After Ichiriki Ryo won the first game and after losing the second one, all was even. Therefore the winner of this game would take the smallest lead possible.
The Game was played in the Olive Bay Hotel, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture (photo left). Commentary was provided by Murakawa Daisuke 9p and Ohashi Naruya 7p (on the upper right photo, left and right respectively). The Hotel bought the Go board for the 2014 Honinbo Title match (right under). Which was played between Iyama Yuta and Ida Atsushi. The total playing set (including Hyuga clamshell stones) costs roughly 72.000 euros.



At the end of the first day Iyama, playing with black took a small lead, and sealed his move at 17:42 Japanese time. However Iyama made a big mistake with move 189, which was a 24 point mistake. After which the game was still good for Iyama according to AI, but hard to judge. After move 199, which was another big mistake (Iyama went from 13 ahead to 6 behind) the game was Ichiriki’s to lose, which he didn’t. In the post game commentary Iyama said he didn’t play the best moves during the center Ko. Ichiriki told the press that, he still saw a possibility but it was extremely risky.
Game Record with Commentary
The commentary has been sourced from various commentaries found online, combined with AI. Commentary is not viewable on a mobile browser.
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