Malcolm/Lim on a Sedol fuseki

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(080325) I saw Maître Lim last saturday at the Paris Go tournament. Among other things, he made the following comments on a recent Lee Sedol fuseki. The game is from the 12th Samsung Cup, final round 1 (2008-01-21) -- Park Yeonghun vs. Lee Sedol (White).

After W20 , a-b-c followed.
Now Lim suggests the pincer at should be at a57^[1]. He gives the following alternative to , giving a better result than Sedol's play:

After this, White can resist, but it depends on a ladder:

The ladder's good for Black.

As the ladder isn't good, White has to atari on the other side at . After White 7, what should Black play? Answer:^[2]

Lim did explore another set of variations, unfortunately I can't really remember now. Did it start with this?

Lim was also scathing about B19 , which according to elementary go theory should be on the other side ("open up new territory", "don't play close to strong stones"...)

After 10, a-b-c-d-e and Black is over-concentrated.

Lim does not think much of current top pros' fusekis.

Maître Lim is 85 years old.

[1] Using Audouard coordinates here.

[2] White should play keima on the second line at a28. The position doesn't look good for White. (When Lim asked me the question, I could only come up with a27.)

Malcolm/Lim on a Sedol fuseki last edited by Malcolm on March 26, 2008 - 14:15

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