Life In 19x19

My thinking when white had pincered black and they chose to play out the sequence in that area is that white's pincering stone is clearly too close to thickness. Instead of the slide, I kind of expected white to come back and protect that stone. Either way, it was a tough choice for white, but ...

I hope it helps!
2014-11-28-chengfan-domini1000.sgf

[admin] I made it a little easier to access. -JB [/admin]

(;GM[1]FF[4]AP[qGo:1.5.4]ST[1]GN[chengfan-domini1000(B) IGS]
SZ[19]HA[3]KM[-5.5]PW[chengfan]WR[14k]PB[domini1000]BR[17k?]RE[B+Resign]DT[2014-11-28]PC[IGS: igs.joyjoy.net ...

If I was white, I'd be glad to respond to this move. It makes an invasion on the bottom markedly more difficult is aji keshi against other invasion moves. like the common probe at D2.

Also, if I was black, I'd feel glad to have finished the corner and make white jump up into the center of the ...

You can kill on move 205

I approve.

$$Bcm51 Dragon Pie (1D Kgs) vs. bgrieco (16k IGS) .
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 . . . . . . . O O O O X X . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . O X ...

$$Bcm51 Dragon Pie (1D Kgs) vs. bgrieco (16k IGS) .
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X X . . . |
$$ | . 6 X O . . . . . , . . O X ...

$$Bcm51 Dragon Pie (1D Kgs) vs. bgrieco (16k IGS) .
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . O X ...

I approve.

Approved.

$$Bcm51 Dragon Pie (1D Kgs) vs. bgrieco (16k IGS) .
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X ...

go]$$Bcm41 Dragon Pie (1D Kgs) vs. bgrieco (16k IGS) .
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X ...

I've decided to change this one.
$$Bcm11 White has 3 prisoners
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . . , X ...