[go]$$Bcm1 Captures: B-1 W-0
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$$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | c X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a b W O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . e . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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White can't play at 'a' or B can double atari for an eye, if W connects at 'b'(why? I don't know, but it's an option ok ) B connects A and has an eye. e doesn't work because B plays 'b' the either captures or plays at A10. c should be whites best local line unless I'm hallucinating.
$$Bcm1 Captures: B-1 W-0
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$$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 2 X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 3 5 4 W O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 6 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | 8 7 . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 9 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 0 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bcm1 Captures: B-1 W-0
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$$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | O X . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X 1 X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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And we reach ko to connect. W has a decent number of ko threats in upper left, B has a few internal threats, as well as threats on whites top group. Additionally the lower right corner is still invadable in ko.
[go]$$Wcm58 Captures: B-1 W-0
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$$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 O O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 7 . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I'm going to play out my planned sequence. WC8-A10. Now B will have an eye and I can theoretically make the second one pressuring W top group.
I will admit to some worrying about W playing the one of the moves I said "don't work". I have a few different ideas on that.
1) I'm hallucinating and about to die horribly.
2) W is content with black living small in gote to play elsewhere.
3) W doesn't like ko. This last point is somewhat empirical. I think it would have been better for W if there had been ko for life in the bottom left corner but W backed off to let B live unconditionally(gote though). I don't think I have the advantage on ko threats as W has a whole lot of pressure to bear on my top left group.
With apologies to both Wanderling and any observers I'll work on my time management so that I don't have to go off the grid finishing assignments every few days
$$Wcm68 Captures: B-1 W-1
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$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . X . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . X . 2 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bcm1 Captures: B-1 W-1
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$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . b . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . X . W . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | X X X X X B . X . 7 O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . 5 4 2 , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . O . 6 X 3 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . .a . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The normal point to poke this shape doesn't end in a cut thanks to the marked If W does peep I can still get out from behind enemy lines. Therefor white will probably try to keep black in more loosely or tenuki elsewhere. The likely scenario following that line is a huge territory exchange with both sides using their center thickness to mount deep invasions at a and b.(approximately). I'm not sure if that's a good trade for me but it seems like scrambling to live locally is way passive.
[go]$$Wcm68 Captures: B-1 W-1
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$$ | . . . 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 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X X X . X . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . X . X . . . . 3 . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X O . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I really start to suck in mid-game. Here I want to stop him from connecting out and 'aim' at the upper right side. Hidden comments to me by pros are appreciated.
This is an interesting point in regards to direction of play. I see three general options.
1. My center group isn't safe enough yet, keep strengthening it.
2. I should solidify my territory on the upper right now that I've strengthened my center group.
3. White stands to gain more territory from his moyo then i do from mine, I need to invade.
I think my group is strong enough as it stands, but the question is how will moves in other parts of the board effect this? If I invade W bottom then I could be either giving him thickness to continue attacking, or creating a weak group(the worse outcome) that gets chased and split from my center group.
I think white is a bit to strong in the center to try to make my upper right to big, but it might be worth it to play a move to try to reduce invasion points/aji.
i think white's move is slack. there's cutting points in black's shape and that's a big dragon to lose. I'd love to see white try to read the possibilities for cutting at G10 or J10 for example.
) B connects A and has an eye. e doesn't work because B plays 'b' the either captures or plays at A10. c should be whites best local line unless I'm hallucinating.
If W does peep I can still get out from behind enemy lines. Therefor white will probably try to keep black in more loosely or tenuki elsewhere. The likely scenario following that line is a huge territory exchange with both sides using their center thickness to mount deep invasions at a and b.(approximately). I'm not sure if that's a good trade for me but it seems like scrambling to live locally is way passive.
