I'm a little bit nervous about this move. It was a hard decision for me to make. First of all, I need to do SOMETHING about white's power in the center. If it all turns into points, he'll have a lot. For example, if he gets all of the points marked as "x", and I get all of the points marked as "y", he's already ahead.
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[go]$$Bcm1 White will probably win if he gets all of these points...
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y y y y y |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y y y y y |
$$ | y y . . . . . . . . . . . . y y y y y |
$$ | y y X , . . . . . , . . . X . X y y y |
$$ | y y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X y |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O y y |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O y |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . x x x x x x x O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . x x x x x x x x x . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . x x x x x x x x x x . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . x x x x x x x x x x O . |
$$ | y y y . . O x x x x x x x x x O O X . |
$$ | y y y X . . x x x O x x x x x O X y X |
$$ | y y y . . O x x x x x x x O x O X X y |
$$ | y y y . X O x x x x x x x X O X X y y |
$$ | y y y . . . x x x x x x x x O . . y y |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Maybe here, white has 70 or 80, whereas black has only around 50. That's a pretty good lead, which white will probably be able to maintain.
So I must do something to prevent this, and I'm thinking that using that I chose is the way to start. There is a bad part about this move, though. It removes my ability to reduce the right side with
in the diagrams below:
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[go]$$Bcm1 Ideal result from black 1...
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 O 2 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . 9 7 O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . 0 6 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . 8 X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm11
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 7 |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 1 X O O |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . 6 4 2 O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . X X O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O O X O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . O X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If the game went like this, I'd be pretty satisfied with having reduced white's area... Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that it won't go that way.
White has a number of alternatives, with this as an example:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O a O a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 2 . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I don't think that I have enough points in the diagram above. Furthermore, the area around the marked "a" spots has not been settled, yet, so white could turn that area into an advantageous position for him, I think.
Also, if I try to jump out one space, I might get into some trouble with this:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O a O a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 2 . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And the spots around "a" still remain...
So I could also try something around
in the diagram below:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . d . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . b c . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This might help me to be able to live with "b", "c", or "d", for example...
But
is a bit awkward, and white might defend on the inside, making it harder for me to live on the bottom:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So this is a rather tough position. The move I selected is forcing, so white will have to come up with a response. I hope to play very lightly and live, if possible. If not, then maybe I can play something like
in the last diagram to reduce white a bit. I have to be very flexible, but it will be tough. I'm going to try to do it, though.
Also, I can try to adjust my actions, based on how white defends in this local area.