An Epic Review

Last night, Singer 10k appeared on KGS Teaching Ladder requesting to review a game. I accepted, and loaded a game to the room, for him to review. It was a match against Masahiro, played some time ago when my conceptual notions of go were even fainter than they are today. The match is filled with mistakes that only two complete beginners can make, a festival of weak and dead groups spanning the board. Although the kifu is quite ugly, lacking strategic and even aesthetic depth, it sparked a number of interesting and rather deep discussions. kurikuri 5k eventually took over the task, delivering an equally outstanding review of the situations that arose from this particular match. From the first to the last move, the review went for almost 4 hours, with comments from many players, experienced and beginners alike. Sigilus 22k described it as 'epic', and I'm inclined to agree.