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Handicap Games from Argentina

The Argentine Go Association has section for training young players under the guidance of Mr. Tadashi Kado, amateur 3-Dan. Mr. Kado´s students range from high scool to university students, but while the period they have been learning Go varies, the longest is barely three years. Mr. Ernesto Cepeda of the Association sent records of 15 games wich Mr. Kado played in early 1973 with young players to us, with a request for comment. “Go Review” is happy to comply and we asked Mr. Kazuo Sato, 4-Dan, a teaching professional, to look at the games. Unfortunately, because of limitations of space, we can only present the opening sections of three games in this issue. Game 1. 5 stones: Mr. Cepeda Mr. Cepeda, who collected these games together, is a 5th year student at the Buenos Aires Technical College. He began playing Go in March, 1972. Fig.1, Dia.1. Black `B´in this diagram is directed only towards defence. Black should always look for a move which combines defence with attack. A play at `A´ instead of `B´is a must for this situation. The best approach is to try and make territory by means of attacking moves, one

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should not play moves whose function is limited solely to making territory. Game 2. 4 stones: Mr. Lindenbaum Mr. Lindenbaum started learning Go about a year earlier than his fellow students. He took. 5th place in the first section of the national championship in 1972. He was also 4th in the finals of the Marco Polo Tournament. For the joseki from White 13 to Black 24, refer to Dia. 1. In the game, Black played 22 at the wrong point. This way of capturing is not good, because a subsequent White forcing Black to capture at `B´. For it easier to play an uchikomi (invasion) at 1, because he is able to get watari underneath at `C´. Black 24. This move is bad. Joseki calls for one point jump at 12 in Dia. 1. The reason isthat Black will get a very cramped shape if White plays a tsuke (attachment play) on top of 24 in the actual game. Game 3. 7 stones: Mr. Fernando Mr. Fernando Aguilar, aged 14, is a high school student. He began to play Go in April 1972. He has performed well in a number of handicap tournaments, including 1st place in the 2nd section of the 1973 national championship. He also won the Marco Polo tournament witout a loss.

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Black 6. The value of this move is small one. White has defended this position at the top with 5. Black should rather direct his attention to such points as `A´ and `B´in Dia. 1. Dia. 2. It would be more efficient for Black to make a play at `A´, for this point is not only profitable from the territorial point of view, but also is useful for aiming at an invasion at `B´. Black´s group of stones in the upper right corner met an infamous death wich he naturally could have avoided if only he had followed either of sequences in Dia. 3 and 4. The sequence Fernando has folloewd in the lower right corner is one which can´t be seen in Japan. He should learn the joseki in Dia. 5. This gives a reasonable result and is widely used in Japan.

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