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Post #1 Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:42 am 
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Hello all

Please see another game I lost as White. This game is a bit different as I'm not able to clearly identify any major blunders, but I still ended up losing definitively. Would be curious to see your insights/advice.

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Post #2 Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:30 am 
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This wasn't a game with big mistakes. Both played a rather collected game but Black did better in finding the shapes and the big endgame.

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[go]$$B Moves 16 to 18
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X , 8 . . . X , . . . 6 . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Exercise 1: find the shape move instead of :w6:. It remains valid as a better alternative to :w8:. For that move, it's also instructive to think of the top as Black's investment, so not too urgent to go there. Left and lower side are bigger.
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[go]$$B Moves 48 to 48
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . 8 . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The same move as in Exercise 1 is still the most urgent move. With :w8: you attach to a weak stone, which will develop into a living group at the side in exchange for central influence which isn't that useful.

Exercise 2: what would be a better idea, locally?

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[go]$$W Moves 70 to 70
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . a . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



Here I too have some unlearning to do. ''a'' is better.

Exercise 3: Try visualizing the sequence and why KataGo thinks it is better than your move.

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[go]$$W Moves 82 to 82
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . X . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O X X . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . O . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . |
$$ | . . X . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Up until here, the difference has stayed within 5 points, so the game has been playable all the time, at your level. Here the difference starts to grow.
Exercise 4: Find the best move, a big endgame move which eventually Black took for himself.

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Post #3 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:44 am 
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Thanks for the comments!! Please see my answers below. I'm probably way off, but these are good thinking exercises.

Exercise 1:
I think move 8 would be a good shape move to give my white group 2 potential eyes:
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[go]$$B Moves 16 to 18
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . X , . . . 6 . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Exercise 2:
I think it'd be better to solidify my corner and then maybe pincer black for pressure.
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[go]$$B Moves 48 to 50
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . 0 . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Exercise 3:
I think hane on the inside can potentially attack B's right group. But i'm also worried B can invade my corner below.
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[go]$$W Moves 70 to 77
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . 7 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . 4 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Exercise 4:
My gut feeling is that I should try to get points in the center while reducing B's potential territory... maybe here?
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[go]$$W Moves 82 to 82
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . X . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O X X . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . O . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #4 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:18 am 
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1 - you spotted the shape move
2 - the pincer is a good idea; making it heavy first is appropriate when the kick is on the 3rd line; here Black can ignore the "kick" on the second line
3 - ...

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[go]$$W Moves 70 to 77
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . . . 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 8 2 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This is not so easy for me to comment on, as said. But this sequence leaves Black with a cramped eye space and WHite with more territory. It hurts the center but Katago doesn't think that's too bad.

4 -

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[go]$$W Moves 82 to 82
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X . X . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . X O X . . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O O X , . . . O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . X . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O X X . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . O . . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . O X , . . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . X . X . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The interestig endgame move is :w1: here. If Black blocks then ... ?

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Post #5 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:35 am 
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Post #6 Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:56 am 
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@Knotwilg - Re Exercise 4; i see why that's such a big endgame move! it's a shame i didn't catch it in the game.
@rhwocns - thanks again for all the variations!!

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