Playing Go in Movies and TV-Shows (pictures)

At the beginning of the season 4 of the tv show Blindspot, one of the character called Rich Dot Com (R. D. C.) is trying to buy information from a crime boss from Toyko, and she asked him to play a game of Go


Although Aiko(the crime boss) said it’s an unusual opening, there is nothing wrong with 3-4(maybe a little disrespectful started at the lower right). But from the side profile picture, the fuseki is indeed “unusual” (although doesn’t look like the same game, with black 3-4 missing).


The “end result” is certainly not “normal”, and white has two more stones on the board. This shouldn’t have happened unless black passed twice and it’s black’s turn. Or 5 black stones got captured in the upper part of the “R”, and white passed twice, and it’s white’s turn now. If it is the latter case, the game at this stage is actually pretty close (however unlikely to happen still makes more sense for white to give black handicap), with mostly just yose left.

Also, Aiko said she was winning, and if she indeed gave 2 handicap, and end up with this, than she is indeed much stronger and have a higher chance to win it.

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