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Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:00 pm**

Kirby wrote:Because I don't like black's shape when white hane's under. But this is gote, leaves the cut for white to exploit, and further, white doesn't want to necessarily hane, since it hurts his stones:

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[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X X X O O O . . . O O O O 4 . | $$ | . O O O O O O . . , . . X O X X X 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . 3 . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O 5 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

above shape, white will love to hanne if he can get it in sente.
problem of above sequence is that black will not play 5.
for example..
black can simply play as below.
white do not have time to capture :b3:

and lose momentum.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X X X O O O . . . O O O O 4 . | $$ | . O O O O O O . . , . . X O X X X 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . 3 . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:24 am**

Magicwand wrote:above shape, white will love to hanne if he can get it in sente.
problem of above sequence is that black will not play 5.
for example..
black can simply play as below.
white do not have time to capture and lose momentum.
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[go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X X X O O O . . . O O O O 4 . | $$ | . O O O O O O . . , . . X O X X X 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . 3 . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I agree that tenuki might be good idea. I also agree it's big territory when white does hane.

As white, I still don't like hurting marked stone above - it feels inefficient. For example, later in the game, if it was like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X X X O O O . . . O O O O O . | $$ | . O O O O O O . . , . . X O X X X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . W X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . X . W , W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O O O O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . X . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

marked white stones have a harder time.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:01 pm**

I'll be continuing this study journal, and will continue to post games I play, along with my thoughts and review.

Currently, I am KGS 1d. I made it to 2d briefly, but then went down again. In today's game, I played against KGS 4d with 3 stone handicap.

Here is the game, with my review.

Following are some decisions that I think were rather poor on my part.

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 41 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X W W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X W W , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O a X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . b O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game, I played 'a' with the intention to pressure the marked white stones.

I think it would have been simpler to just play 'b'. It gives me more territory, and his influence is not great.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 41 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O 2 X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 1 O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White gets sente, but I think the result is ok.

Position 2

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 53 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X . b . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the game, I played 'a' to put more pressure on the white group. I think playing 'b' is slower, but solid, and can help in future battles.

Playing 'a' is okay, perhaps, but I shortly gave up on giving pressure a couple of moves later:

Position 3

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 56 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think the marked move is big, but it is not consistent with continuing to pressure the white stones. It makes my previous knight's jump a little less meaningful.

Position 4

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 74 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Seems aji keshi.

Position 5

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 102 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X B . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move, above, must be slack. It's black's area, so even if he tries to complicate things, I should at least hane.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 102 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . O B . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I've gotta play this way.

Position 6

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 102 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . B O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Above is wrong, too, I feel. I cannot make many points on the bottom anyway, so it's best to get sente with this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 102 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X O . . , X O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O . X . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . O . . X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O O O X X X O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O X X . X O O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O X X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . O , O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X X X X . . X X . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . B . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 7

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 164 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . | $$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . | $$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . | $$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . | $$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . | $$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . | $$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . W . | $$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X . . | $$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . | $$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . B O X O . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White just played the marked white move, and I tenuki with the marked black move, above. Just answering must be bigger:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 164 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X O O . . . X X O . . X . . . | $$ | X . X X . X O . . , X O . O . X . . . | $$ | X O . X X . O . X . X O . . . X X X . | $$ | O O X X . . . O . . X O . . . O X O . | $$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . . | $$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . | $$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . | $$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X B . | $$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . . . | $$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There are at least 7 big mistakes that I feel here - at least from my post-game perspective. But despite this, I think I still had a good shot at winning the game... Kind of close, but I think black has a bit more.

That is, if I don't tenuki here :-)

Position 8

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 187 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O O X O . X X . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . X X O X O O X O . X X O . . X . . . | $$ | X . X X X X O O O , X O . O . X . . . | $$ | X O . X X X O . X . X O . . X X X X . | $$ | O O X X O X W O O X X O . O . O X O . | $$ | . X . X O O O X X X O . O . . O O . O | $$ | X X X O O X X . X O O . X O . . O . . | $$ | X X O O . O X X X X O . X . . . . O . | $$ | X O O , . O . . O X O . . . . X X X O | $$ | X X O . . X . X O . O . X . . . . O . | $$ | X X O O . . . . O . O . . . . . X . . | $$ | O X X O X X X X O X X X . . . . . . . | $$ | O O O X X O O O O . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . O . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . O O , O X . . X X X X X . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . O O X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . X . . . X O X O . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Some takeaways from this game
* Check status of group before tenuki
* It is difficult to put a lot of pressure on a strong group. It may be better to play solidly in these cases.
* Avoid aji keshi.
* Before discarding a simple/natural variation, ensure that the alternative choice is really better.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:20 pm**

Kirby wrote: ...

Position 3
$$Wc Position at move 56
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$$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 5 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O X 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Wc Position at move 56 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X O O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O 5 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O X 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O , O X . . . , B . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think the marked move is big, but it is not consistent with continuing to pressure the white stones. It makes my previous knight's jump a little less meaningful.

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I think we need more than one plan and the ability to switch when the time is right. There is not so much pressure that Black can put on White. In the game, Black allowed White to cut off the center stones with 57. After that White gained more from pressuring Black than vice versa. Black should just give up the three stones and laugh at White's small-scale mindset!

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:30 pm**

@Position 2: I think it's a good exchange
@Position 3: B doesn't have a continued attack on W, this is a good move.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:16 pm**

ez4u wrote:I think we need more than one plan and the ability to switch when the time is right. There is not so much pressure that Black can put on White. In the game, Black allowed White to cut off the center stones with 57. After that White gained more from pressuring Black than vice versa. Black should just give up the three stones and laugh at White's small-scale mindset!

Your sacrificing idea seems simple, but brilliant. The idea never came to me at all. I have a very hard time sacrificing stones. Perhaps I have a small-scale mindset :-)

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:33 am**

I would have probably just answered at c3 (or tenuki). Clamp and crawling on the 2nd line is not so spectacular. If white ignores then peep rather than clamp is probably the attacking move.

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:07 am**

Uberdude wrote:I would have probably just answered at c3 (or tenuki). Clamp and crawling on the 2nd line is not so spectacular. If white ignores then peep rather than clamp is probably the attacking move.

Something certainly felt wrong about moving on the second line while he was getting a wall. I was afraid of his approach, but maybe crawling made it worse.

Maybe the problem was earlier, even, since he could hane and get some influence in sente from the result of the top left (which I thought was ok for me at the time).

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:37 pm**

I played KGS 2d today. I won, but it was lucky, a bit.

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:51 pm**

Some selected positions, regarding game above...

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 8 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In game, I played 'a', but I should probably play 'b' or 'c' (see variations in SGF).

Position 2

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 18 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . a O b . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played on the outside at 'a', and got this result:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 18 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 1 O 5 . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This hurt the marked stone and gave up too much on the right side.

It would have been better like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 18 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . 2 O 1 . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . 4 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Since I keep corner and can get sente to play top, this is better. I learned this from my friend on KGS.

Position 3

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move is slow. I should be more active with my weak group:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . B , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 4

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 29 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X B . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is probably one of the worst moves in the game.

I should definitely defend the corner. It is huge!

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 29 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . B . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 5

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 35 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . b a . X X X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . B . X O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Okay, actually, maybe this is one of the worst moves in the game. He could have exploited aji around 'a'. Probably just 'b' is better.

Position 6

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 43 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think this move is the wrong idea. I should continue to the center. It's huge!

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 43 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . B X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Position 7

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 57 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I should probably just do 3-3 invasion instead of marked move, because I am lacking in points.

Position 8

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 60 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . X . O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O X . . X X X O . | $$ | . X . O . O . . . , . X . X O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X , X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O B . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The marked move is wrong, as explained in the SGF.

These are the major things I've learned this game:
* Be careful about selecting a move, based on my count of the points. If I am behind, get more points (eg. playing 3-3 in game, instead of on left as in Position 7).

* Don't play slow first-line move when it's important to be playing bigger area.

* Be careful of direction in joseki. Even if one particular line gave me corner territory in top right, it's obviously better to play inside if I want to keep the inside.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:39 pm**

I played a game against KGS 1k today. I think he might be a bit weaker than that, based on the game.

Anyway, here's a short review. I stopped reviewing after I lived in the middle. It seemed like the game was won then. That being said, I could have had a potential crisis, since I played sloppily after gaining a bit of a lead.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:49 pm**

The following positions stuck out as ones where I should have given more thought.

Position 1

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 22 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X W . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X . . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Above, I think the clamp is kind of bogus. I should just cut, and it should be fine:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 22 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X . . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X W . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

As white is strong on the top, and has a presence on the left, I can't imagine black getting a great result (see SGF variation).

White can live in the corner, so it seems an easy fight for white.

Position 2

In the game, black could have made a strong position with this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 40 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O X X X B . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . O O O . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So in retrospect, it's probably simpler to just answer his approach simply, then invade in a standard way for Chinese opening:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 40 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 3 . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's much easier for white than with the black wall.

Position 3

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O W . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

With the marked white move above, I started getting really heavy. I should stop overplaying, and let black get territory on the right side - he has many stones there.

Just jumping lightly should be enough:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:58 am**

Kirby wrote:Just jumping lightly should be enough:
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[go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

IMO above jump is also heavy.
my choice is as below.
when winning..you should not take ANY risk and cover your weakness.
what do you think?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:46 am**

Welcome back, Kirby!

I know I'm a few days late, but I actually have only just started really looking around on the forum again for the first time since July.

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:50 am**

Magicwand wrote:
Kirby wrote:Just jumping lightly should be enough:
$$ Position at move 94
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[go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After getting heavy, it was a bit of a crisis - I had to find a way to live. He played lightly and let me live without problems. The crisis could have been avoided, however, if I simply play lightly. I should have done that.

IMO above jump is also heavy.
my choice is as below.
when winning..you should not take ANY risk and cover your weakness.
what do you think?
$$ Position at move 94
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[go]$$ Position at move 94 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . O O O . | $$ | . . . O O O X O . . . . . O . X O X . | $$ | . . . , X X X X . X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . O X O . O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X O . X X O O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . X O O X X X O . | $$ | . . O O . . X O X X X O . O . , O O . | $$ | . O X O . X . O O O X O O . X X X X . | $$ | . X X X . . . . . . O . . O X . O O X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it's good positional judgement. This way, I feel white is a good 30 points ahead, with no weak groups.

By the way, it's good to hear from you, again!

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Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Re: Kirby's Study Journal