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Things were looking a bit grim for Ryu at this stage of the first game of the Kisei title match. He thought he'd try this running battle, but it seems as if he missed a tactical response when he started this variation. What he really wanted to do was to hane at 1. But before he did, he read out a white counter that made it impossible, and with the path he was forced to choose he lost his attack on the white groups on the right side of the board. Interestingly, the 9-dans watching in the side room missed this white counter during the game due to a hasty analysis, and it wasn't until they heard Ryu Shikun muttering a certain shape (can't give it away here!) that they saw it. What was white's clever counter?
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Author adum Created 2002-01-13
Difficulty 8 dan (history) Source O Rissei vs Ryu Shikun, Kiseido 2002 Game 1
AVG solve time 81 sec Stars 5  (3 votes)
User attempts 87 / 2270 Collections Stories, Pro Game
Genre life and death Your attempts N/A
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Created 2002-01-13
Source O Rissei vs Ryu Shikun, Kiseido 2002 Game 1
Stars 5  (3 votes)
Collections Stories, Pro Game
Your attempts N/A
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
— 2024-01-16 13:18:37 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2023-07-23 05:19:39 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
— 2023-07-22 15:14:42 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2023-07-06 15:51:51 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K10
— 2022-10-24 15:28:43 Failed L10 M9 K11
FishFort 2022-03-05 10:29:06 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2019-10-01 19:05:54 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
shimitaku 2019-01-27 09:01:29 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J8 K7 J6 J7 H7 H6 L8 M8 H5 G6 J5 H8 G7 K10 M10 H9 J10 F7
— 2016-04-02 02:53:37 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J8 K7 J6 J7 H7 H6 L8 M8 H5 G6 J5 H8 G7 K10 M10 H9 J10 F7
— 2016-02-11 09:22:53 Failed M10 M9 L10 K8 K10
— 2015-12-25 04:51:25 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
— 2015-12-13 09:01:16 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2015-12-06 01:32:34 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2015-02-17 11:17:29 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
BartTM 2015-02-13 19:14:33 Failed M14
BartTM 2015-02-09 21:29:45 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2014-12-18 01:53:33 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K10
wukong1 2014-12-08 03:22:28 Failed M9 M10
— 2014-06-19 18:46:19 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
pento 2014-01-15 17:43:26 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K10
krt 2013-10-29 21:56:27 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 M10
— 2013-10-07 15:09:06 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
— 2013-05-16 12:45:43 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
—´000 2012-05-15 02:31:21 Failed L10 M9 M10
—´000 2011-12-25 18:12:28 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
—´000 2011-12-25 18:04:31 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
krt 2011-12-25 16:54:01 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 P8 M8
—´000 2011-12-25 16:06:52 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2011-07-06 20:15:50 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2011-06-04 17:42:45 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2011-01-19 21:34:51 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2010-03-08 06:28:08 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 M10
— 2009-11-20 17:58:43 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
holyhell99 2009-06-07 08:09:22 Failed L14
— 2009-04-23 12:31:37 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
— 2009-03-30 10:07:21 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
Field Mouse 2007-11-09 06:05:08 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
— 2007-01-28 23:18:25 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 P8
— 2006-08-17 03:52:17 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10 A19
— 2005-11-24 07:38:01 Failed K10 L10
— 2005-10-28 20:46:12 Failed L10 M9 K10 K8 L7 K9
— 2005-10-16 04:28:48 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
MrMoto 2005-01-23 17:45:00 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 P8 M8 K7
MrMoto 2005-01-23 17:39:18 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K10
julien_wiesel 2004-07-21 04:48:04 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2004-04-21 08:01:03 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
ciith 2004-02-03 10:20:39 Failed M9 M10
— 2003-12-22 17:55:47 Failed K10 L10
— 2003-11-19 07:53:25 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
Geijin 2003-09-22 03:41:59 Failed M9 M10
hello 2003-08-19 04:14:04 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
— 2003-05-21 13:36:04 Failed L10 M9 K10 K8 L7 K9
BartTM 2003-05-09 04:15:07 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2003-04-15 00:28:05 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K7
adum 2003-03-27 13:30:20 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J8 K7 J6 J7 H7 H6 H10
adum 2003-03-27 13:23:59 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
— 2002-11-06 08:57:37 Failed L10 M9 K11
— 2002-03-04 23:48:30 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
Daniel 2002-03-04 11:50:28 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J8
Count Result Path
8 Failed L10 M9 K11
8 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
7 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
4 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
4 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K10
2 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J8 K7 J6 J7 H7 H6 L8 M8 H5 G6 J5 H8 G7 K10 M10 H9 J10 F7
2 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8
2 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 M10
2 Failed M9 M10
2 Failed K10 L10
2 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10
1 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J8
1 Failed M10 M9 L10 K8 K10
1 Failed M14
1 Failed L10 M9 M10
1 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 K7 M8 P8
1 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 P8 M8
1 Failed L10 M9 K11
1 Failed L14
1 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 P8
1 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 L7 K10 J9 M10 A19
1 Failed L10 M9 K10 K8 L7 K9
1 Got It L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J7 J8 H8 K10 M10 H9 J10 H7 L8 G8 P8 M8 K7
1 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 J9 L7 J8 K7 J6 J7 H7 H6 H10
1 Failed L10 M9 K9 K8 K7
1 Failed L10 M9 K10 K8 L7 K9
1 Failed M9 M10