Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Chew Terr · **#201**

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Bit busy at the moment, comments later. Didn't think about this one too hard, though.

Joaz Banbeck · **#202**

MHO provides new possibilities with his latest move. He is playing so fast and loose that it is possible to threaten to split him. Previously, it was a binary situation: either his group would be alive or dead. Now we have the third possibility of me threatening to split his group, and him accepting the offer, allowing me to kill part while the rest runs.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc 'A' threatens to work with '1' to split.\n'B' and 'c' are miai, I think. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . 1 . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X a X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . 2 . O O b . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . c . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

I'm tending toward '1' above because letting him have that point with '2 and '4' below looks bad for me.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . 5 . 3 2 X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . 0 . X . 4 . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . 6 X X . X 8 . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . 7 1 O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#203**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . 7 . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Chew Terr · **#204**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#205**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

If he is going to go territory grabbing, he should have played the dual sente move at G11 first, then grabbed the corner:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . 2 . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

I'm going to take it before he notices that it is sente for him.
Now sente is uncertain. I'm threatening 'a'. He is threatening 'b', but I can live, and if I get too strong around 'c' while defending, he is in trouble in the middle.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . a . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . c . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . c . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . b . O . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

For beginners:

Chew Terr · **#206**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . 0 . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#207**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

My first inclination was to run out with a move like 1. The problem is that he then replies with 2. Now 'a' and 'b' are starting to look weak:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . 1 . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...so I have to reply with 3. He will play 4 without thinking twice. I probably will have to play 5 so that he does not. He will not miss the natural move at 6.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 6 4 2 O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . 1 . X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

At this point I am in serious trouble on the lower side. I can almost certainly live in gote starting with 'c', but then 'a' is still a boatload of bad aji.

Looking at that and similar positions, I come to the conclusion that my upper side is not absolutely safe, and that I must prevent M8.
So I'm going to come in from the top, securing my northern territory, and sacrifice K3. ( It still has some aji left, especially if the play in the lower right corner results in me getting 'd' or 'e' )

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . i . i . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . h h 1 . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . f X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . g . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . d . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . c . . e . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

He has little choice but to push westward with something like 'f' or 'g'. I'll expand westward also from 1, playing something around 'h'. He will swallow K3, and I'll try to connect to E5. If I can, I'll get more in the center than he gets on the lower side. If I can't connect, and get deflected northward as I push westward, I can get a rather deep invasion around 'i', plus a big center.

Triggers:

Chew Terr · **#208**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 . X O O X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 2 X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . 4 . . X X O . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#209**

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Chew Terr · **#210**

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Joaz Banbeck · **#211**

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Chew Terr · **#212**

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Kirby · **#213**

Edit...

Joaz Banbeck · **#214**

I though that the following was better for black.

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It encloses more space, and does not allow my dying stone at K3 to cause trouble with a hane. The down side is that it allows a secure connection. MHO must realize this, therefore I conclude that he must be planning to cut through near where :w99:

would be.

( Actually, even after :w99:

, the connection still can be broken, but it probably costs black too much to do it. )

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Anyway, my goal is to maintain the connection in sente. If it has to be in gote, I might as well tenuki to some big endgame plays or just seal the center.

Joaz Banbeck · **#215**

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There are two big plays on the board, and two medium-sized ones.

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The upper left is a double sente worth about 15 points.

The lower right ( S2 by white lives! ) is big...it is hard to count...maybe 25-30 points to the first player. It is dual gote.

The lower left - connecting or disconnecting my stones - is also around 25-30 points, and also gote for both.

The middle - where I played - is worth maybe 20 points...but is also hard to count. It is hard to say if it is sente or gote when I play it. The PITA is that it is big sente for him.

If he plays 1 as below, and I do not respond, 3 hurts as he rips his way into the center:

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So, I really have to take the big middle play which looks rather passive. But it puts me about 20 to 25 points up with yose looming.
I'll allow him either one of the big lower side plays. They are both gote so if he takes one, I'll take the other and I'm still 20-25 up. He then takes the 15 point sente play in the upper left. I'm 5-10 points up.
At that point, the temperature has dropped enough that my most recent move in the center is sente. He defends, and I'm ahead going into yose with sente.

That is the plan. There is enough room in it for several serious misreads and at least one mid-sized hallucination, so I won't declare this a win just yet. But I think that the odds favor me.

Chew Terr · **#216**

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Joaz Banbeck · **#217**

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Triggers:

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Chew Terr · **#218**

I resign. Playing further would be silly. You're too far ahead, and you've gotten into your head the silly notion that you'd like to keep all of your points. Thank you very much for the game. Sorry my play wasn't good enough to give you as good a game as I'd have liked.

Joaz Banbeck · **#219**

Chew Terr wrote:

I resign...

@Terr: Thanks for the game. I feel like I got away with easy plays near the end, as if you were really distracted by something. I was way behind after about 20 moves.

@Topazg, MW, Ed, Loons, and others: Thanks for the comments. I must go back and read them at some length.

@Violence:

Violence wrote:

Am I the only one who thinks Joaz's sequences range from decent to normal to completely insane?

Sometime we must find out if you can play well enough to back up comments like that.

Chew Terr · **#220**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@Terr: Thanks for the game. I feel like I got away with easy plays near the end, as if you were really distracted by something. I was way behind after about 20 moves.

Thanks. I'm working through the game's comments now, which I've been eager to do for a while. Yeah, there was some life stuff interfering, but that's hardly a valid complaint in a game with no time limits. If I were using my time properly, I would take time on each move, regardless of stress level. Thanks again! I'll let you know if I have any questions on your comments.

Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

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