(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[NZ]SZ[19]KM[8.00]TM[5400]OT[5x60 byo-yomi]
GN[North American Ing Masters Round 1 - 2008 US Go Congress - Eric Lui (8d) vs. Lionel Zhang (6d)]PW[Eric Lui]PB[Lionel Zhang]WR[8d]BR[6d]DT[2008-08-04]EV[North American Ing Masters]RO[1]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]US[Josh Gum]RE[W+Resign]
;B[pd]
;W[dp]
;B[pq]
;W[dd]
;B[fq]
;W[cn]
;B[jp]
;W[qn]
;B[qp]
;W[qk]
;B[qi]
;W[om]
;B[fc]
;W[hc]
;B[cc]
;W[dc]
;B[cd]
;W[de]
;B[db]
;W[eb]
;B[cb]
;W[ec]
;B[cf]
;W[nc]C[USGO6 [-\]: Eric got a refill on his water. :)
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;B[qf]
;W[pc]C[USGO6 [-\]: Welcome to the 2008 North American Ing Masters (NAIM) Tournament!
USGO6 [-\]: Thirty-two top players from North American are competing in the 5-round tournament for $10,000 in prizes. 
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;B[qc]
;W[qb]C[USGO6 [-\]: The top boards are being broadcast live by the American Go E-Journal; go news from around the world, free every week via email; sign up at www.usgo.org
USGO6 [-\]: Time limits are 90 minutes basic time, 5 periods of 1 minute byo yomi
USGO6 [-\]: Anyone have a guess on the next move?
YangX [4d\]: p17 
Blockdude [3k\]: t19
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;B[qd]
;W[ob]C[Blockdude [3k\]: darn
USGO6 [-\]: close :)
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;B[dr]
;W[hq]
;B[fo]
;W[lq]
;B[kq]
;W[op]
;B[lp]
;W[oq]
;B[or]
;W[cq]
;B[ho]C[USGO6 [-\]: Lionel has left the room..
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;W[pg]C[USGO6 [-\]: .. so Eric is wandering around. 
USGO6 [-\]: )
Blockdude [3k\]: bring him back!
Blockdude [3k\]: he is reading go books in the bathroom!
USGO6 [-\]: 1:06 left on Erics clock, 1:04 left on Lionels.. and they have both returned.
USGO6 [-\]: Must have been a short read. ;)
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;B[qg]
;W[eg]C[USGO6 [-\]: K16 next?
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;B[ch]C[USGO6 [-\]: ...nope
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;W[kd]C[USGO6 [-\]: ah, the point of symmetry
Tsuijin [1d\]: I wonder if F18 still works
Blockdude [3k\]: aww this is looking like a normal boring game
USGO6 [-\]: looks kinda tight to me.. I'm 3k though, what line were you thinking?
architect [2k\]: no moves?
architect [2k\]: cannot review?
Tsuijin [1d\]: i dunno lol
USGO6 [-\]: ;)
Tsuijin [1d\]: I dn really like L16
Tsuijin [1d\]: *dun
t0Strong4u [-\]: woohoo lionel
Over9k [5k\]: you can clone
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;B[nq]C[t0Strong4u [-\]: b spent many many moves on the bottom
Over9k [5k\]: is eric lui BBW?
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;W[nr]C[appleseeds [4k?\]: eric = pianist & theone
Over9k [5k\]: ah
appleseeds [4k?\]: bbw is andy liu
USGO6 [-\]: to me, the top middle looks scary for black
t0Strong4u [-\]: really? you sure?
Over9k [5k\]: lol
t0Strong4u [-\]: huh...i havn't seen piantist in long time
Over9k [5k\]: pianist was funny
USGO6 [-\]: Eric is off taking a walk-about..
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;B[mr]C[USGO6 [-\]: Looks like Eric is eyeing the top middle.. 
yuksek [6k\]: hey pls anser that quastion . ist there any profi dan in europa
USGO6 [-\]: I think so, yes, Christian Pop is one right?
yuksek [6k\]: profii?
YangX [4d\]: wazat?
USGO6 [-\]: I took that as professional..?
yuksek [6k\]: u mean he was in japan or korea and get profi?
USGO6 [-\]: I couldn't be sure, sorry..
USGO6 [-\]: Eric and Lionel have left the table.
USGO6 [-\]: White has 55 min, Black has 49 min
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;W[hh]C[barber [3k\]: several Rumanians and Russians have become pro
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;B[cr]
;W[gn]
;B[go]
;W[cj]
;B[jg]
;W[ji]
;B[lg]
;W[if]C[USGO6 [-\]: White as 43 min, Black ha 40 min
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;B[cl]
;W[bg]
;B[bf]C[lijinz [3k\]: um... hello?
TiantongQ [3k\]: what, USGO6 is an account?
StoneSoup [?\]: USGO6 is a special account used to transcribe the tournament on table 6.
Over9k [5k\]: board 6
Over9k [5k\]: technically
lijinz [3k\]: why isn't usgo6 moving?
USGO6 [-\]: indeed
USGO6 [-\]: the players are thinking..
Over9k [5k\]: lol
Over9k [5k\]: it';s live
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;W[fn]C[TiantongQ [3k\]: er... exceuuse me, but... I don't under-stand anyting.
StoneSoup [?\]: ok
TiantongQ [3k\]: just kidding
lijinz [3k\]: lol
TiantongQ [3k\]: why is the time 90
StoneSoup [?\]: ok
StoneSoup [?\]: The game is set up as a demonstration game for the purposes of transcription.
StoneSoup [?\]: This setting does not have 'live' time.
StoneSoup [?\]: It would be difficult if not impossible to keep time in sync for the transcriber anyway.
TiantongQ [3k\]: how long does a game usually last?
StoneSoup [?\]: Each player in this tournament has 90 minutes of regular time plus 5 one-minute byo-yomi (sp?) periods.
USGO6 [-\]: it looks like half of the games are over, this board has the fewest moves played so far..
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;B[bj]C[StoneSoup [?\]: Most contemplative players.
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;W[bi]
;B[ci]
;W[bk]
;B[dj]
;W[ck]
;B[dk]C[StoneSoup [?\]: What is the time for the players?
USGO6 [-\]: White has 36 min and Black has 32 min
StoneSoup [?\]: Pleanty of time to finish a game. :-)
USGO6 [-\]: Any guess on the next move?
USGO6 [-\]: Seems Eric is shuffling his stones to decide..
USGO6 [-\]: here it comes..
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;W[bl]C[StoneSoup [?\]: F9
StoneSoup [?\]: I like the middle.
Tsuijin [1d\]: b8 is so earth shattering
Tsuijin [1d\]: eric overdramatizing his moves!
USGO6 [-\]: ;p
StoneSoup [?\]: It's all that contemplation...
Tsuijin [1d\]: though if he plays here
Tsuijin [1d\]: he prob thinks it is easy win
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;B[eh]
;W[pi]C[Capsule [3d\]: lionel zhang...he grew so much since i last saw him 2 years ago.  at least a feet+ in height.
Blockdude [3k\]: y is this game so slow?
Tsuijin [1d\]: maybe white senses the force in black
Tsuijin [1d\]: and doesn't like it
USGO6 [-\]: White has 32 min, Black has 25 min
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;B[ng]C[StoneSoup [?\]: I wonder which will do better when under time pressure?
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;W[qh]
;B[rh]
;W[ph]
;B[qj]
;W[pj]C[LEGAN [8k\]: oof course 8 d
StoneSoup [?\]: ;-)
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;B[oe]C[LEGAN [8k\]: white jus t to big
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;W[rp]C[LEGAN [8k\]: black will resign at any moment
StoneSoup [?\]: It is also possible that the 8d plays slowly to lower the game temp, while the younger 6d plays slowly because he is counting.
takayanagi [4d\]: huh
Tsuijin [1d\]: game temp?
StoneSoup [?\]: o
StoneSoup [?\]: tempo
Tsuijin [1d\]: game is already slow
StoneSoup [?\]: Sorry, had an 'o' lag.
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;B[rq]
;W[np]
;B[ns]C[Tsuijin [1d\]: white leads atm right?
USGO6 [-\]: It looks like it to me
Tsuijin [1d\]: and it seems by a decent margin too
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;W[me]C[Tsuijin [1d\]: which all leads me to conclude that b must be active!
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;B[of]C[Blockdude [3k\]: but SE gives white a lot more points than he has
Tsuijin [1d\]: ?
Tsuijin [1d\]: and I gave white less points then he should have
Tsuijin [1d\]: he prob will win by 10+
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;W[rk]
;B[ri]C[Blockdude [3k\]: whites side is nothing overly impressive
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;W[fh]C[Tsuijin [1d\]: yah but when black is so passive..
Tsuijin [1d\]: and he is losing by double digits
Tsuijin [1d\]: game feels really dull
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;B[df]
;W[ef]C[StoneSoup [?\]: Maybe he is waiting for the two-minute warning and will then go into a power offense.
Tsuijin [1d\]: black already waited too long
Tsuijin [1d\]: he is too thin on board
koyna [6k?\]: what is the time, by the way?
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;B[bh]C[USGO6 [-\]: White has 26 min, Black has 17 min
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;W[dl]C[koyna [6k?\]: thank you
USGO6 [-\]: np
USGO6 [-\]: Lionel has left the room
takayanagi [4d\]: whos lionel?
Tsuijin [1d\]: lol
Tsuijin [1d\]: b
takayanagi [4d\]: oh
takayanagi [4d\]: didnt notice >>
USGO6 [-\]: He's back.. and thinking. 
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;B[bq]
;W[bp]
;B[dq]
;W[cp]C[Tsuijin [1d\]: I really think black needs a move in center
Kyros [8k\]: looks like it
Capsule [3d\]: maybe lionel improved a lot since his china trip
Tsuijin [1d\]: white is like a forest fire
Tsuijin [1d\]: that has spread everywhere
Capsule [3d\]: i heard he beat luo xihe with 4 stones.
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;B[ig]
;W[hg]C[itsme [2k\]: b is moking his move now
itsme [2k\]: making
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;B[jf]C[itsme [2k\]: not to kill, but eat into w's territery
Tsuijin [1d\]: u can't eat forest fires
Tsuijin [1d\]: u combat it with hoses and then run away
Tsuijin [1d\]: otherwise u get surrounded and burned
StoneSoup [?\]: don't forget trenching.... I'm not sure if there is time for a fireline.
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;W[je]C[KGSPlus [-\]: please keep comments related to the game
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;B[rb]
;W[ra]
;B[sb]C[StoneSoup [?\]: Even if b succeeds in spoiling the rest of the lower board... isn't he still short on points?
USGO6 [-\]: White has 23 min, Black has 10
StoneSoup [?\]: (spoiling as in, no points there for w)
USGO6 [-\]: With 8 points komi, I would tend to agree..
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;W[im]
;B[el]
;W[dm]C[koyna [6k?\]: why 8 points komi, has komi gone up again?  (its been a while since i've been online for go)
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;B[fk]C[USGO6 [-\]: This tournament uses Ing rules
StoneSoup [?\]: Tournament rules.
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;W[br]
;B[bs]
;W[ar]
;B[po]C[hade [17k\]: how long do they get per turn?
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;W[nn]C[StoneSoup [?\]: as long as they want to take... within their time.
hade [17k\]: 90minutes oh
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;B[pn]C[StoneSoup [?\]: speaking of time....
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;W[qm]C[USGO6 [-\]: White has 21 minutes, Black has 6 min
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;B[lm]
;W[ln]
;B[kn]
;W[lo]C[Steven1234 [-\]: Is Eric Lui Ericdai?
acellist1 [5k\]: Pianist i think
YangX [4d\]: ya
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;B[jm]
;W[ko]
;B[jo]
;W[in]
;B[jn]C[gogobob [2k\]:  
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;W[ep]C[Capsule [3d\]: eric lui = pianist/compendium/theone, eric dai = ericdai/ericbravo
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;B[mm]
;W[nk]C[USGO6 [-\]: Black has 1 minute on his clock, from here on out I'll not be reporting time.
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;B[pm]
;W[pl]C[Rakeliem [1k\]: what is byo yomi?
USGO6 [-\]: 5 x 1 min
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;B[mp]C[Rakeliem [1k\]: ok
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;W[fp]C[StoneSoup [?\]: did that answer your question?
Rakeliem [1k\]: yea
StoneSoup [?\]: k
Tsuijin [1d\]: how to respond to this?
copacetik [1k\]: g3?
Rakeliem [1k\]: black looks totally overpowered
StoneSoup [?\]: glad I don't have to.
Rakeliem [1k\]: g3 looks like a better failure
cloudy [4d\]: yeah, now b lost
joelw [12k\]: g3 looks like good shape
USGO6 [-\]: Black has 4 byo yomi left
copacetik [1k\]: better failure, I like that
USGO6 [-\]: Black has resigned, thank you all for watching the game.
hade [17k\]: thanks for showing us
Rakeliem [1k\]: thx
StoneSoup [?\]: Thanks.
USGO6 [-\]: np, my pleasure
Tsuijin [1d\]: gg
Kyros [8k\]: thanks
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