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Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:35 am
by Joaz Banbeck
I'll accept move 81.

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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O W O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . B O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . 2 . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . 3 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


Trigger:
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O W O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . B O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . 4 2 . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . 5 3 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

OR


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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O W O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . B O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . 2 . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . 3 4 . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


This one is rather simple logic.

First, I have to stop him from running. So the reasonable candidates are like this:

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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . a b 2 . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . e d c . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . f g . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


Next, move 'a' looks like this:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . 1 . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . 3 2 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...and he is off and running, certain to connect southward or westward.

Moves 'b' and 'c' have the same problem, for if I play one, he plays the other, and I am running from behind, pushing the cart where it wants to go.

Move 'd' has no obvious ill effects. It looks like this

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[go]$$Wc This is probably his best reply,\nfor the marked black stone is well placed.\nMy western wall may be strong enough to support 5 at 'x'.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . B . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . x 4 2 X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . 5 3 1 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...or this:

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[go]$$Wc The marked stone is perfectly placed to prevent eye formation
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . 1 2 . W . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


Move 'e' looks like this:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . 5 4 . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . 1 2 x 0 W . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . 7 8 . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...and even if I lock him in, he forms a wall that is too far away from the circled white stone so that he starts making eye space around 'x'.

Moves 'f' and 'g' both have the problem that he gets to the 12th rank, beyond the sector line, and stolls westward to freedom:

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[go]$$Wc Move 'g' fails in the same manner
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . 6 . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . 4 5 X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X # . . . 8 2 3 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 7 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

( Moves 3 and 5 probably would not be played. They are shown here just to demonstrate that black's connection is solid. Regardless, 8 gets out. )


For beginners:
Note that in the seven variations considered above, a major concern was not getting behind in a pushing fight, also known as not 'pushing the cart before the horse". See http://senseis.xmp.net/?PushingTheCartFromBehind for a description of this.

Also, note that a secondary concern has been the possible formation of new eye space. See http://senseis.xmp.net/?PlayAtTheCentreOfThreeStones

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:39 am
by Horibe
Chew Terr wrote:
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[go]$$Bcm80 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O 2 O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . 1 O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . 3 . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

You can reject the trigger if you want, but I figured it's unlikely.


Hard not to point out the irony of this comment. After giving up the two cutting stones below, yet he recognizes that Joaz is "unlikely" to do the same in his trigger.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:42 am
by Kirby
There are probably other options for Chew than Joaz's triggers. For example:
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . B . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


I don't know if it's better, but maybe worth reading, at least.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:22 am
by Chew Terr
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . 4 . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Just have to think light. Playing fast, to keep ahead.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:06 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . . X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . 5 O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Letting him have 85 is out of the question. It is not one of the moves that I expected, for it rushes toward my wall and leaves gaps behind, both of which look good for me.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:55 pm
by Chew Terr
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . 6 X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Bit busy at the moment, comments later. Didn't think about this one too hard, though.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:11 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
MHO provides new possibilities with his latest move. He is playing so fast and loose that it is possible to threaten to split him. Previously, it was a binary situation: either his group would be alive or dead. Now we have the third possibility of me threatening to split his group, and him accepting the offer, allowing me to kill part while the rest runs.

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[go]$$Wc 'A' threatens to work with '1' to split.\n'B' and 'c' are miai, I think.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . 1 . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X a X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . 2 . O O b . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . c . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

I'm tending toward '1' above because letting him have that point with '2 and '4' below looks bad for me.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . 5 . 3 2 X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . 0 . X . 4 . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . 6 X X . X 8 . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . 7 1 O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:02 am
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . 7 . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


As noted previously, if he gets this point, he is very close to two eyes. I'll settle for capturing 2/3 of his group and letting the rest run. I can still chase them.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:19 am
by Chew Terr
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Okay, I feel like I can't save all of that, and the three stones that look easiest to save might not be big enough. Regardless, this is huge for points, and just might be sente. I'm not happy with how I've been playing this game for a while, so I'd like to turn things on its head a bit. If I can, I intend to try to begin an attack on the bottom group. I don't know yet if I'll have to trade something for it, or if I can manage to stabilize the bottom middle stones with other threats. When it comes down to it though, I think I may need these points.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:15 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


If he is going to go territory grabbing, he should have played the dual sente move at G11 first, then grabbed the corner:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . 2 . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


I'm going to take it before he notices that it is sente for him.
Now sente is uncertain. I'm threatening 'a'. He is threatening 'b', but I can live, and if I get too strong around 'c' while defending, he is in trouble in the middle.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . a . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . c . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . c . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . b . O . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


For beginners:
There is a proverb that says 'A play on the border of two territories is worth twice as much.' My move not only encompasses territory for me, but it threatens to invade his. It has value as an offensive move that enlarges my territory, and as a defensive move that reduces his. So it is worth twice as much.
If he had played there himself, he would have gotten the double benefit - in sente.

See http://senseis.xmp.net/?JunctionLine

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:42 am
by Chew Terr
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[go]$$Wcm81 Prisoners captured:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . 0 . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Decided I should start my attack from the outside. This threatens to make a base with my other weak group, as well as threatening to enclose the bottom white group. White will probably start running, most likely with something like K6. If W tries to just live locally, I have nasty moves like H2 and monkey jumps from the left, so it will not necessarily be easy. If white DOES run, I will have to decide whether to enclose, live, or try to separate, based on which running move he chooses.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:16 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


My first inclination was to run out with a move like 1. The problem is that he then replies with 2. Now 'a' and 'b' are starting to look weak:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 1 . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...so I have to reply with 3. He will play 4 without thinking twice. I probably will have to play 5 so that he does not. He will not miss the natural move at 6.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 6 4 2 O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 1 . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

At this point I am in serious trouble on the lower side. I can almost certainly live in gote starting with 'c', but then 'a' is still a boatload of bad aji.

Looking at that and similar positions, I come to the conclusion that my upper side is not absolutely safe, and that I must prevent M8.
So I'm going to come in from the top, securing my northern territory, and sacrifice K3. ( It still has some aji left, especially if the play in the lower right corner results in me getting 'd' or 'e' )

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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . a O O b . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . i . i . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . h h 1 . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . f X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . g . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . d . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . c . . e . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

He has little choice but to push westward with something like 'f' or 'g'. I'll expand westward also from 1, playing something around 'h'. He will swallow K3, and I'll try to connect to E5. If I can, I'll get more in the center than he gets on the lower side. If I can't connect, and get deflected northward as I push westward, I can get a rather deep invasion around 'i', plus a big center.


Triggers:
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 2 X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 2 X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:19 am
by Chew Terr
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . X . O . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . O O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . 1 . X O O X . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 2 X . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 4 . . X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Counting too seriously can wait until after this fight. While I'd love to kill something, I have to be a bit hesitant of giving my opponent much more in the middle.

Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:33 am
by Joaz Banbeck
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
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$$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . X O X . X . |
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$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . |
$$ | . . O O X O . . X X . X . . . O O . . |
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Re: Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:49 am
by Chew Terr
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured:
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[go]$$Wcm91 Prisoners captured: :w2: :b3:
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$$ | . . . . . O . . 6 X . . X X O . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . O . b . O . X . . . . O X . |
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Treating 'a' and something in the vicinity of 'b' as miai. I'll have to read for the specific 'b' move, though.