[go]$$Bcm71 Prisoner Count:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X X . . X O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X X O , . . X . X O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . 4 . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O X . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . . . O X . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X X X O X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Reduce, reduce, reduce... Strengthen my group, as well!
Let's shrink black's territory to zero!
P.S. I played the last move I did kind of passive and solidly so that I would be free to reduce from this side. I could have tried to be more aggressive or take territory. But I still have that option for later.
[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoner Count: :black: :w3:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . f . . . O O |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X X . . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . X X X O , . . X . X O X . X |
$$ | . . . . d . . . X . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . a . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O X . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . . . O X . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . c . . X X X O X O X . X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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So, lots of interesting points, some endgame and some not ... I think I'm going to try and evaluate the board, though ... maybe I'll count! Or, at least, count how much cash Kirby has already made off with.
$$Bcm81 Prisoner Count: :black: :w3:
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$$ | S S S S S . . . . . . . . . . S S S S |
$$ | S S S S O O . . . . . . . . . S S O O |
$$ | S S S . . X O O X X . . X O O O O X . |
$$ | S S S O . X X X O , . . X . X O X . X |
$$ | S S S . . . . . X . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | S S . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S S S |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , S S S |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O X . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | S S S S . O O X . . . O X . X X X . . |
$$ | S S S O . . . . . X X X O X O X . X . |
$$ | S S S . . X . . . . X O O . O O X . . |
$$ | S S S O . . . . . . . . . S S S O O S |
$$ | S S S . . . . . . . . . . S S S S S S |
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[go]$$Bcm81 Prisoner Count: :black: :w3:
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$$ | S S S S S . . . . . . . . . . S S S S |
$$ | S S S S O O . . . . . . . . . S S O O |
$$ | S S S . . X O O X X . . X O O O O X . |
$$ | S S S O . X X X O , . . X . X O X . X |
$$ | S S S . . . . . X . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | S S . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S S S |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , S S S |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O X . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | S S S S . O O X . . . O X . X X X . . |
$$ | S S S O . . . . . X X X O X O X . X . |
$$ | S S S . . X . . . . X O O . O O X . . |
$$ | S S S O . . . . . . . . . S S S O O S |
$$ | S S S . . . . . . . . . . S S S S S S |
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W has about 56 points in cash plus 6.5 komi. That's 62.5 points that I have to match ... and don't forget I'm assuming that I get to reduce as far as that 56 ... I haven't looked at potential ... gonna think hard here.
[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O O X X . . X O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X X X O , . . X . X O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . @ . . . . . X X X O X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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That could be the case. It's hard for me to say for sure. Of course I agree that extending is better locally, unless I was absolutely sure of getting gote. In that case, maybe it would have been fine to do even this:
$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . @ . . . . . X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . @ . . . . . X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X O O . O O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I think it really depends on how big sente was.
On that note, though, I do find that I tend to prefer locally suboptimal sequences if they result in sente for me.
It could be the case that I hate gote too much. I guess the only real way for me to get better at this would be to get better at comparing different parts of the board.
Kirby wrote:maybe it would have been fine to do even this:
$$W Var C
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 3 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------
[go]$$W Var C
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 3 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------[/go]
$$W Var A
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X . X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X . . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------
[go]$$W Var A
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X . X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X . . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------[/go]
$$W Var B
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$. . X O O . O O . 3 . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------
[go]$$W Var B
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X 2 X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X 1 . . |
$$. . X O O . O O . 3 . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------[/go]
Also, the difference between D and E (the game) is huge-- 20+ points??
$$W Var D: :b2: tenuki
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X . X 3 . |
$$. X X X O X O X . . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------
[go]$$W Var D: :b2: tenuki
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X . X 3 . |
$$. X X X O X O X . . . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------[/go]
$$B Var E: The game
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X X X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X W 3 . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . 2 4 . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$B Var E: The game
$$. . . . . . X . . . . |
$$. . . . X X . . O . . |
$$. . . O X . X X X . . |
$$. X X X O X O X W 3 . |
$$. . X O O . O O 1 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . 2 4 . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . |
$$-----------------------[/go]