The 10 game match between Sedol Lee and three Western pros, Catalin Taranu, Gansheng Shi and Andy Liu, has been called after eight fascinating games, as the Western pros were “out of the money.” 

No one has expected the series to end the way it did, and the organizers weren't even prepared to see the handicap change to three stones.

While the results of the handicap change show that the World Champion is still ways ahead of the Western Pros, a lot of the games were interesting showing the sprits of the Westerb pros. Hoepfully, this event will foster healthy growth in the strength of the Western Go players.

 

All of the many observers found the games enjoyable and even amazing. There really is no end to Go strength.

 

Game	Sedol Lee	vs.	AGA-Europe Pro Team (Andy Liu, Gansheng Shi, Catalin Taranu)
Score	8		0

 

 

Game #	W Player	B Player	Date	Handicap	Result
1	Sedol Lee	Andy Liu	January 26, 2013	even	white wins by resign
2	Gansheng Shi	Sedol Lee	February 2, 2013	even	black wins by resign
3	Sedol Lee	Catalin Taranu	February 17, 2013	black	white wins by resign
4	Sedol Lee	Andy Liu	February 24, 2013	black	white wins by resign
5	Sedol Lee	Gansheng Shi	March 2, 2013	b with reverse komi 3.5	white wins by 3.5 points
6	Sedol Lee	Catalin Taranu	March 10, 2013	b with reverse komi 3.5	white wins by time
7	Sedol Lee	Andy Liu	March 16, 2013	2 Stones	white wins by 6.5 points
8	Sedol Lee	Gansheng Shi	April 13, 2013	2 Stones	white wins by time
9	Sedol Lee		NO GAME	3 Stones	N/A
10	Sedol Lee		NO GAME	3 Stones	N/A

 

Game Records can be found when you click the results of each match.
Commentaries on some of the games were provided by Sedol Lee. They can be found here:

http://www.go9dan.com/Home/NewsContent/15, 21, 27, 33, 55, 68, and 120

 

 

Rules:

The first game will start at even game with 6.5 komi. If either side wins two games in a row, the handicap for the next game will change as follows:

     Even -> black with no komi -> black with 3.5 points reverse komi -> 2 stones

 

It goes both ways so for example if the Western team wins the first two games, then Lee would play the next game at black with no komi.

The default time control is 20 minutes with 3 30sec byo-yomi.