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 Post subject: Re: #240 awef vs jeromie
Post #101 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:48 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 8 . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Sticking with my previously mentioned plan.

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Post #102 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:47 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 8 . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Oops, maybe I should've haned. Didn't want him to get out in front of me like that. Not sure how I want to handle that situation yet. I might push through and then cut, but not sure. I'm pretty sure my move will be sente, though, so I'll have more time to figure it out.

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Post #103 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:01 pm 
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I'm pretty sure my move will be sente, though, so I'll have more time to figure it out.

You're playing an untimed game. There's no need to play timesuji to buy time to read, unless you think that's actually the right move to play.

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Post #104 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:16 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 8 . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I'm kind of relieved this move was finally played.

If awef makes a second move in this area, I will ignore it to play N14. I expect he will play elsewhere, though.

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Post #105 Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:25 pm 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 8 9 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Going to cut to leave a thorn in his side and then switch to left side. I think extending from Black 45 is important.

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Post #106 Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:02 pm 
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I corrected the move numbers... Your last move was 51, not 49.

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[go]$$cm51 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . |
$$ | X X O O . . . . . . . . O 1 O O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , X . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I have to reply here. (Looked at N14, but I think it's worse for white. Honestly, I've been pushed around all game and am tempted to resign already. But 50 moves in seems a bit early, so I'll hang on a bit longer.

I still have significant potential in the center, but it's going to be hard to convert it into enough territory to make up for black's big areas. I need to take sente in order to make something happen, but the next few moves are very likely to be forcing moves.

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Post #107 Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:17 pm 
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Nothing has happened here for a while and my prospects for pulling out a win are fairly dim, so I'll resign.

Thank you for the game, awef. I look forward to reading the commentary!

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Post #108 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:55 pm 
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Are white's stones on the right like Go Seigen's clever dangly bait, or just stupid?


If that question is ever asked about one of my moves, you can safely assume it's just stupid. :D

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Post #109 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:15 am 
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I think 34 was slack. It removes an invasion; ends in gote; and the wall white gets wasn't very effective.

White is thick, so I would be tempted to invade e.g. one of the marked points:

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[go]$$Wcm34 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . W . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . W . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Alternatively, this descent is big:

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[go]$$Wcm34 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . 3 . X . . X a . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 2 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black will be very tempted to defend at the bottom, so then white can invade the top. I think white is doing OK here. Note there is aji at all the point marked a.

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