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Master takes on Park Junghwan and Meng Tailing in latest AGA Master Review Series

Published on 3/19/2017

The latest in the AGA Master Review Series features Jennie Shen 2P's translation of Meng Tailing 6p's commentary on Master's game against Park Junghwan 9p -- Game 24 in Master's 60-game series -- and Michael Redmond 9P's commentary on Master's game against Meng Tailing (Game 9). At right is Redmond's sgf commentary, which includes additional variations.[sgf sgfUrl="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/master09_Meng_Tailing.sgf" href="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/master09_Meng_Tailing.sgf" class="alignright"] [/sgf] "I have taken note that some people are requesting longer videos in the comments, and I can assure you that in some cases I will be doing longer commentaries," Redmond posted last week. "In the case of the Master games, Master is outstanding in the opening, and the power of it's different yet effective moves has the potential to change how we pros think about fuseki. One of my motives in making these videos was to voice my opinion about these new ideas, and therefore I want to focus on the early parts of the games. Master usually takes the lead early in the game, so that also is a factor in my choice to comment on the openings. I also believe that while I could squeeze in a lot of information, it can be difficult for the viewer to digest a lot of new ideas at once, and a large number of short videos is more effective as a learning tool than a small number of long videos." Redmond added that "In my Redmond Reviews, I will be commentating more on human games, some of them my own. Humans make mistakes, which can be painful for the players but will give me more opportunities to go through to later stages in the games, and more drama late in the games for the viewers to enjoy."

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