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.
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[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O X X . O . O . . . |
$$ | . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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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.
: 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.