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 Post subject: Re: #227 moyoaji vs hailthorn
Post #61 Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:10 am 
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$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I have won back potential on the bottom, my corner is out, and both sides are still weak so I can make a running fight of this.

I feel that :b47: was a mistake. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see what my opponent does.

As for the score, I feel black has about 12 points on the right now, but I also have gained in my lower right corner. I'm not great at counting, but I'd say I have about 12 points there as well.

So the score is relatively unchanged... I would go with about 32.5 to 16 (I'll give black 4 points in the center).

If someone good at counting wants to count this and make a comment I would love to compare my thoughts now at the end of this game to see what I'm missing.

If black tenukis from here I feel the bottom, doing a double approach, and invading the 3-3 are all pretty big. Let's see what black finds important and then I'll do something else.

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Post #62 Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:33 am 
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[go]$$Bcm41 Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . 9 . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This should be interesting.

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Post #63 Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:31 am 
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[go]$$Bcm41 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . 9 0 O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


First blood!

I don't think forcing me to take this way was the best way to use the aji, but I suppose if black wants to just live on the bottom this stone may help? It isn't good shape though...

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Post #64 Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:18 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm41 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . 9 0 O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . B . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Obviously my right group isn't alive yet, but I'm not concerned about it right now. The bottom looks like a good place to go.

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Post #65 Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:26 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
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$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . 9 0 O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . B . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Obviously my right group isn't alive yet, but I'm not concerned about it right now. The bottom looks like a good place to go.


Each side has a weak group next to the other one. Hey! No problem. :roll:

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Post #66 Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:58 am 
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$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Never make 2 weak groups. This idea has been hammered in my head over and over again. I still make the mistake often, but I think my opponent made it here. He had two weak groups - the bottom and the right. I only had one on the right. He couldn't help both...

Since black chose to save his bottom instead of protecting his weak group I believe I can now connect back my weak group to my corner and, if black chooses to challenge this, can win his stones. I looked at a number of variations and I think I've found answers to the ways black can challenge me. If black tenukis again I will play O8 for a 40 point corner with outside influence. How could I not be happy with that? I think black will read this out and save his 3 stones, which is fine by me.

He will then have a weak floating group on the board. While my approach stone on the bottom is looking outnumbered it isn't in a terrible spot - not to mention that if it gets any strength I can counter attack the bottom group. Those 3 stones are far from safe.

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Post #67 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:05 am 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This could be dangerous.

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Post #68 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:18 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


And so it begins. I trust my reading. Let's see if hailthorn read better than I did. This fight is worth a lot.

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Post #69 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:51 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . 5 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Well, I guess I'll be playing for life from here on. I actually haven't read through this as much as I probably should have. So I'm basically taking a chance here. I saw :w4: coming for awhile. My first instinct was to simply play at O7, but I may need more liberties first. Obviously going there will be an eventuality. :D

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Post #70 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:05 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . 5 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Again my opponent surprises me with a move. However, I don't think this one is very good. It doesn't seem to do anything. In fact, it seems to cost him a valuable liberty. I look forward to seeing the comment on this and/or why my cutting it off is a mistake.

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Post #71 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:09 am 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . 5 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So far this is what I read out with my last move. I knew this move was coming. But now I need to make sure that things go correctly from here on. This is definitely going to be quite tricky.

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Post #72 Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:28 pm 
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$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . 5 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I suspect black is attempting to start a ko here. He can have it. I will take first. I do think he has a threat. I will need to evaluate my threat options carefully because black can make this ko even bigger by cutting. Then I couldn't lose the ko. I may simply take, respond to black's threat, and then back off from the ko. However, if I win I don't see how black can survive here.

EDIT: On further analysis I don't think this ko is winnable by black. I will have plenty of local threats if he attempts to seal me in after taking the ko. He doesn't really have any local threats after the push to try to get out. I can just back off after he burns that and then I win the ko or get my group out. I will give this to my opponent, however - I did not expect him to play like this. In all the variations I looked at this was not one of them.

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Post #73 Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:18 am 
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What ko are you talking about and how would you play it?

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Post #74 Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:45 am 
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What ko are you talking about and how would you play it?

I expect black's next move to be here. So this is the ko.
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X C 9 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There is a proverb that says you should always take a ko once. So I will do just that.
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 2
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X 0 9 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O C O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now the way my opponent has been playing I am not sure exactly where he will go, but he does have a ko threat to kill my top left corner and that is pretty important. More important than this ko at least, so I'll respond to that and then back off. The reason is that taking the ko is good for me is that black has burned an important ko threat when I was willing to back off in the first place.

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[go]$$Bcm61 Black: 1 White: 2
$$ --------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 1 X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X C X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O 3 O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . X O 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The ko here is not meaningless. If I win it means I don't have to worry about my 3 stones in the corner living and I don't have to worry about my group having to run for life in the center. However, if I kill black's group here then both of those are moot points. The ko does make killing his group slightly more difficult as I may have to take the ko to remove a liberty, but it is also nice to have an option to win the ko to link my groups back. I don't think this is that bad for me.

The threats I am referring to for myself come if/when black seals my white group in.


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[go]$$Bcm61 Black: 1 White: 2
$$ --------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 1 X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . 9 O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O 3 O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . X O 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c b . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The cut at 'a' gives me a few ko threats as it threatens to take those stones and save my group - a group that he will likely have to kill to have his stones survive. I also expect black to descend at 'b' at some point, threatening to cut off my corner. However, I have the ko to fall back on and I think I can kill his 2 stones by playing at 'c'.

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Post #75 Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:19 am 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X 9 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 1 . . X O . 5 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This was part of my plan. But I'm starting to wonder if this was a bad idea... :mrgreen:

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Post #76 Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:52 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X 9 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . 5 O 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I almost got greedy and had a huge failure by playing S5. The cut would have ripped me apart. I will defend the cut, effectively killing off :b55: and now and I even have a monkey jump to link my stones from this position OR I can escape to the center with my stones. I don't see how I can lose this fight now. I think :b59: and :b55: were both mistakes.

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Post #77 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:31 am 
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[go]$$Bcm61 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X 9 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O 6 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . X . . X O . 5 O 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Needless to say, I think I goofed pretty bad in the right corner. I don't know why but I thought I'd be able to capture the S3 group in this scenario. I guess this goes to show my reading sucks.

I'll give it a few more moves, but I doubt I can make up for the right side.

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Post #78 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:54 am 
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . . 2 . . O . 3 . X . . X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . . 3 . . O . 2 . X . . X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think either of these should be enough for white.

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[go]$$Bcm71 Black: 0 White: 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . 2 . X . . X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Oh my. I guess I succeeded in winning that fight. (That or black has a very elaborate plan that allows him to tenuki)

I'm going to make a base here. I am treating 'a' and 'b' as a sort of miai. My goal is to get stronger and then counter-attack the group on the bottom. I considered going at the corner with 'a' right away, but then my opponent could play at :w72: and make his group on the bottom stronger while forcing me into the corner. I see no reason to help him settle his group. However, if he wants to insist I dive for the corner by attempting to block my way out I can still make a nice base.

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[go]$$Bcm71 Target acquired
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . b . . . . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . B O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . 2 . B . . B O . X O O . |
$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So, assuming I have won a victory for the good guys on the right, let's look at the score. I will count dead stones as 2 points to take their capture into account. Also I have my 6.5 komi.

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[go]$$Bcm71 Black: 17 White: 55.5
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . C C . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | C C O O X . O O C C . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | C C O X C C X X O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | C C O X C C . . . . . . . . . . C C C |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X C C C |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C X C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X W . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O B C O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O C C C |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O B B B C C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O C O B B C C |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . X O O O B O C |
$$ | . . . . . O . O . X . . X O C B O O C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So I am winning for now. I can't give black the top right because I still have the 3-3 invasion, same for the bottom left, and I plan to attack his group which may involve undercutting it so I can't give him points their either. By the same token he has both possible monkey jumps on the top so those points are reduced.

My goal is to win by less than 2 points. So, how do I make sure my opponent gains 38 points on me by the end of the game?

First, let's not invade the 3-3 on the top right. So we can give black those nice points. Then, let's not do the 3-3 on the bottom left either. I may need to play a stone at 'a' which would prompt a response at 'b' so I can't give him all the points there.

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[go]$$Bcm71 Black: 37 White: 55.5
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . C C |
$$ | . . . . X . . . C C . . . . . c . C C |
$$ | C C O O X . O O C C . . . O . . d C C |
$$ | C C O X C C X X O O . e . . . X C C C |
$$ | C C O X C C . . . . . . . . . . C C C |
$$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . X C C C |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C X C |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X W . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O B C O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O C C C |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O B B B C C |
$$ | C C . . . . . . . . . . O C O B B C C |
$$ | C C C X . . . . . , . . X O O O B O C |
$$ | C C b . . O . O . X . . X O C B O O C |
$$ | C C . a . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C |
$$ | C C . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Alright. So by restraining myself here and not worrying about those invasions I've given black 20 points. In exchange I get to avoid gote reductions and focus on maintaining my own territory. For example, perhaps I trade c for d and then play e. This will help secure my top points even if black does get a better deal. I can afford to be generous at this point because I've gotten ahead.

The plan with this cross game was to play for territory and be up in points early. So far I seem to have done that. However, I didn't expect to get such a large kill this soon in the game.

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 Post subject: Re: #227 moyoaji vs hailthorn
Post #80 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:11 pm 
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