Life In 19x19

$$Wcm31 Prisoners: W:2 B:0
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$$ | . O . , O . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X ...

$$Wcm31 Prisoners: W:2 B:0
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I think that "intuition" is both real and necessary. "Logic" falls down in many cases where there are simply too many possibilities to consider. That's why there aren't any really strong go programs yet on the 19x19 board. Every move in Go is solving not one but dozens of problems simultaneously ...

I find it a little weird when pros like Takemiya (11 major titles) criticize pros like Kobayashi (39 major titles) and Kato (31 major titles) so vociferously. Playing "without nuance" seems to have done well.

$$Wcm31 White 35. Prisoners: W:2 B:0
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$$ | . O . , O . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$Wcm31 White 33. Prisoners: W:2 B:0
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$$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . , O . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
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@illluck

By responding to the approach on the bottom right, I feel I'm in danger of being a little too standard. My fear is that by responding to the approach, I will fall into a joseki and just give up sente; in this case, I have sente and can use this move to see what Black will do. In response ...

$$B White 31. Prisoners: W 2, B 0.
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$$W White 29.
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$$ | . . O W O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . O . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X ...

$$W White 27
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$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . W X X O . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O X ...

$$W White 25
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$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X W . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O ...

$$Bcm22
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$$ | . . W . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O ...

$$Bcm20
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$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . W O ...

$$W White 19
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$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . X . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . W ...

$$B White 17
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$$ | . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X ...