LUDUS

sabato 12 settembre 2015

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, Exit forts in Adam / Kratzer 2015

Adam / Kratzer. 50 moves. Completed.
Tournament 42 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
2015-09

giovedì 10 settembre 2015

武宮正樹 Takemiya Masaki

gogameguru.com

Takemiya Masaki (武宮正樹, born Jan. 1, 1951) is a Japanese 9-dan professional Go player.

Takemiya became a 1-dan professional in 1965. In 1967, as a 2-dan and age 16, he won several games against 9-dans, which earned him the nicknames Ten Best Boy and 9-dan Killer. He was promoted to 9-dan in 1977. Matsubara Taisei 5-Dan is his pupil. His son, Takemiya Yoko, 5-Dan was his pupil and has become a popular commentator.

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Style

Takemiya became famous for his 'cosmic style' of play - focusing on the construction of large moyos and taking territory in the centre. However, Takemiya prefers to call his style 'natural style'. Takemiya considers that the centre-oriented style for him is the natural way for his stones to move and focuses in his book largely on the concept of 'playing with your heart' and playing moves which 'please'.

When asked who was his favorite persons' games to study, at the 2008 US Go Congress, Takemiya stated that it was Dosaku. Takemiya continued with how very strong Dosaku was and that he is considered to be the father of our modern opening strategies.

Despite his natural flow he currently holds the record of the Longest Time Spent Thinking About A Move, due to a variation of the large avalanche joseki that he did not know and needed to reinvent at the spot.

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Influence

He visited Europe and the US many times for teaching tours. In 2009, he lectured at GO7 in Vienna, organized by Kobayashi Chizu. For several years, he has been one of the main guests at the American Go Congresses.

He lost the first opening game ever of a Japanese top-match in Europe in Paris, May 1988. The game featured on the opening pages of the 0-issue of GO MOON, which appeared two days afterwards during the Amsterdam Open. About a year later, GO MOON started a special section of sanrensei games, as also other top-players like Cho Chikun, Fujisawa Shuko and Kato Masao also started to apply this opening in their games. In January 1996, he attended the opening game of the Kisei-match between Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Satoru in Amsterdam.

Seo Bongsoo credited Takemiya with leading Korean players to revalue the center, and contributing greatly to their style of play. [ext]

http://www.britgo.org/files/bgj/bgj096-1.pdf.

Le Go cosmique

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Titles

1976: 31st Honinbo title
1978: 11th Hayago Championship
1980: 35th Honinbo title
1981: 1st NEC Cup
1985: 40th Honinbo title and 5th NEC Cup
1986: 41st Honinbo title
1987: 42nd Honinbo title
1988: 43rd Honinbo title and 1st Fujitsu Cup
1989: 2nd Fujitsu Cup, 36th NHK Cup, Asian TV Cup, and 22nd Hayago championship
1990: 28th Judan title and Asian TV Cup
1991: 29th Judan and 13th Kakusei titles, and Asian TV Cup
1992: 30th Judan title and Asian TV Cup
1995: 20th Meijin title

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Game records

French site.
Commented games on Jan van der Steen's site.
More games at http://jianbo.tripod.com/takemiya.
Reviews by Alexander Dinerstein
Takemiya 2009 Game review here at SL.

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External Link

http://senseis.xmp.net/?TakemiyaMasaki

mercoledì 9 settembre 2015

Chess in Russia

Александра Димитрова Aleksandra Dimitrova
ruchess.ru

http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=1&ina=1&country=RUS

Russia (Active players) Top 55 Women

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	G	B-Year
1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2530	11	1984
2	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2529	11	1989
3	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2523	11	1989
4	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2497	11	1998
5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2489	0	1985
6	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2483	11	1991
7	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2475	0	1972
7	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2475	0	1986
9	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2464	11	1974
10	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2451	11	1992
11	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2445	11	1985
12	Savina, Anastasia	m	RUS	2434	11	1992
13	Kashlinskaya, Alina	m	RUS	2424	11	1993
14	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2419	0	1979
15	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2411	11	1986
16	Ryjanova, Julia	wg	RUS	2387	0	1974
17	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2385	0	1969
18	Charochkina, Daria	m	RUS	2376	0	1990
18	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2376	0	1987
20	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2375	0	1969
21	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2364	0	1994
22	Sudakova, Irina	wg	RUS	2356	0	1982
23	Belenkaya, Dina	wf	RUS	2344	23	1993
24	Gritsayeva, Oksana	wf	RUS	2336	0	1980
25	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2328	11	1982
26	Bivol, Alina	wm	RUS	2321	9	1996
27	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2320	0	1974
28	Styazhkina, Anna	wm	RUS	2318	8	1997
29	Tomilova, Elena	wm	RUS	2315	0	1986
30	Vasilevich, Irina	m	RUS	2305	0	1985
31	Dordzhieva, Dinara	wm	RUS	2298	5	1999
32	Khokhlova, Daria		RUS	2296	9	1999
33	Severina, Maria	wm	RUS	2286	9	1995
34	Ambartsumova, Karina	wg	RUS	2284	0	1989
35	Bykova, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2283	0	1997
35	Ubiennykh, Ekaterina	wm	RUS	2283	0	1983
37	Paramzina, Anastasya	wf	RUS	2282	16	1998
38	Schepetkova, Margarita	wm	RUS	2275	0	1988
39	Komiagina, Maria	wm	RUS	2274	9	1984
40	Iljushina, Olga	wg	RUS	2273	0	1981
41	Bronnikova, Elizaveta	wm	RUS	2272	0	1985
42	Balaian, Alina	wm	RUS	2269	0	1992
43	Khlichkova, Tatiana	wf	RUS	2268	0	1994
44	Fominykh, Maria	wm	RUS	2267	0	1987
45	Cheremnova, Tamara	wm	RUS	2263	0	1989
46	Mirzoeva, Elmira	wg	RUS	2262	0	1981
47	Drogovoz, Irina		RUS	2253	0	1999
48	Kozlovskaya, Valentina	wg	RUS	2249	0	1938
49	Molchanova, Tatjana	wg	RUS	2245	0	1980
50	Fatalibekova, Elena	wg	RUS	2242	0	1947
51	Diakonova, Ekaterina		RUS	2241	9	1999
51	Drozdova, Dina	wm	RUS	2241	0	1988
53	Fatianova, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2238	0	1984
54	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	wf	RUS	2235	18	2000
55	Zakurdjaeva, Irina	wg	RUS	2232	0	1982

martedì 8 settembre 2015

Girls blitz! - WGM Kashlinskaya - GM Svidler : 1-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPSbHzx6Sgo

lunedì 7 settembre 2015

河野臨 Kōno Rin

www.board19.com

Kono Rin (河野臨 Kōno Rin, born 1981) is a 9-dan Nihon Ki-in professional Go player.
Kono is a pupil of Kobayashi Koichi.
Kono reached 5-dan in 1999, 9 dan in 2006.
In October 2009, Kono hit the 500 [ext]