How to make a draw?
2009-12-31
Expert: Rate: 
Sometimes it's a good idea to make a draw. For example, 20 years agodraw was possible on one of the largest tournaments in Europe, because
komi was just 5 points, not 5.5.
Alexey Lazarev and Ivan Detkov (both 6d, both from Russia), had 5-0
score and they were paired against each other on round 6. The problem was that
the loser of that game was not able to get 2nd place because of bad SOS/SODOS
And in case of the draw, it was possible to occupy both 1st and 2nd places.
They played and made a jigo(on territory), which can be called the best decision, but ...
The appeal-comitee later called it home-prepared jigo and both
players had big problems later. As well as I know, they
returned back their prizes.
Here is another method of creating a draw. You can use it
even in tournaments with 6.5 komi. In Asian countries, they usually
play such games again (same for 3 or 4 ko games), but
it's hard to imagine the decision of the referee on European tournaments,
when you have to make the pairing and start the next round in 30 min.
You can probably get a draw, because there is no time to play the game again.
By the way, there are only few examples of such games in Go history.
You may also check Komatsu Hideki vs Rin Kaiho game 1993
Game review: Alexander Dinerchtein for http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/alex