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Joaz Banbeck
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

Post by Joaz Banbeck »

Black's N4 stone looks a bit weak. I like white at P5 next.
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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Another answer for black if he wants to resist p5 and get sente:
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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In reply to Joaz'/Uberdude's move analysis
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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Lizzie spoiler:
Lizzie (lz240) after 10 minutes:
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Looks to be the only move ; )
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

Post by Bill Spight »

I shall reserve this post for my discussion of Game 7. :)

Game 7
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[go]$$Bc Kitani Minoru, 8 dan (W) - Sakata Eio, 7 dan, Sept. 6, 1950
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GoGoD 1950-09-06a, 4½ pt. komi

White is ahead. Elf estimates White's winrate as 89½% with 46.6k playouts. But Black, Sakata, won by 3½ pts.
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[go]$$Wcm30 Elf's recommended continuation
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Elf like's Joaz's play for :w30: (40.8k playouts). :) After :b31: :w32: is a one space jump. You often see such a jump on the 4th line to bolster a group next to a corner. Elf probably stopped the variation here because the next play had fewer than 1.5k playouts. White's high winrate is not all that obvious.

To my eyes, though, Black's small life in the bottom right corner suggests that Black has made a mistake. Usually when you have a joseki where one player lives in the corner and makes a floating group, the corner is reasonably large, with 7 or more points of territory.

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[go]$$Bcm7 Dual purpose play, minor error
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:b7: is the textbook play for the formation on the bottom side, breaking symmetry with a dual purpose play, a combination of a 3 space pincer and a 5 space extension. (From this and other games, it is plain that Kitani, White, did not place much stock in those textbooks. ;)) The idea of making a dual purpose play is not a bad heuristic, but it is only a heuristic. Elf prefers the approach in the top left corner at a by 5½%. :w8:, by contrast, is a sizable mistake, according to Elf, losing 15% by comparison with the bot's favorite play at b. :w8: was, and still may be, joseki, BTW.
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[go]$$Wcm8 Elf's variation for White 8
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After the kikashi in the right side (25.6k playouts), :w12: encloses the top left corner.
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[go]$$Bcm13 Elf's variation for White 8, continued
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Then Black plays the press against the bottom left 3-4 stone.
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[go]$$Wcm8 Game continuation
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:b13: loses 12½% by comparison with a.
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[go]$$Bcm13 Elf's mainline variation for Black 13
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:b13: gets 119.1k playouts. :w16: is a new move in this joseki. :b17: threatens the two :wc: stones. After :b19: :w20: crosscuts and :w22: plays to take the cutting stone on the second line.
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[go]$$Bcm23 Elf's mainline variation for Black 13, continued
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:w28: saves the :wc: stones. Then :b29: threatens White's other four stones in the corner. :b31: makes life. Then :w32: (46.1k playouts) enlarges White's eyespace.
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[go]$$Bcm33 Elf's mainline variation for Black 13, continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 . X X O O O |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , 3 2 . O . O X X 7 |
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Black blocks White on the bottom side. :w42: (17.5k playouts) carries the fight into the center.
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[go]$$Bcm43 Elf's mainline variation for Black 13, continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 0 8 5 3 . 2 . O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . X X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . X X O O O |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X O . O . O X X X |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X 7 . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . O X X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
:b43: is tesuji. This is a long variation, thanks mainly to the large number of playouts for :b13:. It is long enough to show the value of Black's wall on the bottom side. :)

Back to the actual game. :)
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[go]$$Bcm13 Oh, no, I couldn't.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If :b13: lost 12½%, :w14: returned the favor, and then some, losing 16½% by comparison with a.
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[go]$$Wcm14 Elf's mainline variation for :w14:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . |
$$ | . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . 0 . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O . X . . |
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After :w14: Black goes for outside influence, pressing against the C-04 stone and then returning to press down against the White group on the right side, and finally pushing down against the corner.
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[go]$$Bcm13 Black blunders
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . O X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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With :b15: Sakata blundered, in Elf's eyes, losing 26½% by comparison with a.
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[go]$$Bcm15 Elf's mainline variation for :b15:
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$$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . 3 . O X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 1 6 . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black sacrifices three stones for outside influence and sente.

Back to the game.
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[go]$$Bcm13 Error upon error
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . 8 . . . O X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O 2 X . 7 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 5 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Elf regards :b17: as a minor error, losing 5%. Then :b19: loses 16% more. :o Another blunder, I think, given the sequence of errors. Then :w20: runs out to the center, attacking Black's floating stones. Sakata was known for his ability at shinogi, but it may have played him false here. Small life in the corner was simply not good enough, in Elf's eyes.
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[go]$$Bcm19 Elf's choice for Black 19, kikashi before living
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . 1 . O O X . 5 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black plays :b19: and :b21: with sente before living with :b23:. These plays build central influence and support the :bc: stones. :)

There are no more errors losing 10% up to :w30:.
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Uberdude wrote:Another answer for black if he wants to resist p5 and get sente:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . 1 X O O . |
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$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . O . O O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I wouldn't mind playing the white side here. It feels like aji keshi after white replies:
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[go]$$Wc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . 1 X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . X , X O . B . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . O . O O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
...and it preserves eye space for the lower white group, because the O2 placement doesn't deprive white of an eye anymore:
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[go]$$Wc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . 7 1 X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . X , X O . B . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . O 5 O O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 . O . X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
EDIT: I just read Knotwilg's post, and his attempt at handling the placement may be a bit ambitious
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[go]$$Wc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O 0 7 1 X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . X , X O 8 B . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X 9 O 6 O O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . O . X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
EDIT2: I just read SoDesuNe's post, and I am pleased to see that the computers sometimes get it right.
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X O O X O O . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . X , X O X X 2 O X X . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . X O O X O O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . O . X . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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Game 8

As always, assume area scoring with 7½ pt. komi. After :w30: Elf estimates one player's winrate at 93½% with 17.9k playouts. Which player is it?
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[go]$$Bc Black to play. Who is better?
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$$ | . . . , . . O . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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I like black - white seems thin
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I seem to have a knack for consistently choosing the underdog in this thread...
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Re: How is your positional judgement?

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Kirby wrote:I seem to have a knack for consistently choosing the underdog in this thread...
My rule of thumb when comparing Elf's variations. The player who looks better is the one who made the mistake. :lol:
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No Lizzie:
Again very difficult. I could easily find arguments to put both way ahead:

Black! Black has three corners. White one. White's only other territory can be easily invaded by a clamp at G18. White's only area for development, the one on the left, can be invaded and reduced to a weak group of stones. The bottom group is already undercut. White's area for development should be the center, but Black's influence in the lower right is reducing that already. Black has sente.

White! Black's influence in the lower right is annihilated by White's low stones. It can be easily poked at and turned into a heavy group. White has stable territory at the top and can develop on the left side. Two of Black's corners are actually small. White has komi.

That's when looking at it from the position only. When I look at this board and ask myself would I rather have sente than komi, the answer is yes, because there's such an obviously good move here.

Lizzie:
Edit: a dwyrin argument
One of the heuristics dwyrin uses when making his positional judgments of an opening, is "how many stones are on the 2nd line". Black has 3, White two (and they are the effect of a (filled) ponnuki. In particular the low black stone in the upper left is suspicious. We know the bots have dropped such low sliders from their joseki. Actually, the presence of this old joseki should have given away the answer.
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Kirby wrote:I like black - white seems thin
I like white - black seems over-concentrated. :D
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Game 9.

After :w44: Elf estimates the winrate for one player as 90½% with 33.8k playouts. Which player is it?
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If it's not Black then I know nothing.
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