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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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Araban wrote:I agree that 40 is bad, but to tenuki is also not good. Instead, I would:
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Well, if Black obliges with :b2: and :b4:, White has a great result! :bc: has become a ridiculous play. ;) OC, Black is a 5 kyu, so he may oblige. Whoop-de-do! ;)

(For the kibitzers, :b2: would be better at "a". :))
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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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Bill Spight wrote:Well, if Black obliges with :b2: and :b4:, White has a great result! :bc: has become a ridiculous play. ;) OC, Black is a 5 kyu, so he may oblige. Whoop-de-do! ;)

(For the kibitzers, :b2: would be better at "a". :))
In that case it's still fine for W:
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$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O d e |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 3 a b |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . X . . . B . c . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The idea is still the same. Black's wall is useless here. W can give up :w3: with a - c sequence. For B to capture :w1: with 'd' is small, made smaller since the a - c exchange allows White to potentially capture d by ko with 'e' if needed.
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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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Yes, White lost in the endgame.
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[go]$$W Game losing move
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$$ | 2 X X O . O X X . X . X O X X X O . O |
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$$ | X . X X O . O O . O X . . . . X O X O |
$$ | . . 4 O . O . . . O O X . . . . . X . |
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White played :w1: - :b4: with sente. However, :w3: is the game losing move.
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[go]$$W :w3: kills
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$$ | 1 X O O O O X . X X X O O O X O O O X |
$$ | 2 X X O . O X X . X . X O X X X O . O |
$$ | . 7 X O O . O X O O X X X . . X X O . |
$$ | X 5 X X O . O O . O X . . . . X O X O |
$$ | . 3 4 O . O . . . O O X . . . . . X . |
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The right play is the first line jump, :w3:. Black cannot play :b6: at 7 because of damezumari. :w7: forms a 3 point nakade shape to kill. :)

As Takagawa says, The endgame is fighting strength.
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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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Araban wrote:
Bill Spight wrote:Well, if Black obliges with :b2: and :b4:, White has a great result! :bc: has become a ridiculous play. ;) OC, Black is a 5 kyu, so he may oblige. Whoop-de-do! ;)

(For the kibitzers, :b2: would be better at "a". :))
In that case it's still fine for W:
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 3 a b |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . B . . . X . c . |
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The idea is still the same. Black's wall is useless here. W can give up :w3: with a - c sequence. For B to capture :w1: with 'd' is small, made smaller since the a - c exchange allows White to potentially capture d by ko with 'e' if needed.
To be sure, :bc: is too close to Black's wall. However, I do not like :b4:.
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[go]$$Wcm1 Ko -- :b8: takes
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$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . 6 5 X 1 . |
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I think that this ko is quite playable for Black. :)
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[go]$$Wcm1
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If White avoids the ko with :w3:, :b4: looks playable. Black is not really worried about pushing White into the corner, because Black is already strong there. (OC, that means that :bc: was a mistake, but what can you say? ;))
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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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Bill (and/or Araban), how would you compare these two?
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$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 B 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 5 . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O d e |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 3 a b |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . B . . . X . c . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
(What I'm specifically asking is, is there something wrong with one of the moves that makes these two positions transpositions? Because it seems that once W gets Bill's :w3: fighting that ko rather becomes rather hard for B.)

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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

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jts wrote:Bill (and/or Araban), how would you compare these two?
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , 4 . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 B 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 5 . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , 6 . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O d e |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 3 a b |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . B . . . X . c . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
(What I'm specifically asking is, is there something wrong with one of the moves that makes these two positions transpositions? Because it seems that once W gets Bill's :w3: fighting that ko rather becomes rather hard for B.)

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In the first diagram, :w5: is obviously aji keshi. :)
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Re: Also lost in the endgame? :)

Post by Solomon »

If the intent is to take the corner, then there is no difference and it's not aji keshi because you'll need the exchange either way to play :w7: :
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . 6 B 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X 5 . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . X . . . X . 7 . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This is what I had in mind (I should have just put :w7: in the original diagram). Thinking about it though, if White wants to run rather than live, then making the exchange is indeed aji keshi and it's best to leave that exchange so that the push is more effective:
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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . . . . . . 7 5 3 . . |
$$ | . O X X O X . . . . . . . . 6 2 O . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . . . O . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Compare if the exchange was already made:
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[go]$$Wcm1
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And the avatar is from Nichijou, the 2011 Azumanga Daioh.
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