End of the cosmic game
Keywords: MiddleGame, EndGame
Dead stones and assumed territory are marked.
According to my counting, White has 82 points/+dead black stones on the board, +6 captured stones and 5.5 Komi, adding up to
_93.5 points_
Black has 98 points/+dead white stones on the board, +2 captured stones, adding up to _100 points_
This lead is too big to continue, by professional standards.
Some things about this final position are striking:
- both players made almost 100 points.
- Takemiya made 61 of his 98 points above the fourth line! (so what about there is no territory in the center??)
- Black has only one big group, whereas White has three. (Cf. one group wins.)
This might seem strange, but it is quite frequently seen in the games of Takemiya Masaki.