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THE GAME OF GO

White

Black

position is good enough, as his line on D is very strong.

41. C 17.

42. B 14.

43. B 13.

44. C 12. Black gains very little by this.

45. B 12.

46. B 15.

47. D 17.

48. B 16. Very bad; Black has the whole board to gain ground in elsewhere.

49. E 16.

50. D 15. If Black feels he must play here, D 13 is better.

51. D 13.

52. E 13.

53. E 12.

54. D 11.

55. F 13.

56. E 14.

57. G 12.

58. E 11.

59. F 12.

60. F 11. If Black hopes to save his group in the upper left-hand corner, he must escape toward the center at this point.

61. F 14. Black’s group is now hopeless

62. A 14. Black cannot possibly form “Me”; this move is merely wasted.

63. J 3.

64. E 9. Too cautious.

65. G 3.

66. H 11.

67. G 11.

68. F 10. Black forms “Me” in this group long before it is threatened, while he might gain ground elsewhere.

69. G 10.

70. A 16. Another lost move.

71. F 4.

72. E 4.

73. G 8.

74. G 9.

75. H 9.

76. F 9.

77. H 10.

78. F 8.

79. G 7.

80. F 6.

81. G 6.

82. G 5. Should have been