Here are the comments I intended to make for my previous move:
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[go]$$cm181 Prisoners: Black 3 White 6
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . d . X O O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O . O O O . O O X O O . O g . |
$$ | . O X O X O . . . O . . O . O , O c . |
$$ | . O O X X X X X X . . . . O O X X O O |
$$ | O X X . X . O O X X X X X O X . X X X |
$$ | . O . X . X O . O . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X . . O O O . . . . O O O X . . |
$$ | . O O X O O . . X X O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X X X X X O . . O . X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O O . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . . . O X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X a X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X f . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X b O . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . e . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
There are big moves at a, b and c. The peep at d is potentially big and but it's nastier if I can reduce white's liberties on the LHS first.
a is around 9 points. Not that the connection makes e almost sente for B (a threatens a follow up move worth 6 points in gote,
b is around 6 points in sente if W answers at f. If W doesn't answer at, B's follow up is:
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[go]$$c 2 tenuki
$$ | . X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X a X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X 4 . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X 1 O 3 6 . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | 2 . . . . . . 5 . . . . e . . . . . . |
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This gains a further 4 or 5 points in sente, giving the original move a value of 10 or 11 points - it seems to marginally larger than a in the first diagram. B5 isn't truly sente, but I got bored of counting at this point.
c has a base value of 7 points - W gains 4 points and compared to W connecting at f, W loses 3 points. Then the hane I showed in my reply to Topazg is either 3 points in sente for B or 6 points in gote, so this move is worth 10 points.
The reason I chose the slightly smaller out b and c is the aji of the peep at d - if W has no eyes, it may quite become a lot of fun for me.
I hadn't considered 86 in the game. But I think that 87 is a reasonable reply.
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[go]$$c
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O . O O O . O O X O O . O O . |
$$ | . O X O X O . . . O . . O . O , O X X |
$$ | . O O X X X X X X . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | O X X . X . O O X X X X X O X . X X X |
$$ | . O . X . X O . O . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X . . O O O . . . . O O O X . . |
$$ | . O O X O O . . X X O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | 3 . X . X X X X X O . . O . X X . . . |
$$ | O 1 X X O . . . O O . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | 7 . . X O . X . . . O X O . . . X . . |
$$ | 2 5 . . . O O . . . . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | 4 X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | 6 O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X . . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . O . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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In this variation, B keeps enough territory and can capture the two stones on the edge later. So here's another idea for W:
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[go]$$
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O . O O O . O O X O O . O O . |
$$ | 6 O X O X O . . . O . . O . O , O X X |
$$ | 5 O O X X X X X X . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | O X X . X . O O X X X X X O X . X X X |
$$ | 8 O . X . X O . O . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X . . O O O . . . . O O O X . . |
$$ | 4 O O X O O . . X X O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | 2 7 X . X X X X X O . . O . X X . . . |
$$ | O 1 X X O . . . O O . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | 3 . . X O . X . . . O X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X . . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . O . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
W has reduced my side from 12 points to 8 points, but in gote, and has reduced his liberties. Continuing from here, W needs to be careful:
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[go]$$
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$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 6 1 2 X O O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O 5 O O O . O O X O O . O O . |
$$ | O O X O X O . . . O . . O . O , O X X |
$$ | 4 O O X X X X X X . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | O X X . X . O O X X X X X O X . X X X |
$$ | O O 3 X . X O . O . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X . . O O O . . . . O O O X . . |
$$ | O O O X O O . . X X O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | O X X . X X X X X O . . O . X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X O . . . O O . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . X . . . O X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X . . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . O . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Answering the peep at 2 is dangerous. It's hard to answer B 5 - for example. the block shown loses.
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[go]$$
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$$ | . 5 9 8 . 7 a . X X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 6 4 3 . O X O X O O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . 2 1 O O X O O O . O O X O O . O O . |
$$ | O O X O X O 0 . . O . b O . O , O X X |
$$ | O O O X X X X X X . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | O X X . X . O O X X X X X O X . X X X |
$$ | O O X X . X O . O . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X . . O O O . . . . O O O X . . |
$$ | O O O X O O . . X X O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | O X X . X X X X X O . . O . X X . . . |
$$ | O X X X O . . . O O . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . X . . . O X O . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . O . O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X O O X X O . . . . O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O . O . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O X . . O . O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . O . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Next , B plays at a for a giant ko. B has ko threats e.g. at b, so B wins this line by about 400 points.
lovelove is quite a light player, so he will probably just tenuki and not get sucked into my nonsense. Which is a shame, because I like lines like these.