(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[AGA]SZ[19]KM[7.50]TM[5400]OT[5x40 byo-yomi]
GN[Pro Qualifier 2nd Roind  Andrew Lu (W) vs. Ben Lockhart(B)]PW[Andrew Lu]PB[Ben Lockhart]WR[7d]BR[7d]DT[2016-01-03]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]US[Richard Dolen]RE[W+Resign]
;B[cp]
;W[pq]
;B[dd]
;W[pd]
;B[ep]
;W[cf]
;B[di]
;W[fc]
;B[df]
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;B[ce]
;W[dc]
;B[po]
;W[qm]
;B[qq]
;W[mq]
;B[np]
;W[or]
;B[ro]C[USGO3 [-\]: Good afternoon go fans.  This is your scribe, Richare Dolen.
USGO3 [-\]: For this tournament, the scribes are not allowed to watch tthe chat, so that I can't answer any questions you may havve.
USGO3 [-\]: My apologies.
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;W[qj]
;B[qr]
;W[jq]
;B[nc]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: now that's really wierd
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;W[pc]
;B[kd]
;W[ic]
;B[pi]
;W[pj]
;B[oi]
;W[rh]
;B[oj]
;W[pg]
;B[hq]C[Warfreak2 [-\]: gooooo ben!
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;W[ck]C[psygo [2k\]: i feel like black is already lagging behind
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;B[ci]
;W[cn]C[iceweasel [-\]: which of {b,d}{7,8} now?
spacetime [4d\]: should be a way to profit from white's thinness with c6,7 and k3 groups
chonas [6k\]: looks like b is going for center moyo, so pushing left seems smart
haku123 [2d\]: m4 looks nice
gogonuts [4d\]: maybe L2
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;B[ek]
;W[en]
;B[gn]C[gogonuts [4d\]: b very calm and collected
gogonuts [4d\]: looks like he didnt let his letting the last game slip fluster him#
spacetime [4d\]: maybe g16, j16 soon
gogonuts [4d\]: that double boshi combination is a headache for w
]
;W[bp]
;B[bq]
;W[fm]
;B[dl]C[gogonuts [4d\]: the shapes that hold w together are really disgusting - c7 or b8
spacetime [4d\]: yea pretty painful for w
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;W[co]
;B[dq]
;W[bl]
;B[gk]
;W[gm]
;B[in]
;W[fj]
;B[fk]
;W[im]
;B[ik]
;W[hn]
;B[ho]
;W[hm]C[gg5: easy game for b
Malingo [3d\]: it would be cool with a round eye american pro
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;B[hd]
;W[id]
;B[fd]
;W[gc]
;B[ie]
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;W[ge]
;B[gf]C[Warfreak2 [-\]: wut
Malingo [3d\]: b needs 40 points from center and top left
Malingo [3d\]: o13 seems natural but maybe too slow
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;W[md]
;B[mc]C[Gabriel [1d\]: do these guys have kgs accounts?
Gabriel [1d\]: *that we know of
RoyalFlush [4d\]: w-applesauce
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;W[ld]
;B[lc]
;W[ke]
;B[jb]C[cuby [1k\]: does black have something at R13?
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;W[ib]
;B[jc]C[Malingo [3d\]: not directly but if w play too lose in the center there might be something
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;W[lf]
;B[ob]
;W[li]
;B[ol]
;W[ef]C[cuby [1k\]: what's idea behind this?
cuby [1k\]: isn't black happy to f15?
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;B[fe]C[Malingo [3d\]: f15 f14 d15 h10 h9 h12 or something
spacetime [4d\]: i dont see what white has here... if nothing he just threw away ~5pts
cuby [1k\]: well let's see :)
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;W[dg]
;B[de]
;W[bg]
;B[bf]
;W[cg]
;B[eg]
;W[be]C[Malingo [3d\]: great result for w
USGO5 [-\]: see round 1 highlights on the Official AGA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GMpHg0a3A
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;B[eh]
;W[cd]
;B[mg]
;W[lg]
;B[oe]C[Warfreak2 [-\]: gooooo ben
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;B[nf]
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;W[hh]
;B[km]C[USGO3 [-\]: Order of  moves is wrong.  Sorry.
Song [4d\]: mm the game between 5d and 6d was interesting the 6d played poorly mm
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;W[mf]
;B[gj]
;W[ij]
;B[kg]
;W[kf]
;B[jg]
;W[kh]
;B[mi]
;W[lh]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: Song
JeansebL [1d?\]: Don't look at the ranks, they mean nothing
JeansebL [1d?\]: Manuel Velasco is 5d aga because he never plays in the us, he's actually 8-9d tygem
JeansebL [1d?\]: and so are the other participants
]
;B[em]
;W[dm]
;B[el]C[yoyoma [3d\]: Is Manuel studying in Asia somewhere?
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;W[go]
;B[cm]C[Song [4d\]: I do not know who that is
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;W[dn]
;B[cl]
;W[bm]
;B[fo]
;W[fn]
;B[bo]
;W[fp]C[Song [4d\]: mm f5 I looked at o3
JeansebL [1d?\]: yes Manuel is studying in BIBA, south korea
JeansebL [1d?\]: Daniel also studied there for a while
Woods [6d\]: That 5dan actually looked pretty weak to be honest
Woods [6d\]: But Ben is strong
]
;B[eo]C[Fredda [6d\]: e3?
Song [4d\]: mm does g4 for white instead of f4? good?
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;W[dp]
;B[do]
;W[eq]
;B[dp]
;W[dr]
;B[ap]
;W[gq]C[Song [4d\]: I mean better?
Song [4d\]: by the way I think the w player I say earlier was named Daniel something
JeansebL [1d?\]: you can't judge a player with 1 game :)
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;B[cr]
;W[hr]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: The proof of that Woods is that Manuel recently won agaisnt Ben in a tournament game...
Woods [6d\]: I won against a few 6dan as well but it wont make me 6dan,I just saw that game unfortunately
Song [4d\]: mm c2 I thought b would h2
Song [4d\]: I did not say player was poor the game itself was a bit poor
JeansebL [1d?\]: that different indeed
Song [4d\]: is h2 instead of c2 no good? mm
JeansebL [1d?\]: there's a lot of pressure in this tournament, it's a good thing they play this round robin first, they can calm down a bit and focus
Fredda [6d\]: how does the system work?
Sweetrip [8d\]: ?
JeansebL [1d?\]: they play a round robin first, and then there's double elimination
JeansebL [1d?\]: the round robin is used to decide the order in the double elimination
JeansebL [1d?\]: strongest plays the weakest, second strongest play second weakest etc
Fredda [6d\]: alright
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;B[kp]C[Fredda [6d\]: is the round robin 7 games?
yoyoma [3d\]: Also games from the RR carry over in the the bracket 
JeansebL [1d?\]: 8 players, so a total of 28 games
yoyoma [3d\]: So the RR game counts as the first game of a BOX series when those players meet in bracket
JeansebL [1d?\]: they play 2 games per day until wednesday
Fredda [6d\]: i mean
Fredda [6d\]: does everyone play everyone in the round robin
yoyoma [3d\]: yes RR is 7 games
JeansebL [1d?\]: yes
Fredda [6d\]: ok
]
;W[jr]
;B[me]C[Fredda [6d\]: long process :)
JeansebL [1d?\]: yeah :)
Song [4d\]: should l4 be h4?...aigoo I don't understand oh well
Fredda [6d\]: so basically quite a bit of luck involved as well
]
;W[ml]
;B[mj]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: well, luck is part of everything, but this long process makes it less present
Fredda [6d\]: actually it seems to increase it, unless i miss understood something
JeansebL [1d?\]: you probably did :p
Fredda [6d\]: for example if you win around 50% in the RR
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;W[gi]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: yes
Fredda [6d\]: then
yoyoma [3d\]: you have to say compared to what system
Fredda [6d\]: when someone you won play against someone you lost to
Fredda [6d\]: and you will play the winner of that matchup
Fredda [6d\]: quite big difference in regards who wins that matchup
Fredda [6d\]: a normal double elimination bracket without a round robin sounds more fair
Fredda [6d\]: like the european one
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;B[ih]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: I disagree
JeansebL [1d?\]: but I understand , we didn't tell you everything :p
JeansebL [1d?\]: our fault :p
]
;W[ii]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: some of the games in the double elimination are best of 3
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;B[ig]C[Fredda [6d\]: yeah but you enter the best of 3 either 1-0 or 0-1
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;W[gg]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: http://www.usgo.org/aga-professional-results-2015#ProQualificationTournament
Fredda [6d\]: so even if you went 6-1 in the RR you can enter the best of 3 as 0-1
Song [4d\]: j12? I am tempted to just f2 there lol
]
;B[ff]
;W[fh]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: the final is a best of 5
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;B[hp]
;W[gp]
;B[bn]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: anyway, I agree that luck is still a small factor, but not as much as in a normal double elimination
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;W[pb]C[Song [4d\]: I think white will safetly win because of komi
Fredda [6d\]: w looks very good yeah
Song [4d\]: the different is like 10-15
Song [4d\]: difference think w ahead by around 10-15
]
;B[rk]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: this tournament will be very interesting
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;W[qk]
;B[qg]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: I expected Eric Lui and Ben Lockhart to be considerably stronger than the rest, but  Andrew and Aaron seem to have improved a lot
JeansebL [1d?\]: Jeremy also...
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;W[qf]
;B[rg]
;W[rf]
;B[qh]
;W[qi]
;B[ri]C[Song [4d\]: mm honestly after q18 I would have just q14 as black
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;W[rj]
;B[sh]
;W[rl]C[Woods [6d\]: I'm surprised that Eric is not a pro yet
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;B[ph]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: He came close a few times
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;W[rn]C[JeansebL [1d?\]: he's clearly favourite this year, but we never know
Woods [6d\]: how about zchen?
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;B[bh]C[Song [4d\]: instead of q18 does m5 look good to any of you? xD
]
;W[rp]C[Song [4d\]: seems like white hanging on because of komi
Malingo [3d\]: i would brute k5 k4 j3 j4 m5 l5 m6 l6 
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;B[qp]
;W[so]
;B[ia]
;W[lo]C[Song [4d\]: well then guess I was right
Song [4d\]: but thought of it before q18
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;B[ko]C[momiji [3d\]: w well ahead
Song [4d\]: yea before q18 I would without a doubt play this one
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;B[kr]
;W[ks]C[Song [4d\]: I think b should resign
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;W[gr]
;B[od]
;W[oc]C[USGO3 [-\]: Black resigns.
USGO5 [-\]: thanks usgo3
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