Tsumego #070

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White to kill.

Quite a famous problem.

Monotone

Recently these is this new group called the "Monotone" in Japan.

They are formed 3 Japanese professional players, namely the famous female champion Shieh Yi-Min (6P), Takanashi Seiken (8P) who is famous for his advice on love, and the handsome and young Seto Taiki (7P).

The name of the song is called "i★GO" and it is being released today (17/12).

They even shot a promotional video and you can find it here:

The video is actually a short drama and their acting is surprisingly good.

The scene from 4.42 onwards especially is very well made, even though it is a bit exaggerating.

Having real pros to act out playing a game certainly looks different from using actors who don't know Baduk at all.

I believe the song that runs at the end of the video is their song, but I can't find a better sample of it anywhere else so I do not know whether it is nice.

But I think this is really a good way to promote Baduk/Go.

The song can extend to people who don't know Go and instill their interest.

According to my knowledge this is the first time professional players actually got together to make an official music release.

If I were in Japan I would definitely buy this single to support them.

This is their official website.

You can find them on facebook and twitter as well.

Do check them out and support them if you can!