This is the death match.
This is the death match. Guli 9Dan's face became red after losing second
game against LeeSeDol 9Dan from Korea.
Korea Baduk fans want to hear this fantastic news from Lee SeDol 9Dan.
Lee SeDol 9Dan from Korea won against Guli 9Dan from China by 1.5 points with white in the second match of the death match on 23th. It took more than 9 hours to be finished. Lee SeDol 9Dan led this death match race for him in the beginning of death match by having a score 2 to 0 so far.
Guli 9Dan's face became very red after checking the result of the second
game. In the Open commentary room, the voice of fighting from Chinese
Baduk fans were heard, and Guli9Dan answered it with smile but it was kind
of awkward.
Lee SeDol 9Dan said in the interview that even I won this game, I don't satisfied with the game. But I feel good to have 3rd match having the score 2 to 0 for me. I was behind in the beginning and we could find many chances for black to win the game in the review.
China press said that Lee SeDol 9Dan is very similar with Dousaku Kisung who used to be a top player in Japan in the past. And they said that Lee SeDol's groups looked very dangerous and almost dead but it becomes alive as it goes by. And in the second game, Lee SeDol 9Dan's stones looked almost dead but lived one by one and decided the game for him.
Lee SeDol 9Dan mentioned that even he went to bed early, he couldn't sleep well. He refused to have a long interview after reviewing. But he has mentioned that I think Guli 9Dan's concentration fell down to see his moves in the center.
This death match race is very long. As the game is held every month, so it would be very painful to wait next games.
It is said that Guli 9Dan has its team to study Lee SeDol 9Dan. The team member studies Lee 9Dan's game records together with Guli 9Dan and trained Guli 9Dan to control his condition and train. Gu LingYu and Ma ShaoBing are members of the team. Korea should learn this kind of system from China.
In the end, Lee SeDol 9Dan has really good result so far, while Guli 9Dan i
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