#193 TIM82 vs EdLee

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[go]$$Bm27
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Let the yose begin!

Cursorily, it seems the opening was satisfactory for black (four corners, white has no big moyo).
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[go]$$Bm29
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
For beginners. Before this game, I only had a little experience with the following joseki
(with the 1-space pincer :wc:, different from the real game):
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[go]$$B Variation 1
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O 3 6 . . . . , . . . . .
$$ | . 5 1 2 8 X . W . . . . . . .
$$ | . 9 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm11 Variation 1 (cont'd)
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . 3 X 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O . . . . , . . . . .
$$ | . X X O O X . W . . . . . . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------------[/go]

In our game, :w28: is different from the above :w10:, and the pincer :ws: is farther away;
in addition, there is the rest of the board to consider (like :wt:):
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[go]$$Wm28
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O . . . . , . . . . .
$$ | . X X O O X . . . @ . . Q . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------------[/go]
Ishida, Takao, and the database are all interesting and fun,
but actually they don't help so much. For example, I was looking at B(a) or B(b) for :b29::
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[go]$$Wm28
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . b . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . X a . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O . . . . , . .
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------[/go]
I noticed two things:
(1) locally, pro move seemed to be :black:(b) kosumi;
(2) the (additional) broken shape for B after :b1:- :w2::
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . X 1 . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O 2 . . . , . .
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm29
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O 2 . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I feel this is not right. As black I think would have played 27 against the two stones above, attacking them and stabilizing my stone at teh same time.

Giving 29 (and upcoming 31) to black is regrettable, but I dont want an attack on my two stones on the side right now, would be free points to black.

I think I will next split right side at a - If black approaches from bottom, I get three space extension upwards, if from up, there is no really outstanding approach move which would enclose the corner too, and black's bottom enclosure is quite tight after that. As a longer term plan, playing some moves against the bottom right enclosure and then somewhere around B would extend my biggest area, but I'm not happy about aji around C...

Also, I'm more and more worried about my low positions. Unfamiliar with situatins like this.

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[go]$$Bm29
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . b . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O 2 . . c c . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . c O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Locally, :w30: is a pro reply. Otherwise, :b2: seems unpleasant:
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[go]$$W :w1: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O 2 . . . , . .
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm31
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Rejected: :w2: pulling back seems sente:
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[go]$$B :b3: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 8 5 6 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 X 7 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Rejected: :w2: seems pretty annoying for B:
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[go]$$B :b1: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Does not work for B:
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[go]$$B :b1: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 3 6 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
W gets :w4: in sente:
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[go]$$B :b1: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 4 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm31
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


So, lets see. Giving 2 to black would be too bad. It's the next move that's more interesting. Haven't read it yet thoroughly at all, but seems I can't resist black A easily with B,C,D, nor hane with B - so can I play a move extending the area and protecting against that? Perhaps point E that I mentioned earlier? Is left side feasible after black E,F,G? :scratch:

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[go]$$Bm31
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 O f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . X . e . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . d . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . c b . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . a O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm33
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
I had really wanted to tenuki on :b31: and play here, but didn't -- see hidden variations for :b31:, Post #37.
I wasn't sure if :b31: was sente, so I'm glad W replied.
Locally, after the exchange of :bc: kosumi and :wc:, one pro follow-up was the :b1: - :w2: exchange --
however, our game is different from their situations (see hidden variations for :b31:, Post #37).
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . , . . . . .
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O 1 . . . .
$$ | . . . . B . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . . O X O W . . .
$$ | . X X O O X . . .
$$ | . X O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ -------------------[/go]
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For beginners. One idea behind :b33: is W cannot make a big wedge on the 3rd line with a miai of 2-space extensions.
(All the following boards are rotated for space.)
For example, :w2: has miai of (a) and (b) -- both 2-space extensions from :w2::
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[go]$$B :b1: tenuki
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . a . . 2 . . b . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Another example: :w2: also has miai of (c) and (d):
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[go]$$B Variation. :b1: tenuki
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However, after :b33:, such a point on the 3rd line no longer exists for W:
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[go]$$Bm33
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Aiming at A and B below. I expect Ed to defend against A - I'll take B, which I expect to either enclose black in corner or make him run with only one eye, unless my reading is crap. Both should help somewhat against the aji around C, and also generate some points for me. Finally, it's hopefully not trivial for Ed to defend against A without leaving me space for action on right, or the option to flatten him there. I'm playing current move before B to make it more unlikely that black just chooses to live enclosed in bottom left corner and reduces me from outside.

That's my fantasy, let's see how reality turns out. ;-)

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[go]$$Bm33
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My first feeling about :w34: is it looks fancy, but a bit thin? :study:
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To observers: As this is my first Malkovich, any feedback on quality of comments (longer, shorter, different content), or any particular questions? I'm having much fun myself, and think I'm perhaps also learning things, but would be great if this provided something for others too.

Some further thoughts while waiting Ed. Since then I have been wondering whether A,B or something else is the continuation if Ed doesn't defend the side - that actually seems better plan than defending perhaps. Did I overestimate the threat? If it comes to that, will have to study what kind weaknesses I can find from the enclosure in each case.

If Ed defends, I'll take 1 first, then probably something like 2,3. Taking 3 directly would enable Ed to fly over my bottom area too low for comfort.

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[go]$$Wm1
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Below, or similar is not so good.
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[go]$$Wm1
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How much an overplay this is??
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[go]$$Wm1
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X . . |
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$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
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$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Not so clear how B would answer 1, nor what kind of possibilities I have in the corner. Feels slack, not putting pressure on black?
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[go]$$Wm1
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$$ | . . O X O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bm35
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$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
I think (but I'm not 100% sure) this is the first time I play this shape,
which makes sense, since I also think it's the first time I saw :w34:... interesting. :)
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Re: #193 TIM82 vs EdLee

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@TIM82
What's your view on the current state of affairs? Do you think any side is preferable and/or easier to play right now or do you view the position as essentially even?
Ontological imperative holds that my losses occurred only in imagination.
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