some comment about my mistake. marked white stone should have been played at 'a' it cost me 1 point and in close game it means alot.
$$Wc Move # idontcare - Prisoners: B=5, W=2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . X . X X X X O a O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . W , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . X X O O X X . X O O O . . . X X O | $$ | . X . X X O O X . X O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . X X X O O X X O O O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . X O X O . X O . O X X . X . X X . . | $$ | . O O X O O O . . O O O X X . O X X O | $$ | . . . X O . . . . O X X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . O X . . O X X X . O . X O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . X O O X . . . O X X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . X X O O . . . O X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . O X . . O . . . O X O O . . O O . O | $$ | . O X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X O X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . X | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wc Move # idontcare - Prisoners: B=5, W=2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . X . X X X X O a O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . W , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . X X O O X X . X O O O . . . X X O | $$ | . X . X X O O X . X O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . X X X O O X X O O O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . X O X O . X O . O X X . X . X X . . | $$ | . O O X O O O . . O O O X X . O X X O | $$ | . . . X O . . . . O X X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . O X . . O X X X . O . X O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . O O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . X O O X . . . O X X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . X X O O . . . O X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . O X . . O . . . O X O O . . O O . O | $$ | . O X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X O X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . X | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown" Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
looks pretty dangerous for me. Magicwand can sacrifice his stone, and I get all clumped up. He has some strength on the right side, so I don't like this.
This looks good for black to me. Maybe connecting now after 10 is best, but consider that if you don't connect and instead develop black 1,7,9 (I'm not sure what's best, but maybe P9?) you're looking pretty good I think.
Is this true? Is this good for black? I felt like black was clumped up this way.
i can compare my playing style with chicken game. two cars facing each others and chicken will fold. i said you play yours i think my moyo is bigger! is he going to play chicken and invade? or he will say what i get over here is big and i am satisfied!
below is the variation i have in mind after he invade and i get sente. it will build another huge moyo. and he will be even deeper in the snow.
some helpful hint. do not waste your aji unless you read the move completely. he waste 4 point sente aji to try something he doesnt even know what he is going to do. i would feel really bad if i waste that much point on nothing. there is distinct timing when you play such move. it has to be perfect timing or you will lose points. same with 3-3 point invasion. i believe at this point white is ahead by few points. but it will not be easy for me to keep that lead if he plays solid moves till the end. i mean he will have his chance to win the game for sure. when you are not sure i suggest wait till you see a chance. way he played his invasion seems wrong to me. such play might decide the game very quickly.
$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
trick move to get sente.
edited comment
if he answers at 1 the i will play 2 which will save my group in sente.
$$Bc Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O 3 . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . 1 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O 3 . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . 1 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bcm109 Move 109 - Prisoners: B=3, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . W . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm109 Move 109 - Prisoners: B=3, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . W . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
if i was black i would have protected this corner. what he played is very small.
Wow, Kirby doesn't even need to play a ko threat here does he ?
$$Bcm117 Move 117 - Prisoners: B=3, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 4 3 X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X 1 a | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X O | $$ | . . X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X 2 X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm117 Move 117 - Prisoners: B=3, W=1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 4 3 X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X 1 a | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X O | $$ | . . X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X 2 X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I really agree, black should have done this. Except that 117 should be at a to guarantee the cut. Otherwise white can link in ko by playing there.
Once black does that, he has made an exchange of equal-size groups - except that the one he gave up isn't dead yet! It can still live in ko. Not to mention black gets sente to cut in the center (or do whatever). Great exchange for black.
I agree with topazg and your idea completely. In the game, I was too anxious.
$$Bcm126 Move 127 - Prisoners: B=3, W=2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . X . X X X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . X . . . X . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O . O | $$ | . . X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X O X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . X | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm126 Move 127 - Prisoners: B=3, W=2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . | $$ | . . X . X X X . . . O X X . O O O X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , O O X X X X . . X | $$ | . . . X . . . X . . . O O . . . X X O | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O X O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . O X X X . . X O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , X O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . O . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . O | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O . O | $$ | . . X X . . . . . O O . . X . O X O X | $$ | . . O . X O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . X O X X . X | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
What is the best response to this? The sequence that followed gave whit good use of his wall...
Certainly not endgame! I was very impressed at how long you kept sente.
...this is all that I am equipped to comment on. Both sides played a high-level game. Thank you for commenting thoroughly, it is helpful to those of us below, even if we don't always know enough to know what questions to ask.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
trick move to get sente.
edited comment
if he answers at 1 the i will play 2 which will save my group in sente.
$$Bc Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O 3 . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . 1 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O 3 . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . . 1 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
What is the correct response?
$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm93 Move 93 - Prisoners: B=2, W=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . O X X . O . O . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , O O X X X X . 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X X W | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X X . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . O X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . X . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . X X O . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O X O O . . O O X . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O O . . X . O X . X | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]