First game of 48th Judan

The first game of the 48th Judan title match series was played at March 4. Guess who are the players. Yup. They are (again) Cho U and Yamashita Keigo.

After his previous lost at Kisei title series, for sure Yamashita is motivated to win Judan from Cho. Is the motivation enough to win the title? I don't know. But at least it wasn't enough to won the first game.


Cho U (left) vs. Yamashita Keigo (right)

The first game was won by Cho U who played black by resignation. The game was moyo game with both players built very big moyos. However, Cho attacked white's weak group and by a smart sequence, Ymashita was left with the options of letting the weak group go or lost about 15 points in his moyo. Yamshita chose the third option. Resigning the game.

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KM[6.5]
EV[48th Judan title match 1]
FF[3]
SZ[19]
GM[1]
PW[Yamashita Keigo]
WR[Tengen]
DT[2010-03-04]
BR[Judan]
RE[B+R]
PB[Cho U]
;B[pd];W[dd];B[qp];W[dq];B[co];W[op];B[oq];W[nq];B[pq];W[dl];B[np]
;W[mq];B[no];W[kp];B[iq];W[fp];B[cq];W[dp];B[io];W[cp];B[lo];W[ip]
;B[jp];W[ko];B[hp];W[km];B[kq];W[lp];B[pj];W[nn];B[mo];W[ll];B[on]
;W[nc];B[lj];W[om];B[nl];W[mk];B[nm];W[mj];B[pf];W[mh];B[jd];W[hd]
;B[me];W[ce];B[jf];W[hf];B[cc];W[dc];B[hc];W[gc];B[ic];W[pb];B[qc]
;W[lc];B[gb];W[fc];B[nd];W[le];B[ld];W[kd];B[md];W[kc];B[ke];W[mc]
;B[lf];W[dj];B[cm];W[cl];B[il];W[jj];B[bp];W[bq];B[bl];W[bk];B[bn]
;W[kn];B[qb];W[ie];B[je];W[oc];B[dm];W[em];B[en];W[fm];B[fn];W[gm]
;B[br];W[cr];B[aq];W[go];B[ck];W[al];B[bm];W[dk];B[cj];W[bj];B[ci]
;W[bi];B[gn];W[hn];B[ho];W[hm];B[eo];W[gr];B[ep];W[hr];B[fq];W[fr]
;B[eq];W[er];B[ok];W[cq];B[ig];W[hh];B[ji];W[ii];B[hg];W[gg];B[ki]
;W[ih];B[jh];W[kk];B[cb];W[oi];B[pi];W[db];B[bd];W[ph];B[qh];W[be]
;B[ca];W[od];B[jb];W[kb];B[gf];W[gh];B[pc];W[fb];B[if])