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 Post subject: Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg
Post #41 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:08 am 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm19 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a O X . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 5 3 O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

seems a fight will ensue, i feel ok with this fight but i didn't expect he would invade there directly.

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Post #42 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:30 am 
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In stalkor's variation, perhaps B can first do the (b)-(c) exchange to give W a dumpling shape before jumping out.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 5 3 O b . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #43 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:37 am 
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jts wrote:
@topazg and kirby,

Why do you like that :w18:? It would never have occurred to me to play like that... it looks like a hugely broken shape.



I have a similiar feeling. It's like inviting black to cut through large knight's move.
But nowadays, some josekis are filled with broken shapes as well. :lol: So maybe broken is nothing wrong, if you can fight.

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Post #44 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:43 am 
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ez4u,
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Right, but we are not going to find many that involve White invading between two Black positions like this.
Normally White attacks with :w18: from some other stones in the lower right. topazg may be over doing it here.
Dave, I agree. :w18: was arguably even a jealous move -- clearly the left side and the bottom were both wide open? :)

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Post #45 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:55 am 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . O . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I've decided to follow up my bottom probe differently:

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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . 4 . X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


EDIT: Reason being, there's absolutely no point in forcing Black to start a splitting attack.

My spider senses are beginning to tell me I'm being greedy though.

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Post #46 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:12 am 
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I feel black coming out at P11 is very powerful... And white is jumping without a base ?

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Maybe B can do even better than just nobi (at :w2:), with a jump to :b1:--
W cannot wedge at :w2: because this result is a disaster for W (hugely broken shape for W):
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 3 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O 6 O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #48 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:26 am 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Fine by me, I may get to play there later, which is great, as it was sente for Black (and joseki, AFAIK, for that reason). Still, the fact he hasn't got the bend is useful, as I want to play this. Is it overplay? Bah, probably, but it unsettles his group nicely - I may get to make a base on the side in sente, and then play at the bottom. I strongly considered playing on the bottom first, but I didn't like this:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's also probably fine, and actually, doesn't really look that bad, but this right hand side situation looks like a now a never, and I'm curious to see how it will go. As I'm alive in the corner, I can treat those two stones pretty lightly.


Hooray!


jts wrote:
@topazg and kirby,

Why do you like that :w18:? It would never have occurred to me to play like that... it looks like a hugely broken shape.


I think it's a sharp move; I don't know why, but it just feels right.

It might be slightly greedy, but I would probably play this way in a game. I'm greedy.

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Post #49 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:13 am 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


i think im getting off well here, this variation gives us both more freedom

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Post #50 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:16 am 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, that makes more sense than the extension I think, although it does also have more aji. I'm going to jump again as staying ahead of Black is quite important. We'll see how I feel about things after that probe.

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Post #51 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:50 am 
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Thanks for the detailed explanation!


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Post #52 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:45 am 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . X . X X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i cant let topazg take control like this, i have to be confident this group will live or connect, i still have a to cause some havoc later on though if i really need to, but i'd rather not play there unless i really need to.

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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . 8 5 9 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O 7 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

im not worried about the cut because i will then push out and still get the right hand side of the board.

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Post #53 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:56 am 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Let's probe first. that'll decide how I want to respond to his latest move as well now.

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Post #54 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:18 am 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 9 . . . . X 7 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i wish this would happen:P
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[go]$$Wcm29 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . 5 2 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O 9 O 4 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i dont think it helps the cut here, white looks split up and black gained a full corner.

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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 5 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . 8 . . 6 . 7 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i start wondering now, is this a probe or actually an invasion...

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 7 X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . 1 O 2 6 a |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . 0 9 b |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . d c |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

there can be a ko with a throw in at b, but does he really want it right now? i have less threats because i have a weak group, but if i win the ko i virtually gain nothing since my wall faces his stones...
so i can't play this ko...yet

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Post #55 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:07 am 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, this settles my group - I'll take this point in sente and then pincer the approach stone - probably loose and high

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need to process + need to work, maybe ill post later, but definitely late this evening:)


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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X b X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


a or b...
his stone feels awkward, it doesnt make any points or strengthens white a lot...

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Post #57 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:32 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 7 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . d . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . b . . . . X 7 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i think its better to cash in here, now white need a gote move to make points and i can slide in later if i like.

i wonder what he will do now, b/c/d all seem valid right now

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Post #58 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:40 pm 
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . 1 . a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't like this exchange :/. There was a lot of aji in the marked stone which disappeared after :b2: . :w1: doesn't guarantee a base either, where Black can slide under with 'a'. Even a Black move at 'b' would make me feel uncomfortable as W. Not only is it a soft spot on White's group, but it helps expand the bottom for Black.

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Post #59 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:41 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 8 . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


That last move may have been an error, as I lost the chance to live in the corner. Still, Black's profit isn't large, and it has helped secure my group. This pincer is aimed to prevent Black from developing the bottom, and as the following ladder breaker:

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[go]$$Bcm29 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , 6 3 4 . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . W . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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So, in retrospect, would you consider playing a different probe against bottom right? How would black have responded to Q6 if you hadn't played that probe?

Cool dual-purpose move, by the way.

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Hey, how's it going? If you'll forgive a quite fluffy and perhaps too early question, what kind of middle game are you aiming for?

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