#236 emerus vs Loons

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#236 emerus vs Loons

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(I guessed even)

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Good game, emerus.

Open book, database, nigiri, 6.5 komi.

I'm a bit out of practise (actually someone else picked up that username) and consistently KGS 1d. I really want to find and examine my current weaknesses.

I really don't want to play microChinese, but I really do want to see if emerus will deny it.

Specifically I kind of want to try this as a way of pressing my first move advantage:

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Actually a few database searches seem to suggest this whole idea is a mistake.
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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Hi, have a good game Loons.

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Are there any formatting tips that make diagrams and posts easier to follow?

Recently, I've been taking some lessons and reforming my play. I'll investigate my style by first identifying my instinctual/conditioned moves and then analyze and apply my lessons in order to find stronger moves.

For the opening, I try to play simple patterns and stick to what I'm familiar with. I do try to avoid specialized openings where I am out of my comfort zone. So I am glad we're going to avoid the usual Chinese fuseki.
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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I wound up here. I think a frequent failing of mine is "trying to get something" too quickly (which tbh mini/micro chinese does successfully). Instead I want to do this with a feeling of 'waiting'. I don't think emerus can eg. make a white Chinese because of my enclosure (if things go this way anyway).
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Black's choice. From experience, I expect that his style is d15.
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I think Go Seigen's Way of Play for the 21st Century had something on this position, I hope it comes up (and I can find the book...). I think white must play on my side of the board, and I can think of how I can (slowly) play that to my advantage.
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Probably the most played position in my games.

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I've played a mix of a-d, but my natural style tends to be a or b for territorial and drawn out games. Previously, I've been trying to expand and play for more frameworks but I am considering just embracing my opening preferences and staying consistent. I get a lot of conflicting advice on which approach to use; should you practice your weakest strategies or become solid in your own style of play?

In this game at least, I'm going to stay in my comfort zone until the middle game where I will try applying new ideas from my lessons.
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Still "waiting". I think emerus could either attach or pincer here. Against the attachment,

I may take up a position on the left. Unless I am gripped by the urge to play a short avalanche.

Against a pincer, I should be happy to move into the centre and clarify what should be done on the right.

Edit: Waiting time is over, this is avalanche country.
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I study a high % of current games and click through almost all others. This pincer is being further developed and incredibly common currently. I've always been drawn to it.

So yeah, again just playing comfortably in the opening.
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An unterritorial move, I feel inconsistent with playing the split on the right.

I am happy to get a secure group in the centre and probably get something like f3.
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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All things being equal, I would prefer top or to get an attack top : conversely what emerus wants is a stable position on top.

My first feeling was 'a' rather than the joseki 'b', attempting to get the corner while still leaving white unsettled on top. However, a database search suggests the following is joseki here, with somewhat the same effect.

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cf eg.
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$$ | . 3 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |[/go]
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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Blacks move forced me to think. While f16 is vital because it effects shape and thickness for both sides, black usually makes the d16-d18 exchange first. I tried exploring the why's but I'm way out of my depth with theory so I gave that up.

Instead, I read out the move that isn't possible for white if black plays d16 first:

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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 , White: 0
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Pleased with myself for guessing (or remembering) one professional line of play. I moved onto the next line and failed horribly.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 , White: 0
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Owch. :b2: is a natural follow up but my first instinct of :w3: is a bad move!

Moving on to the more simple response for white, I came to two simple diagrams that I would potentially play in my live games.

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[go]$$cm11 Black: 0 , White: 0
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This is simple. I would consider it in my game and be uncomfortable after :b17: . Where is white's territory going to come from? If I pincer, I give black potentially four corners. But I don't see any mistakes for white either so it's probably not bad for white. In my actual game, I would panic in order to avoid that diagram and play this:

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[go]$$cm11 Black: 0 , White: 0
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


And this diagram sums my style up perfectly. I don't know how to describe it but it's probably just greedy and jealous. It doesn't seem to be playable at all but I would like opinions on this diagram.

Anyway, I searched my database to learn correct way to play my first instinct move so I will avoid these diagrams to play that.

edit: lol, erased diagram where I gave black two moves in a row :P
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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[go]$$cm11 Black: 0 , White: 0
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Top side for me ! I hope I get enough sente for a forcing move from my shimari on the right, too. I think his plays on the second and third line and mine on the fourth are broadly making this novelty good for me.

To reply to a second line move in the corner after my forcing the connection seems unthinkable.
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Re: #236 emerus vs Loons

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[go]$$cm11 Black: 0 , White: 0
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$$ | . . X O . X O . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . X . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So, I couldn't guess this move in a real game and resorted to looking at a database. This is the sequence I came up with.

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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 , White: 0
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$$ | . . 3 , . X . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It seems like black will get a sizable wall when he jumps ahead of white in the push/crawl battle.
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After :bc: = :b13:, the result seems very good for Black. :wt: = :w10: has completely lost its meaning.
:wc: = :w14: also seems like wrong shape ? Isn't it better for W to atari directly at (a) ?
The exchange ( :wc: - :b1: ) seems good for Black.
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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