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Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:56 pm
by xDragon
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[go]$$cmove 62 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . B X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


might push a time or two, then perhaps settle the corner, then see if i can deal with that pesky stone in the middle..perhaps this

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[go]$$cmove 62 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O 5 . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . 4 2 O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . 3 1 X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:09 pm
by Perception
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[go]$$cmove 62 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . W O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think he's trying to build up so he can attack my capping stone. I don't think I can give up these three stones and I think there's room for me to run/make a living group in the middle so I'm extending.

If his corner group gets sealed in it's not guaranteed to live so he needs to be careful about that. I need to watch out for my capping stone, it's starting to look lonely.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:11 pm
by xDragon
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[go]$$cmove 62 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


yea this went against my last diagram but i think this is better. kinda expecting him to go after my top group now though. i should be fine hopefully

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:24 pm
by Dusk Eagle
fwiffo wrote:Image

QFT.

This unfortunately has been an error-fraught sequence.

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[go]$$cmove 56-58 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . W . O a . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This move is no good because it neglects the 3-3 point, which is the vital point for taking away black's stability. It also does nothing to prevent the connection underneath at 'a'.

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[go]$$cmove 56-58 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . B X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This move seems ok. White could not have connected anyway however (black could and would have cut), so I might have taken the 3-3 point here.

Edit:Actually, I would play this move, not the 3-3. The 3-3 would still be there afterward.

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[go]$$cmove 56-58 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . W O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Good.

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[go]$$cmove 56-58 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . O a O b . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . B . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is the oh-my-goodness-so-bad-why-why-why move. It's begging white to fix his weakness, both in the wedge at 'a' and the watari (connection) at 'b'.

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


This is "Squeezing out the toothpaste" - bad for black. http://senseis.xmp.net/?SqueezingOutTheToothpaste

This is a hard position, so hopefully the players can learn from this later on.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:40 pm
by fwiffo
What's remarkable is that both players are squeezing toothpaste in parallel. Usually one player squeezes the other into what would have been their territory. I didn't expect black to follow whites fluoridated mess with one of his own.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:09 am
by unkx80
So much ugly toothpaste. I don't know what to say.

(Fwiffo and others got there first. I am late in following this game.)

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:11 pm
by Aphelion
Sorry XDragon, unless I unhide them, you probably shouldn't read my comments yet

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:16 pm
by Dusk Eagle
fwiffo wrote:...fluoridated mess...
lol!

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:56 pm
by Mosdefgo
fwiffo wrote:
Image


I knew someone would post something like this. :lol:


Not for players until end of game:
I think that with a little more preperation, this could have been a very decent move. "Thats a huge moyo hes buildin thar". Although... it does have a lot of space to live in.
If he thinks the upper group is going to be attacked then it most likely will, but whose to say the unexpected wont happen. It certainly has for me. :roll:


Dusk Eagle:
Im glad that I agreed with you on the move at P13. It shows that even I can think like a 1k at times. ;-)

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:36 pm
by Perception
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$cmove 64 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . W O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I've invested already two moves to keep those stones from being captured, if I abandon them now those moves would have made him stronger for nothing. Extending again keeps those stones from being captured and seals his group in.

If he ignores it to take sente I can play 'a' which I think kills his corner group. As the game currently stands I also can still play one of 'b' through 'e' to reduce his moyo. I'm not sure all of those actually work, they're just possibilities I may consider.
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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . W O O O O a . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . e d . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X c . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . b . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have a good amount of solid territory right now, around 50 - 60 points by my count. His moyo is very large but he has no actual territory yet so I have to make sure to reduce his moyo or I'll probably lose.

My internet was down over the weekend that's why I didn't post this sooner. Sorry for the delay.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:51 pm
by xDragon
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$cmove 65 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O B . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


group getting weak, protecting it.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:29 pm
by Perception
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$cmove 66 b:1 w:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . O O O O O W . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is sente. If he doesn't respond his group can still die so there would have been no point in playing move 65.
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[go]$$cIf he does respond 2 here could be good I'll take a look at some continuations later
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . O . O O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . . . . X X . X 1 . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . O O O O O W . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X X X X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O X O O X X . . . . . . |
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Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:34 pm
by xDragon
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still going... my plan is after im safe is to find a use for the wall below it, even though w likely to get in a bit on the right. not concerned about it.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:52 pm
by Perception
I think I have a lot of options here and I don't have time right now to think about all of them so I'm going to take a day or two to think about my next move.

Re: Malkovich #20 - Perception vs xDragon

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 7:26 am
by daniel_the_smith
I count 45-50 for white if I'm *generous*; I'm not the best at counting but 60 seems way high...