Will SJS Take it Home for the 4th Straight Year? 25th Nongshim Cup FINAL ROUND

25th NONGSHIM CUP FINAL ROUND Gu Zihao 9P vs Shin Jinseo 9P
White: Gu Zihao 9P
Black: Shin Jinseo 9P
2024/02/23
Time Control : 1 hour each with byoyomi
Black won by resignation.
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At the 9th Round both Japan and Korea were down to their final player, while China had 4 players waiting. This was due to Xie Erhao 9P's outstanding performance of 7 straight wins, which had eliminated most of the Korean and Japanese players.
Catching up for the Korean team, Shin Jinseo 9P had 5 straight wins from Round 9 to Round 13.
The final Chinese player was Gu Zihao 9P, the Chinese team leader.
Shin Jinseo has been undefeated for the last few years of this tournament and with 15 consecutive wins before this final round he has already surpassed Lee Changho's previous record of 14 consecutive wins. Consecutive wins over multiple years are a thing in this tournament, as the final winner often has to defeat a number of opponents.
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[@Arcticp75]

Crazy how in a tournament with 15 top players, only two players won games!! XE and SJS too strong!

[@redreoicy6698]

3 players won a game, japan defeated korea in the first round

[@yxL10]

Thx Mr. Redmond i like the way you comment the go games. You helped me a lot to improve my skills! Im actually on a business trip in Japan and looking forward to play some games on a real Board 😌

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Thank you!

[@Herv3]

These breakdowns are always appreciated

[@krapsman882]

Thank you Michael for this new very interesting upload!

[@adamboboc9272]

Wow....what an exciting game....thx Michael ...great comment ❤

[@FudcE1]

Yet another great commentary, thank you so much!

[@Testi-1982]

Thank you very much for the commentary. I really enjoyed it a lot.

[@messitup]

Thank you for the cast! GJ Shin Jinseo on carrying team Korea!

[@MatthewJRedman]

Fantastic commentary on a great tournament. Thanks, Michael!

[@nimege]

Does it mean one guy(Shin) beat the top Japanese and all the Chinese players alone? Wow.

[@gazzawhite]

Yes

[@MichaelRedmondsGoTV]

I agree with the Wow, but actually Xie Erhao 9P of China defeated most of the Japanese players, and Iyama Yuta 9P was the only Japanese to play against Shin Jinseo 9P. Shin defeated all of the Chinese players. Please take a look at the video description.

[@Rubrickety]

Very interesting game! I think one of the hardest lessons from AI for humans to fully embrace is "never bother to finish kos". 🙂

[@Fenneconomist]

Thanks for the commentary for this series, and congratulations to all the players for making some cool games. But also 대한민국 (clap five times)

[@DrKnyckis]

Thanks for yet another great commentary! It is impressive how much sense you make of these high-level games. Effective and to the point -- and I love the new natural background look as well! Well done Mr Redmond, sir!

[@danielkastenholz5649]

Thanks!

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[@ig2d]

Thanks

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Thank you!

[@Rob-rg6kr]

Let's gooooooo

[@beforesunsetboxing6017]

When Michael says "Half-pointer" and "Straightforward endgame" in two adjacent sentences, my very small yose brain is already in panic mode... 🤣

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[@hippophile]

SJS maybe a bit lucky, but what a feat!

[@darylbangerter7171]

My guess for the top right tesuji is P18.

[@user-yp5lj4qm6l]

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[@Crono9987]

thanks for the video Michael! minor endgame question here - around 18:40 you recommend P1 as the local big endgame point on the bottom, and I think earlier in the video you also used that point as an example. is there a reason that would be the preferred choice over the monkey jump at N1? they're both sente right? is it because of the larger followups at M1/M2 area after you play P1?
just wondering if I should start considering that kosumi rather than a standard monkey jump in these sorts of situations. thanks!

[@MichaelRedmondsGoTV]

The monkey jump is better if we assume that the whole local endgame sequence will be sente. If White N2 Black pulls back at O1 and then Black P2 establishes a point at Q1, while in the case that I started with P1 the point at Q1 was only potential. With a number of big moves elsewhere on the board, P1 was more forceful with the threat of a jumping in on the second line, so maybe you should think of this as an unusual case.

[@Crono9987]

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[@brandonvereyken4869]

So you played Iwamoto Kaoru 9P when he was 90? Obviously a player's experience increases throughout his life, but his skills eventually decrease in vast majority of cases correct? So why do you think that is? I assume it is because his memory decreases in capacity, so he eventually cannot remember all the variations, et cetera. Would you agree?
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The lack of repair (because people eat too often and do not exercise daily) is the reason for aging, and the mechanism of that aging is too much junk accumulating inside your cells until they become disfunctional cells (technically called senecent cells) and eventually disfunctional whole organs or in the case of a brain, a mind that just doesn't recall the things it used to and cannot form new memories.

[@David-vk5sv]

Why didn't white finish the ko at P19? Was it the sort of move that is not obvious is winning until afterwards?

[@MichaelRedmondsGoTV]

I can imagine he was upset with himself for that mistake, but his premature connection at Q9 was the truly easy mistake.

[@user-ez3we3gg3g]

badook..sihn jindeo and rest