Life In 19x19

I'm going to try this instead. I don't think he can successfully disconnect me, but we'll see.

I did wonder, his previous variation missed out the rather obvious net:

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[go]$$Wcm78 Move 77-82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X 1 . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O B . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O 3 2 . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

My last comment wasn't very specific... but it seems Magicwand is always able to see something I'm missing. Anyway, I'll post what I see later on if Magicwand hasn't made his move yet.

So, while Magicwand is away, I figure I'll recap this ongoing sequence from my perspective.

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

I'm happy with this move - I built up my framework along the bottom, and he got a rather small life in the corner.

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[go]$$c Move 52
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . 1 2 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 3 X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . b O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wished I had seen this opportunity to either capture the cutting stones or the corner. That would have made a big difference. If he played at 'a', then I believe I simply kill the entire corner.

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[go]$$Wc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 4 . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O W W W . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . B B B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This did not go as well as I expected. I'm not sure where the problem here started - was it with the marked exchanges, or with one of the numbered moves? Perhaps I should have played at myself instead of building up my bottom... There also just doesn't seem to be an ideal location to place - so maybe was wrong? was almost certainly wrong, but I couldn't find anywhere else to play.

From that point it's been an unmitigated disaster...

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

Anyway, I'd really appreciate any help on what I could have done better here. If any comments would reveal something to me about this position that I could still use, then hold off on doing so, but it really would benefit me to know what I could have done better.

P.S. It's funny how I've had at least two mood swings from "Yes! This is going great!" to "No! This is a horrible disaster!"

sorry about delay but i was in the field for 3 days...now i am back..
what i played is going to be sente and big because it secure my life in sente.
if i live in sente i am not intrested in cutting his stones.. i think i have enough points to win. i will invade bottom and it will be game over.

I need to avoid the diagram below, where I am cut all over and have huge liberty problems.

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[go]$$c Move 80
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 3 X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X 2 O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X 8 . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O 6 7 . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Now, as long as I stay connected, I should be able to settle somehow.

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[go]$$c Possibilities for living
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a . . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X W . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , W . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O b . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i believe i have played badly on my left. i should have sealed the win but i guess i must have played something wrong.
but luckly i am still ahead.. i will play big counter sente and will attack whole black group later.

I was thinking of playing at 'a' or around 'b', but those two points are basically miai. Instead, I want to be active and break up his center area (preventing him from profiting there). He also has to watch that I don't cut off his five stones in the middle. If I can settle over here in sente, then I can take my large sente point at 'c' and follow up with 'd' as I've mentioned before. Or perhaps I should play 'd' right away... I'll decide for sure when the time approaches (though I'll obviously be thinking about it now).

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[go]$$c Move 81
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . W a X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O b . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . c . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . d . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

this game i am losing my patients. i wanna end this game asap. i will over power him with my strength.
i am pretty sure this kind of move is usually bad...but i dont think he will counter my attack correctly. (secret: i dont even see the counter move of what i played)

I had a plan for when he played his last move, but I missed something.

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

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

But I missed that he would win this semeai if he doesn't resist my net and just plays . That sucks . So, I'm playing this move, which is sente in the semeai, and then I plan on activating the cut and seeing what I can do with it.

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[go]$$Wc White 1 is just an example.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . . X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . 2 X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . X . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 1 O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Sigh...

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[go]$$c my group has 100% life
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . b X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . 2 . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . 1 X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . X . a . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , W O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The game is very close by my count after his large capture, so I need to respond with a big move of my own. I decided not to follow either of the diagrams below, as they did not seem beneficial to me.

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

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

Anyway, now his bottom right corner and my top right corner should be miai. My upper group is a bit weak, but if I take the time to make it any stronger he may pull ahead, and I have very slim odds in an unfavorable yose against a 3d. I can still activate one of the marked stones below to help me live, forcing him to capture the other.

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[go]$$c
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . . B O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . . . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . . B O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . X . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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i think the game is over he is toomuch behind
i really didnt count exactly but i dont think i need to count.
i will count later when i have enough time.

As per plan. W1 below now seems big for him, but I'll activate the cut and remove his center from him. It'll still be worth plenty of points, but not as many as it may first seem to be.

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$$ | . . O . X X . . . O X X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O . . 3 X O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . O , O X X X . X . . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . O O X . O X . X . |
$$ | . O O O X . . . . . . O X . X O O . . |
$$ | . O X X X . . . . . 2 X O X X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . X . . . . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . X . O X . . . . . 4 . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X X X . . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . W . . . |
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