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Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:15 am
by Kirby
You seem to assume I am counting, Loons... :-p

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:17 am
by Kirby
H13 is the kind of move you want to play, but you just don't know if he'll answer it.

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:00 pm
by Kirby
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wcm76 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , O X O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . . . O O . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X 0 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . O . . . O . O X . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . O O . X X O O X . |
$$ | . . O , . . . X . X O X O O O X X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X X X O X X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This is the right move to play. I cannot justify a tenuki.

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:02 pm
by Kirby
To any observers (please do not read this, Loons):

Was my last move a mistake? I really want to tenuki... But it just doesn't feel right to tenuki. But I still want to. What should I have done?

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:11 pm
by Kirby
The more I look at the board, the more I feel OK with my last move. I don't think I could have tenuki'd...

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:45 pm
by Magicwand
Kirby wrote:To any observers (please do not read this, Loons):

Was my last move a mistake? I really want to tenuki... But it just doesn't feel right to tenuki. But I still want to. What should I have done?

IMO that was the only possible move :)

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:46 pm
by Kirby
Can I read this comment?

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:34 pm
by Magicwand
Kirby wrote:Can I read this comment?

yes. you may read.

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:16 pm
by Loons
Suspenseful.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wcm86 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , O X O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . . . O O . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . O . . . O . O X . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . O O . X X O O X . |
$$ | . . O , . . . X . X O X O O O X X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X X X O X X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

A probe.

Edi

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Lots of problems
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , O X O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . . . O O . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . O . . . O . O X . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . O O . X X O O X . |
$$ | . . O , . . . X . X O X O O O X X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X X X O X X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Eh, I resign. Thanks for the game. (White is too weak across the board, I think.)

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:40 am
by Chew Terr
Thank you both for the game. I have been following this one avidly, if silently. It's really interesting to see the thought processes of other players, especially those whose strengths vary drastically from my own. You both played well, and it was fun to watch.

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:57 am
by Kirby
Thanks for playing, Loons. I am surprised that you resigned. In any case, I had a fun time playing this game.

I look forward to reading your comments.

Re: 109. Loons vs. Kirby

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:22 am
by Shaddy
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wcm86 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , O X O . . X X X . |
$$ | . . . X O O X . . . O O . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . b . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . |
$$ | . 1 . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . a X X . . . . O . . . O . O X . X . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . O O . X X O O X . |
$$ | . . O , . . . X . X O X O O O X X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . X X X O X X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The usual probe. Maybe black is too strong on top now, but before this might have been usable