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 Post subject: Re: 169 - blindgod vs. EdLee
Post #41 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:59 am 
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[go]$$Wm34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 2 . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Extend from a hane.

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Post #42 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:18 pm 
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[go]$$Wm36
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . 1 . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
The :w34:- :b35: exchange in sente makes a big difference--
B could not afford to tenuki with :b33: during this fight.

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Post #43 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:47 pm 
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[go]$$Wm34
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 4 . O X X . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I know the saying "only a fool doesn't connect against a peep." However, when I looked at the board after connecting, it looked to me like it wasn't really helping my group all that much. I get the feeling that I bit off way more than I could chew in this game.

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Post #44 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:20 pm 
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[go]$$Wm38
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Tenuki again? :)

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Post #45 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:38 pm 
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[go]$$Wm34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Meh, I got nothing.

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Post #46 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:44 pm 
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[go]$$Wm40
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Cash.

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Post #47 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:39 pm 
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[go]$$Bm41
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . c a . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I think that 41 can be a really severe, you can use it to really aim a capture at 'a','b','c'... or just to get doble sente as he needs at least 2 moves to conet top and side ('42' + 'a' for example), so you can put strength in your new wall and extend it to the left.

And again, with games like this... I cannot belive that blindgod is a 16k KGS

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Post #48 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:24 am 
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blindgod, your last log-in to L19 (Sat June 30, 2012) was more than 8 days since :w40: (Fri June 22),
and it's been over 10 days since :w40: -- are you still here? :)

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Post #49 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:08 pm 
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Sorry for being gone so long. A lot of the posting I do on here I do during my breaks at work. However, work's been so crazy right before the fourth of July that I wasn't getting a lot of time. It's not a good excuse, and my apologies.

However, things should cool down now at work and I'm back from visiting relatives who don't have internet connections.

And as I look at the board, I realize I'm in considerable trouble.

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[go]$$Wm40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . 2 . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #50 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:23 pm 
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[go]$$Wm42
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 1 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Local (shared?) vital point.
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 1 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

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Post #51 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:01 pm 
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[go]$$Wm40
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X 4 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Holy lousy shape, batman. But I don't like the idea of white being able to play that spot.

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Post #52 Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:15 pm 
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[go]$$Wm44
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . X . . O 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
The push-and-cut does not work because B can cut W off in sente:
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ . O . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . O . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ . . . . X . O X X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . 6 O 2 1 O O . . |
$$ . . . . . . 4 3 X . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . 5 . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

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Post #53 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:04 am 
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Ellyster wrote:

And again, with games like this... I cannot belive that blindgod is a 16k KGS
Look at his game with bakekoq. I think blindgod does a good job of playing to his opponent's level and/or playing a reasonable overall game, but with a lot of gaps in his fighting sense.

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Post #54 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:58 pm 
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I have some bad news. I mostly have been playing these games while on breaks at work, since I don’t have much time otherwise. However, things at my job have gone from moderately busy to insane and I no longer have the time needed to give my games adequate attention. Since it doesn’t look like this situation will be changing anytime soon, I think it’s probably best to bow out. My apologies to the people good enough to be willing to give me a shot.

Besides, it’s not like I’ve been playing well.

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Post #55 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:08 pm 
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Ellyster wrote:
And again, with games like this... I cannot belive that blindgod is a 16k KGS


If you look at my journal, you'll see that I make no secret of the fact that I'm terrible at fighting. It's a gaping hole that I'm working to fill. Thank you for noticing.

As for my rank, my KGS games are available for anyone who wants to see them (I should warn that some are hideous), and I've also put up face-to-face games in my study journal and in the game review forum.

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Post #56 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:05 pm 
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blindgod, no problem -- until next time! :)

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