It was a big match.
In May, Park JungHwan 9Dan and Kim JiSuk 8Dan are rank 3 and rank 2 each and both players are known to be the next generation of Lee SeDol 9Dan. Therefore, people expect a lot this match between Park JungHwan 9Dan and Kim JiSuk 8Dan.
Park JungHwan 9Dan won against Kim JiSuk 8Dan by resign with black in the 9th Korea Price Information Cup on 20th.
Kim YoungSam 9Dan commented that it is game of reading. Both players' reading skill was great but Park 9Dan was better in the end.
The fight started from the beginning and both players did not think about the shape rather they seemed to play according to the situations.
Park 9Dan got points in the center but Kim 8Dan followed after that. Kim 8Dan got great results on the left side and the game was really closed.
The game was changed in the unexpected point when Kim 8Dan gave up his big group which was worth of 30 points. Kim 8Dan expected that he could attack Park 9Dan's group in the center and get reward of 30 points there. But Park 9Dan discovered great moves which led Kim 8Dan just lost the points.
After that Kim 8Dan found good moves but Park 9Dan also found great moves. it seemed they just exchange to find great moves one by one.
Park 9Dan finished the game well by attacking Kim 8Dan's group in the center.
After the game, Park 9Dan said that there were something more for Kim 8Dan, but Kim 8Dan over read the game and just resigned.
Two players will fight more and more in the future, but Park 9Dan is showing great results against Kim 8Dan which is kind of strange for Baduk fans.
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