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Most Similar Pro Game
Which two professional games are most similar? In other words, which two diverged at the latest move number? Current leader: Fujisawa Hosai - Go Seigen, 1957-10-15,16 Fujisawa Hosai - Rin Kaiho, 1965-07-07,08 First diverged at move 74. (Note that up to black 67 (on tengen), these were mane-go games.)
Previous Leaders: Yu Bin vs Cho Hun-hyeon, 1995-10-23 & Ma Xiaochun vs Cho Hun-hyeon, 1995-03-20 First diverged at move 40
Yi Ch'ang-ho vs Cho Hun-hyeon, 1995-02-08 & Yi Ch'ang-ho vs Cho Hun-hyeon, 1995-10-02 First diverged at move 39
The examples given so far have at least one pro in common. While studying the Kobayashi Fuseki, I stumbled upon an example where where two 7d amateurs repeat the first 38 moves of a pro game: Weon Seong-chin vs. Chen Yaoye (8th Samsung Cup Qualifying Preliminary, 2003-08-04) Lee Kangwook 7d vs. Fu Li 7d (25th World Amateur Go Championship, 2004-06-10)
The pro played at This really makes me wonder whether common fuseki such as the Kobayashi Fuseki are too orthodox for my taste. That can be a good thing or a bad thing. Calvin
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