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daal · #1

Here is a minor milestone in my go career. I was playing a game this morning, and felt comfortably ahead, when my opponent tossed in one of those desperate placements - the marked stone at move 151.

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I connected, and he tried to live, and faced with :b5:

, my eyes focused on a and b. Instead of caving in and playing a (my "basic instinct" is: panic), I suddenly and shockingly recognized that if I blocked at b, my opponent would get stuck with a dead L group. While many of you wouldn't consider this something to write home about, for me it was a thrilling event. A rare concrete indication that I've learned something, and can actually apply it. I played b, he played a and got stuck with the L group, which went on to die as it should, and I won handily.

Here's the SGF, if you're interested.

SpongeBob · #2

daal wrote:

Here is a minor milestone in my go career. ...
While many of you wouldn't consider this something to write home about ...

On the contrary, I think this is something to write about.
Congrats!

(I also enjoy when being able to apply some corner-shape-knowledge in my games. Nice example here.)

Twitchy Go · #3

It's definitely something to write home about. Starting from your diagram I tried to read out how to make it a dead L. It took a while, probably longer if I didn't know what shape to make. So congratulations! :clap:

lildrummerninja · #4

I recognised this instantly. I find it very strange that I could read it out as a problem quite easily, but when faced with similar situations in my own games, I often don't read it out correctly and die. :mad:

Also, congratulations!

shapenaji · #5

Good reading! Have you looked at this though?

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illluck · #6

@shapenaji: Hehe, my first reaction as well, though fortunately white is fine.

daal · #7

shapenaji wrote:

Good reading! Have you looked at this though?

No, I hadn't ... o.O After the diagram below, I would have had trouble trying to read out all the variations during the game.

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Dusk Eagle · #8

L Group

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