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Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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[go]$$B Mistake 4
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O b O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
White has a big lead (33 points). Black is trying to stage an upset. White lost 10 points by making the wrong choice between a, b and c.
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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Let's try. White's group on the left doesn't have two eyes, so a move at "b" would save it.

Edit: move :w8: in the diagram below is wrong!
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[go]$$Bc No problem, White is really connected.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O 4 O 7 8 . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . 3 5 6 X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So the question is whether :b1: threatens something. Clearly Black doesn't have enough space to make two eyes, so the only way for :b1: to live is to kill one of the white strings.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O d . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a d d O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O d d X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
If Black plays :b3: at "a" or at any of the "d", then White can just capture the triangled stone and is fine.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . 5 O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . d O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X 3 4 X 6 . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
"a" and "d" are miai. Same thing if :b3: and :b5: are interchanged.
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[go]$$Bc No problem either
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . 6 O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . 5 O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X 4 3 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
So I don't think :b1: was a threat. The correct move must be "b" or "c", but I don't understand "c". What if Black cuts?
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . 3 2 . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O b O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Perhaps :w2: aims at using shortage of liberties but I don't understand how, variations seem complicated.


Conclusion: I would play "b", it's clean and safe. Anyway White is leading, there is no need to search for complications.
Last edited by jlt on Thu Apr 01, 2021 2:40 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

Post by Harleqin »

jlt, take a look at your first diagram. Black can still cut. There is a better :w8:, though. However, even if White is cut, the group can live. How? What is the next problem then?
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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Oops I hallucinated. Let me try again.
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[go]$$Bc No problem, White is really connected.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . e . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . 8 0 . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O 4 O 7 9 d X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . 3 5 6 X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If Black d then White e.

If White is disconnected then I think that White can live like this but this weakens the bottom left group. In addition the situation of the white marked group is becoming unclear.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X Q 1 . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . 6 . X O O 3 Q Q . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 . . X . X Q . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | 5 X X , . . X Q . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X Q . Q X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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jlt wrote:
If White is disconnected then I think that White can live like this but this weakens the bottom left group. In addition the situation of the white marked group is becoming unclear.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X Q 1 . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . 6 . X O O 3 Q Q . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 . . X . X Q . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | 5 X X , . . X Q . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X Q . Q X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Don't forget that white passed for :w2: in your diagram.
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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Yes I wasn't clear. If :w2: is a pass then :b3: at "b" creates two problems. Therefore :w2: at "b" is a good move, since it solves both problems.
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Re: Dieter's ABC of mistakes - 4

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"Solution"
There was indeed no reason to answer :b1: at "a". Katago's preference is :w2: as it indirectly protects against a cut at "b" - White will capture the cutting stones at "d" if Black cuts - while poking at Black's shape. The dull connection at "b" is only a few points worse and good enough to keep the big advantage.
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[go]$$B Mistake 4 - better answer
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . 2 . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . d X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O b O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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