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Post #1 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:28 pm 
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Hi all,

played a fast game (1m +3x20sec) of Fox server and I ask for some review.

Just for the record: my 144 move was a misclick due to some server delay
Thanks in advance.


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Post #2 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:42 pm 
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Well I do think 144-145 was the losing/winning combination. Before that, there were many occasions to do something at the top or top lef It's too late for me now to start a Katago based review but I wonder why you treated that area as not so important for a large part of the game.

Take move 114 for example, where you can play K18, probing Black to give up 3 stones and if he doesn't, cut at J13 next, a fight you can't lose IMO
Even at 76 I'd launch such a semi-attack
At 52 I'm tempted to hane-cut at B15 ...

All of them moves I'd need to check but that's where my attention goes.


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Post #3 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:29 pm 
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Hi, Fllecha,

Glad to see you're coming along. :)

A couple of top of the head comments on the opening, FWIW.

:w6: Probably better just to attach underneath at C-14. The two space high pincer is probably a minor error, according to the bots.

:b7: Surely not very good.

:b9: - :b11: Ditto.

:w10: - :w14: Quite good. :)

:w18: Non-urgent, I think. Best may be to descend to B-16, cutting off Black's pincered stone and making E-19 almost sente against Black's corner. The keima at C-06 may also be good, making a base while preventing :b7: from making one.

:w20: Ditto, although C-06 may be worth more and B-16 worth less. But my vote still goes to B-16.

:w22: Maybe blocking on the left side is a good idea, to attack :b7:

:w28: Surely wrong. Better just to extend, like in the old days. The two step hane allowed Black to ponnuki and turn the dubious :b7: into a good move.

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Post #4 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 12:59 pm 
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Knotwilg wrote:
At 52 I'm tempted to hane-cut at B15 ...



Thanks. In fact during the game I felt that cutting was not big because opponent upper left corner was alive and I felt that was easy for him to escape with the other and hurt my D12 stone, but now that I look at it better that was good move, at least B16 had to be played.

I was on tilt after 144 misclick (that is not meant as an excuse of course, but I felt ahead for all the game so far) and for few other moves I played without thinking then I tried to catch up but it was too late :sad:

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Bill Spight wrote:

:w28: Surely wrong. Better just to extend, like in the old days. The two step hane, allowing Black to ponnuki and turn the dubious :b7: into a good move.


Yes, that was a bad moment indeed fo me. After the outcome of the joseki I felt that was wrong direction and thank you move for my opponent. I planned to hide under the carpet my error doing keima on his Q4 (expecting extension) but after his pincer the bottom became jam and I had a poor result indeed

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Post #6 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:18 pm 
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[go]$$B Moves 51 to 52
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . X . . 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . 2 . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

:w2: is indeed a mistake says KataGo and should be the hane top left:

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[go]$$B Moves 51 to 52
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 O O . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 2 X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 5 4 X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . 6 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . X . . 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This is one variation, giving a 10 point lead to White.

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[go]$$B Moves 51 to 52
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 O O . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 2 X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 4 X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . 8 7 5 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 9 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . X . . 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In my own analysis pre-KG I wondered about this but KG gives a 20 point lead for White now

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[go]$$B Moves 51 to 52
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . a O O . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 2 X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 4 X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 3 6 X b . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 7 O 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . c . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . X . . 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . 2 . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In this variation, White gets sente and leads by 11.


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[go]$$B Moves 75 to 76
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . X X X . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Here KG agrees the top left is more important and :w2: loses 4 points. Before launching the attack however, it wants to press the left side:
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[go]$$B Moves 75 to 76
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 3 X X O . . X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$B Moves 113 to 114
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X O O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . X X X . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . O X 1 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X O . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . X . O . . . 2 . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O . O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X . O X X . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O X . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X X . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Here again, KG agrees attacking the top is better by 6 points and keeping a 4 point lead. KG suggests the following exchange:

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[go]$$B Moves 113 to 114
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O 2 . X X O O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . X X X 6 O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . O X 1 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X 3 4 . O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X O 7 . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . X 5 O . 8 . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O 9 O . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X . O X X . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . O . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O X . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X X . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Knotwilg wrote:
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[go]$$B Moves 75 to 76
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . X X X . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Here KG agrees the top left is more important and :w2: loses 4 points. Before launching the attack however, it wants to press the left side:
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[go]$$B Moves 75 to 76
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 3 X X O . . X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


in the last diagram I cannot understand 6. Are they really key stones with the idea of cutting opponent's 3 stones?
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If White doesn't defend these stones, then Black captures them, creating a living group instantly.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . 3 X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . X X X 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


If Black connects, then White can attack & defend, for example at :w3: (not checked with KG)

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


If White plays :w1: directly, Black captures two stones and I would wager even in sente.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O . . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . 2 . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . X X X a . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Probably Black can look for a more active response, like :b2: here, so that the cut may not be immediately activated. But it's serious aji. And :w1: makes territory too.


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Post #11 Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:53 pm 
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Fllecha, did you realise black can play 4 here for snapback not a, and thus white 3 doesn't save h17 in sente? (Maybe 3 is better at b, so that white's follow up later is placement at 4, depends if black block at 3 first will be likely).

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . b 3 4 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . O 2 a X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . 1 X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's too bad to let black capture the 2 stones in sente, so white morally has to tenuki, and then when black captures h17 the white group only has 1 eye on the top, black can likely get a-b exchange in sente, and losing that liberty for black doesn't matter once the 2 stones are captured:
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 |
$$ | . X . X O . 8 . 3 4 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . 7 6 O 2 . X X . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . O O X O O X O . . 1 X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O b a X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . |
$$ | X . X . X . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . O X O . X X . . X . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . O O O . . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White black's knight move surround of 77, defending/saving these 2 stones is thus practically double sente.


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ah yes now I get it. What I didn't realize in the game was that saving the two stones would have made his group a floating group. Don't know why that even passed throught my mind

(I noticed the snapback :tmbup: )

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