Game Finished

Move 291

Larion0807[3d]

86 points

LUXINQUN[5d]

81.5 points

Ranked

Rules: Japanese

Black wins by 4.5 points

Move 0

April 3, 2025

[19:26] Larion0807[3d]: Have a nice game

Move 24

[19:31] John_C[2d]: This is game 1 of the Irish Go Championship final. The final is a best of three game match.

Move 26

[19:32] takitsutemoto[25k]: great

Move 45

[19:33] John_C[2d]: The final is between Xinqun Lu and Larion Syrotkin

[19:34] John_C[2d]: Xinqun is a strong European 4dan player. He has only played a few games against European players outside of Ireland, but has beaten some very strong players such as Cornel Burzo 6dan and Koichiro Habu 5dan. Xinqun’s only foreign tournament was the US Go Congress in 2022, finishing with 8/9 and a 6dan AGA rating performance.

[19:34] John_C[2d]: Larion is a rapidly improving player. Last year, he was rated 8kyu on OGS, but now plays as a 7dan on Fox. He is the highest rated U11 in Europe. He is 8 years old.

Move 76

[19:47] S0nge[2d]: Impressive

Move 102

[20:01] Has_4869[18k]: 🙂

Move 105

[20:05] Trevoke[6k]: 7d on fox is ... 2d OGS? I realize the dan ranks on OGS are sufficiently foggy to compete with various coasts from pulp novels

[20:05] shinuito[2k]: I think part of the problem is that at some point players leave OGS to play on Fox

Move 106

[20:06] azazil[3d]: Why wouldn't they? There are like 3 people you can get an even game against on OGS as a dan, and it's the same 3 each time

[20:07] jmdingess[2d]: OGS is quite beginner friendly, not needing to download any client and being able to just jump in and play - but all the strong players are on the other sites

[20:07] shinuito[2k]: individually it makes sense, but then the more people that think like that, the less there are here to match with

[20:07] jmdingess[2d]: mhm

[20:07] azazil[3d]: Obviously. Except I only get to make choices for one person

Move 108

[20:09] John_C[2d]: Larion reached 2dan on OGS back in October. 2dan OGS might be 5dan Fox

Move 110

[20:11] azazil[3d]: Either way, it's a delight to see a kid advancing like that

Move 120

[20:14] shinuito[2k]: wow, I didn't imagine black surviving that

Move 122

[20:14] John_C[2d]: Yeah, it ended being a massive trade

[20:14] John_C[2d]: White has invested everything in the centre

Move 126

[20:15] Ikkigukki[25k]: Fascinating match

Move 132

[20:18] John_C[2d]: Can the black stones in the centre survive?

[20:18] shinuito[2k]: you get some endgame I think with b14

Move 133

[20:19] shinuito[2k]: but then f11 for f10 looks like a bad exchange

[20:20] azazil[3d]: No way white loses this game, that was a good sacrifice

Move 134

[20:21] Thurbur[25k]: Off topic - does anybody have a good resource or recommendation for finding teaching games or a tutor? dm me I suppose so I don't clutter chat

Move 136

[20:21] kano4526[15k]: Nice cut

[20:22] John_C[2d]: Yeah, it takes courage to sacrifice a big group like R6. I think Xinqun has very good positional judgement

Move 137

[20:22] John_C[2d]: Thurbur, if you go to your local club, there will be strong players willing to give you advice

Move 138

[20:23] aloisp[2k]: Thurbur: search for Micheal Redmond on Youttube

Move 143

[20:23] jmdingess[2d]: super cool sequence

Move 145

[20:25] shinuito[2k]: yeah, much deeper than I was thinking of :)

[20:25] meow_wo[3k]: Black can reduce the center a little now?