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Mexican Go Congress: Kids 13x13 & Myungwan Kim 9P on Handling Crosscuts

The second day of the Mexican Go Congress kicked off on Sunday with a children's 13 x 13 tournament (right), and Mexican Open rounds 3 and 4 occupied the late morning and early afternoon, followed a lecture by Myungwan Kim 9P on handling crosscuts (left). 

Kim showed two recent games of Lee Changho's in which Lee lost early due to not handling crosscuts as well as his younger opponents.  Kim explained that the new generation of professionals receives much more in-depth training in reading out long and complicated sequences than was the case 15 years ago.  Kim said that this was the most important single lecture topic for two reasons: handling a crosscut correctly may often mean the difference between establishing a superior position or completely collapsing, and learning to handle them requires practice of the reading skills that one should be applying constantly other aspects of the game. The Congress concludes on Monday with a final day of activities. Report/photos by Steven Burrall; photos: (right) TD's Emil Garcia and Daphne Rios supervise the children's 13 x 13 action;  (left) Myungwan Kim 9P lectures on the crosscut.