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Post #81 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:10 pm 
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Further Katago variations on my third hidden diagram.

Suppose that Black plays :b5: at B17, then Katago thinks the only move for :w6: is B16.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 O O O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm7 :w14: at a or b
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . b . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , 6 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Instead of peeping, Black may want to continue jumping.

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[go]$$Bcm7 Running fight
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O . . 4 . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


In the above diagram, White may want to connect underneath at "a" for :w8:, this is slightly less good.

In any case, Black cannot push and cut

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[go]$$Bcm7 bad for Black
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O 4 5 7 9 , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


White can save the 5 stones with "a" at any time.


Edit: last diagram corrected.


Last edited by jlt on Fri May 14, 2021 7:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #82 Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:53 pm 
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Really a shape problem.

Position #49, White to play. What is White's next move, and what is the continuation?

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X X . X . O X O . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . O . X . X O O O |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . O X . X X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . O O X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . . . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Answer:

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[go]$$Wc Katago's answer
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X X . X . O X O . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . O . X . X O O O |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . O X . X X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . O O X X X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . b X . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . . . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White cannot kill the three stones, at least not immediately. :w3: strengthens the three white stones so that White can aim at attacking one of the black groups later. For instance if Black doesn't defend the group on the right, then "a" will be a good point for White. If Black doesn't defend the two stones then "b" will be a good point for White.

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Post #83 Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 6:48 am 
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Edit: Nevermind. :D

I assume that the following is the correct diagram for the last one in #81..

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[go]$$Bcm7 bad for Black
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O 4 5 7 9 , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a X . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


White can save the 5 stones with "a" at any time.

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Everything with love. Stay safe.


Last edited by Bill Spight on Fri May 14, 2021 8:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #84 Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 7:33 am 
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Yes indeed, there were two :w12: in the diagram, I forgot to erase one. I edited my post according to your comment.


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Post #85 Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:40 am 
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Position #50, White to play. Shouldn't be hard but I missed it.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . X X X X X . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O X X O O O . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . O O , . . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . , . . . . . , O X . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . X O . O X X . |
$$ | X O O O . O . . O X O X . X O X X . . |
$$ | . X X . . . O O X O O O X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O X X X . . X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O X O O X . X . O O . . X X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Answer:

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

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Post #86 Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:56 pm 
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Yet another simple move.

Position #51, White to play. There are several possible good moves, the question is how to attack/put pressure on the group K16.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . O |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . X . . . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Answer:

In fact, many good moves are available on the board:

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[go]$$Wc Possible moves
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . b a . . X . . . . . . O |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . X . . . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . d . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X |
$$ | . . e . . . O . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O . O f . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I am mostly interested in move "a" which attacks Black's shape. Katago expects Black to just answer and then White takes a big point elsewhere.

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[go]$$Wc continuation of move a
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 1 2 . X . . . . . . O |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . X . . . O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X |
$$ | . . 3 . . . O . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


For move :w3:, White shouldn't make a move around N17: the upper right corner doesn't need to be protected since it is completely alive (for instance, a black move at O18 wouldn't be sente), and since Black has strenghthened his group with :b2:, a white move around N17 won't put a lot of pressure so Black won't respond.

Black can't play :b2: at O18, otherwise we get the following sequence:

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[go]$$Wc continuation of move a (2)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 6 2 . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 1 . 9 X 3 5 . . . . O |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . X 0 b 4 O . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . X X X |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


and then White a, Black b, White c follow.

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Post #87 Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:59 am 
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Position #52, from an OGS 1k vs. 2k game. Black to play an endgame move.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . O . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X . O . O . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . X . . , . X O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O O . O O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X X O . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X O . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X X . O X . . X . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . X . O X X . O . . O . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . X X O . X X O . . . . |
$$ | . X O . X . X X O . O . X O . O . . . |
$$ | . X O O . X X O O . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . X O O O X X O , O O O O X O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . . O O X X X X X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Katago's answer:

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


White is not alive yet so :b1: is sente. After :w2:, Black aims at a.

If Black doesn't play at :b1: then a sequence like this can happen:

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

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Post #88 Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:52 am 
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Position #53, White to play.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Two moves are possible:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The cut isn't a problem:

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[go]$$Wc Very good for White
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . 6 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 2 O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So Black would rather play from the other group:

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


However if Black decides to jump then White can protect the cut:

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

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Post #89 Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:26 am 
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Position #54, Black to play. Several good moves are possible, find a good move in the bottom part of the board.

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . O X . X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . O X O O . X X , O O . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . O X . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O X . O . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . b O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . a . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . c X . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . O X . X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . O B O O . X X , O O . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . O B . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O B . O . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black needs to find a good way to use the dead marked stones. In the game I played "b", which loses 2.5 points according to Katago. The move "a" is better since it expands further towards the center. The move "b" is about as good as "a".

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Post #90 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:55 am 
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Position #55:

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O O O X . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . . O . O X X X |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O . . , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O X X X |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X X O O . . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . . O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O O O X |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X O O X X O X |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O X . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O . O . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X X . , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . X . O X O O O X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . O X X O O O O X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #91 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:37 am 
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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O O O X . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . . O . O X X X |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O . . , O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . O X X X |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X X O O . . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . . O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O O O X |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X O O X X O X |
$$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O X . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . 3 . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . X . O O . O . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X X 2 , O X X O X , . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . 1 X . O X O O O X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . O X X O O O O X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I am not confident about going directly to 3 but black is unlikely to play 2 :roll:


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Post #92 Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:46 am 
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Position #56: how to respond to the crosscut?

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . X . . . . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . W X . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . X , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bc answer
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . X . . X . . . . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O 1 . O . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 4 6 . . O . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X 5 . O . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . X , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #93 Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:37 am 
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Position #57, another shape move, from a Fox 2d game. White to play.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X X . . . X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . X . . O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , O . . . O , X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . O O . O |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . O . . O O X X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . O X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X . X O . . X |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . X . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . X O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . O X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O X X O . . O O O O O |
$$ | . . X O O . . . O X . O . X . X O X X |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O X . . X . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Answer:

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[go]$$Wc The marked stones are captured
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X X . 1 3 B B O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . X 2 . O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , O . . . O , X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . O O . O |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . O . . O O X X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . O X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X . X O . . X |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . X . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . X O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . O X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O X X O . . O O O O O |
$$ | . . X O O . . . O X . O . X . X O X X |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O X . . X . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black can't save the two stones, the following diagram is horrible for Black:

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[go]$$Wc horrible for Black
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X X . 1 2 X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . X 3 4 O . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . 5 6 O . . . O , X O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . X 7 . . . . . . O O . O |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . O . . O O X X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X . O X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X . X O . . X |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . X . X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . X O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . O X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O X X O . . O O O O O |
$$ | . . X O O . . . O X . O . X . X O X X |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O X . . X . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Position #58: White to play.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . . . O . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , . . O . O , O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O X X O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #94 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:32 am 
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I counted black to be slightly ahead in this position, so white has to do something active.

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[go]$$Wc Black resists
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . 5 3 4 . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . 1 2 6 O . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 7 X , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , . . O . O , O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O X X O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think white should jump in at :w1:, breaking the large knight's move. If black resists with :b2: and so on, black suddenly finds himself with 3 weak groups on the board (top left, top center, right side), while white on the top right looks stable enough to not be a big burden in the upcoming fight.

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[go]$$Wc Black has to pull back
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 X . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . 1 3 . O . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 4 2 X , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , . . O . O , O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O X X O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So I think black can't resist, and has to pull back at :b2: to connect his stones. White does likewise with :w3:. After this, I think white can even afford to play at :w5: immediately, since the black group is now unsettled. After this sequence the territory balance swings back into white's favour.


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Farodin found the blue move.

Position #59, White to play. From a game I played in my club. How to respond to the last move?

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X O . . . . O . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . O X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Answer:

Do not connect passively at Q15!

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


Later if Black wants to pull out the peeping stone, the local continuation looks like this

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[go]$$Wc Continuation
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . 6 . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . O X . a . X 5 |
$$ | . . X X O X O . . . . O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 7 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Black will probably need to add a move at "a" later.

If instead of :b4: Black lives in the corner immediately, a local continuation like this may be played.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . O X . . . X 4 |
$$ | . . X X O X O . . . . O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


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Position #60, Black to play. A rather basic shape, how could I miss it?

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X . O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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J6 prevents the double peep and helps H7 while damaging J5. W does have aji to cut through imminently with K5 L6 L4, but if required, B even has M7 in half sente (damaging the right), but allowing a locally efficient connection with M5 bamboo.

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Read the same as dhu and now wondering about this:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . X . X . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O X 2 O . 7 O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . O O X 5 6 8 O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X 1 O 9 O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
but indeed, Hu's suggestion may be best
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X W X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O . X W a . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X 3 O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . 1 . . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O 2 X b O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Allowing the capture at A is probably too much to bear


An amusing after thought with KataGo:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . 1 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X W X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O 6 X W . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 3 X 4 X . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . 2 5 . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X . O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Where to play now as Black? I don't know if the tesuji has a name :)

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Thanks for your remarks, you indeed found the same first move as Katago:

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


(If :w2: is at a then :b3: is at :w2: making miai of capturing one stone or another.)

Katago doesn't seem to care much about the marked black stone. I don't understand its variations as they are rather complicated but it seems it wants to make a strong central group in order to attack either marked white group. Here is for instance a simple variation which is considered as good for Black:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O . X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . 1 3 . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 9 O 2 X 7 O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 6 4 5 . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X 8 O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


however H5 seems to be a vital point that Katago wants to play at almost every move.

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P.S. For your last question, I thought about this tesuji but I am not sure it works.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . 1 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . 7 O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X W X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O 6 X W . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 3 X 4 X . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . 2 5 . . . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . X . O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O . X . O . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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