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 Post subject: Re: #180 Splatted vs konfuzed
Post #141 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:17 am 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O 1 O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Obviously these are forcing moves so I have no choice but to play out the sequence and see what konfuzed has planned for me.

I'm now wondering what the point of Q7 was though. A probe? Time suji? It seems like if he lets me cut it off from the T9 stone (with an endgame move I'd want to play anyway), then it only serves to strengthen my position.

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 Post subject: Re: #180 Splatted vs konfuzed
Post #142 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:24 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I just picked something instead of agonizing over it. Bottom left looks big but double gote, and could lead to him undercutting my bottom middle/bottom right area with sente if I live there. This move gives me extra security, puts just a little pressure on his stones above, and I always remember that Guo Juan said it has some absurdly high point value in a lecture I watched.

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Post #143 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:00 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . 3 X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I'm an optimistic person and have decided that my increasing certainty that I've lost this game is a sign of my improving positional judgement. :tmbup:

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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . d . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . 3 X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . C . O W O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X b . . . . . . . e . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X 2 f |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X a . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think we're now well in to the endgame. These are the main points I considered.

a: Good points but lacks a follow up.
b: Seems like it might start a profitable fight, but would make any black move around the circled point sente, which could cause problems, especially with the marked black stone in place.
c: Whoops, didn't use c. Seems I don't know my alphabet.
d: Looks like a large shared point, but with the monkey jump already reducing black I don't think it's such a big deal.
e: Not as submissive as it feels. Worth a few points and has a sente follow up at f, but with black's monkey jump behind it I feel it's worth less than it might otherwise be.
:w92: : Stops white linking up with the marked black stone, and hopefull makes the exchange a bad one for black. I think it could also end in sente or seal off the monkey jump to make e a territory making move.

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 Post subject: Re: #180 Splatted vs konfuzed
Post #144 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:39 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . 4 . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


All right, living in the bottom left just looks big to me at this point. As far as I can tell he has can either capture J2 and force me to live locally or let me connect, but there is no way for him to keep the entire thing. He'll have sente though. The safe thing to do would be taking care of the k4 aji, but I think it's somewhat manageable and I don't feel like I have the points to be conservative. Not too concerned about him killing the monkey jump stone.

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Post #145 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:53 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X 5 X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think konfused is expecting this:

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[go]$$Wcm1 4 on marked stone
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X 1 B O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 3 X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


But I'm planning

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X 1 X O X 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



I would play :w3: directly but I think black playing 1 would then make miai of killing 3 and connecting out or living inside.

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Post #146 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:01 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


If he tries to cut me off, I will play C2


EDIT: Whoops, I wasn't thinking straight, all of my reading was relying on a liberty that isn't there (he's not capturing G2/G3). Oh well, nothing to do but wait for his move and then see if the situation is salvageable.

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Post #147 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:19 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X O X 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now we get to see which of us has misread. Usually it's me, but I have a good feeling this time. :rambo:

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Post #148 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:27 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X O X 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . 8 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Well, I could just atari him down, but I feel like it was already a tough game to win so I have to ask for more. I guess I'll try to fight this in ko. (I've wasted threats this game though, I think he has the advantage for sure)

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Post #149 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:45 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X O C O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X 9 X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


When will I learn? It's always me that's missed something. :cry:

Edit: i only read the connection, not the ko.

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Post #150 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:52 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm99 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . 1 . X O X O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #151 Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:38 am 
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[go]$$Wcm100 Prisoners: :b2:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . 1 O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


If I lose this ko I am resigning. I don't know how I ever thought I was winning... :blackeye:

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Post #152 Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:59 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , c . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . 1 O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O . O b . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X a X O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


With two local ko threats at A and B, plus the invasion at C, I think white's doing alright here. Black has some threats to live in the corner, but I don't see anything as gigantic as white's reductions at C and on the left. Maybe some threats against white's top left group.

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Post #153 Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:10 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . O O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O 2 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



I don't like my chances with this fight. I think he has a ton of huge and obvious ko threats. Mine are less obvious and worse I think. But for now all I can do is retake.

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Post #154 Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:14 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | O . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . O . . X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . O O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . X O X O X O 3 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #155 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:45 am 
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Hi Splatted, sorry I haven't signed in for a while. The bottom line is I'm extremely busy for another few weeks. It looks like you're starting a Big Brother game (I'm looking forward to watching). If you'd like to continue this one when I have time again that's fine, or you can just accept my resignation. I don't mind either way, I've already learned some things from the game.

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Post #156 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:24 pm 
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If you really have no preference then I think I'll opt to end the game here. I can't accept your resignation though; I was going to resign if I lost that ko, so let's just call it unfinished and leave it at that. :lol:

Thanks for the exciting game and your patience with my slow moves. It was of fun. :salute:

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Post #157 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:30 pm 
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Thanks. I had fun too, I may not have gotten much stronger or played enough in the past year but I think I've learned things and have a more reasonable playstyle now.

As for the ko fight, I felt like you had infinite ko threat factories in the top right and the top middle :lol:.
But I think the game in general was close and interesting, and I'm happy with a neutral result.

I'll be cheering for you in the Big Brother game, good luck.

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Post #158 Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:17 am 
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You may be right but I'm terrible at ko fights because I tend to panic and end them as soon as my opponent makes a threat that is slightly less valuable than the ko. :lol:

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