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 Post subject: Re: #180 Splatted vs konfuzed
Post #121 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:21 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O X . . . . . X . X X O O |
$$ | . . X , . O . X . , . . . X . X O X . |
$$ | 0 . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #122 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:12 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Just seeing how he plans to respond here.

EDIT: Right after I posted I saw F2 and it looked better to me. I always get "mover's remorse" :lol:

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Post #123 Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:31 am 
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Really sorry for the ridiculously long wait.

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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . 2 X . . . O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This attachment is a real blind spot for me; I never think to prepare for it and I never play it. C3 is an attempt to kill, and I think it might work, but reading says things could get complicated really quickly so I'm far from confident. Either way, a large portion of what I thought was solid territory is anything but.

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Post #124 Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:57 am 
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@konfuzed: I'm an idiot and accidentally opened your most recent hide tag. :oops: If you want to read my most recent one in exchange then feel free. Like you, I didn't post any specific sequences, so it should be a reasonable exchange.



P.s. I didn't read the edit, so if that contains your super secret plan of almost certain victory's one weakness then there's no need to worry. :tmbup:

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Post #125 Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:20 pm 
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Taking your time is fine, I'm sure I'll have to as well sometimes. Don't worry about reading the comment either, I'm just in this to keep in practice and learn.

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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 3 . . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



Figuring this out well is beyond me; there are so many possibilities and I am not practiced enough to prune effectively. In my reading this move seemed to strike a balance between being resilient and threatening, so it's the best I found overall I think.

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Post #126 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:05 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X 4 . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I probably shouldn't make moves at 2 in the morning, but right now this move feels like pure genius. Depending on what he does I can either connect underneath or seal him in.

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Post #127 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:53 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O . X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . 5 O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



Yeah, the move he just played was the worst for me out of the ones I was reading to choose my move. I saw some ways to live in other variations. This move is the best I can see right now to keep a chance of hurting this area somehow.

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Post #128 Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:51 am 
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O 6 X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think his plan is to extend upwards, but he played G3 first to stop me connecting underneath.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . B O O . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . c . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O 2 . . B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O b X O 1 B O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X 4 3 C O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . a 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Blacks next move will probably be at either a or b, both of wich cause problems for me, but I think I can still be happy with this because I'm also aiming at the weaknesses of the marked black stones. A move at c would threaten to box black's bottom left group in, while also stopping black from playing J6 in response to J5.

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Post #129 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:13 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


keeps his group from living yet, also threatening to connect under if he doesn't block.

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Post #130 Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:50 am 
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[go]$$Wcm80 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O 1 . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do next. I could seal him in and make instant profit (I don't see any way for him to live), or I could let him connect under the J3 stones and try to make something of the centre.

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[go]$$Wcm1 One example of how I could seal him in.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O 1 6 8 X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 9 4 7 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm1 Emphasising the centre.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . 7 . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O 1 4 5 X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X 3 2 8 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I'll probably go for the first one because there doesn't seem to be that much potential in the centre.

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Post #131 Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:08 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . 2 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Midterms :sad:

Not much to say, I'll just try to limit his territory where I can and look at whether I can win when the dust settles a bit more.

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Post #132 Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:11 pm 
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[go]$$Wcm80 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


As planned.

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Post #133 Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:18 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #134 Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:25 am 
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As always I missed something vitally important.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: :b2:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 4 X 2 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #135 Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:10 am 
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[go]$$Wcm80 Prisoners: :b2:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . 5 X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #136 Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:29 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Looks like the bottom left is more complicated and worse for me than it looked at first glance. Guess I'll leave it for now and use up some aji, then see what I think about the game when the board contains fewer question marks. If things don't work out well I'll have to resign.

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Post #137 Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:05 pm 
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Playing away looks like a big mistake to me. "a" is sente for B which can stabilize his position. "b" by W now starts a ko to captures all B's stones on the bottom.
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . a X O X b . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #138 Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:28 am 
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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoners: :b2:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X 0 1 X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . 9 2 X O X 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . W 6 5 X 4 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


8 at 5. 11 is marked white stone.

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[go]$$Wcm80 Prisoners: :b2:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O |
$$ | . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X 2 1 X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 X O X 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 5 4 X 6 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #139 Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:49 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 . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O 7 O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I tried to find some way to resist, but it really seems like this is my best option now. I feel like I'm losing again, even though everything that's happened since I gained the centre has been within my expectations. (Not in terms of specific moves. Just generally.)

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Post #140 Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:27 pm 
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Trigger: if you play E4 I play H5

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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 . . |
$$ | . . . . O O 8 . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



I'll use forcing moves to gain a bit on the outside now, because doing so doesn't seem to interfere much with living underneath, but living underneath would make me lose these forcing moves.

a is where I'd play if I go to the bottom left right away (can make a sort of miai life because c2 both threatens to live in the corner if it's not responded to and fixes a liberty shortage for connecting back, so I think his best line of play would be letting me connect small and taking sente), but I've been looking at a lot of other moves (b and c for example).
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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 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . O 7 O . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X O O X O . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . O X . O X O O X X . X . . . X b . |
$$ | . . . . a . X O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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