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#263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

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Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 8:16 am
by Joaz Banbeck
Let's just go this far:
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . C . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Nagahara says that all of my groups should strive to meet in the middle.
It solves many life and death issues for black and creates some for white.

In particular, if I play 54 like this:
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Then - I think - B11 kills:
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 8 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I have to do some serious thinking about this.
I'll probably post in a day or two.

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:57 am
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
According to my reading, If he tenukis to the lower side, B11 kills in all variations.

Even if it doesn't I was not happy with all of the bad aji on the lower side:
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O C O C 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 4 5 6 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
There are all kinds of traps here, for black has only two spare liberties at the circled points.

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:56 am
by Magicwand
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
now he is going to answer j3?

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:43 am
by Magicwand
he let me connect.. he could have played my 55 instead.
now i am connected and dont have anything to worry.

after so many exchange... black didn't do much.
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:58 am
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 6 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Wow, that was fast!

I offered a major exchange, and he turned it down with less than an hour's contemplation. Does MW analyze that fast? If so, I'm impressed.

Or is he simply making his own groups safe and assuming that sooner or later I will make a mistake and the game can be won by killing one of my groups?

I'm going to play the next few moves on the assumption that the second proposition is true and that the first might be. IOW, I'm going to secure the lower side, even at the expense of some hideous aji.

The game looks rather good for me. I'm ahead in territory; I'm way ahead in influence; I have no weak groups. The only area in which he will be ahead is ko threats.

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:05 pm
by Magicwand
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:57 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 6 7 8 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
He sacrifices a stone - probably two with his next move - to make it easier for his bamboo stick to get out. At the same time, he is probably hoping to reinvigorate the dead stones at F2/F3. It is going to be tight, with both my G4 group and my C2 group being targeted.
Fortunately for me, I can stay one step ahead of the wolves.

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:08 pm
by EdLee
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[go]$$W var 1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . O 6 7 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X O X 5 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X 4 X O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . 3 1 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$W var 2
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . O 6 7 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X O X 5 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . X O X 4 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
Thus the tiger's mouth :b60: in the game.

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:11 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
Trigger:
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[go]$$Wcm51
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X 3 X . 0 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . 6 7 8 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:15 pm
by EdLee
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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . O . 3 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X O X 4 X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X 2 X O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . 1 O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:46 pm
by Magicwand
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[go]$$Wcm61
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O . X . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O X X X O X . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X O X . X O X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
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Black bottom need to play another move soon..
Aji stinks.
i am weak on top so i can not play now. but soon i will
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$$ | . . X . X O 0 7 9 O 1 2 3 . . . . . . |
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Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:18 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
Joaz Banbeck wrote:... I can stay one step ahead of the wolves...
Hmmm...apparently the wolves agree.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:40 pm
by EdLee
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[go]$$W from MW's var; waiting...
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$$ | . . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:15 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
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$$ | . . O X . X X . . . 2 . . . . . . . . |
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A few moves back, I noted that it was better to push his eyeless middle group eastward along my strong lower group, and away from my weaker group. But now the relative strengths have changed, and so has the consequent direction of play. My middle group is much safer now after H12, and it is my lower group that can be harassed because of its bad aji.

So I push him upward.

As the proverb goes, make territory while attacking. He will almost certainly live, but while chasing him I will be staking out territory in the lower right corner.

It also threatens to cut off his two center stones
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My stone is light, and if he really wants to go eastward, he will kill it, but while he does so, I will be staking out large territory.
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Re: #263 Magicwand vs Joaz Banbeck

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:57 pm
by Magicwand
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$$ | . . . X O X . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X . . . 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . O . O . 3 . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . O X X O X X X O X . X . . . X . . . |
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he didnt need to play such move...
playing too close to fire will eventually burn him.
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