Yamashita Leads 2-0

The Honinbo title match continued! The second game was played on May 24-25 in Kagoshima. This time, Yamashita Keigo Honinbo played black against chalenger, Hane Naoki.


Yamashita Keigo (left) vs. Hane Naoki (right)

Hane Naoki played a Low Chinese Fuseki and quickly developed the game into a moyo game with the right side as his main framework. Day 1 ended with Yamashita did the sealing move for move 43.


Yamashita handling the sealed move

Day 2 continued with Yamashita playing his sealed move, which turned out to be a probe at B6. Hane started a fight with White 46 and used that stone as an aji to live inside Yamashit's moyo. However, he ended up in gote.

At move 107. white went into a trouble where his stones around O17 got attacked. Hane made a ko fight to survive, but a lack of threat soon sent himinto resignation.

With this, Yamashita leads the title match with 2-0. The next game will be played at June 2-3.


Yamashita Keigo

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Here is the game record:
Yamashita Keigo (black) vs. Hane Naoki (white). Result: B+R

(;CA[Windows-1252]SZ[19]AP[MultiGo:4.4.4]EV[66th Honinbo title match, game 2]DT[2011-05-25]
PB[Yamashita Keigo]BR[9p]PW[Hane Naoki ]WR[9p]KM[6.5]HA[0]RE[B+R]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd];W[dd];B[pq];W[dp];B[qk];W[jp];B[lp];W[nc];B[pf];W[pb];B[qc];W[kc];B[fq];W[dn]
;B[hp];W[eq];B[fp];W[jn];B[gm];W[im];B[em];W[cl];B[ln];W[ik];B[ek];W[dj];B[km];W[gj]
;B[fi];W[fj];B[ej];W[ei];B[dk];W[fh];B[cq];W[gi];B[di];W[cp];B[dh];W[fr];B[gr];W[er]
;B[bn];W[bo];B[kj];W[nq];B[np];W[qm];B[ql];W[qo];B[qq];W[pm];B[ol];W[rn];B[rl];W[rp]
;B[rq];W[op];B[oq];W[no];B[mp];W[so];B[df];W[fe];B[le];W[cd];B[gg];W[ji];B[ge];W[gd]
;B[hd];W[gc];B[ff];W[ki];B[ee];W[fd];B[hc];W[gb];B[jj];W[ij];B[li];W[eg];B[ef];W[cj]
;B[ck];W[bi];B[bj];W[ci];B[bl];W[dg];B[ch];W[cg];B[bh];W[lh];B[kh];W[jh];B[kg];W[jg]
;B[kf];W[ie];B[jd];W[he];B[jl];W[il];B[je];W[jf];B[jc];W[ne];B[od];W[nd];B[lc];W[ng]
;B[of];W[nf];B[mh];W[nh];B[ni];W[ph];B[oi];W[pg];B[rg];W[qf];B[rf];W[qe];B[qb];W[lb]
;B[kb];W[mc];B[kd];W[nb];B[pc];W[oa];B[gf];W[if];B[ma];W[re];B[qg];W[qh];B[rh];W[ri]
;B[rj];W[qi];B[si];W[sh];B[sg];W[sd];B[sj];W[rc];B[rb];W[sb];B[ra];W[oc];B[pa];W[qa]
;B[hh];W[pa];B[na];W[ob];B[se];W[og];B[sh];W[qd];B[pe];W[sf];B[ed])