My strategy here will be to make as many complications as possible in the limited space I have. I only have to live in one place, so I figure if I have five groups floating around, Magicwand won't have time to kill all of them . So in any situation, if I can cut, I'll cut. If I can't cut, I'll still cut.

I think B kills.

The ladder works for black.

I think Shaddy plays some variation of the killing game quite often. On KGS he's said he's even played it multiple times with Feng Yun 9p.

I still think Magicwand will win. I think Magicwand is stronger than Shaddy, and from my (limited) experience with this game I think it is easier for black than white. If Magicwand kills, it'd be interesting to see them change sides and see Magicwand attempt to live.

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Oh man, he wants to cut already? Here we go!

I must confess that I've never seen this game between two dan players, but I have watched strong kyu players and white always finds life somehow. So my prediction: white will life, but it will take over 100 moves.

btw: this is probably the "standard" opening

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[go]$$Wc Can white still make a living group?
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$$ | . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . |
$$ | X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X |
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$$ | X . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . X |
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$$ | X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X |
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$$ | X . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 4 5 . 6 . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . X |
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$$ | X . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . X |
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$$ | X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X |
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$$ | X . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . X |
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$$ | X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X |
$$ | . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . |
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My money is on MW: Shaddy resigns in less than 100.

Connecting looks good, right? In a game, who wouldn't play it instinctively without a thought, because black's shape gets broken and you get all connected? But that's exactly what he wants. If I connected, black would m11 and then white has a lump that can't do anything meaningful to k8 or m10.

Could you please explain your choice of ? If your reason is "random chance" I would perfectly understand. I personally do not see any difference between and H9. But if you do I would really like to hear your explanation

Free moves!

simple. since i have one peeping stone on top, his bottome white is stronger than top. so i renforce bottom instead of top.

I'm 60% sure this is sente.