Moves 1 to 10  

is a very active start. It was speculated that Lee played so actively because he could take a 2-0 lead now. ignores and takes another corner. is kind of forced because both corners have this as an ideal extension. switches back to a common corner pattern.

Moves 11 to 20  

Chinese commentators thought that up to things were running smoothly for Black. On the contrary, is a negative move, breaking up Black's side. Then to ...

Moves 21 to 30  

... are the most common of 4-4 point joseki. could also be played one line higher. was applauded by the commentators as a move typical of Gu Li's intuition. It makes miai of and sliding under at a. So when Lee defended at , occupied a natural point.

Moves 31 to 40  

is a probe, which answered this way leaves aji at the bottom. If answered below, then there would be aji in the centre. builds up a wide upper right and naturally invades, which more or less marks the end of the opening and the start of the middle game.

We are observing a very different game than game one, where the players plunged into the middle game very early and many different unstable groups spread across the board. This game here has a more old fashioned flavour, both players carefully staking out potential territory and reinforcing.

Moves 41 to 50  

Gu Li's style is almost too peaceful

Moves 51 to 60  

was questioned (allow hane at the head). forces ...

Moves 61 to 70  

... this connection at and White continues to live easily at the bottom. Black had been targeting here for some time, cutting of the left side.

Moves 71 to 80  

However, Lee again managed to live easily at the left. Black's play seems to lack some power in this game.

Moves 101 to 110 (8 at 2)  

chooses the difficult road of a ko. According to the professional commentators, at this point Lee could have kept the game simple.

Moves 121 to 130  

is not very big as a ko threat. With , Black becomes very thick. According to the pros, this thickness should give him the advantage in the endgame.

With , all big groups are stable. There is some open area left at the top but it is not big so we can arguably state that the endgame has begun.