[go]$$Bcm49 Captures: B-1 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
pulling my group out from behind enemy lines. Don't want to induce a response around the small knight on the left so jumping straight out instead of leaning. I also don't want to induce a response on the right because that's a large knight and I can disconnect it once I'm safe with 2 eyes. Plus I'm inside W moyo now and reducing it.
[go]$$Wcm59 Captures: B-1 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I have no idea how to attack! Here's all the moves I considered. I think it's too early to touch his group, but which side to play from and how close I wasn't sure!
$$Wcm59 Captures: B-1 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . i . a , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . X . . b . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . f e d c . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . g h . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm59 Captures: B-1 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . O B X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . c O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X b a . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Wow. The marked white stone is scary. I havn't finished reading out life and death. But I'm really really looking for a way that doesn't just give white a lot of thickness facing the bottom of the board. I mean perhaps I could maybe live on the bottom after the exchange. I'll probably at least have the reduction at 'a', which could also be a forcing move to invade with. But that opens up a nasty corner reduction for W once he blocks 'b'.
Looking back at the post that accompanied the marked black stones play. I want to slap my self. I don't want to be greedy.. So I'm going to play away from the fight to try to take fifth line territory.. Heck playing away would have been better. I forced an exchange that strengthened White! I'm killing myself. All I can really say to justify the move in retrospect is that I was probably afraid of W repeating the invasion in the upper left.
Well now is the time to start poking around to see what aji I can rustle up. My area of choice is the left side near the small knights move. I do the least harm to my potential territory by strengthening white here. If I induce a defense of the large knight connecting K14 and L11. White might get strong enough to invade deeply behind my iron pillar on the right. Now the points that look really interesting to me are 'c' and 'd'. 'c' will either give me an eye outright, or cutting points to make use of. I'm expecting to have to create complications for life though. 'd' is unfortunately an unfavorable ladder, but I see some really interesting aji there if I can make the ladder bad for White. But this is always where I have trouble. What do I do first! Attaching at 'c' has some lines that make cutting at 'd' less attractive. But I can't try to set up a ladder breaker either. There's no way White wouldn't notice it. And if white defends I might lose all my aji! Right now though I think 'c' is probably going to be my move.
Edit: Changed my mind before I made rest of the diagrams.. so just left them out
Last edited by Twitchy Go on Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
[go]$$Bcm1 Captures: B-1 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 4 O 6 8 9 . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O 1 3 7 . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
These are some of the more straightforward lines to illustrate the point. It's a bit of a rough way of handling things. But this group is in trouble, so much so I think I'm at the point where bad exchanges might have to be made to live Especially since its basically game over if it dies.
is bad -- Basic 
Heck playing away would have been better. I forced an exchange that strengthened White! I'm killing myself.
Especially since its basically game over if it dies.
