resilency....that is what you need to be stronger

Magicwand almost pulled it off. If only he could save both of the following groups, the game would actually be fairly close. In fact, if Magicwand could also live in the lower right corner, he'd win by ~20 points, or something like that. Won't happen, though. :/

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[go]$$Bcm241 white : 14 black : 8
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . X X |
$$ | . . X . . O . . . . X O O X X X X . W |
$$ | . . O O O X O . X X O O X W W W X . W |
$$ | . . X . . X O O O O X O X X W X X X W |
$$ | . . X O O X O X O . X O X W W X X W . |
$$ | . O O X X X O X X O O O X X W W W W W |
$$ | . . . X O O O O X X X O X O X X X W . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X W X . O X O O X W . . |
$$ | . . X . . X W W W X X X X O . X W . . |
$$ | . X X . X W W X X X . X O O X . X W . |
$$ | . O X X X W X . X X X X X O O . X W . |
$$ | . O X . W W W X X W X X O . O O X X . |
$$ | . . O X X W W W W W . O X O X X . X . |
$$ | . . O . X X X W . W . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O X W W W W X X X X X X X . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . . W X O . . O O X O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Well, Logan, he only needs to ignore three more threats...

I'm not "Logan" but whatever.

Logan was telling me that mw's plan was to make a seven step ko... Not a big deal.

Oh, sorry ... And I was just about to say, "Don't call me Shirley."

Thank-you The Intrepid, I was also confused by jts's post.

There's no ko anymore jts:

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[go]$$Wc white : 14 black : 8
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . X X |
$$ | . . X . . O . . . . X O O X X X X . O |
$$ | . . O O O X O . X X O O X O O O X . O |
$$ | . . X . . X O O O O X O X X O X X X O |
$$ | . . X O O X O X O . X O X O O X X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X O X X O O O X X O O O O O |
$$ | . . . X O O O O X X X O X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O X . O X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . X O O O X X X X O . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . X O O X X X . X O O X . X O . |
$$ | . O X X X O X 1 X X X X X O O . X O . |
$$ | . O X . O O O X X O X X O . O O X X . |
$$ | . . O X X O O O O O . O X O X X . X . |
$$ | . . O . X X X O . O . O X O 2 O X . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O O X X X X X X X . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . . O X O . . O O X O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After White saves the bottom group then Black kills the right group (because White ignored the marked ko threat earlier):

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[go]$$Wc white : 14 black : 8
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . 8 7 . 9 . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . X X |
$$ | . . X . . O . . . . X O O X X X X . O |
$$ | . . O O O X O . X X O O X O O O X . O |
$$ | . . X . . X O O O O X O X X O X X X O |
$$ | . . X O O X O X O . X O X O O X X O . |
$$ | . O O X X X O X X O O O X X O O O O O |
$$ | . . . X O O O O X X X O X O X X X O . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O X . O X O O X O 4 2 |
$$ | . . X . . X O O O X X X X O . X O 5 3 |
$$ | . X X . X O O X X X . X O O X . X O . |
$$ | . O X X X O X . X X X X X O O . X O 6 |
$$ | . O X . O O O X X O X X O . O O X Y . |
$$ | . . O X X O O O O O . O X O X X . X . |
$$ | . . O . X X X O . O . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O O X X X X X X X . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . . O X O . . Q Q X Q . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . 1 . . . . X . . Q . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If White tries to start a capturing race with & , Black will win.

And if White somehow saves the lower-right group, she will still be behind on points.

MW seemed to be in a dark place for much of this later part of the game, so I'm not sure how much you should read into his plan to gain something 'game-winning' from harassing the center group.

It happens often. MW is in a losing position, he stops speaking much and plays many moves. Then with his feeling and intuition he sees the flicker of a candle at the end of a long-hall, gets excited and posts his uplifted thoughts of a possible outcome. Some of this and some of that happens, he gains a small outcome, and... well this leads us to where we are now.

lovelove, on the other hard, was just wanting to finish up the game -- so he hasn't been playing to 'not let MW get away with anything' or 'find the perfect move.' Because of his large lead he was mostly indifferent to the outcome of whether White's center group lived or not. Of course he's still being wisely careful...

A slight victory to MW, an indifference to lovelove. Ah, life.

No intention of hurt or offense to the players (where's the hug smiley?)

near the end...