Lee SeDol left only 1 game to win the death match.
Lee SeDol's great strategy collapse Guli 9Dan's shape at once. The result wasn't resign but the gap was very huge in the end
Lee SeDol 9Dan won against Guli 9Dan by resign with black in the 7th match of the death match on 31th of August.
Therefore, the total result is 5 wins 2 loses for Lee SeDol 9Dan. Lee 9Dan left only one game to win the death match.
Until the middle game, Guli 9Dan led the game by little. Lee SeDol 9Dan has burden to transfer his influence to territories in the center. If Guli 9Dan lived his group in the center without any sacrifice, then the game seemed to be better for Guli 9Dan.
But Lee SeDol 9Dan could catch a chance to separate two groups and got better position.
Park JungSang and Kim SeongLyeong 9Dan commented that the beginning was not good for Lee SeDol 9Dan as other games. But Lee 9Dan could catch a chance and after that, it was very painful time for Guli 9Dan.
This result has huge meaning, so Guli 9Dan couldn't resign easily. Park JungSang 9Dan said that Guli 9Dan does resign easily in other games but he couldn't resign as this game is so important for him. I could feel his pain to see the sequence in the end game.
So far, Lee 9Dan got a position to be even at least. If the result is even by 5 to 5, then the prize will be given evenly to both players.
Nest game will be played in ChongChing which is Guli 9Dan's countryside. This point would be quite burden for him as well.
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