79. Marcus (3k) vs. Chew (3k) Open Malkovich

Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14 am

Marcus wrote:I apologize for the delay. I've had a rough week, and I'm not familiar with this move. Trying to find a way to turn it into a mistake for you.

No rush, it's a really busy month for me. Additionally, don't worry about making my moves mistakes, I do that well enough on my own. =D

Aphelion · Post by **Aphelion** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:06 pm

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is not kosher:

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Locally, the attachment can be played $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . , 5 . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . 1 . . . . . . 2 3 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:36 am

Things have finally calmed down, so let's get this back on track!

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . 3 . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . 4 . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:57 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . 3 . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . 4 . , . . . | $$ | . . 8 . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:08 am

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Redundant · Post by **Redundant** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:16 am

One request. Can you only number the most recent move? Having a bunch of numbers makes for information overload.

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:19 am

Redundant wrote:One request. Can you only number the most recent move? Having a bunch of numbers makes for information overload.

Sure, I think we can do that.

Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:48 am

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Here's what we're looking at. I had said that the two sides would be miai, which implies that I would respond on the bottom if the left was taken. However, this move here is big-time sente for both sides. If black tenukis, I can punish with something like the cap below. If black jumps out or plays to settle locally, I can then attack on the bottom, with cash in hand.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . W . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , 3 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Options like the two above let me turn this into a fight on a massive scale. If I were to kill the two stones on the left without massive compensation for black, I would win. If black plays for safety on the left, I will be ahead on territory, with black ahead on influence. If black plays the more complicated way, by defending below, I will have to investigate for a while to plan my attack specifically. I just feel like I have enough strength in the area to pressure fairly strongly, especially with tower peeps and such if black tries to escape. This is a fight that I have not read out more deeply than shown, but feel comfortable enough in to play for.

As far as the game goes so far, let's compare groups. My groups are all stable, except for the one stone in the bottom right, which is fairly flexible. Black has two weak groups in the bottom left at the moment, so that will hopefully be a slight burden to him. Point-wise: My top left group is fairly stable and fairly large. It is about as big as black's top group plus the 10 points likely to be made by the weak groups in the bottom left. That leaves the other side of the board. To equal his moyo, I need to either reduce it to manageable or make an equivalent framework in the bottom while capturing that lone stone. Capturing the stone by itself is not a sufficient framework, but it is a strong step in the right direction. Either option seems possible at this point, so I think neither side's position is unreasonable right now. I have been playing a lot of thickness games lately, so I am enjoying playing a game where I have more investment in territory, like I used to.

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:05 am

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Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:23 am

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All right, it's time for step 3... profit. This deals fairly solidly with the lone black stone on the bottom. Now things like pincers of my stone to the right are a bit harder, which makes me happy. I hope later to get in a splitting attack on the left groups (or to slide on the left for points while forcing black to connect to get more points in sente). However, for the meantime, this handles most things that could be worrisome, and gives me more solid cash. Metaphorically, this is building a moat around my domaine, making me really hard to attack anywhere, and trapping the cut off soldier inside. While solid and so on, there is one downside to this move: gote. Short of trying to exploit any local aji, my opponent now has global sente to use as he pleases. My concern is that he will spend it on his moyo on the right, finally getting around to turn some of his framework into points. That, or if he's feeling particularly pessimistic, O6 to further up the ante or a pincer to try to start a fight are both options.

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Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:32 am

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Good, my opponent was worried enough about my F3 stone to spend another move there. I considered capping at O6, as suggested in passing by Chew, but we seem to be playing the cash in and fight game now. :b33:

encloses my corner and peeks under the skirt of White's budding moyo on the bottom.

At this point, it's almost mandatory for my opponent to jump into the right side in the next few moves. From there, the fight for the center begins.

Here's a possible continuation, though it's far from well thought out ... just some points that I think might be important.

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Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:36 pm

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You called it. As MHO said, now is the urgent time to handle the right side. 4 is a pretty flexible way to do it, aiming at weaknesses in the corner as well as stability on the side. I am content to have the bottom made into dame if need be, so long as I can similarly negate the right, more or less. I considered trying to do make a larger moyo on bottom, but my opponent is better set up on the right than I am on the bottom, so I would have no assurance of making a comparable amount from my efforts. Instead, this double approach gives me options on the right side and the corner, which are both much more appealing than the bottom.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . 8 . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 9 . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . b . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . a . | $$ | . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , 6 . . | $$ | . b . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . a . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . . . . . b . . . 3 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If the game plays forward as suggested by my opponent, my right side group is stable, because the 'a' options are miai to expand my base. As a result, I could safely take sente to select from the 'b' options.

Alternatively, if my opponent prioritizes the right side by pincering, I can either escape or attack the corner fairly successfully.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . W . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X 4 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . O . 3 2 . . | $$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . X 5 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is just a quick at-a-glance followup possibility, but it demonstrates that I can more or less settle easily on the side. 'a' is another option for 2, but it seems too passive at the moment. This does leave lots of interesting options for later, like capping 1, eventually invading the higher right side, and extending on the bottom.

Trigger:

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:35 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , 6 . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I accept your trigger.

Website · Post by **Chew Terr** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:13 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . 8 . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hoped you would.

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:00 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners: B=0, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . X . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . O X O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . , . . . O . , . 9 . | $$ | . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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