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[go]$$W Move 126
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$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O X O O O . . . . . c . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X X X . . O . O O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . , . . X X . X X . . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . b . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O X . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . O X X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O O X O , . . X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . d . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . a O . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O X X X X . . O . . . |
$$ | . X O . O X X . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X . O , . . . . . O O e . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . . . . 1 . X . O X O . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . f . . . . . . X X X . |
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I had not really calculated the score but ever since the middle game I had the idea that if I saved my group running from the upper left, I was ahead, probably by komi. So at move 126, seeing this move, which creates more eyespace for my group while reducing that of the Black bottom right corner, I though this was enough.
It turned out it was, but by a margin of only 3.5
Also, there's a more urgent move at A, which destroys territory in sente and reinforces White's shape.
Anyhow we're in the early endgame now, where groups are safe but can still be threatened and where territories are sketched out but not all have clear borders yet.
Big moves are now (preventing)
- The aforementioned stretch at A
- White's jump at B
- the 2nd line diagonal at C
- Black's hane at D
- Black's capture at E
- White's jump down at F
We now know A is probably biggest. Then I would pick C, D, E, B, F
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[go]$$B Moves 127 to 136
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$$ | . X . O X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X X X . . O . O O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . , . . X X . X X . . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O X . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . O X X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O O X O , . . X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . 4 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . O X . . . . . 9 0 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . X . . . . . 7 8 . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O X X X X . . O . 5 . |
$$ | . X O . O X X . . O O O . . . . . 2 6 |
$$ | . X O O . O X . O , . . . . . O O 1 . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . . . . O . X . O X O 3 |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . |
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128: since Black had taken E, I chose D, which was bigger in itself and now also offered protection to my stones in the lower left
130: It took some reading to decide this descent could not be punished too severely.
132-134-136: I answered a bit passively but given the gain at 129-130 I'd maintain a lead.
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[go]$$B Moves 137 to 146
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$$ | . X . O X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O X X X . . O . O O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . , . . X X . X X . . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O X . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . O X X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O O X O , . . X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . 5 3 2 O 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . 9 8 0 O . O X . . 4 . . X O . . . |
$$ | . 6 . . . X . . X . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . 7 X X . X O O O X X X X . . O . X . |
$$ | . X O . O X X . . O O O . . . . . O O |
$$ | . X O O . O X . O , . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . O X O O O X . . . . O . X . O X . X |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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138: this is where I drew the line
142: exploiting the aji on the left
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[go]$$B Moves 147 to 156
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$$ | . X . O X O O O . . . . . 2 3 . 7 . . |
$$ | . X O O X X X . . O . O O . X . . 5 . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . , . . X X . X X 4 . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . . . . . O . O O 6 . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O X . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . O X X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O O X O , . . X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . X X O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . O X . . O . . X O . . . |
$$ | . O . 1 . X . . X . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O O O X X X X . . O . X . |
$$ | . X O . O X X . . O O O . . . . . O O |
$$ | . X O O . O X . O , . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . O X O O O X 0 . . . O . X . O X . X |
$$ | . O X O . . . 9 8 . . . . . . X X X . |
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148: and taking the big move at the top
150-152: a gote endgame, not as big as the other moves
154: fortunately Black obliged again and again, so I take yet another big point
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[go]$$B Moves 157 to 160
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$$ | . X . O X O O O . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . X O O X X X . . O . O O . X . . X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . , . . X X . X X O . |
$$ | . X O O O X . . . 4 . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . O X . . . . . X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O X . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . O X X . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O O X O , . . X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X . X X O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . O X . . O . . X O . . . |
$$ | . O . X . X . . X . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X O O O X X X X . . O . X . |
$$ | . X O . O X X . . O O O . . . . . O O |
$$ | . X O O . O X . O , . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . O X O O O X O . . . O . X . O X . X |
$$ | . O X O . 1 3 X O . . . . . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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160: finally I get to play this one too. All in all I got 6 of the 7 big moves and even got another one in in sente, thanks to Black's complacency.