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Didn't think of this before. Now, E12 and J15 are miai for me. Even if he takes E12 with his next move, I'll then just play F11. He still has to eat my lone stone, and then I'll be able to turn and wreak havoc on the left group. This is not going to end well for black.
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$$ | . . X O O X O X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I will invite a ko. I think it's viable for white to play the ko but I'm not opposed to sacrificing more in the corner in order to influence the rest of the board.
I will invite a ko. I think it's viable for white to play the ko but I'm not opposed to sacrificing more in the corner in order to influence the rest of the board.
Not for players:
What ko?
$$Wcm1 Black cannot play at a
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$$ | . . X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Mmmh, good move. I seem to be playing this game like a normal game, I'm not really going that far past first instinct - maybe I should have taken a more fair handicap. ^^
There are some ways that black can fight on the outside but none look good. We'll sacrifice some more then....
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$$ | . . X O O X O X . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . X O X X W . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O X X . . |
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What is this I don't even. This way I get the best of both worlds. I'll force him into heavy shape if he tries to save his 3 stones, and then nom one of his stones near the edge.
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$$ | . . X . X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
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Sorry for the delay.
I took some time away from this game to enjoy my last days of winter break. I've made several bad moves and lost a ton in these exchanges but I don't feel like it's a lost game by any stretch. I'm fixing the top position with a thick, though probably slow move.
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-1
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$$ | . . X O O X O X . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I'm vaguely curious about this. I can't answer it readily as black, but I've only given it a cursory examination. I guess T19 isn't really urgent so black will play on the left anyway.
Edit: Relatedly, as black I would probably play here
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$$ | . . X . X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
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K17 doesn't seem particularly thick to me. White can't or won't do anything right away, but that group is subject to attack.
In any case, those stones were just hanging off of a live white group. I think that so long as white can't capture them on a large scale, it's not a priority to help them. I could be wrong about that--I often give up on stones too easily.
I was a bit infatuated with Lee Seedol's "ladder game" when I played the other variation and I thought that I might know it better than my opponent. White's j15 caught me completely by suprised.
[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-1
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$$ | . . X O O X O X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . W O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O X X . . |
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The connection here is sente. I'll then approach his bottom left corner, because his top left stones are still harassable. I've also got aims to approach on the top right.