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Redmond's Reviews, Episode 14: Honinbo Shuwa vs Inoue Genan Inseki

Michael Redmond 9p and the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock take a break from their AlphaGo commentaries to take a look at a game that's hundreds of years old, between Honinbo Shuwa and Inoue Genan Inseki (click here for the video). It was chosen because a position in the game reminds Redmond strongly of one in AG-AG 27.

 “Its not so much that they played the same moves, as that they got into a very similar game." Redmond also considers Honinbo Shuwa “One of the greatest players in the history of go, even though his style wasn’t flashy and he wasn’t as popular as some other players.” "Wow finally a historical match! I'm so glad right now," said Alperen Yaşar. "I love the AlphaGo reviews (what I can understand of them) and I love when Michael reviews his own games," said Synecdoche09, "but I think historical games are my favorite series on here." "I'd love to hear more Go history!" adds Bill Dugger. These videos are made possible by the support of the American Go Association; please consider joining today! Video produced by Michael Wanek & Andrew Jackson. [sgf sgfUrl="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019.02.15_shuwa_genan_annotated.sgf " href="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019.02.15_shuwa_genan_annotated.sgf" class="alignleft"] [/sgf]