After beating Lee Sedol 9p in Quertelfinal of Siptan Cup, I was sure that Lee Changho 9p will defend this title for next year, but.. young Park Junghwan 3p beat him in semifinal by resignation after killing his big dragon in semeai.
Yi ChangHo 9p won first title in 2008Today Yi ChangHo 9p beat Mok Jinseok 9p by resignation and won Wonik tournament – Korean Judan. The game was very exciting. Mok playing white play unusual san san and komoku. In this game you won’t see any fuseki pattern. The game was good example of fighting spirit. The fight started from 1 joseki in upper-left corner and end in upper-right corner when Mok resign. The commentator Yoo Changhyuk said that Mok made some mistake in middle game(maybe something around white 90) and Mok situation was very hard. Mo tried something but in the end Yi Changho 9p easily kill Mok Jinseok 9p in upper right corner.
Mok: “Where I made a mistake?”Today cyberoro transmit 1 game of Siptan final between Yi Changho 9p and Mok Jinseok 9p. Siptan is Korean Judan (10-Dan) title. The Siptan is one of minor title but the time limit for player is not so long (10 minutes + 40 sec byo). In first game Mok Jinseok 9p takes black and play low Chinese opening and everything were typical until Mok attack upper left corner. Black 25 is famous invading move but this time Mok used it to attack white corner not to make a robbery.