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Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:35 pm
by Shaddy
Ack! Sorry, I was in China and then I was at Congress. Approved, if the game is still going...

Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:07 pm
by Aphelion
Points I'm looking at:
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[go]$$Wcm23 Move 23... P: B-0, W-0... C: B-6(10) W-6(9)
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . O , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X c . O . . O . X . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


'a' looks most interesting, and 'b' is something I would like to get if B responds submissively. However, 'c' feels honte, and is very important for making sure Black doesn't get a really strong attack potentially on both my groups . I need to think about this.

Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:32 am
by Aphelion
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wcm23 Move 23... P: B-0, W-0... C: B-6(10) W-6(9)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . O , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . O . . O . X . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I'm a little hesitant to play this move, as it feels like it could be really bad and I am setting myself up for embarassment. But if it is bad I don't see it. If Black protects his territory, I will treat it as a forcing exchange and he has played 5 stones to secure that area. If he tries to attack it, I can treat it light and solidify my top in the fight.

Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:16 am
by Marcus
Approved.

I don't have a better move though I, too, am hesitant about making this one.

Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:19 am
by Shaddy
Man, this is a tough one. Really tempted to take sente here and go to H6, I feel that's the biggest point. If I responded here I'd just play r14 and preserve the invasion aji on top and the attacking aji on the right

Re: Big Brother Malkovich #3

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:25 pm
by Aphelion
Violence hasn't been on for a long time too. Should we start looking for a replacement?