(;
GM[1]FF[4]VW[]AP[Many Faces of Go:11.0]
SZ[19]
HA[0]
ST[0]
PB[Antoine Fenech, France]
PW[Ilia Chikchine, Russia]
DT[2003-03-16]
PC[Cannes]
KM[8.0]
TM[1]
RU[Japanese]
RE[B+5.5]
AN[Commentary by Guo Juan]
US[SGF file edited by Peter Gousios, Chris Garlock and William Cobb using Many Faces 11]
EV[European Youth Championship]
CP[American Go Association]
BR[3d]
WR[5d]
C[European Youth Championship (under 18 years old) 
B: Antoine Fenech 3 Dan, France 
W: Ilia Chikchine 5 Dan, Russia
Cannes, France
2003-03-16
Comments by Guo Juan 7 Dan
SGF Edited by Peter Gousios using Cgoban2
Additional Edits by Bill Cobb and Chris Garlock using Many Faces \
11
Published in the May 19 edition of the American Go E-Journal
Comments by Guo Juan

This time I would like to write a little bit about the young \
French players.

In 1985 I visited France for the first time. At that time 
there were only a few young players around. About six years ago, \
I started to visit the French Go summer camp and a year later \
also the winter camp. I was very impressed by their work. For
example in the summer camp, there are always more than fifty \
children, and everybody learns to play go! The French Go Association \
pays a great deal of attention to the young players. I believe \
in 
the near future we will see some high level young French players.

This game was played by one of their top players under 18 years \
old, Antoine Fenech.]
CA[UTF-8];B[pd]
C[Here is Antoine Fenech's autobiography:

I was born on October 10th 1985 in Strasbourg, France. I learned \
to play go in 1989,  taught by my father Albert Fenech in the \
club of the College St-Etienne in Strasbourg. http://strasbourg.jeudego.org
I have since then been coached by Frederic Donzet 5 dan. I reached \
the rank of  1st dan in 1998 and I am 4 dan today. I was four \
times French youth champion (in 1996,  1998, 2001, and 2002). \
I was European youth champion under 12 in 1996 and 1997 and European \
youth champion under 18 in  2003. I took part in four World Youth \
Goe Championships :
- 7th place in Amsterdam 1995 ( under 12 years old )
- 5th place in Seoul 1996 ( under 12 )
- 7th place in Taiwan 1997 ( under 12 )
- 9th place in Phuket-Thailand 2002 ( under 18 )
and I've qualified for the next championship which will take \
place in Shangai.
Beside go I'm also keen on soccer and I'm a fervent 
supporter of the Racing Club de Strasbourg.

The 7th European youth go championship took place in Cannes in \
March with 276 partcipants. After the five rounds,  three players: \
Ilia Chikchine (5 dan from Russia), Timour Douguine (4 dan also \
from Russia) and I had won four games and since we had 
the same SOS and SODOS we were declared European youth champions.

This game is the final one,  played on Sunday, March 16th.

My opponent, Ilia Chikchine, is 13 years old. He 
comes from Kazan, Russia and was European 
youth champion under 12 in 2000 and 2001 (and he beat Fred Donzet \
last year, that's why I had to avenge him).]
;W[dd];B[qp];W[dq];B[do];W[co];B[cn];W[cp]
;B[dm];W[fq];B[ci];W[cg];B[ei]
C[B13: Up to now the game looks normal.]
;W[ec]
C[White 14 is a bit slow.]
LB[pj:B][oq:A]

(;B[oq]
C[B15: This lower side is less interesting since White has the \
marked stone at F3 standing there. See variation.]
MA[fq]
;W[qj];B[ql];W[qf];B[qh];W[rh];B[ri];W[qi];B[rg]
;W[ph];B[qg];W[pg];B[pf];W[rf];B[sh];W[qc]LB[pe:B][rj:A]

(;B[rj]
C[B31: See variation.]
;W[pe];B[of];W[oe];B[ne];W[od];B[nf]LB[nh:B][oi:A]

(;W[oi]
C[W38: This looks very heavy for White. See variation.]
;B[nd];W[oc]LB[nc:B][qk:A]

(;B[qk]
C[B41: See variation.]
;W[mh];B[nc];W[jd];B[kf];W[kh];B[if];W[hd];B[gf]
;W[kp]
C[W50: White should defend in the center. A move at A (M9) would \
be fine.]
LB[lk:A]
;B[nj]
C[B51: Antoine took the chance to attack, but a move at A (N10) \
would be more severe.]
LB[mj:A]
;W[lj];B[lk];W[kk];B[kl]
C[Black 55 is a nice move.]
;W[mk];B[ll];W[mj];B[jk]
;W[kj];B[nm];W[ml];B[mm];W[jl]
C[White 64 is not necessary, this move makes the lower side weak \
for White.]
;B[jm];W[il];B[im];W[ik];B[iq]
C[B69: Antoine took his chance again.]

;W[ip];B[hp];W[hq];B[jp];W[jq];B[io];W[ir];B[jr]
C[B77: This is a good moment to start the ko. Normally such a ko \
is very dangerous for Black too, because Black needs a few big \
threats. In this game, Black is strong everywhere, so he has \
a greater chance to win the ko or make a big profit.]
;W[ip];B[qe]
;W[pc];B[iq];W[kq];B[hr];W[ip];B[gc];W[jo];B[gd]
C[B87: Black did well.]
;W[hc];B[he]
C[B89: Antoine knows that even without killing the white stones, \
Black would still be ahead in the game.]

;W[gb];B[fb];W[hb];B[fc];W[eb];B[ea];W[da];B[fa];W[mb];B[nb]
C[Black 99 is very painful for White, because the upper right corner \
becomes very small now.]

;W[lc];B[kb];W[lb];B[ce]
C[Black 103 is a nice attack.]
;W[cd];B[bd];W[bc];B[bf];W[ad];B[be]
;W[fe];B[ge];W[df];B[bg];W[cb];B[re]
C[Black 115 is huge--not only in terms of points, but also Black \
becomes very strong.]
;W[rd]
C[W116: So, even though Black didn't kill much, White lost all \
his territory.]
;B[hm];W[gk];B[ek]
C[Black 119 is solid.]

;W[en];B[dn];W[dj];B[di];W[el];B[dl];W[ej];B[cj];W[dk];B[ck]
;W[fk];B[lm];W[pq]
C[W132: White needs to destroy some of Black's potential here, \
or White won't have enough.]
;B[qq];W[op];B[nq];W[np];B[mq];W[mp];B[pp]
;W[on];B[ol];W[po]
C[White 142 is not very big. White should defend at A (H5).]
LB[ho:A]
;B[gq]
C[B143: In this game, we noticed that it was hard for White to \
fight the ko. This was because White has weak positions everywhere. \
So here we learn something: when we are weak, it's better not
to start a ko.]
;W[iq];B[gp];W[bo];B[fr];W[er];B[sf]
;W[qd];B[na]
C[Black 151 is a nice move.]
;W[jb];B[rb];W[qb];B[sd];W[ob]
C[W156: Again, White could not win the ko by playing at A (T17).]
LB[sc:A]
;B[sc];W[ra];B[qn]
;W[pr];B[qr];W[or];B[nr];W[lq];B[os];W[mr];B[ps];W[qo];B[ro]
;W[pn];B[qm];W[de];B[lo];W[ko];B[mo];W[lp];B[is];W[kr];B[js]
;W[ks];B[hs];W[ms];B[fj];W[ek];B[ii];W[ih];B[ij]
C[Black 187 is a nice move.]
;W[hj];B[hi]
;W[gi];B[hh];W[gh];B[jh];W[jj];B[hl];W[hk];B[fi];W[gj];B[kg]
;W[ji];B[ig];W[lg];B[ni];W[nh];B[pj];W[pi];B[oj];W[lf];B[kd]
;W[kc];B[le];W[fg];B[bn];W[an];B[am];W[ao];B[bm]
C[Black wins by 5.5 points.  

In this game Antoine played nicely, with a very clear 
mind about the situation. He took chances in a timely fashion \
and made White suffer very much.]
)
(;B[nc];W[ob];B[mi]
C[This is the point Black really needs to get.]
;W[qk];B[rk];W[pl];B[nk]
C[Black should attack like this.]
;W[qm];B[rl]
;W[mh]
C[There is no danger for Black.]
;B[nh];W[ni];B[li];W[ng];B[mg];W[oh];B[lh];W[nl];B[ok]
;W[pk];B[ml]
C[In this case White would suffer a lot. Black's center is huge.]
))
(;W[nh]
C[Controling the center is more important.]
;B[nd];W[oc];B[nc];W[ob];B[pi];W[oi];B[pj];W[oj]
;B[pk];W[lh]
C[From the global standpoint, I think this would be better.]
))
(;B[pe]
C[Normally, Black should connect here first.]
;W[qd];B[rj];W[ob];B[ng]))
(;B[pj]
C[Black 15 here is more interesting.]
;W[nc];B[oe]
C[Black can make a big moyo, and uses the black position on the \
left side well.]
))
