Life In 19x19

So, was kind of expected. And this was the position I was looking at before .
The two stones are not cutting stones -- the group is now alive --
and later there are still moves like (b). (a) is my sente, but I wonder if it can wait.
Also looking at aji in (c) area, as settled that corner.

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[go]$$Wm88
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . c . X . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . b . W X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . W X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 2 # O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . # . . # . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . 1 # . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

B was ahead after .
W's most severe move was probably -- it's kind of a big gamble for both W and B:

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[go]$$W
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 1 . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

may not be sente now. For example -- the center becomes a monster (again):

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

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[go]$$Bcm91 First Impressions.
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X d O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . a O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . W . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . f . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . e . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . c . . . . . . . . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . b . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

I think I mentioned I count myself losing by >10 at the moment. I'm going fishing for what points I can build in the centre. I think Ed probably should play M11 or M12 (to avoid my H12 stone), after which I am beginning to seal off a big centre area. Not 100% on my play lower left yet.

My right side groups are so overconcentrated that they ought to resist Ed's yose on their own).

Will try to make more timely moves in future.

No first feeling, yet.

I have to assume Loons spent the 15 days reading very deeply many variations here ,
including the obvious two hanes (a) and (b). Will take my time here...

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . O . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . a X b . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm91 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . O 2 . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . a c . . . . . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . W . b d . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . B . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Not a sequence of moves, a sequence of thoughts. I ended up at 'd' because 'a' 'b' and 'c' all leave a walk-through-able gap with respect to my marked black stone. My group on the left seems thicker than my group on the bottom, so white leaning on it should be less trouble.
So, moves by Ed I'm anticipating:

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[go]$$Bcm91 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . C . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . O . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . T 1 . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . f . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . d e . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . b c . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

'a' seems sente against the triangled cut; I have the circled peep to use but may need to just block in gote anyway (which will be locally quite nice at least)

'd' and 'e' seem like good choices because they're where I want to play. Against them, I think I just fall back.

'b' and 'c' shoulder hits against my third line two space extension are normal tactics (though I think normally earlier in the game), and perhaps the most likely. I will look at sacrificing F3 if Ed plays this way.

'f' I do not expect (famous last words). While black neglected to net those two stones, running with them is heavy; resulting in a gross loss if it does not 'work' stellarly somehow. It is better to aim at this adji with one of the other moves.

Unfortunately, after a few days of pondering, I still don't know what to do with (= ).
looks a bit odd, to me, and it doesn't seem sente. is not small, but I'm also not sure it's sente, either.
However, if B gets first, even though it ends in gote locally, afterwards (a) atari becomes sente:

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[go]$B
$$-------------------------+
$$ . . . . . 2 1 3 . . . . |
$$ O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . . . O . a O X X X . . |
$$ X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . O . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . B . . . X . . . . |
$$ . . , . . . . . X . X X |[/go]

This is sente against my 10-15 points in the corner. How much bigger than that is any of the moves in the centre? Perhaps Ed is right that the centre is so open he has many options in reducing and I can't take away all of them... But it also seems to be so open there are a lot of points to grab. Ehh, I'm playing the move I wanted before. I feel my move strengthens my weakest stones, as well so I feel it's irresistible.

First feeling is (a) hane.

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[go]$$Wm92
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . O . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . a X . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . 2 . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

was not good shape. Later (many variations here):

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

Replying to was big and B should've done it. Locally, the correct shape is the 1-space jump:

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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . . X X O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Another candidate for was , but I was uncertain of the status of the group:

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . O . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . a X b . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 1 . W X . . . X O O O |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . W X O . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . B B O X X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . B . . B . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O B . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Also, I was not sure whether pulling out with was a good idea, because it may end up as a heavy group.
In post-game review, I'd be curious to know Loons' plan for at (a) and (b).