70. Suji (14k) vs. SinK (17k)

SinK · Post by **SinK** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:57 am

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Suji · Post by **Suji** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:37 am

Okay, my next move might take a bit of time.

SinK · Post by **SinK** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:40 pm

At this rate were both gonna be 9 dan by the time we finish.

Suji · Post by **Suji** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:50 pm

As promised,

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Life was crazy the past month. My stake (church group) put on a play, and my mother was the stage manager. Also, without a car, I had to come and go with my mother and the place we practiced at had no internet and ate up lots of time.

Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:15 am

Suji · Post by **Suji** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:33 am

SinK · Post by **SinK** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:01 am

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Everything is fairly settled and his last move doesn't threaten anything, besides I think the sequence 1-5 leaves me in pretty good stead and is my first candidate move.

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But since there seems to be no real urgency to my moves then there are two options pushing into the centre with a or b or making some territory with moves in the corners. If I do I want to make sente moves that allow me to make all three moves and then move on to making a/b type moves. Here's the general plan play at c,d,e then put a stone at a before attacking the white group in the south-east this is all fairly nebulous at the moment and in the heat of battle I'll have to refine this idea but for the moment I'm just gonna have to concentrate on coming of the corner at c with a move in hand.

Suji · Post by **Suji** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:57 am

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Okay, there's a few reasons behind this move. First it completely solidifies my corner territory, and second it CAN help me save my pincer stone.

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The diagram is what I fear the most. I'm trying to avoid that since IF my pincer stone actually lives his middle bottom group dies. Granted, I think that he'll squash any hope I have of saving it.

What I have in mind for the next few moves is

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I believe that SinK, after making his last move has to be consistent and make :b1:

. I'll block, and I have a feeling he'll solidify his right hand territory or maybe completely cut off my hope for saving the pincer stone.

Suji · Post by **Suji** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:00 am

I have to be careful here. I'll fight in the lower left, but I don't want to get carried away. It's another one of those "Tal" moments. Here's another game of his that I think resembles the current situation on the board.

The Calm before the Storm

Hopefully, this game was before his 1960 World Championship match with Botvinnik which he won the match by storm. In the game, although Tal sacrificed his queen at some point, the game ended peacefully. This position on the Go board right now seems like a calm before the storm.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc The calm before the storm. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Clearly, I'm planning something down in the lower left, but I'm going to have to read all of this out before I jump into it. One interesting variation, if Black ignores my move, that I'm considering is:

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However, he can make all of this moot. I think that he has to be consistent in the top right, but I'm not banking on that. I want the possibility of saving my stone, and the move that I made allows me the chance of saving it however remote it is.

SinK · Post by **SinK** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:40 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Move 27 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hmmm... I don't like the way his left hand side is leering at my group on the bottom and with his unexpected ignoring of my move in the northeast I am not sure what to make of my next move.

My first thought: Stick with the plan and try the play at 1. Followed by the sequence through to 5 and followed up with B or C or to follow move 2 with 3 at A or C and see where that takes us.

Second thought: C looks more and more tempting an potentially quite big and the more I look at it the more the other options seem rather passive. The game so far looks set to be a massive fight in the bottom and I would hate to accidentally bring about some sort of peaceful compromise perhaps the south needs more thought.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Move 26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . O . c . O . . . . . | $$ | . 1 . O . . O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 6 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . b . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O y z . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Third thought: I think I see why he made his last move. White at z plays out all kinds of bad for me even though at first glance it looks kind of ugly. I'm pretty sure that would be my move in his position. The consequences for letting that single white stone escape would be the loss of the game so I must play to stop this. But how? It's a move on the second line and most defensive moves seem painfully small and allow him sente to take 1 or 5 for big profit. The only alternative is the contact play which would demand a response so y it is. I see it going something like:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Move 26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . b . O . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . O . . O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O 3 . . O . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . 4 2 X . 9 . . X . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O 1 6 7 a . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

5 can also be played at b but the point is thanks to the sacrifice of my 1 stone I basically end up with an extra move in the middle of the sequence to with as I will. If he plays 8 at a it could get really interesting.

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