking.
Peeping seems like the move to make.
Black has a wall here.
Even if White gets thicker here, it won't have an affect on these stones.
Peeping from this side is bad.
Black's territorial framework on this side is smaller.
At this point he's thinking of a move to fight back.
For example, attaching here.
Or pushing here.
Just connecting here is not so great.
If it goes like this..
White gets out.
He's thinking about this.
If White plays this Black can block or extend and this area becomes solid.
Well, in the end he connected.
He must think that there wasn't a way to strike back.
The first thing to think about is how to fight back.
Well connecting is fine.
White seems like he'll get attacked.
Peep, then cap.
So at the bottom Black got the star point.
So even if White runs in that direction, he still won't completely get away.
Black capped him.
Since that's the case, will he run towards the top?
Well, if Black gets another move at the bottom then his territory there is huge.
You want to play there.
This stone here makes getting away more difficult, but...
If Black gets this move then this area really feels good.
Efficient.
I was thinking about what to do here.
Here it looks thin.
If he tries to capture...
This is a net.
Even if he comes out he's captured.
White is actually strong here so he can come out.
He covers.
Black attacks, White survives.
Black wants to secure territory at the bottom while attacking.
Black is playing in the center to eventually gain a foothold to come into White's territorial framework on the right.
So Black isn't trying to capture White.
Well, things might get serious depending on how he plays.
Hane played two knight's moves.
It's easier to make eyes when you play moves diagonally from each other.
I see.
Playing moves in a straight line doesn't make eyes.
Playing diagonally from other stones eventually creates eyes.
People who are good at surviving in tough spots are good at doing that.
These are truly beautiful moves.
If you play like this then making eyes is difficult.
With a move like this you can swallow this stone.
Something like this could be the next move.
White makes eyes while erasing the territory here.
White's looking at this move or this move to live.
From Black's perspective, White has all this territory here, so he needs to attack.
He has his work cut out for him.
For example, Black can play a forcing move here.
He might play this. Hopefully it comes out okay.
Now all of these moves that are diagonal from one another become thin.
He decided to play there.
He doesn't want to throw away the stone he peeped with earlier.
There are times where you throw away your peeping stone, but this time he wants to keep it.
He wants to make a strong attack.
He's trying to take away his eyes.
Playing stones diagonally from one another is really beautiful, but it could also become thin.
You want to push through that thinness.
It may look like White is suffering under this attack but...
It's hard for Black to play here.
So he could come in somewhere over here.
It feels like Black is being trampled underfoot.
So, how about playing something in here?
Playing here protects and makes points.
White might be able to come here.
Black is not 100% alive here.
If Black runs away then White comes out naturally.
From White's perspective..
Don't try to just live in here.
Reduce this Black territory here or attack your opponent.
When you're being attacked, aim for your opponent's weakness.
That's a basic principle of surviving with weak groups.
Black might not White to get out, so he might cover.
Another period of thinking time gone.
This game is the final match of the "Best 8."
The lineup we have this season for the Best 8 is pretty young, with over half the people in their 20s and their teens.
The young people are really performing well in the Go world lately.
Besides study groups, young players can look at games from around the world on the internet.
They can play everyday.
Young people have really become strong.
Young players in Japan are really coming up in the world.
We always hear how Japan is losing to China and Korea, but the young players will change all that.
Yamada 9 dan is having some difficulty making a decision.
This point is the vital point for eye shape.
If he's serious about attacking, he'll play here.
What now?
For example, something like this.
If he's going to be serious about it...
He has no eyes.
You want to attack hard like this.
But then you wonder if your opponent can strike back.
Plus, this shape is thin and there is this peep.
Ahh, he did it.
It seems this was the vital point.
He can't attack if he doesn't play here.
He aims to disrupt White's shape, and then play something over here.
That would be painful for White.
Hane plays softly.
Black's already played an empty triangle, so White's not going to follow suit by playing on the spot next to it.
Is it okay if he doesn't save all the stones?
When trying to survive with your weak group, it's okay to let the tail go.
Trying to save everything could be painful.
White's put himself into a position where he can erase Black at the bottom and make eye shape.
Once he gets strong enough he can counterattack.
That's how Hane plays when he survives with weak groups.
I said earlier that this is the vital point for eye shape.
This is an empty triangle. They say it's a bad shape.
But in this fight, the empty triangle isn't bad.
Of course we'd never play something like this.
Playing this, then Black plays here and the whole thing doesn't have eyes.
So he plays here to just defend.
For example playing here makes an eye.
Thick.
He's saving his power.
Well, he's gained quite a bit of territory in the corner.
There are some places White can aim at in the lower left.
Black has stopped his attack.
The one space jump will help out when White tries to run away towards the top.
Ahh, reinforcement.
Hane thinks he's doing fine.
What do you think of the position?
Well, it all depends on how well Black can attack White on the left.
Black is expanding his territory on the right.
This move expands the upper right and also aims at White on the left.
He's applying pressure from afar.
If White runs away in this direction then this stone is doing a lot of work.
It becomes very difficult to run away.
Also, this area becomes bigger.
Also if Black plays here then this eye isn't complete.
That's his aim.
If White just lives then this area becomes even bigger.
That result would be unbearable, so he played here.
Now Black peeps here.
Let's look at the balance of power.
This area is about 20 points for White.
Here, Black has more than 20.
Black is bigger even taking into account komi.
That's of course, if it becomes territory.
So now we compare the size of Black's space here and Whites.
That'll decide the game.
White jumped.
This move makes territory but then this area is comfortable for Black.
It's a contest between Black's space here and White's space here.
Looking at these two parts of the board, including komi, Black is ahead.
So we play here...
Now, what next?
If Black plays like this then White defends.
Then this area becomes smaller.
He's fighting back against the peep.
He didn't connect.
He's not afraid of Black pushing and cutting.
He seems to be inviting it.
This area is under White's influence so the fight should be good for him.
So Black peeps, and normally we play here.
Then something like this.
It may seem like there's nothing special here but...
This kind of move could be annoying.
Black could come in this way.
These two stones can't connect.
Even if you play this then you just play this.
If you play from here then Black comes through.
Because this Black stone is here, these three White stones suffer.
This could be really annoying.
Then if Black plays this then come back here.
Now here, if Black plays here then White plays this.
He can connect.
That's why he played this.
Black does want to play this but White has many moves.
It might be overplay.
He's thinking about it.
This move is very thick.
If White is thick here then Black's enclosure in the upper right might not become territory.
You need to make yourself strong first.
He's aiming at an invasion.
If Black loses territory in the upper right then he can't win.
He needs to keep it.
Black continues to push.
He's saying "The upper right is all Black's territory."
Is it really?
Well, for the moment I don't think just jumping in will work out well.
Well, White has made the right side strong.
It should help out the White stones on the left should they come under attack.
That's what he's thinking about as he's playing.
Now that we've pushed so much, we want to find a spot to stop.
All this pushing has made him thick.
Now Black's position at the bottom is thin.
I'm a little worried about White's group on the left.
Attach?
This is interesting.
Attaching here is a very interesting move.
If White plays something like this...for example...
Like this...then atari.
Now these Black stones have gotten to be very thin.
If you want to totally defend this area...
A move like that is too slow.
We attach here and stop White at this line.
You also can get territory.
He'll play something to this effect..
Now if White plays this...Black plays this...
This hanging connection is perfect.
White cannot break out.
This is to push against White and make this area stronger.
Ahh, this?
Thick.
Black gained territory.
This is to cover up the weak spots here.
Descending there is pretty big.
Now that Black played there it's extremely big.
If Black played there it'd be worth dozens of points.
That's why usually you descend there.
Black should play one more move in this area.
He's attacking.
Now things are going to get interesting.
So Black has been playing all of these moves to prepare to attack White.
White has been thinking about how to handle being attacked the whole time.
And now, the fight has begun.
It's gotten interesting.
This shape is called the "dog's face."
This is a way to possibly make an eye.
By playing there Black must block.
Reducing Black's territory in sente.
Now he has some eye shape.
You need to play one more move there to make an eye.
White is playing lightly.
White has his work cut out for him.
Black's empty triangle is a bit low on liberties.
Playing this aims at the empty triangle.
This is the most severe response for Black.
Will White continue to fight back?
There it is, the pincer attachment.
This attachment is a great move.
Normally you play here.
Now White plays here.
Maybe peeping first is good?
Now you play here, and Black is separated.
This move doesn't let White play here, but...
Now this is the vital point.
Now if we play here, atari, then...
Now these 3 stones are captured.
Not enough liberties.
They're captured.
Even connecting here, these stones are captured.
Nothing he can do about it.
Now these four are dead.
Playing here meant he was aiming at this.
Now that the three stones are dead, White has gained quite a bit of territory.
This sequence here is wonderful.
Like this you're dead.
Connecting is impossible
Come out.
Now the three stones are dead.
Now these stones are safe.
Black's territory is pretty nice.
Over here is big, but here is big too.
Now I wonder who is in the lead?
Both of the players are thinking about this.
They're not sitting there reading this out.
It's too easy.
They're taking their time to count.
So if he feels he's not ahead just yet...
He won't capture the three stones.
He won't play here.
He'll play something over here.
He's thinking about it.
He went there.
Right, I knew he'd play somewhere else.
He can take the three stones but it's slow.
Being good at surviving with stones means you can counterattack well.
Because White is not 100% alive yet, is Black's only option to accept this fight?
White can take those three stones at any time.
Even if you fight hard, he'll still live.
Ahh, he played.
He's not going to let White have his way.
He attached and now he's come back to capture.
He wanted to probe.
Would Black compromise or would he fight?
This is Hane's soft style play.
I thought he'd attach and then just cut.
Instead he played a move and then decided to settle his group.
White is completely alive now.
How effective will White's cut be after he lives with his group?
I'm not certain that it will be effective just yet.
Well he may not continue. He was testing to see if Black would hane.
The aim might be to attack Black's stones at the top.
There is a good chance that the exchange where White attached and Black blocked will work for White.
He's thinking about many different moves.
He already was going to play there, he was just thinking how to continue.
Now, what does Black do?
What are his choices?
He wants to come in on the right.
Will that be okay?
What's going on?
They played this and this earlier right?
So these three stones are gone. Now if Black plays here..
Now if White plays here Black pulls back to connect and the stone is light.
If you're still planning on attacking then you play like this.
If you still play this, then something could work, for example...
Which one is better? This or this?
This group is in danger.
White can aim at this.
This area is thin, so Black played this move.
The followup is to cut.
If he can control this area then he can come in this far.
If he can't, then Black might be behind on territory.
White is going to fight back.
So our attention is focused on the middle.
Playing this would secure this area.
He might play something over here, but if White plays something like this.
This territory is pretty big.
Over 35 points.
This is about 30.
A little less than 20 points.
If you put these two together then..
Over 25.
So if you add komi then this equals this part.
The fight then becomes which one of these sides is bigger.
There are 35 points here. It's pretty secure.
This is pretty thin.
It all depends if he has the confidence.
If he's behind on territory he comes in, but then White might have something like this.
He attached.
He's trying to make sabaki with his stones while reducing White.
The one space jump doesn't have much impact.
White will respond if he attaches.
He'll erase potential here and then come back.
He's erased most of White's territory.
If Black can safely connect, he won't be behind on territory.
White needs to play here because if Black gets this point it might be possible for Black to make eyes.
It's a big point in any case.
So he'll extend next...oh!
He pushed in.
So he's not playing in the middle, he's creating space to make eyes.
When Black pushes and White blocks...
then on the right Black can turn.
It's sente.
Looks like an eye.
Turning threatens a double atari.
This is sente.
When White connects...
We'll see if he can extend above his two stones.
It'd be bad if White were to hane at the head of two stones.
Black would be low on liberties.
He really wants to extend.
Like I said earlier, this move is thick.
But if White gets this then Black is short on liberties.
Play something like this and then this whole thing collapses.
These stones aren't worth much then.
If he can, he'd like to play here.
When White comes here...
Well, let's play out the cut.
This is difficult to choose.
If he cuts then he'll definitely be dead.
This is dead.
There has to be something he can do against this.
He played elsewhere.
He went somewhere else.
He wants to secure the upper right side territory.
White can still hane on the right side.
He has a backup plan for handling the middle.
I don't think he'll be cut so easily.
Black is a bit thin.
If Black doesn't play this then the balance of territory is not in his favor.
He played it.
What happens next?
Instead of cutting, if he hanes underneath..
It should work, but he gets damaged in the process.
This move looks like the best.
White can't capture everything.
He might be able to cut off something.
It feels like if he can, he won't be behind.
Even with the cut, Black doesn't seem bad.
He's going after Black.
White is cutting through Black's shape.
Is there nothing he can do about it?
This is a bit painful.
White will extend.
There it is.
This is interesting.
This looks pretty good for White.;
Using his thinking time.
This is the deciding fight,.
He wants to play here.
Here, if Black cuts.
It looks like these White stones are captured.
If you play this then this.
Here if he connects then you atari and then it's dead.
First you cut here.
Even if Black captures...
This can't be alive.
Black is destroyed.
Therefore...
This move is what he is aiming at.
This stone isn't there.
If he plays like this...
Even if he comes here..
Should be ok.
This move is strong, it takes away White's liberties.
This move might work.
He's not going to go for it.
He connected.
Peaceful.
The center is now stronger in sente, so Hane thought that was enough.
Black didn't get that much.
He played on points that weren't worth anything.
The center looks to be White's.
Could turn into White territory later.
They're finished negotiating here.
They're looking at who is ahead.
Let's go back a few moves.
You don't have to add another move here.
Then you can play up top.
With this move, cutting here and here are equal points.
Black needs another move. This is painful for Black.
Will White get territory over here or...
Or reduce the corner?
I feel he won't lose no matter what he picks.
So that means that White is ahead?
I think White gained here.
So maybe instead of here, protecting here.
Although White coming in here wouldn't be pleasant.
White got a good result.
You see this move often.
Using it well is difficult.
It's not about living in the corner.
You sacrifice the stone to reduce.
Black has many different responses.
This one is normal.
So he's going to sacrifice the one stone in the corner.
That way he can reduce Black's territory.
So the territory here is settled.
He'll atari.
Now are we in the endgame?
Well now we can see who has how much territory.
Black has 30 points here.
If White pulls back then maybe 35 points in total.
Over 30 points here.
If he can get this then 35.
At most Black has 70 points.
White has a little bit more than 20 points.
25 points including this.
Up to here he has 40.
65 sure fire points.
Black has at most 70.
With komi, White is comfortably ahead.
What will happen with the center though?
If the entire center is lost...
He played here.
Is he aiming at some sort of weakness?
If Black plays this....
Then this is sente. Works pretty well.
You make territory and get thick.
Here he ataris, he connects.
If he can attack and turn this area into territory, his lead is clear.
So play on some point around here...and Black does need to protect this spot.
Extending works well.
Now White is attacking.
Like that, we can say White wins.
He doesn't have time to just protect here.
Something to protect and save these stones. Maybe something like this?
This is a forcing move.
Saving those stones is going to be rough. This splits.
As you run out this gets blocked off.
This move also could work. Well, you could just bluntly push through.
Now you have this move.
Maybe you can cut, but anyway...
This is sente, and there is only one eye.
This group gets cut off and now Black suffers.
This doesn't turn out well.
Hmm, we might need to try something different.
The most direct move is this.
The center could still be surrounded and there are some endgame moves up top.
If the center is surrounded then Black doesn't have enough.
Black's move was sente.
It's hard to connect with his stones on the left.
He's afraid his stones on the left will get cut somehow.
The center is the focus right now?
White wants to make territory in the center.
He blocked?
That point is big too.
Yamada is persistent.
Wonderful.
This move shows his determination.
Black has some weak points in the upper left.
He's trying to catch up.
When White extends here...
I worry about Black's eye space now.
He can't throw those stones away right?
Right.
That'd be 15 points or so.
16 points. Very big.
Let's play it out.
Does this group live or die?
With this it looks dead.
This move is a forcing move.
When Black plays here he can connect out.
Extending here makes an eye.
There's an eye here.
He can make two eyes.
He can't capture.
If he plays here and says "Go ahead and connect"
He gets a lot of territory.
That's a possibility.
He attached here.
If White gets strong here then it becomes difficult for Black to connect.
He needs a clever sequence.
If Black doesn't try something he's behind.
Blocking on the right side was peaceful.
However it lost territory.
He did it.
The wedge is the correct continuation.
How should Black protect?
Here white ataris.
White has to come back and capture this stone.
If he plays this...
White pushes through and Black loses a lot of territory.
Also the connection here is weaker.
Difficult decision for him.
He played there.
He's working hard.
This move aims at swallowing up White's stone.
Locally this is the strongest move.
Is it good or not?
It has something to do with the life and death of Black's left side group.
He's playing it because if he doesn't he's down on territory.
Do or die.
Very interesting.
There it is.
White looks like HE'S the one that wants to capture.
Let's look at what's going on.
He wants to play here right?
This is what he wants right?
Now, the atari is the strongest move.
If he plays on this side.
Can he jump out and connect?
White has all these moves.
It doesn't connect?
He gets cut.
He can't connect.
Does extending work?
It threatens to seal in the top.
If Black connects to the left, White will play at the top, and maybe it's a capturing race.
He has to go for it.
If he doesn't play there Black dies.
I thought just playing the atari here would be pretty severe.
If you play this then this is still a forcing move.
Black probably gets killed like this.
With this move, Black has to defend again.
Now he plays this and Black can't make a second eye.
Even if White pushes here.
Black can capture these stones.
White cannot cut.
White can turn here.
Now hane.
Something like this.
There's a cut here.
Well now Black is alive. An eye here and an eye here.
Here, this is sente.
Now he can push through.
This is sente, right?
The followup is to connect out.
Now he's alive.
White's dead right?
This is getting dicey.
It's hard to believe Black can't blow now.
White can play a defensive move in sente.
I think the left can live pretty easily.
He's trying hard.
Now he protects the top in sente.
Now when Black connects White will take away Black's eye to try and capture.
It'd be better for Black if he lived on the left without damaging himself anywhere else.
White would have lost territory.
If he plays here Black doesn't have a second eye.
This is captured in a net.
White forces first.
He can't capture.
He played here.
He's trying to capture.
I think living instead of blocking was better.
I thought it was interesting.
He might have a sequence prepared to live.
What is pretty far ahead on territory.
I don't see how Black lives.
We see Yamada bowing his head a lot.
If those 4 White stones at the top live there is no way he has enough territory.
If he runs there's a net.
White's push is sente.
He just extended.
If he captures in a net then he'll extend on the right.
The 4 stones at the top will come back to life.
Black's in a fix.
Good move.
No choice right?
The two Black stones in the middle are coming back to life, but...
But even then Black doesn't gain that much does he?
This looks good for White.
White is ahead.
This is gote.
There are plenty of big spots on the board.
White wants to keep sente.
Black has quite a bit of territory.
About 55 points.
Does White have 50?
The center could be White's territory.
This connects the right side.
On the right side White has 30 points.
The upper left is 17.
The middle is 7.
54.
He has over 55.
Black has 55 and not many places to increase that number.
White also has komi.
White is good. Also it looks like the center could become territory.
That point was also big.
Those 2 Black stones in the middle are captured.
If you let your guard down they might get away.
He needs to be careful.
He doesn't want to play another move there so he's leaving it.
Locally, if you play here...
Then you play here...
This is a false eye.
White is thin here though.
The game is good for White so I don't know if he'll try this.
If you play here, then this spot looks good.
If you can play this in sente then he gains even more territory.
White has a lot going for him.
Black has about 55, and no chance to make more.
If White captures the two stones in the middle then he'll have over 60.
This is big endgame.
This increases White's territory at the expense of Black's/
Black has to do something because White could jump in next.
Feels uncomfortable.
They're both counting while playing these moves.
You calculate how big each move is.
You calculate how much each move is worth as you play.
They're both good at positional judgement.
They're both also especially good at endgame.
I think both of them know who is leading.
They both know White is ahead.
Black is looking for some way.
Maybe he'll get his chance if White overplays and tries to capture.
Hane doesn't really overplay though.
This threatens Black's eye.
If he had played this one space higher then Black would be dead.
Black will take the two stones, or maybe play on another spot?
This is sente.
It aims at the wedge.
Buying some time.
If White plays one more move in the center then Black dies.
Black should just take the two stones.
Then there is still some chance to run out with those two stones.
Huh?
He played elsewhere.
That was unexpected.
Yes it was.
If he gets cut in the middle.
looks dangerous.
Will White take the bait?
He's being careful.
Will Hane be careful?
He protected.
If he takes the two stones in the middle...
White still seems in the lead.
He's not going to complicate things.
Black is going for it.
He's aiming at coming in from above.
He still has some thinking time left.
I'm worried.
Did I make a mistake somewhere? He plays here.
Like this, right?
The question then becomes if this is connected.
If he comes here, then here...
You can save this but...
This is alive.
Maybe he's aiming at the eye space here?
He's aiming at this sequence.
Black has no eye here in any case.
But it is a little scary.
Locally, if White plays here then Black plays here.
If he connects, push through...
Block
If White connects he might not have enough liberties.
Well, this is his aim.
In the game, he connected above.
This is really strong.
Black could get captured.
He's protecting first.
White doesn't need to capture, the game is good for him.
There it is.
He's going to capture.
Hane is the master of sabaki.
He resigned.
After 188 moves Hane Naoki, playing White, wins by resignation.
This was the final board position.
So once White plays here Black is dead?
Even if you take this White plays here and then taking it just leaves a false eye.
He had no choice but to resign.
He was just looking for some opening here.
Where was the game decided?
Well, firstly, making sabaki with these stones was wonderful.
He made good use of the thickness he got from capturing these three stones.
Also here.
This was Black's and then it came under White's control.
White was ahead and kept his lead.
Ishikara 9 dan, thank you for commentating.
If you would like to see in depth commentary and the game record of this match
you can find them in this book "Lectures on Go."
There is also an electronic edition. We invite you to take a look.
Today, Hane Naoki 9 dan won by resignation.
He's made it on to the next round.
We hope to see you again for the next match.
Thank you, and goodbye.
Today "My move" was number 96. the hane.
At this point in the game I played here.
I chose to attack Black's group here.
If Black had directly defended here instead of playing over here...
...I felt the game would have been close and difficult from here on out.
He played elsewhere and decided to stick it out.
I haned.
It went like this...
I was able to disrupt his shape while making myself thick in the center.
I was able to secure a lot of thickness here, so I thought I was good.
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