(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[AGA]SZ[19]KM[7.50]TM[5400]OT[5x30 byo-yomi]
GN[US Masters Open - Go Congress 2014 - Round 8 (W) Conner Li (B) Matthew Hu]PW[Conner Li]PB[Matthew Hu]WR[3p]BR[2p]DT[2014-08-15]EV[Go Congress 2014]RO[8]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]US[Nathan Borggren]C[USGO2 [-\]: Welcome to Round 8 of the US Masters Tournament, I am your host Nathan Borggren.  Exciting round tonight, the final conflicts of the tournament are being resolved now and tomorrow morning.
]RE[W+1.50]
;B[dp]C[agony [5k\]: Have these players achieved AGA professional ranks?
Achiles [1k\]: awesome move
]
;W[pp]
;B[cd]C[USGO2 [-\]: My understanding is that they are Chinese professional ranks.
]
;W[pd]C[agony [5k\]: thanks
]
;B[nc]
;W[kd]
;B[ic]
;W[nd]
;B[md]
;W[ne]
;B[oc]
;W[pc]
;B[me]
;W[pf]
;B[ke]
;W[je]
;B[jd]
;W[kf]
;B[le]
;W[ie]
;B[gc]
;W[cn]
;B[dk]
;W[fq]C[USGO2 [-\]: The Chinese names of the players are Zi Yang Hu and Cong Li.
]
;B[dn]C[trumie [2d\]: was matthew hu promoted to 2p recently?
trumie [2d\]: like in the last hour?
]
;W[cq]C[USGO2 [-\]: I'm verifying the intel, this is what I was told.
USGO2 [-\]: No I don't think there has been a premotion this evening.
]
;B[dq]
;W[cp]
;B[do]
;W[bm]
;B[cl]
;W[dr]C[USGO2 [-\]: Yes he is 2p.
USGO2 [-\]: Black is being indecisive, he put his stone down at d5, then took it off and put it back on.  Now he put it at c7 and then took it off.
]
;B[fe]
;W[mc]
;B[lc]
;W[mf]
;B[lf]
;W[lg]
;B[mb]
;W[kg]
;B[qk]
;W[qi]
;B[qn]
;W[qo]
;B[pn]
;W[np]
;B[oj]
;W[nn]C[trumie [2d\]: thx for verifying USGO2.  I checked online and he was a 1p last year and thought i saw him listed as 1p this year too.  guess i was wrong.
USGO2 [-\]: No problem.  Here to serve the go players of Earth.
]
;B[oh]
;W[qh]
;B[mg]
;W[nf]C[USGO2 [-\]: Twirling a bunch of stones laid out on the table is all the rage this Congress.  Matt fidgets with the stones on the table, and also readjusts the l13 stones.  Conner on the other hand is very quiet, still, and concentrating intensely.
]
;B[ol]
;W[nk]
;B[mi]C[trumie [2d\]: if i recall, last year these two played and there was a big controversy at the end over whether open points in a seki counted or not.  determined the outcome of the game.
xDragon [?\]: Hi penn top
Benzene [3d\]: aga rules they cout
]
;W[kj]
;B[mk]
;W[nl]
;B[kk]
;W[lj]
;B[mj]
;W[lk]
;B[ml]
;W[ll]
;B[mm]
;W[kn]
;B[mo]C[USGO2 [-\]: White is shaking his head at some internal stimuli.
Benzene [3d\]: o9 was refuted
USGO2 [-\]: White has used 8 minutes or so so far on this move.  He is now down to 55 minutes, as is Black.
xedover [?\]: trumie, it turns out that it didn't affect the outcome of that game. There was an ejournal article soon after explaining why
]
;W[no]
;B[lq]
;W[lp]
;B[kp]
;W[mp]
;B[iq]
;W[nm]
;B[ok]
;W[rn]
;B[rm]
;W[ro]
;B[ko]
;W[ln]
;B[rj]C[USGO2 [-\]: black steps out of the room.
]
;W[er]
;B[cm]
;W[bn]
;B[fh]
;W[bd]
;B[cc]
;W[bc]
;B[bb]
;W[di]
;B[cg]
;W[fi]
;B[gi]
;W[fj]
;B[eh]
;W[dj]C[USGO2 [-\]: black taps down f12 and then pulls it off the board.
USGO2 [-\]: f8 rather
]
;B[gl]
;W[fl]
;B[fm]
;W[el]
;B[em]
;W[hk]
;B[gp]C[hm212: hi, usgo, are you dennis?
Ouuiea [?\]: he is Nathan
]
;W[gh]
;B[gg]
;W[hh]
;B[hg]C[okiol [-\]: how many nathans are there?
]
;W[ih]
;B[ig]C[kurii [-\]: who are playing?
]
;W[jg]C[okiol [-\]: you can see the names, kurii
]
;B[lh]C[kurii [-\]: phone client doesnt show
USGO2 [-\]: two, this is Nathan Borggren
Worthless [-\]: White is Conner Li 3p, Black is Matthew Hu 2p
okiol [-\]: oh ok: w: Conner LI, b: Matthew Hu
okiol [-\]: 3p vs 2p
kurii [-\]: thanks
]
;W[ng]C[hm212: wow, cornel is already 3p
okiol [-\]: wut
hm212: s11?
ladyhaha: k12??
ofir271 [3k\]: how do you get promoted from 1p to 2p ect ?
hm212: tournaments
okiol [-\]: different
indianayk [5d\]: does anyone know the result of the Board 1?
]
;B[ri]
;W[rh]C[hm212: board 1, andi liu lost
okiol [-\]: tournaments is one way
indianayk [5d\]: thx
hm212: he resigned
hm212: yw
Kaskai [4k\]: my phone client shows in description
okiol [-\]: also, different for different systems
USGO2 [-\]: black had the k12 stone on the board before changing to s11.
ofir271 [3k\]: ic thanks
hm212: thx usgo
USGO2 [-\]: now he has changed his mind from h8
]
;B[jh]
;W[hi]C[ofir271 [3k\]: mm so you have tests for josekis and such or its too basic to go on?
]
;B[ji]C[okiol [-\]: by performance level the only way they test is tournaments
]
;W[mh]C[okiol [-\]: but you can reiceve for being good with spreading go too, for example
]
;B[li]C[okiol [-\]: like breakfast
ofir271 [3k\]: cool thx
]
;W[ij]
;B[nh]
;W[mg]C[okiol [-\]: someone can correct me on this, cause it seems a little bit weird, but if i understood her correctly, i spoke to a korean pro who was 2p, but while teaching in europe she had an honorary temporary rank at 8p, could that be right?
hm212: yes
hm212: you can get 9p honorary too
]
;B[sh]C[ofir271 [3k\]: w g7 works?
metlife [1d\]: Is w going to respond t12?
ataraf [6k\]: yes
ofir271 [3k\]: he may aim to kill all r6 group
]
;W[rf]
;B[sm]C[Thou [5d\]: whoa the crazy taisha guy has 7 wins already
USGO2 [-\]: 8 now
ChemBoy613 [-\]: who is "crazy taisha guy
spacetime [4d\]: is there commentary on the board 1 game soon??
ChemBoy613 [-\]: ?
]
;W[id]
;B[jc]
;W[gd]C[USGO2 [-\]: Mark Lee I believe is the reference
USGO2 [-\]: a crazy taisha guy at least
ChemBoy613 [-\]: he's very strong
]
;B[fd]
;W[hc]
;B[hb]
;W[hd]C[Thou [5d\]: why didn't he become pro?
Thou [5d\]: you said he was at the top of the korean insei league
spacetime [4d\]: maybe didn't quite make it
metlife [1d\]: B17 dead?
hm212: for sure metlife
USGO2 [-\]: I got distracted I'm missing a black stone
]
;B[gb]
;W[mr]
;B[lr]
;W[hr]
;B[hq]
;W[fp]
;B[go]C[mxh [4k\]: haha
USGO2 [-\]: yeah, thanks, of course.
metlife [1d\]: funny
mxh [4k\]: I thought I was crazy for a second
ofir271 [3k\]: :)
metlife [1d\]: I though w hate cash
hm212: how did cornel up to 3p so fast?
ChemBoy613 [-\]: that's not cornel, hm212
hm212: ?
metlife [1d\]: beating lots of 2P's
ChemBoy613 [-\]: I believe he's Cornel Buzo
ChemBoy613 [-\]: this is Conner Li
First [3k?\]: way to spoil the fun chemistboy
metlife [1d\]: who is winning?
First [3k?\]: I think w
First [3k?\]: but SE not working properly
hm212: who is conner li and mattew hu on kgs?
ChemBoy613 [-\]: W looks better imo
First [3k?\]: w 3 corners and small centre
First [3k?\]: black big top
cooloff [4d\]: E cup
ChemBoy613 [-\]: i guess W is reading yose
First [3k?\]: you watching the webcam too?
metlife [1d\]: w is thinking about attacking b right side 
cooloff [4d\]: w is lloking up on ways to resign:-)
cooloff [4d\]: then shows to b:-)
First [3k?\]: can't kill b at the right
First [3k?\]: nor reduce much
cooloff [4d\]: Seriously w is reading the sequence of yose
USGO2 [-\]: White is pretty fixated on center and left side, but he's counting everywhere.
]
;W[gr]C[First [3k?\]: with his brain calculator
cooloff [4d\]: T14
cooloff [4d\]: Opps, b needs eyes first
cooloff [4d\]: J2
metlife [1d\]: w keeps pounding
USGO2 [-\]: black goes to place k6 stone, now retreats and takes his time.
metlife [1d\]: and accepts cooloff's offer to place j2 
]
;B[jn]C[metlife [1d\]: Sorry, cooloff, not this time
First [3k?\]: first use the ajikeshi right
USGO2 [-\]: a much deeper k6 is played, now its white who reacts with a reach to j2. 
]
;W[jr]
;B[ir]
;W[is]
;B[jq]C[USGO2 [-\]: or k2 perhaps.
]
;W[im]C[metlife [1d\]: this is painful for b
First [3k?\]: what is b?
guapo [1k\]: black
]
;B[bi]C[guapo [1k\]: b10
]
;W[bj]
;B[ci]
;W[cj]
;B[hn]
;W[dh]
;B[dg]C[guapo [1k\]: looks like w doesnt have big moves left
First [3k?\]: isn't this the square 6 of death?
guapo [1k\]: where
First [3k?\]: j5
Highwayman [3d\]: it's alive
yarg: i wonder if h6 was needed
guapo [1k\]: i'd go k6
guapo [1k\]: or q18
USGO2 [-\]: White enters byo-yomi
]
;W[ai]
;B[bh]C[edlee [1k\]: How much time left for B ?
USGO2 [-\]: I can't see, presumably about 20 minutes
edlee [1k\]: Thx
]
;W[mq]C[guapo [1k\]: f5
guapo [1k\]: well l2 first
michi2009 [5d\]: i thought p18 bigger
guapo [1k\]: maybe w is attacking
USGO2 [-\]: that is where black hesitates this time.
USGO2 [-\]: he is adjusting whites q17 stones now.
First [3k?\]: is that a legal move?
metlife [1d\]: take away q17?
guapo [1k\]: is not a move
]
;B[sf]C[mxh [4k\]: *I'll just move that stone of yours. There, much better"
guapo [1k\]: i hate when they do that
]
;W[se]
;B[sg]C[metlife [1d\]: t11 first?
]
;W[si]
;B[sj]C[ChemBoy613 [-\]: sometimes the stones slide and you can't see clearly
]
;W[rg]
;B[si]C[USGO2 [-\]: I'm pretty sure its a product of anxiety in this case, as is the fidgeting and clacking of the handful of stones.
]
;W[re]C[ChemBoy613 [-\]: i was always told that was rude so i enver did it
First [3k?\]: or an attempt to create a new ghost sai
]
;B[ob]C[First [3k?\]: p18 sente
]
;W[pb]C[First [3k?\]: very big
guapo [1k\]: q19
]
;B[jm]
;W[hm]
;B[gm]C[pierresneb [2d?\]: k7 and n3, which is better/bigger?
trumie [2d\]: b a little ahead it seems
michi2009 [5d\]: b8
]
;W[in]
;B[io]
;W[jl]C[michi2009 [5d\]: k9
]
;B[gk]
;W[gj]C[cooloff [4d\]: k9
guapo [1k\]: j8
michi2009 [5d\]: but b8 bigger
]
;B[km]
;W[kl]C[metlife [1d\]: b should connect
]
;B[pa]C[michi2009 [5d\]: l7 did not look good
]
;W[qa]
;B[oa]C[guapo [1k\]: f5 better than connect
]
;W[qb]
;B[sn]
;W[lm]
;B[jo]
;W[so]
;B[po]
;W[op]C[guapo [1k\]: n1
]
;B[ms]
;W[ns]
;B[ls]
;W[nr]
;B[fk]
;W[ek]
;B[dl]
;W[ej]
;B[co]
;W[bo]
;B[bl]C[cooloff [4d\]: a10
metlife [1d\]: attack right side
USGO2 [-\]: white 4 periods
]
;W[nj]
;B[ni]C[USGO2 [-\]: white 3 periods
dfhfhfb [1k\]: b wins this ... 
]
;W[pm]C[First [3k?\]: woah
First [3k?\]: what is this
metlife [1d\]: does it work?
First [3k?\]: missclick perhaps
Austin101 [2k\]: what does b's time look like?
rsez [2d\]: looks work
mxh [4k\]: idgi
USGO2 [-\]: I can't see his clock, still in main time.  5-10 perhaps.
michi2009 [5d\]: wow nice
rsez [2d\]: q11 first better
guapo [1k\]: is this move ok?
ErrorGo [2d\]: r7 
croc [5d\]: all dead
]
;B[qm]C[michi2009 [5d\]: awesome move
]
;W[om]
;B[pl]C[ErrorGo [2d\]: b alive 
]
;W[pj]C[guapo [1k\]: wow
ErrorGo [2d\]: o: 
]
;B[rl]C[Austin101 [2k\]: did it really work? I didn't see it working out. what would w do if b did p7?
michi2009 [5d\]: alive but down to two points
]
;W[bg]
;B[bf]
;W[aj]C[guapo [1k\]: wow this one too
]
;B[ch]C[croc [5d\]: ghosty yose
]
;W[ah]
;B[ag]C[xedover [?\]: black still has 13 mins
metlife [1d\]: why b cannot p7?
]
;W[pk]
;B[sk]
;W[al]
;B[fo]C[First [3k?\]: q12 will hurt so much
michi2009 [5d\]: p7 r7 r8 s8
michi2009 [5d\]: all dead
Austin101 [2k\]: ooh I see
]
;W[gf]C[metlife [1d\]: oh yeah
Austin101 [2k\]: <-- feels stupid not seeing that
]
;B[ff]
;W[hf]
;B[og]
;W[if]
;B[fg]C[guapo [1k\]: don't, it was pretty deep
]
;W[ge]C[ErrorGo [2d\]: p15 
Austin101 [2k\]: I'm usually really good when it comes to reading, that's why I feel bad :P
yarg: is k14 a point?
]
;B[oe]C[kmr [1d\]: yes
guapo [1k\]: ok feel bad
Austin101 [2k\]: TT.TT
]
;W[of]
;B[od]
;W[pe]
;B[jj]
;W[jk]
;B[hl]
;W[il]
;B[bk]
;W[ak]
;B[pg]C[guapo [1k\]: must be close
]
;W[ep]
;B[qg]
;W[eo]
;B[qf]
;W[qe]
;B[en]C[nnnn2012 [1d\]: b win
Gabriel [1k\]: Austin, don't feel bad, lots of people were like "hah misclick" (apart from michi who was like "wow so awesome")
First [3k?\]: what did w manage to salvage?
Austin101 [2k\]: :o it's been a while, Gabriel!
]
;W[lo]
;B[mn]C[Gabriel [1k\]: yeah i recognise your name >_>
]
;W[ki]
;B[kh]
;W[pi]
;B[oi]C[Austin101 [2k\]: is that bad O.o ?
]
;W[hs]C[guapo [1k\]: i know gabriel from somewhere too
]
;B[gq]
;W[eq]
;B[ql]
;W[js]
;B[dm]
;W[ks]
;B[kq]C[michi2009 [5d\]: close, w wins a little
]
;W[ii]
;B[ck]
;W[qj]
;B[ph]
;W[ei]C[Gabriel [1k\]: Guapo... do you have some relation to birds or parrots or something? If you do - I know you from somewhere
]
;B[kr]C[Austin101 [2k\]: Gabriel used to help me in my KGS room before he suddenly left it, haven't seen him since :(
]
;W[oo]
;B[on]C[guapo [1k\]: w+1.5
kerberos [3d\]: yes
First [3k?\]: haha
phewws: what rules are that?
First [3k?\]: all those people saying b was ahead
Austin101 [2k\]: lol
Gabriel [1k\]: wait seriously? XD which room is that?
nicklaus [1d\]: final game?
kerberos [3d\]: 0.5
Austin101 [2k\]: it was Affy's Crew (but it's changed to Austin101 Lectures)
michi2009 [5d\]: so q7 was the winning move
nicklaus [1d\]: i just got in
guapo [1k\]: totally
guapo [1k\]: b didnt see it
Gabriel [1k\]: oooooh it's yooouuuuu. I got way too busy T.T still am, currently in a session of procrastination
USGO2 [-\]: W wins, there not counting.
Austin101 [2k\]: XD
guapo [1k\]: so b resigns?
xedover [?\]: thanks usgo2
USGO2 [-\]: Yeah.
USGO2 [-\]: Thanks for coming.
au2 [2d?\]: thanks
guapo [1k\]: thank you good sir
nnnn2012 [1d\]: good job
sweety [-\]: Thank you, USGO2
nnnn2012 [1d\]: thx all 
xedover [?\]: join us for tomorrow's final round, at: <gmt>2014-08-16 13:00</gmt>
phewws: w+25?
guapo [1k\]: thx sweety
nnnn2012 [1d\]: see u next time
sweety [-\]: see you tomorrow :)
guapo [1k\]: bye
USGO2 [-\]: There saying by 1.5 point
guapo [1k\]: kgs says .5
USGO2 [-\]: AGA has a pass stone, white has to make last move I understand.
USGO2 [-\]: W + 1.5
USGO2 [-\]: I wish my chinese was a little better.
guapo [1k\]: or their english
BigDoug [-\]: nice job USGO02
USGO2 [-\]: Thanks.  
USGO2 [-\]: See you tomorrow for the final round, 9:00 AM EST.  
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