First of all, I think I'm ahead by 5-10 points if I simply reduce White's moyo and take the big point at G3. Why Edlee did not come around to playing G3 himself is a bit of a mystery to me. Perhaps he does not see that the move threatens to rescue the two White stones in the bottom-left corner:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X 3 . 1 X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
In any case, I believe Black can win without difficulties after the following sequence:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . 6 . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , 5 O 8 O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . 7 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . 2 . 1 . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . 4 3 . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . 0 9 . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm11
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . O . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , X O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . X . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . O X . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . O X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O 1 X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , 5 6 . . . . 2 3 . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . X 8 . . . 4 . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 7 X O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . 9 X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Instead of
, Black might actually also be able to start with this move (and maybe even "a"), but I haven't read it out very well, yet:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . 1 . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . a . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |[/go]
If this move works, a huge chunk of White's moyo would be destroyed.
That said, the tesuji I mentioned earlier seems to work:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . 2 . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . 1 . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . 0 X X O 5 . . . O . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O 4 3 . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 7 X O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 8 6 X O O O O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . 9 . X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm11
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . 1 X O O . . X . 5 . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . O . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . 2 O O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | 4 X X O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . X 3 X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
The point of
is this:
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[go]$$Wcm16
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O X 4 . . . 2 O . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X W W . . X 1 B 3 . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X X W X . . . O . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | O . . O X X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . . . O X X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O X X . |
$$ | . . . O O X O O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . X X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
The marked White stones get captured thanks to
, and, if White does not capture
, White will connect
with his group on the right, successfully invading White's moyo.
I need to do some more reading, obviously, but it looks like I have a choice of two pathways to victory--the calm endgame grind or the violent train of ridiculous tesujis. I'll choose the more entertaining way if I can convince myself that
plus
combination works in all the lines.