Shikamaru vs. Hikaru...

[Valindra]

..in a match of GO ;)

Now, we started talking about this at the Wallpaper thread, it was off topic there, but since i thought it was a really interesting question and more and more questions where born from it, I thought it would be a good idea to open a seperate thread for it :D

Fcuk..if this isn't the right place for it either..please just move it...have to keep you buisy somehow :lol:

Okies, let's get ready to rumble.

In a match between Shikamaru and Hikaru, I think Shikamaru would win since he is the better strategist, Shikamaru and Akira would be a differnt lettle of fish, since Akira grew up with Go and is just as good with reading moves ahead.
If you ask me about a match between Shikamaru and Sai, I would say Sai has defenetly the upper hand, since not even the Majin managed to beat him.

Go on then people..shoot me down if you must..but those are my thoughts :P

[Drizzt]

I think Hikaru would win becasue he plays unusual yet astounding moves and he combines Sais Shuusaku skills with modern Joseki making him stronger.
Sure Shikamaru has an IQ over 200 but GO is about spirit and reading, whoever can read the depest into the game can win.

[Aosagi]

I think Hikaru would win becasue he plays unusual yet astounding moves and he combines Sais Shuusaku skills with modern Joseki making him stronger.
Sure Shikamaru has an IQ over 200 but GO is about spirit and reading, whoever can read the depest into the game can win.

See thats how I felt too but I didn't know how to put it into words. Hikaru can use new and old styles of playing. But which rules would they play on the old or the new? Because Hikaru is mostly familiar with playing the new rules. With the two of them it would be really close.

As far as Sai/Shikamaru, Sai is amazing I think it would be an interesting match but it would be along the same lines as the Sai/Akira matchs were.

[mauben]

ever since Hikaru was licensed and Toriyama stopped translating it, i havent read any of the manga, so i dont know how the characters have progressed so far, but it would have to say...

shikamaru would beat Hikaru, since from the manga, they say that he can read very far ahead, and in the tournament, he thought up of 200 possible moves, so he has got to be pretty good at that. thats why i think he would beat Hikaru, mainly because of his ub3r skills at reading his opponent's move and forcing them to do something. I dont know bout Akira though, since Akira can also read really far, and knows the game very well. I would think that they would be hard pressed to beat each other, but in the end, Akira would win.

If they ever put Shikamaru in Hikaru No Go, i will definetly watch/read/whatever that. of course...fat chance...