How is your positional judgement?

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:46 am

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Post by **Joaz Banbeck** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 3:13 pm

Bump.

Bill, are we going to get an 'official' answer to #4?

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:09 pm

Game 4.

Oteai game between Fujisawa Kuranosuke, 9 dan, and Takagawa Kaku, 7 dan, 1950-04-12a. Fujisawa was the first non-Meijin 9 dan; later he changed his name to Hosai. Fujisawa played White, with no komi.

After

Elf gives White an estimated winrate of 88% (144.2k playouts), assuming, as always, 7.5 komi and area scoring. With no komi, Black, Takagawa, won by 2 pts.

Takagawa was only 2 years from his winning streak of 8 Honinbo titles, and was known for his skill at the opening, so I expected that he would be ahead, even with no komi, but Fujisawa cleaned Takagawa's clock. He was a 9 dan, after all.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Fujisawa Kuranosuke (W) - Takagawa, Elf's mainline $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X b c . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . X X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . 7 . X O O . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O 9 5 6 . O X X O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . a 8 . O 1 3 X X 0 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Fujisawa played

at 40. Through

Elf played as Dieter did. If

is at 36,

is at 38. Then

at a,

at 35. In the main variation from there the result is a ko that White takes first. White ignores Black's threat at b, allowing Black to descend to c. Elf rates

at 36 as 89% for White (29.6k playouts). The 1% difference is within Elf's margin of error, I believe.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Elf's mainline, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O 5 . . . X X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . X O O . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O . O X X O O 2 . X . . . | $$ | . . . 4 . 6 O . O X X X X O 1 . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 3 . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm47 Elf's mainline, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 4 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . O . . 3 . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 O X . . . X X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . X . X O O . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O X X O . O X X O O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . O X X X X O X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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OC, since this is a no komi game, we cannot assume that Takagawa played badly.

And even by Elf's reckoning he made only two sizable errors up to

.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm17 Play joseki, lose 13% $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . B . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . B . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

was joseki, but Elf does not like it. Elf also considers the

extensions to be minor mistakes.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm17 Bot joseki $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

was also a joseki play at the time, but I believe that

-

are new to the bot era.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm25 Make thickness, lose 14% $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 1 X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . X O O . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O X X 2 4 . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 6 7 . 3 5 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

is a thick play. The result is the sequence up to

. Elf considers

to lose 14%. Whether that is so with no komi is another question.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm25 Elf's recommended variation (115.2k playouts) $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 4 X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . 5 X O O . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 1 O X X 6 . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 3 2 7 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This way Black gets territory and White gets thickness. Surely playable by Black with no komi.

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:34 pm

Game 5.

After

Elf estimates a winrate of 90% (26.8k playouts, area scoring, 7.5 komi) for one player. Which player is it?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc Black to play. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . O . O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Enjoy!

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:19 am

Game 5. Discussion hidden out of courtesy.

Miyashita Shuyo, 7 dan played White agains Takagawa Kaku, 7 dan, in a preliminary round of the Honinbo tournament on August 23, 1950 (GoGoD 1950-08-23a). Komi was 4½ pts. After

Elf, assuming area scoring and 7½ pt. komi, estimates Black's winrate at 90% (28.4k playouts). Takagawa won by resignation after Black 275.

Takagawa won the Honinbo title in 1952 and held it for nine straight years. He was known for his mastery of the opening and for his positional judgement.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm34 Miyashita Shuyo, 7 dan (W) - Takagawa Kaku, 7 dan August, 1950 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . 2 O . O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Like Dieter and Leela Zero, Elf likes the crosscut here. But Elf's path immediately diverges.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm35 Dieter's variation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 7 5 . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . 1 O 6 O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X 2 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf shows this variation with 1% worse winrate estimate than its play, and with fewer playouts (3.1k vs. 14.3k). Elf ends this variation here. OC, the difference could be noise.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm35 Elf's variation, Sacrifice $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 3 . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . 2 1 W . W W X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X 5 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 6 . 4 7 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After the crosscut, White plays to sacrifice the

stones.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm42 Elf's variation, continued, Furikawari $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 1 X . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , B B . O X W . W W X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O B . . O X X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . O X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White pushes into the center, enclosing the

stones for a furikawari. After

Black's lead looks apparent.

The actual game continuation is of some interest, I believe.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm35 Game continuation. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . 3 O 2 O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X 1 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Takagawa did not fancy the sacrifice and played

. Elf regards this as losing 2%. Then he cut at 37. Elf regards this as losing 3%. Both plays are within Elf's margin of error, but they do add up. But then Miyashita returns the favor with

, losing 5½%.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm38 Elf variation for White 38, Furikawari $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 5 2 . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . 1 X O O O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . O X X . 4 X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf recommends the atari at

, followed by the hanging connection. The result is a furikawari similar to Elf's mainline, but with White 5% better off.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm39 Elf variation for Black 39, Sente Sacrifice $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . 5 . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , a . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 3 . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . X O O O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . 1 O B B . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 2 4 . W . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This variation emphasises the flexibility of today's top bots. After

, marked, Elf switches gears and, instead of saving the

stones, sacrifices them with sente. Then Black invades the top side. (In other variations Elf plays at a.)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm39 Takagawa's blunder $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . a . 0 9 . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 8 7 . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O 1 X X . 6 X O O O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . 2 O O X . 4 O B B . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 5 3 . . O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

is a probe.

is the blunder. Black tries to save everything in a complicated fight in which he is outnumbered and has too many weaknesses. Elf says that

loses 25%.

Then

loses 10% more. Elf thinks it should be at 48, taking away a White dame. A few moves after this diagram Black jumps out at a and then White gets to play the hane at b. Things went from bad to worse for Takagawa, and by

it is White who has a winrate estimate of 90%.

Backing up, Takagawa could have avoided the complications.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm35 Elf's variation for Black 37. Keep It Simple, Sister $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 7 . . . . X . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . O 2 O O X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . 4 O X 1 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 5 3 . . 6 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf recommends the underneath hane for

instead of the cut. Then Black does not have a second weak group to worry about. In fact,

can attack White's weakness.

Now a look at the earlier play.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 Splitting play loses 14½% $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The splitting play on the side is one of the hoariest stratagems in go, going back to the earliest extant game records. In this case Miyashita probably played it to avoid sanrensei by Black. Before the AI revolution both the sanrensei and the splittinng play had begun to be questioned. In his 21st century go writings, Go Seigen downplayed the splitting play, but was plainly ambivalent. There is even one position on which he took opposite opinions on it on two different occasions. Nowadays, the bots generally disapprove of the splitting play.

BTW,

is on R-09 instead of R-10 to give less space for Black to approach while extending his bottom side moyo,

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 Elf's main line for White 12 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . . . X 3 . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . 2 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

=

OC, at the time this 3-3 invasion was almost anathema. The hane-and-connect on the second line was considered joseki until the AI era. But even now it is hard for me to shake the feeling that Black does not gain by this sequence (taking into account White's extra play, OC). Surely, it seems, Black's fourth line stones in the wall are worth more than 2 pts. of territory each, especially with the Black position on the bottom side.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 Elf's second variation for White 12 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X 5 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf's second choice is the top left enclosure. Note that Black does not play sanrensei, but makes the "enclosure" of the bottom right corner, extending the Black moyo only a little.

Then White invades the top right corner. Note that Black blocks on the top side. the opposite of what we might expect from human ideas about the direction of play. {shrug}

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm13 Elf's reply to White 12 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . | $$ | . . 2 , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

ELf regards Takagawa's

(next diagram) as losing 9%. Instead Black approaches the top left corner. The kick joseki there is a favorite of Elf's. Note that Black approaches

from the bottom, anyway. As for

it has only 1.5k playouts, but I suspect that it would be Elf's choice in that corner, anyway, because it prevents Black from playing the block there in response to the 3-3 invasion.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm13 Actual game continuation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . 5 . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

You can see how

would have been considered ideal at the time. It was a long extension from the top right 4-4 stone and it invited

, which Black kicked with

, resulting in a position for White was and still is, considered a bit overcentrated. Then

is an ideal development of the Black bottom side. Nonetheless, Elf prefers the previous diagram for Black by 10%.

When I was learning go the textbooks decried

without an enclosure of the top left corner. Elf does, too. regarding it as losing 11½%. However, it and other such extensiions without an enclosure have a long history in top level play. Perhaps Miyashita wanted to prevent a kind of double wing formation by Black from the top right 4-4 stone if he enclosed the top left.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Elf's main line for White 18 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , 3 . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf, of course, would enclose the top left corner. Then Black would not extend far on the top side, but simply enclose the top right corner. Then White would play the shoulder blow to reduce the Black moyo on the bottom side.

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Below in progress.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm24 Loss of 18½% $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf thinks that

loses 18½%. So what is the point of

? Elf offers the following variation.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm26 Elf variation for White 26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 5 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O , X X . . . , . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White builds a wall and then invades the right side.

What does Elf recommend for

instead?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm24 Elf's choice for White 24, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . | $$ | . O X O 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . 5 4 3 9 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O X X X . . . , . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . X X O O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Black takes kikashi against White on the left side and secures his group in the top left with sente. White ignores

and invades the right side.

In the actual game, up to

White made three sizable errors: the splitting play on the right side, the extension on the top side, and the wrong plan on the left side.

bernds · Post by **bernds** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:24 am

Bill Spight wrote:Is this one too complicated?

Well, none of these are actually easy - even 90% from ELF is probably just a few points difference. But I'll go ahead and say Black is better - not sure what White has achieved on the left side, and I have a feeling the AI wouldn't like L17. With Black to move it seems like B should be able to achieve a good result at the bottom.

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:54 am

In keeping with doing two per week, here is the next game.

I think it may be better suited to human evaluation than some of the others, as there is no obvious complex fight going on.

Game 6.

As always, assume area scoring and 7½ pt. komi. After

Elf estimates the winrate of one player as 87½% (36.6k playouts). Which player is it?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc White to play. Who is better? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Enjoy!

Knotwilg · Post by **Knotwilg** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:50 am

Game 5 no LZ

Game 6 no LZ

edit - with LZ

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:15 am

Game 6. Discussion hidden out of courtesy.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Maeda Nobuaki, 7 dan (W) - Kitani Minoru, 8 dan, Feb. 1, 1951 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

GoGoD 1951-02-01a, 4½ pt. komi

Assuming area scoring and 7½ pt. komi, after

Elf reckons White to be ahead (87½% winrate, 36.6k playouts). However, Black, Kitani, won by resignation.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm38 Elf's recommended continuation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X , O . 9 4 . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O 1 . . a 3 X 8 . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . 2 . . . . . 7 5 6 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In the actual game Maeda played

at a. Elf prefers the 3d line side attachment by 1% (attachment for sabaki, 66.9k playouts). Black plays the hane,

, and White :42: replies with the 2d line counter-hane.

plays the two step hane and

connects.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm48 Elf's continuation, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X 7 a . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , 0 . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . 6 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . 4 X 1 . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X , O 5 O X 2 , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

is a kind of driving tesuji.

switches to the top right corner, preventing Black from playing the jump attachment at a.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm57 Elf's continuation, continued. Black sabaki $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 2 O . . . X O 6 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . 4 1 3 . . . 5 O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . X X O . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . X , O O O X X , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . O X X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black makes sabaki in the top right, starting with the top attachment,

.

Black's early errors

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 Crosscut loses 18½% $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

68 years ago, Kitani played

, the "AI attachment".

But then, after the hane,

, he played the crosscut, losing 18½% by comparison with the counter-hane at a.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm13 Counter-hane variation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O 3 9 . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 6 X O 4 B | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 5 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

=

After

White plays

and sacrifices two stones.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm14 Actual game continuation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O X 2 . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O 3 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

loses 11½%.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm19 Elf's variation for Black 19 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . 9 0 . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 8 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

stands. Then Black makes four stones and sacrifices them. Then

starts to make sabaki for Black in the top right corner.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm29 Variation for Black 19, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 O 4 . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . | $$ | . . 6 5 9 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

switches to the 4th line side attachment against the top left enclosure.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm39 Variation for Black 19, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . 2 O . . . . . . . 9 . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O X X 8 . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . 1 X O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After the exchange in the top left,

runs out.

Knotwilg · Post by **Knotwilg** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:04 pm

Bill, it's been a long time since I enjoyed Go so much. Making my own positional judgment, then check with Lizzie and then see what Elf does ... the times we live in!

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:14 pm

Knotwilg wrote:Bill, it's been a long time since I enjoyed Go so much.

Glad to hear it.

Making my own positional judgment, then check with Lizzie and then see what Elf does ... the times we live in!

I have been impressed by your insights.

In Game 5 I would not have made the crosscut, precisely because I did not like your variation.

You know, I went to school on Takagawa. It has been enlightening to see so much of what I thought was true overthrown.

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:26 am

Game 7.

As always, assume area scoring with 7½ pt. komi. After

Elf gives one player a winrate estimate of 89½% (46.6k playouts). Which player is it?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc White to play. Who has the better position? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . X O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . X , X O . X . O X X . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . O . O O X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Enjoy!

Knotwilg · Post by **Knotwilg** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:43 am

This time LZ did not confirm my judgment

It's a tough one!

Edit: a "no LZ" analysis with LZ mixed in

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:51 am

Bki · Post by **Bki** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:02 am

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