Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
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Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
This guy asked me for pointers. I figured that I'd post it here and see if we could get some from somebody stronger than me.
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Re: Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
Sorry, I'm not stronger than you, but I wonder if black thought about this sequence for 49:
Not sure about the exact placement of :55: , but I think overall this works well w/ black's shape. So much so that I don't think I would play the double hane as white here.
Not sure about the exact placement of :55: , but I think overall this works well w/ black's shape. So much so that I don't think I would play the double hane as white here.
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Re: Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
Thanks, but I wasn't planning on that sequence. His move certainly surprised me.
I was going to try something like this to use my stone on the left better.
I was going to try something like this to use my stone on the left better.
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Re: Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
with 
, which is favorable for white.We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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Re: Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
Some comments, mostly for B:
Move 19 is too soft on W, inviting him to make a perfect extension along the right side, into the direction B would like to develop. Blocking at R10 would be a more positive continuation, preventing W from making a base while staking out territory below. The natural continuation would be for both sides to jump into the center. B could then aim for a strong invasion at M17.
Move 41 is way too cautious and submissive, leaving B over-concentrated. W really has no strong attack here, but if B wants to defend, choose a more active move, like B15 or E11.
Move 56 is an overplay, inviting a strong counter-attack. Up to move 64, W gets into a difficult fight, which looks better for B. Rather than picking a fight here, W should just expand with a safe pressing move like D10 or E10. B is already over-concentrated here; do not give him a chance to use that thickness in a fight.
Move 63 was spectacular, congratulations to B for finding a very strong play. But then move 65 settles for a very small payoff, from a position which was worth far more. B must attack all four W stones on a large scale, not be satisfied with picking off a few crumbs. The hane at G11 seems like the vital point. B could prepare a really strong attack by first attaching at F15 or pressing at G15.
Move 19 is too soft on W, inviting him to make a perfect extension along the right side, into the direction B would like to develop. Blocking at R10 would be a more positive continuation, preventing W from making a base while staking out territory below. The natural continuation would be for both sides to jump into the center. B could then aim for a strong invasion at M17.
Move 41 is way too cautious and submissive, leaving B over-concentrated. W really has no strong attack here, but if B wants to defend, choose a more active move, like B15 or E11.
Move 56 is an overplay, inviting a strong counter-attack. Up to move 64, W gets into a difficult fight, which looks better for B. Rather than picking a fight here, W should just expand with a safe pressing move like D10 or E10. B is already over-concentrated here; do not give him a chance to use that thickness in a fight.
Move 63 was spectacular, congratulations to B for finding a very strong play. But then move 65 settles for a very small payoff, from a position which was worth far more. B must attack all four W stones on a large scale, not be satisfied with picking off a few crumbs. The hane at G11 seems like the vital point. B could prepare a really strong attack by first attaching at F15 or pressing at G15.
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Re: Dragonpie vs. Soutkin: a KGS game.
Thank you for the comments. I do tend to lose move of my games because I fight too strongly in areas that I don't need to.