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Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:39 pm**

The brackets have been updated, sorry (again) for the absence - I had to conquer finals (and the GRE).

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:57 pm**

Kirby and I will play a game at 1.00 pm (GMT) this wednesday. :salute:

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:30 pm**

Araban wrote:The brackets have been updated, sorry (again) for the absence - I had to conquer finals (and the GRE).

The upper bracket is correct. :bow:

The lower one should look like this:

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Phelan \
Chew ---> Chew \
Teracotta -----> Teracotta \
Lorill --------------------> Lorill \
                                     \
Sevis \                               \
Tofu -> Tofu \                         \
Jtscarry -----> Jtscarry \              \
Dusk Eagle --------------> Dusk Eagle ---> ???

Jordus \
Aphelion> Aphelion \
F422... ------------> Aphelion \
Marcus ------------------------->  ???

ChradH \
TicTac -> ChradH \
Pyschee ----------> Psychee \
Kirby ----------------------->  ???

Hushfield \
DanielM ---> Hushfield \
Li Kao -----------------> Li Kao \
Stalkor --------------------------> ???

Shultz \
TimoJ ---> TimoJ \
CSamurai ---------> CSamurai \
Bilapidate -------------------> ???

Sujisan \
Guru ---> Guru \
Oren -----------> Oren \
QuantumF ---------------> QuantumF \
                                    \   
Bye \                                \
Bye -> Bye \                          \
Karaklis ---> Karaklis\                \
Greendemon ------------> Karaklis ------> ???

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:17 pm**

Just noticed that this was never announced: Aphelion and I are playing in approx 45 minutes from now (8PM EST)

Posted: **Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:00 pm**

I won the game between Marcus and I. I was Black.

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:23 am**

i won vs loki after a dangerous moyo invasion. keep on fighting loki:)

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:31 am**

stalkor wrote:i won vs loki after a dangerous moyo invasion. keep on fighting loki:)

Is it only me who sees so many broken shapes in black's play? :-?

Maybe I am too weak to judge... EdLee has pointed out in another thread that not every broken shape is bad, but in this game my gut feeling says that many of these broken shapes are bad.

Posted: **Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:40 pm**

Shaddy - Laman rescheduled at ~~Friday 1200 EST = 1800 Prague~~

EDIT: again rescheduled at Sunday 1000 EST = 1600 Prague

Posted: **Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:51 pm**

I won by resignation against Daniel_the_Smith (lavalamp) in a hard-fought game.

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:32 am**

Shaddy + R.

http://files.gokgs.com/games/2011/12/18 ... -Laman.sgf

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:39 pm**

karaklis wrote:
stalkor wrote:i won vs loki after a dangerous moyo invasion. keep on fighting loki:)

Is it only me who sees so many broken shapes in black's play? Maybe I am too weak to judge... EdLee has pointed out in another thread that not every broken shape is bad, but in this game my gut feeling says that many of these broken shapes are bad.

If you really want to kill, a lot of times you have to make badly broken shape. This is part of why it's hard to kill stones: it takes an extraordinary amount of thickness in order to make the broken shapes strong enough that your opponent can't just rip through them. The broken shapes in Loki's game are pretty weak though, I don't think black is thick enough to prevent white from living easily.

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:14 pm**

Shaddy wrote:Shaddy + R

9: Black appears to be in a very generous yuletime spirit. Pincering seems the proper direction.

78: I can only assume that it is reciprocal generosity that prevents O13. :lol:

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:55 pm**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:
Shaddy wrote:Shaddy + R

9: Black appears to be in a very generous yuletime spirit. Pincering seems the proper direction.

78: I can only assume that it is reciprocal generosity that prevents O13.

9: If he pincers and I jump into the corner, I think B is left without a really good followup. If you block the top, the right stone looks silly; if you block the side, the right stone looks low. I think black's game move is correct.

78: I am perfectly happy if he connects: it's one less stone attacking my two weak groups. I'd rather not be split so easily

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:03 pm**

I won by by 16.5 against karaklis. It was a difficult (but fun) game with many ko fights and large scale trades, in which I think I was rather lucky to come out ahead.

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:48 pm**

CSamurai and I play on Friday at 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST / 19:00? GMT

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