Eric Yoder / Broken Ladder Game

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Eric Yoder played a very cool game against Remi Campagnie in the 2022 North American Go Federation Professional Qualification Tournament. Like Lee Sedol's famous 2003 ladder game, it was a victory that relied on a big broken ladder.

The game was played in person and was relayed live to OGS. The kifu is [ext] here. The game was discussed in a Twitch steam on the BadukClub channel and saved on their youtube - [ext] "Blue Moves & Broken Dreams - Round 9 (semi) NAGF Pro Qualifiers".

The magic began after Eric (Black) played this defensive midgame joseki against Remi (White).

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Broken ladder  

Remi ran twice out of the broken ladder.

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Broken ladder  

Then Eric played a second little broken ladder, ending with an atari.

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Broken ladder  

To the astonishment of the audience, Eric played out the whole ladder even though the marked stone doesn't break it.

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Broken ladder  

The climactic sequence! Eric cut through to capture White's stones in the north.

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Broken ladder  

In the end, both players build immense territories, roughly cutting the board in half; the game goes to scoring and Black (Eric) wins by 6.5.

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Final position: Black wins by 6.5 points  

Eric Yoder / Broken Ladder Game last edited by 2a01:0e34:ec7c:0030 on August 11, 2023 - 12:41
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