[go]$$Bcm71 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 6 , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Of course, the knight's move and the diagonal jump are easily cut. But the idea is to allow for the easy sacrifice of any given stone for the greater good. I'm probably doing it wrong, but that's the idea.
[go]$$Bcm71 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . 7 O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think that it is more important for me to respond to my opponent's earlier peep that it would be to respond to the move that he just made. In his shoes, I would have probably pushed and cut the moment he had sente again. I am concerned that I will end up reduced too hugely, but I should try to play solidly so that there is no bloody coup in addition to a reduction.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
[go]$$Bcm71 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . 9 O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Better to keep a solid wall than to try to do anything complicated. My stones are the dike trying to hold in a river. If I get the bulk of it, I win. If too much escapes, my town gets flooded. On one hand, I'm pushing from behind, but on the other hand, if I push far enough, I can invade the west.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . 2 . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think I'm free, or near enough to live. How much ground I need to make up in endgame depends on how much of this group he eats and/or how much of the left gets chewed up now.
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . 3 . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . . O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . 3 . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Okay, let's begin. This sort of stuff is why this game has been so fun. I think that my best way to get a good portion of the center 'back' is to clamp at J12. However, this is bigger than that, I believe. It's quite sente and I think ignoring it would hurt my opponent more than continuing his reduction would reduce me. Needless to say, I hope to end in sente (don't you always?), and if I do, I want to go back to the middle. My opponent still has some weaknesses in the middle and right that I can hope to exploit later, at least for forcing moves. However, I just built a huge lever in the middle, so I'm going to see if I can't use it to push things around a bit. Simple machine metaphor go. By the way, later I'd appreciate it if someone could give me pointers on my past dozen moves or so. I'm not really sure the best way to respond to reductions, so I'm not sure how I could have handled this one better.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . 4 O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . 4 O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This is solid. I have ground to make up so don't have time to let him have any free forcing moves.
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . 5 X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . 5 X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think that this is pretty big, so I'm going to go ahead and take it now. It seems to aim at C11, and either connecting under or cutting and fighting. I'll have to read it, and look around for other good followups. I want to attack the middle stones, but I think my opponent played light enough so that I won't get as much as it looks like. So first, I'll take this move, which is huge, and then I'll see how my opponent responds.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . 6 . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . 6 . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I don't think my opponent's move was sente. C11 doesn't really work.
$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . 8 7 . . X . . . W . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . 6 5 O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . 4 1 2 . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . 3 O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . B X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . 8 7 . . X . . . W . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . 6 5 O . X O . . O X . . . . O O X . | $$ | . 4 1 2 . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . 3 O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . B X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
My move protects against a a push and cut at e.g. K11, threatens to cut off two stones (well, sorta, it's messy and I haven't read it completely) and threatens to burrow deeper in to black's area.
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X 7 . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X 7 . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Tactics:
I almost missed the fact that my opponent's move threatens to cut. Let's not be stupid, let's play it safe. Yeah, I had a feeling that my last move might not be sente, but as I said, it's huge so I wanted it. The bamboo joint here slightly reduces what white can get with this weak group. Very slightly.
Count:
Fwiffo: 15 for bottom left, 15 for bottom and middle right, 10 for top right, 15 for top left. Around 55. Me: Fifteen (plus a little?) in the bottom middle, 15 for the right. If I get 25+komi from the top, I win. I think that's doable if I play solidly, so I will play safe and solid. Endgame could change these values a reasonable amount, but if I can gain (almost) as much as my opponent in endgame, hopefully it'll balance out.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . 8 . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . 8 . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
REDUCE MY OPPONENT MOAR! Bwahahah, my opponent made an empty triangle; I'm sure to come back now. If he had connected solidly it would have reduced the liberties on those two stones. Then I couldn't play because cutting the knight's move would be too hard for me to handle. But with the extra liberty, it's fine. And hey, the aji of the L16 and M15 stones might come back to life.
$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . B . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . B O . . O B B . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . B . . . . B . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . B O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . B B . B . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . B . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . B O . . O B B . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . B . . . . B . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . B O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . B B . B . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
How much territory is enclosed by these stones? Granted, I have some inefficient floating groups myself, but I'd reckon that my reductions have more-or-less done their job.
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . 9 X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . 9 X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
My opponent's reductions have indeed done splendidly. I feel like I had control of the opening, which might have given me a small lead. When this whole reduction fight took off, I tenuki'ed and gave up sente twice. Once was to claim the top left corner, and the second was to reduce the left central. Given that I chose to take gote elsewhere twice, I knew I would get reduced severely. I think that my opponent has gained on me during this reduction, even considering my two gote tenukis. However, I think I am still ahead a little. For now. As far as the move I just played, it was that or connect, and I'm pretty sure I don't have to connect. This gives me more power to stop reductions, so I'll choose it. And there's still a fair chance that I'll kill at least a stone or two of the reduction, but I'll probably tenuki elsewhere instead, depending on how things go.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 0 . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoners - W: 0, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X O . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . X X O . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . O . X O . X O X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X . X O . X O . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . O . . O O O . X . . | $$ | . . . O . X O . . O X X . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . O . O X . | $$ | . . O O . X O . O , . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 0 . X . . . O X X X X . | $$ | . . . O . X . . . . . X . O O X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
because cutting the knight's move would be too hard for me to handle. But with the extra liberty, it's fine. And hey, the aji of the L16 and M15 stones might come back to life.