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 Post subject: Re: #207 Djllap VS Emeraldemon
Post #81 Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:16 pm 
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Odds of winning: 41%
Is that Fuego's evaluation of the position or a reflection of the price you've had to pay for serving as Fuego's conduit in games on this site? :) Also, are there error bars associated with this number?

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Post #82 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:09 am 
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That number is just my instinct. (I think consulting Fuego would probably be cheating.) When I did those Fuego malkovich games I thought it was fun watching the estimation go up and down after different moves, so I thought I would try to guess my own chances of winning. I have no idea what the error bars are, but they're probably fairly large!

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Post #83 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:01 pm 
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emeraldemon wrote:
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[go]$$Bcm71 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . 6 X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X 5 . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think it's best to let those stones go and look at the big picture. I may get something out of them later.

Odds of winning: 41%


Isn't it important to save those stones because they are separating two weak white groups?

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Post #84 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:59 pm 
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I also think these cutting stones are important. Thankfully, it looks like Black has time to change his mind about sacrificing them, because I don't think these stones can be captured, yet ... At least I don't see a way to do it.

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Post #85 Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:49 am 
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I also think these cutting stones are important. Thankfully, it looks like Black has time to change his mind about sacrificing them, because I don't think these stones can be captured, yet ... At least I don't see a way to do it.


I agree that they can't be easily captured right away, but my instinct is that by letting white take the initiative there, white can get a lot of sente plays against them to strengthen his own groups.

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Post #86 Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:07 am 
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[go]$$Bcm71 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 8 . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think this lets me escape and live with my groups.

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[go]$$Bcm77 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 8 . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . 3 2 7 . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . 6 4 5 9 O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


cont.

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[go]$$Bcm86 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O 5 2 X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . X O X 3 4 . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . O O X X O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X 8 . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #87 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:34 am 
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[go]$$Bcm71 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 8 . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



Thoughts: First, White's move doesn't completely capture the black stones, but I probably don't want to get chased.

Overall territory balance: White's lower-left corner is slightly larger than black's lower right corner, but not a lot: 4-5 points.
The captures give white a little bit in the center, but most of our points are coming from the top and sides.

White has a fairly solid 30 point side + upper corner. I have a much looser framework, but one that stretches over a much larger area.
Three basic ideas occur to me:

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[go]$$Bcm79 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I feel like "a" is the best move for me here, because it makes territory and prevents white from expanding. I don't like the way the board looks if white gets "a".

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[go]$$Bcm79 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White has great potential for expanding the moyo in the center and invading my top side.

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Post #88 Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:51 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm79 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . 2 . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think this is by far the largest move on the board. It captures the cutting stones turning two weak groups into one strong group. Now I think invading my side and securing his top right corner are miai.

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Post #89 Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:59 am 
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Sorry for taking so long, real life intruded.

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[go]$$Bcm80 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I actually think it was too small for white to spend a move capturing those three stones now. This maybe my chance.

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Post #90 Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 1:03 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm80 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Responding on the side is small. I want to make fill his moyo full of invasions. This move scoops out a lot of potential territory from black, and keeps my corner safe.

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Post #91 Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 7:38 am 
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[go]$$Bcm80 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


His move looks good, makes me wonder if my play was a mistake. I'm going to probe here and see what the situation looks like.

Odds of Winning: 48%

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Post #92 Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:11 am 
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[go]$$Bcm80 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I don't really see the point of that last move. The peep at C16 seems to be much more severe. I am either missing something and should be nervous, or my opponent made a mistake and I should be happy. If only I could figure out which.

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Post #93 Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:46 am 
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Numbering got slightly off, I think this is correct.

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[go]$$Bcm81 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Not sure how I can use the aji of that corner stone, maybe the jump in was premature? We'll see. Anyway I think this is the next biggest move now.

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Post #94 Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:42 am 
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The "probe" on move 82 does not strike me as a particularly good move. The following :b1: would have been better, which can lead to a ko in the corner, as shown:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . 5 6 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |[/go]

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Post #95 Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 10:11 am 
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The Intrepid wrote:
The "probe" on move 82 does not strike me as a particularly good move. The following :b1: would have been better, which can lead to a ko in the corner, as shown:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . 5 6 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |[/go]


I dunno, this way black can live unconditionally in the corner later with d18 and tripod group (or else cut off f18 which is adequate compensation). Usually f18 could mean the tripod is dead, but black can use e18 sente to live for the cost of hurting f16. That attachment probe can be a good timing in this common shape to create the right to live in the corner later as given black just slid he's not going to allow it to get cut off. (B could choose other answers for 3 like a/b but white still has aji to utilise in the corner.)

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[go]$$c Probe
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . O . . , 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . b a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #96 Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 11:57 am 
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Uberdude wrote:
The Intrepid wrote:
The "probe" on move 82 does not strike me as a particularly good move. The following :b1: would have been better, which can lead to a ko in the corner, as shown:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . 5 6 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |[/go]


I dunno, this way black can live unconditionally in the corner later with d18 and tripod group (or else cut off f18 which is adequate compensation). Usually f18 could mean the tripod is dead, but black can use e18 sente to live for the cost of hurting f16. That attachment probe can be a good timing in this common shape to create the right to live in the corner later as given black just slid he's not going to allow it to get cut off. (B could choose other answers for 3 like a/b but white still has aji to utilise in the corner.)

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[go]$$c Probe
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . O . . , 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . b a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It' unclear to me in this case. White's slide is one place further in, so:

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[go]$$Bc hane
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 7 1 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 X O 3 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . 8 O 4 . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


W can reply with 2 above. If B persists in the corner, he runs our of moves. So a better bet maybe to try 1 below first.

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[go]$$Bc hane - variant
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 7 5 O 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . b X O 9 3 2 . a . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Next B has miai of a and b. So W may need to back off in reply to 1 in the second diagram, which isn't clearly good for B.


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[go]$$Bc hane - variant -gote for B.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . 3 . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


B takes gote if he protects at 3, although it will be big if played at the right time. But the corner exchange is bad for B here - it clearly loses points.

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Post #97 Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 12:04 pm 
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Oh yes, I should try that reading 2 moves ahead thing... :oops:


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Post #98 Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 9:25 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm81 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . X . . . X 6 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This is my desperate attempt to reduce some of this moyo

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Post #99 Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:58 am 
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[go]$$Bcm81 B: 2 captures
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . X . . . X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm81 Something like this?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 8 9 . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . X . . . X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . O . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | O X X O X . . O X X . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . O O X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . X O O X X O O O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . . . O X X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O X . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #100 Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:36 pm 
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