DieterVerhofstadt/Studying Games of Otake

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I don't know how long I will carry on with this, but in Summer 2011 I've taken up the study of games by Otake Hideo, a player whose style I adore and want to emulate. His style is about acquiring influence and thickness, letting the opponent take territory or creating big moyos, and have his thickness gradually prevail and tear down the opponent's structures. His moves are comprehensible and logical, something that one can also feel with Takemiya Masaki, however the latter uses influence to create a grand moyo which the opponent needs to invade, so that the game inevitably becomes a large scale fight.

I also admire Go Seigen and more recently Gu Li, but their moves are less easy to understand. I acknowledge that understanding Otake may be superficial and illusionary, because there is probably just as much reading and tactical ability involved, at least much more than I can handle, but as an amateur one has to do something to get ahold of the game and Otake's style inspires me.

Feel free to join the analysis!

After 5 games, the exercise is definitely intellectually rewarding, but the funny thing is that I'm now losing games due to a lack of thickness in the early endgame!


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