Moves 33 ~ 59
The situation after Black 59. Cho kept criticising his own moves in the post mortem. He was especially embarrassed by Black 43, the move leading (after 59) to the shape of Diagram 1.
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| Diagram 1 |
Yamashiro: "Well, you did think about it for about 35 minutes, didn't you?"
Cho: "Yes, that's precisely it. Just because I used so much time I couldn't very well play the most normal move anybody could've played in no time, now could I?"
Yamashiro: "Yes, that's true, but here the normal move (directly at 45 instead of 43) would have been best, it seems."
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| Diagram 2 |
This is typical of conversations between pros. They can be very hard to understand, but this is what seems to be going on here: Diagram 1 shows the actual end result of Black 43 and Cho hated it. The reason is the ineffecient shape Black finds himself with in the lower right corner. After 43, though, the continuation is very much a one-way street and there was not much Black could have done to avoid the poor shape. In other words, although Cho thought for a long time before playing it, Black 43 wasn't the proper shape move. The proper shape in the lower right corner would have to look something like Diagram 2. This is what Cho put on the board while analysing the game afterwards. Creating this exact shape in the game is, of course, impossible but the point is that, in Cho's eyes, only if Black 43 gave the nice result of Diagram 2 would it be worth consideration. Many readers would undoubtedly be satisfied just with capturing the white stones at the bottom, but Cho obviously believes in the power of good shape and is ready to put it before some profit.
And still Cho ranted on: "Here, look at that. Compared with the game, this (Diagram 2) secures more territory. No wasted moves at all. A huge difference from the game. Unbelievable. What a disgrace!"
You'd think it was the end of the world, or that Cho was ready to jump out of the window in despair, but things were not quite that bad, of course. All the same, Cho is honest in his harsh words directed at himself. He's not just saying it to make Yamashita feel better. Fact is, all pros, but perhaps Cho especially so, feel terrible about having played wasted moves and they usually spare no trouble to get to the bottom of the problem and find out exactly why they did end up with an inefficient shape. If both players end up with questionable shapes then they cancel each other out, of course.