Life In 19x19

Obs
Is it just me or does anyone else think black 76 was not great?
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@ez4u

Two things really. One, in Malkovich games I feel this (absurd?) push to play moves that I can write seemingly rational explanations about. This does not always work of course. Nevertheless, I like to keep the illusion alive as long as possible. Two, right now I do not want to ...

@ez4u
$$Wcm1 Komi: -15; Prisoners:
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Just a quick correction, sorry if this seems blunt or rude but I wanted to clarify in case anyone is curious about the motto gowan mentioned. The motto on Yamashita Keigo's fan is 楽天 (rakuten) meaning 'optimism' not 天楽 (Kagura) which is a Japanese girl's name. I would find it amusing if the motto ...

I like Yuki and have followed his career for a long time, dating from his "rivalry" with Yoda. However, for someone I'm a fan of for a weird reason, how about Yamashita Keigo? I like him because of the motto he chose for his souvenir fan: 天楽

Just a quick correction, sorry if this seems blunt or ...

obs
I have to be honest, like a few people have suggested, I am also not particularly fond of Cloud's way of handling the counter pincer. Also, the secondary suggested move seems a little slack.
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@Dusk Eagle Thanks for attaching the game! It is very interesting . I can see the similarities to the current position too. With your explanation I can understand your choice of move. If I was playing this way though, I would be a little wary that if white decides to cut and fight, the battle will ...

@topazg
Glad for affirmation! I will be very interested to see what mw42 had in mind though.
@Dusk Eagle While I'm not going to dispute that the keima at 'a' is a good shape move, I think there is something to be said for a quick development a la Go Seigen's style. I've been working my way through ...

Mnemonic wrote:I don't know if you have ever tried this, but I created a drunk account for myself.

My old teacher ONLY had a drunk account...

I just finished cleaning off the collateral blood spatter from lurking too close to the Magicwand vs. Topazg melee, and while I was waiting for my clothes to drip dry so I can again bask in the light of day I thought I would weigh into this game!

Sorry but this is for observers only! To the players ...

@youngjae: Why do you not say somthing about this exchange:

$$Wc In my oppinion now, the marked exchange is aji keshi
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$$W Some easy options... 1
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The problem is probably that we stop reading after B1, not looking even a bit into the fight. My teacher is telling me the same but still laughed at me for not connecting against this peep in a game of mine. Black can not fight strongly because it has no base yet. I don't think White is bad at all ...

Thinking too much here is dangerous. White should simply connect - but it is so hard to appreciate the obvious move. With the corner open, it will be either a running fight that favours white (and destroys a good chunk of the black framework) or if Black returns to joseki by living on the upper ...

Okay, well lets do some analysis! Those are exciting

Here is variant on a standard pattern. Often after Black will play 'a' to prevent White from playing there and restricting Black's growth. In this case though, lets say that Black wants the corner territory and so continues with the below ...