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 Post subject: Re: #177 The Intrepid vs. uranther
Post #61 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:03 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm32 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
uranther cannot avoid massive losses. Even with optimal play, he will be 40 or more points behind after the situation on top settles. If I were playing Black, I would do the following:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O 2 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . 1 . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . . . . 3 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X . X 4 . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . 5 X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm6
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X 4 X 3 5 X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . 2 1 . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X . X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After this, I would make a last ditch effort to save the Black group on the bottom. If unsuccessful, I would then say "makemashita."

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Actually, after the following diagram, White still threatens to play "a" and then "b," so Black does not even get sente ... Though spot for Black.
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[go]$$Wcm6
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X 4 X 3 5 X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O b . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . 2 1 a X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X . X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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 Post subject: Re: #177 The Intrepid vs. uranther
Post #62 Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:53 pm 
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I assume that you went to the Mercury Cafe to play go in Denver?

I can say that my favorite place to play go is Pablo's Coffee on 6th Avenue and Washington St. There are a several people who regularly play there most of whom are around 1kyu or 1dan and catercorner is a Korean/Japanese restaurant with a friend of mine who would often be up for a game.


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Post #63 Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:36 pm 
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Awesome, thanks for the info! I'm not sure where uranther plays, but I now have one more place to got to when I visit Denver. :)

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Post #64 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:44 am 
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[go]$$Bcm32 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 3 X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Looks like I have to push and cut so I don't get sealed off (as bad). I still need to go back and make some eyes in the top right group. White's top group seems to be okay on eyes.


Dragon Pie: Yep. Pablo's Coffee sounds cool - I will check it out sometime.

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Post #65 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:54 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm34 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 2 1 X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
For some reason, :w35: makes me remember some stupid cell phone commercial where they say "Disconnected!" in a really loud and obnoxious tone of voice. That random observation aside, it is too late for Black's group to run to the center. :-|

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Post #66 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:58 am 
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[go]$$Bcm34 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O 3 . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 2 1 X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Maybe I shouldn't cut, since he doesn't have to respond, and I have bad aji:
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[go]$$Bcm34 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X 2 X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 1 O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So I will protect that point and go for eye shape. Probably should've played L13 before J12...

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Post #67 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:34 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm36 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O 2 . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O 1 . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
There's not much to add here. At least half of Black's group dies. I think it is possible for uranther to get sente after he saves a part of his group, but he'll be too far behind on points to have any hope of winning--unless, of course, he manages to somehow save his stones on the bottom, which I don't think he can do.

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Post #68 Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:49 am 
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[go]$$Bcm36 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O 2 3 X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O 1 . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #69 Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:46 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm38 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O 1 X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . 2 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black could have saved one-half of his group this way:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O 4 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X 9 3 8 0 X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O 5 X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . 6 7 1 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Half of the group dies but at least Black gets sente.

White has to respond to :b1: else this happens:
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[go]$$Bc a and b are miai for Black
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . 1 O 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X b 3 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . a O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Likewise, White has to respond to :b3: or else Black forms an eye there:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O 5 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . 3 . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now that White got to play P13, the entire Black group perishes.

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Post #70 Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:00 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm38 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O 1 X 3 X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . 2 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm1 My first instinct is to block here, but then...
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . 2 4 . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O X X 3 X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . 1 O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So instead of 1, 2, 3, I'll just play 3

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Post #71 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:04 am 
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[go]$$Bcm40 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O 2 X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O X X 1 X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . O . O . X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black threatened to play this:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O 2 . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O 3 X 1 O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . . a . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O X X X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |[/go]
If White were to play :w2: as in the diagram (White should play at "a," instead, which kills half the group), Black group gets a second eye and lives.

Instead of :w41:. I could have also played the following, but that gives Black a huge ko threat (at "b" or "c"):
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X O O b X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X X . c 1 . X O . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O O X X X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O X . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . X . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . O O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . . X . . |[/go]
Of course, there are no ko fights anywhere in sight, so giving Black an additional ko threat would not matter. Still, why do it when it is not necessary?

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Post #72 Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:47 am 
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I resign. This upper right group is dead. It can only make one eye and a false eye... Good game Intrepid!



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Post #73 Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:12 pm 
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Thank you for the game. I'll post an sgf file with the game in a week or so. Also, I'll ask a 5 dan friend to offer comments on the moves.

The biggest mistake from me was definitely move :wc:. I thought I found a clever way to kill the Black group because it let me play :w4: (in the following sequence) at J3 rather than at "a" while also granting me all the other benefits.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . X O O . O . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X X O . O X . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X X X O . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 2 O O . X O . X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . W a O 1 X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 4 3 . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

As you'll see in one of the latter comments, however, you had a way of saving your group after :wc:.

Otherwise, I am generally satisfied with my play. Then again, I have not yet read other people's comments, so that feeling may yet change. :)

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