Shapes to remember (SDK level)

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:49 am

In this thread I will post a few positions that occurred in my games, in which the best move (according to LZ) doesn't require reading to be found, but didn't cross my mind (I am 4k on KGS and on Fox).

Here, White should play at "a". If White doesn't, Black has some forcing moves that threaten to surround White while building influence.

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Here, Black is surrounded. Playing at "a" secures the group while building a large corner.

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Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:04 pm

I'm guessing in the first diagram black's previous move was approach at bottom left, and it should have been a? But o4 is not efficient then...

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:48 am

The previous move was indeed approach on the bottom left. Instead of that move, LZ157's main line is the following, but I don't understand the purpose of the exchange

.

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gennan · Post by **gennan** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:27 am

It's similar to peeping a tiger mouth: having a black stone here for free gives black better options later while not helping white much.

Forcing moves are an advanced concept. SDK players tend to play many sente moves, because they see them as forcing moves and thus good. But often they are aji-keshi and thus bad.

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:24 am

jlt wrote:The previous move was indeed approach on the bottom left. Instead of that move, LZ157's main line is the following, but I don't understand the purpose of the exchange .

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It's a case of get it while you can. If Black waits until White plays at a, White will not respond at

to

. In fact, Black will not play at 1 in that case.

The exchange,

-

is also why White does not play

at a. It does not accomplish so much, now.

I would be happy to find

in this position.

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:30 am

Position 3 : this one should have been obvious, and yet I missed it

. White to play.

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(and not D17, otherwise F18 would be sente. Then maybe Black is dead ?)

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:09 pm

Yay, I got one! Further discussion hidden so as not to spoil.

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:02 am

Black to play.

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Hint:

Answer:

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The answer is to invade at

. I invaded at "a", thinking that the upper group is weaker than the lower one, but this is wrong because of the stone

that can help the invading stone.

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sun Sep 08, 2019 11:28 am

Position #5: LZ proposes several moves but I didn't find any of them. White to play.

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The upper white group can't escape easily. Better extend eyespace with sente moves first, and then
capture the two black stones.

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Another sequence considered by LZ: sacrifice the group to get moves in the center.

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jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:11 am

I got 11 wins and 6 losses at 3k level on Fox, so got promoted to 2k, then went back to IGS to check if my 7k rank is still valid. So far I got 2W and 2L, so maybe the answer is yes but I will see after more games.

The next position is from a 7k game on IGS. It requires a bit of reading, but the first move should be intuitive.

Position #6: Black to play.

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The wrong answer I chose was R3, but there was a better one:

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So White lives but the central group is floating and Black is connected and has sente.

EricBackus · Post by **EricBackus** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:42 am

jlt wrote:Position #6: Black to play.
The wrong answer I chose was R3, but there was a better one:

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[go]$$Wcm10 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . X . . O . . X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . X X . O . X , . O . . X O O X . | $$ | . X X O X O . O X . 8 6 2 . X O . X . | $$ | . . O O O . O . O X 7 1 3 4 . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 5 . O X . X | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So White lives but the central group is floating and Black is connected and has sente.

What about B11 at O2? I think that kills the white group on the right, though it does let the center white group connect.

Bki · Post by **Bki** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:43 am

EricBackus wrote:
jlt wrote:So White lives but the central group is floating and Black is connected and has sente.[/hide]
What about B11 at O2? I think that kills the white group on the right, though it does let the center white group connect.

I was thinking the same. Killing the bottom right is at least 25 points. It feels better than a speculative attack against the center group which has enough space that it isn't going to die. But that's because

might be incorrect. Instead, white can play this way (which still isn't good enough) :

jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:12 am

EricBackus wrote: What about B11 at O2? I think that kills the white group on the right, though it does let the center white group connect.

There are many variations, but it seems that

at O2 leads to a ko which is good for White, for instance:

kvasir · Post by **kvasir** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:42 pm

jlt wrote:The next position is from a 7k game on IGS. It requires a bit of reading, but the first move should be intuitive.

You don't have to play the best move.

I think you are excused if your are not able to kill white in a game on igs. It looks like it works judging from the variations posted but it takes 18 moves to figure out if white can connect under and there is a game deciding ko at the end. I would just play on the outside.

"killing" is not that big if it is not clean and with blacks potential on the outside it doesn't look like white has time to reinforce.

builds a roof on your house, a is coming soon. You can go for the LR corner if white catches up. Also ask white if his center group is OK.

If you can read how to kill white, that everything works out and it is clear to you then you just do that but it doesn't look so easy.

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jlt · Post by **jlt** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:36 pm

I won 14/22 games at IGS 7k level, so got promoted to 7k+. Since some losses were due to lack of concentration, I decided to focus more. I then won 7/7 games and am now 6k. The last game was a 2-stone handicap game.

Position #7: White to play.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Clearly the stone

is misplaced, but I couldn't see a good way to exploit the cut, so I played K17, which is a -17% mistake after a few thousand playouts according to LeelaZero. If

were at C12, then

at K17 would have been a good move, but in the present position, LZ wants to cut:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm15 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . 0 . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 6 . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Then make a 3-3 invasion and let Black build a huge moyo...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm25 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 9 . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . X . . . . . X 3 . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 5 . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Which can be invaded thanks to the weak point E14!

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm35 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 1 . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . 2 . X O . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . O X 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . X O O . . | $$ | . O X . 3 . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I would find pretty scary to invade deeply like that. Maybe I should try anyway.

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