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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:12 pm
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm15
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I was also considering playing
below.
$$Wcm1
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However,
looked like it left a lot of aji in my group while really helping him in the corner. I'd rather avoid giving him what appears to be such a good move.
So instead, I'm going for the sequence below:
$$Wcm1
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Now, I will have the additional cut at 'a' to target and black 'b' doesn't feel as severe on my group.
So why not play
directly? Because according to DailyJoseki, pros prefer to push up with
first in this pattern if they are going to be playing at
. Yep, I'm doing something from pro games without fully understanding it. Great reason, I know. I do have a vague feeling of why this could be better, but it's mainly just me copying. Oh well. I'm okay with blind copying, especially if it leads to me learning something new from the experiment.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:38 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm16
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:50 am
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm17
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:19 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm18
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Hmm, he did not cut. My head's out, which is good. He has sente, aiming for D16?
Pushing out and then playing J17 looks a bit weird for me. If change the order of playing, it's like black plays kosumi at 8, which is a bit slow, and then white bumps his head toward it with move 9. Is this good? I may be wrong, anyway.
Now, he has sente. What am I gonna do with my lonly Q11?
$$Wcm1
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:45 am
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm19
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:47 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm20
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:35 pm
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm21
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:26 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm22
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:07 pm
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm23
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I didn't expect that move, but I can see why he played it. Next, I expect him to play at the 3-3 point, and I'll take sente. If he blocks directly as below, he'll leave too many peeps in the corner and I'll be able to exploit them later. He may also tenuki after my move here, at the cost of risking a lot of points in the corner.
$$Bcm1 Black playing at :b1: allows :w2: - :w4: later.
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:41 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm24
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:11 am
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm25
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Jumping into the top-left corner, while big, doesn't seem big enough yet. Jumping like below also feels too slow for a handicap game.
$$Wcm1
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So, I decided to tenuki and play quickly to try to catch up to him.
I considered approaching the bottom-right stone, but if he played a pincer it would also help him develop the left side too easily. I also considered approaching the bottom-left stone, but I was afraid it would make it too easy for him to turn the left side into territory. So, I decided to wedge into the middle. I wouldn't want him getting this point (or the one above it), after all.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:31 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm26
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:32 pm
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm27
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I thought that he would play one space closer to my stone. That would give him more support to invade at the circled point below.
$$Bcm26
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However, he seems to have traded that for a better grip on the corner, which is fine I guess.
My goal right now is to get sente, even if it leaves my bottom group thin (this is handicap, after all), and invade the left side. We'll see if I get that, or if I even stick to that plan.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:05 am
by Psychee
$$Wcm28
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Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:54 am
by Dusk Eagle
$$Wcm29
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I'm currently behind (due to the handicap), so I must seek complications. If I get what I want, I'll strengthen my groups on both sides.
$$Wcm1
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If I had just played calmly like this,
would be annoying.
I also could have tenukied, but my thinness would bother me. If he had played
one space lower, I would probably have tenukied though.
below.
looked like it left a lot of aji in my group while really helping him in the corner. I'd rather avoid giving him what appears to be such a good move.
directly? Because according to DailyJoseki, pros prefer to push up with 
would be annoying.
one space lower, I would probably have tenukied though.