(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[5.00]TM[21600]
PW[Sakata Eio]PB[Kitani Minoru]WR[9d]BR[9d]DT[1958-01-23]GC[sponsored by Toyko Shimbun, Kitani.776*]EV[Igo Senshuken,2,Japan,Tokyo Shimbun]RO[2,final]PC[Tokyo, Shibuya, Hanezawa Garden, Japan]SO[http://gobase.org/games/japan/titles/senshuken/2/game-02.sgf]C[Kitani Minoru was born in 1909.
Along with Go Seigen 5 dan (at the time) he developed the "New Fuseki" (Shin-fuseki).

In 1938 Kitani played a memorial retirement game with Honinbo Shusai Meijin, which was immortalized by Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari in the novel "The Master of Go".
Later he taught at the Kitani dojo and was the teacher of many great players like Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Koichi.
His own daughter Reiko (1939–1996) reached 6 dan and won the All-Japan Women's Championship several times, and married one of his best students, Koichi Kobayashi.
]RE[B+Resign]
(;B[qd]C[The game we are discussing in this episode was played in 1958. Kitani developed his style over the years and started playing very territorial.

This game is between Kitani and another master: Sakata Eio, nicknamed "the razor" for his razorsharp reading skills. ]
;W[dd]
;B[pq]
;W[oc]
;B[cp]
;W[po]
;B[qo]
;W[qn]
(;B[ro]C[This move is Kitani's trademark.
It's a rare joseki.

White has a couple of joseki responses. ]
(;W[rn]
;B[pp]
;W[oo]
;B[np]
;W[qf]
(;B[pc]C[Another move typical of Kitani.
It simplifies the joseki.]
;W[od]
;B[ob]
;W[nb]
;B[pb]
;W[mc]
;B[pi]
;W[pk]
;B[pe]
;W[pg]
;B[om]
;W[pm]
;B[ok]
;W[pj]
;B[ph]
;W[rd]C[Good timing!]
(;B[rc]C[Black has to block, the only move. ]
;W[og]
;B[oj]
;W[re]SQ[me][mf][mg]C[This move is very big. Blacks corner is not yet fully alive. Imagine: if white would have stones at the marked spots and would be strong in that area, blacks group in the corner would be dead. ]
(;B[oe]
;W[ne]
;B[nf]
;W[of]
;B[mf]
;W[me]
;B[mh]
;W[nh]
;B[ni]
;W[oh]
;B[oi]
;W[mg]
;B[lf]
;W[lh]
;B[mi]
;W[lg]
;B[le]
;W[ng]
;B[md]
;W[nd]
;B[ld]
;W[lc]C[For the record: Blacks corner locally still doesn't live 100%  
There is a ko. 

Both players don't have time to get into the ko fight: other things are more urgent, or bigger. At move 155 black comes back to his corner and removes the ko. ]
(;B[jc]
;W[jb]
;B[ib]
;W[kd]
;B[kf]
;W[kc]
;B[id]
;W[je]
;B[jg]
;W[jh]
;B[ih]
;W[ji]
;B[hg]
;W[hc]
;B[ic]
;W[if]
;B[ig]
;W[hf]
;B[li]
;W[ki]
;B[no]
;W[on]
;B[nn]
;W[ol]
;B[nm]
;W[nl]
;B[ml]
;W[ri]
;B[rh]
;W[rg]
;B[gf]
;W[he]
;B[qi]
;W[rj]
;B[si]
;W[sj]
;B[sh]
;W[rl]
;B[ik]
;W[kk]
;B[kl]
;W[ll]
;B[lm]
;W[jl]
;B[lk]
;W[jk]
;B[hd]
;W[ge]
;B[fc]
;W[hj]
;B[ff]
;W[fe]
;B[ef]
;W[ja]
;B[db]
;W[fd]
;B[ec]
;W[gc]
;B[gd]
;W[cb]
;B[cf]
;W[dc]
;B[eb]
;W[de]
;B[df]
;W[gh]
;B[gg]
;W[fq]
;B[dq]
;W[iq]
;B[dj]
;W[cl]
;B[ck]
;W[dl]
;B[fj]
;W[do]
;B[ep]
;W[co]
;B[fp]
;W[gq]
;B[eq]
;W[lr]
;B[hp]
;W[hq]
;B[gl]
;W[bo]
;B[bp]
;W[fn]
;B[ij]
;W[ii]
;B[hi]
;W[gi]
;B[hh]
;W[il]
;B[hk]
;W[gm]
;B[pd]
;W[nc]
;B[rb]C[Black removes the ko.]
;W[fl]
;B[gp]
;W[ej]
;B[ei]
;W[ek]
;B[kq]
;W[kr]
;B[jq]
;W[jr]
;B[hm]
;W[hl]
;B[gk]
;W[hn]
;B[bd]
;W[bc]
;B[cd]
;W[cc]
;B[bl]
;W[ce]
;B[be]
;W[cj]
;B[bj]
;W[ci]
;B[di]
;W[dk]
;B[bk]
;W[bm]
;B[bi]
;W[nr]
;B[or]
;W[ad]
;B[bf]
;W[er]
;B[dr]
;W[fs]
;B[jn]
;W[jm]
;B[in]
;W[im]
;B[ip]
;W[nk]
;B[mk]
;W[gb]
;B[ga]
;W[km]
;B[kn]
;W[lp]
;B[kp]
;W[lq]
;B[lo]C[Time used:
W 5h 59m 
B 5h 56m
])
(;B[pd]
;W[nc]
;B[jd]
;W[rb]C[The move for ko. ]
;B[sb]
;W[qb]
;B[ra]
;W[qa]
;B[qc]))
(;B[]
;W[pd]C[If it's whites turn, black dies. ]
(;B[ra]
;W[sb]
;B[sc]
;W[oa]
;B[pa]
;W[qb]C[Tesuji!]
;B[rb]
;W[qc]
;B[qa]
;W[qc])
(;B[qc]C[L+1 is dead.]
;W[oa]
;B[ra]
;W[sb]
;B[sc]
;W[pa]
;B[qa]
;W[rb]
;B[na]
;W[oa]))
(;B[ra]C[Even if black tries to live, he can die. ]
;W[pd]C[Black can't connect.]
(;B[qe]C[Now he dies. This is a beautiful tsumego. ]
;W[sb]
;B[sc]
;W[oa]
;B[pa]
;W[qb])
(;B[qc]C[Black has to give up one stone. ]
;W[qe]))
(;B[rb]
;W[pd]C[Again, black can't connect all his stones. ]
(;B[qe]C[Wrong. Black dies. ]
;W[sc]
;B[sb]
;W[oa]
;B[pa]
;W[qc]
;B[ra]
;W[qb])
(;B[qc]C[Black can live, but white will be connected.]
;W[qe])))
(;B[re]C[Black can't choose this option now. ]
;W[qe]
;B[rc]
;W[pd]
;B[sd]C[White links up all his stones in sente. ]
;W[oj]C[A fantastic result for white. ]))
(;B[pe]C[The normal move. ]
;W[pf]
;B[ne]
;W[of]LB[nc:A][oe:B]SQ[qn][rn][oo][po]C[A more usual joseki. Black continues with A or B. But whites wall works well with his lower stones.]))
(;W[oo]
(;B[np]
;W[rn]
;B[pp])
(;B[pp]))
(;W[pn]
;B[pp]
;W[pj])
(;W[pp]C[Wrong. White gets a bad result. ]
;B[qq]
;W[pn]
;B[np]C[Good for black. ]))
(;B[qp]C[The normal joseki. ]
;W[pn]
;B[nq]
;W[pj]))
(;B[pd]C[This is the start of a crazy game played in 1934, typical for that time. Kitani Minoru plays against Go Seigen. You can find this game in the bonus tab. ]
;W[dp]
;B[pp]
;W[dd]
;B[pj]
;W[dj]
;B[jj]
;W[nj]
;B[jd]
;W[kf]
;B[gd]
;W[hg]
;B[io]
;W[jm]
;B[fo]
;W[gl]
;B[mj]
;W[oj]
;B[pi]
;W[nh]
;B[ml]
;W[ol]
;B[kn]
;W[pg]
;B[pk]
;W[nl]
;B[qm]
;W[ne]
;B[mo]
;W[en]
;B[gf]
;W[dg]
;B[dc]
;W[ec]
;B[ed]
;W[ee]
;B[fd]
;W[cc]
;B[db]
;W[cd]
;B[fm]
;W[hn]
;B[fn]
;W[ho]
;B[do]))