First time in history Taiwan beat Japanese team!

2009-12-09

Expert: Alexander Dinerchtein

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First time in history Taiwanbeat Japanese team!

Japanese team was always stronger – he won their matches against Taiwan by 8-0 both in 2007 and 2008. Big miracle happened in 2009: Taiwanese team finally won by 5-3!

Old Japanese players are still strong and I am sure that such masters as Cho U, Yoda Norimoto or Cho Chikun still can fight for big international titles, but what is the situation with youth Go? It seems that nowadays in Japan they don’t have any big stars, who can continue Japanese traditions. Young Japanese 1-dans still play on 2-stones handicap with titleholders, but in Korea 1-dans are stronger than most 8-9 dan players. Korean 1-dans can beat everyone – even superstars like Cho Hunhyun or Seo Bongsu!

It’s good to invite such players to Japanand give them Japanese citizenship – but maybe it’s only me, who think like this?

I will show you the game played on the first board in Taiwanvs Japanmatch.

Game commentary: Alexander Dinerchtein for Go4Go

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