We had seven members show up last night and the ladder game winners were Rob over Josh, Tom over Povilas, Nate over Don, and Povilas in a bonus ladder match over Charles. As a result, nobody moved!

The meeting kicked off with a group review of Don and Ryan’s ladder game from last week (annotated game record below the fold). Later the discussion turned to Rob’s interest in pro games and the styles of various pros. I’ve posted a famous and bizarre game of Lee Sedol below the fold.

This game between Lee Sedol 6p (black) and Hong Jansik 4p (white) is a complete freak. Lee initiates an amazing sequence with move 67, chasing a white stone in a broken ladder. He played out the ladder for several steps before springing a trap at move 73. The sequence that follows is a forced march. Black chases the broken ladder all the way across the board just so he can play move 95 in sente, allowing him to capture the entire right-side white group.

Incredibly, he read out this whole sequence before playing E17 at move 57, initiating the sequence that created the ladder. Additional analysis of the game can be had at Sensei’s Library.

If that doesn’t freak you out, listen to this interview with the man himself (and check out the rockin’ mustache).