US Go Congress Day 6 / 2026 Jul 30
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A rematch against Raymond Heitmann who I played in the Self Pair
Tournament. I made a small mistake in the joseki - I felt something
was amiss. I thought it might be a big issue, but both Kim Yoon-young
and AI agreed that it was fairly minor when I reviewed later. The real
problem didn't come till the early middle game when white invaded the
upper right corner, a pattern that is very typical in the post-AlphaGo
age where you play one of the star points. I tried to keep some
territory but I should have just entered their territory instead and
let them live small inside. Not a particularly hard sequence to
remember.

The end game remained very close, I was predicting a few points either
way, but it was hard to get an accurate count with the clock
ticking. Right before the very last moves of the game, Ray ataried a
group of four stones but I ignored it since he had missed that I could
kill half the board.

Not the most exciting way to win, but c'est la vie.

After lunch, Logan and I attended a really great lecture by Ryan Li on
Go Seigen's jubangos against Sakato Eio and Kuranosuke Fujisawa. Go
Seigen's commentary on his own games is what got me fired up about Go so
many years ago, so for me this lecture was a historical treat.

The night went long with the Pair Go tournament. It was fun to just
wander around the tables watching the various games. There was also
lot of review and chit-chat with various Go friends from NYC and
elsewhere.

2 more games!