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 Post subject: Re: #240 awef vs jeromie
Post #81 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:23 pm 
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Now would have been a good time for black s6. It's certainly sente now as there's no big opening points left that white could satisfactorily get two of in exchange for allowing s6 and r7.

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Post #82 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:55 pm 
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No problem, awef. This is the first week of classes (I'm a teacher), so it's probably good that I took the weekend off of this game. :-)

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I looked at the bottom around L3 and top around J17, but as far as I can tell black needs to respond locally to this reply or he will get a bad result. That means I can play this in sente to stabilize my right side group before attacking the weaknesses on the top and bottom.

If black ignores this:
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[go]$$c awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . 3 . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black's potential in the center is severely damaged and white's is significantly increased.


Edit: Fixed grammar.

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Post #83 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:17 pm 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I'm fine getting pushed this direction since it builds me territory, even though it secures his position more.

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Post #84 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:06 pm 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . 4 , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . ? . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . ? ? ? . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . c 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . d , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . b . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I primarily considered moves in the shaded area, especially J16 and L16, though I did look at a (makes L16 much more playable because more ladders work for me, helps keep black from reducing by extending from the left side, and threatens a nice follow up at d), b (this bottom weakness is still big), and c (one more move here would make my territory on the right side much bigger). Ultimately I decided that now is the time to attack the weakness on the top... if black gets to solidify that area the game looks very bad for white.

I chose the shoulder hit because I want outside influence, and while I can separate his stones with K16 black will get a nice outside wall in the process. Almost decided to switch to the star point at the last minute, but decided it was better to go with my initial instinct.

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Post #85 Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:50 am 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . 4 , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I figure keeping this stone connected to my group is important. I figure white will push once more, which I'll answer. After that, I suspect white will play around L3.

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Post #86 Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:21 pm 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Continuing to try and get rid of black's center potential while building white's influence.

Extending in the other direction give black a nice hane at the head of two stones:
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 6 4 7 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Likely follow ups:

Simple:

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 7 . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



Complex fighting to follow! (Though I'm not entirely sure I'd make this move 38. There might be a simple move that works for white.)

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 8 . X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 7 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #87 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:09 am 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Just keeping connected and jumping ahead of is push.

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Post #88 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:40 pm 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I get the wall I wanted; I'm content with this. I looked at playing D12 first, but I can't ignore black to follow up if he hanes at H16. Getting this solid wall first is important for white. I'm expecting a play on the left side around D12 or a play on the bottom, which is still big for both of us..

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Post #89 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:50 pm 
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I get the wall I wanted; I'm content with this. I looked at playing D12 first, but I can't ignore black to follow up if he hanes at H16. Getting this solid wall first is important for white. I'm expecting a play on the left side around D12 or a play on the bottom, which is still big for both of us..


I may have missed this earlier, but what do you plan to do with the wall?

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Post #90 Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:09 pm 
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I get the wall I wanted; I'm content with this. I looked at playing D12 first, but I can't ignore black to follow up if he hanes at H16. Getting this solid wall first is important for white. I'm expecting a play on the left side around D12 or a play on the bottom, which is still big for both of us..


I may have missed this earlier, but what do you plan to do with the wall?


There are a few ways I plan to use it:
1) This makes it harder for black to turn the upper right quadrant of the board into a very big territory. (Though I'm not entirely out of the woods on that yet.)
2) I can possibly use it as the foundation for some center territory of my own.
3) I can be more aggressive in certain areas of the board (e.g. the bottom right) where more ladders will work in my favor.

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Post #91 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:54 am 
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Hey jeromie, sorry for the delay.

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 9 O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think this will be sente. I plan to play L4 next chance but we'll see. Other moves I was considering:

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


and

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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 9 X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #92 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:24 am 
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[go]$$cm31 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 5 . 7 X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 8 4 6 . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | 0 . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 9 O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black's move is a relatively small reduction, but it is sente so I guess it makes sense to play this now. I imagine this is the sequence he has in mind:

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[go]$$Wcm40 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | 1 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 2 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Because this move 41 looks worse for black:
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[go]$$Wcm40 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | 1 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 3 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


And a tenuki after 42 leaves 44 as sente for white :
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[go]$$Wcm40 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | 1 3 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 2 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . 4 . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I've looked at a few other moves in the local area (e.g. B15), but they all seem to be slightly worse in points and still end in gote for white.

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Post #93 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:19 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Okay, yup, I figure this will end in sente for me, so still some time to think about where to play with it.

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Post #94 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:44 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Sequence as noted above.
I did check to see if an immediate atari at A12 or B12 could lead to a favorable result, but neither worked.

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Keeping this stone easily connected seems like a reasonable enough play. Nothing looks urgent to me.

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black has a lot more territory than white, but I think this move is sente (white has a follow up at C10) and big. I'm estimating what white is about 25 points ahead in territory (though I didn't try for an exact count), but at this level I don't think I'm out of the game yet. Still, my follow up to this needs to be something that does more than secure boundary lines.

I considered playing in the lower left corner to keep myself from getting sealed in there, but I think this is bigger.

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Post #98 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:01 pm 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


obligatory.

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Post #99 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:29 am 
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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I was tempted to keep playing locally with the marked move (threatening a), but playing here is likely to end in gote and only makes a really big profit if black blunders. Playing on the right side is another sente move (I think) and starts to look like I can make 5th line territory in that area (if I fix my weakness at b).

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O b . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



I did make sure that I have a response if black gets to play on the left before I do, but I think the clamp works if he hanes:

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 B W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


If black responds by extending I'll jump out with 48.

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 8 . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


If he hanes, I'll have to give a little because I don't think the cross cut will work.

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . 7 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The other area I looked at is a move around a or b to move my lower left group into the center and keep black's two big groups separated, potentially allowing a later invasion in one of the marked areas. I think preventing black from turning at my actual 46 is more important, though.

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . a . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . b . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 X X . . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


He gave me a push so I'll walk. I wanted to hane. I probably could've gotten away with it but things started looking messy after

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[go]$$cm41 awef(B) v jeromie(W) 6.5 komi
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X X . X X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . O O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | O 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . 8 X X 0 . . |
$$ | 1 X O O . . . . . . . . 9 7 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . X 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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