Re: Life in 19x19 Title Tournament, Round 1 and 2 draws
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:59 pm
Fun game, thanks for playing 
Life in 19x19. Go, Weiqi, Baduk... Thats the life.
https://lifein19x19.com/
dfan wrote:I offered to run the tournament while topazg is busy with real-life stuff, and he accepted. So please send me any mail that you would normally send him (e.g., Cc:ing the administrator when trying to set up a game with someone who has disappeared).
The only games still late are Jonas-hoohoo and Actorios-Loons, and I've sent mail about both of them.
dfan wrote:Araban beat me, W+26.5. His review is included.
(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2]
RU[AGA]SZ[19]KM[7.50]TM[2400]OT[5x40 byo-yomi]
PW[FairyTale]PB[dfan]WR[5d]BR[3k]DT[2010-08-29]PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/]C[dfan [3k]: Have a good game!
]RE[W+26.50]
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]
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]
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;W[de]WL[2370.295]
;B[cj]BL[2298.672]C[FairyTale [5d]: havent seen c10
dfan [3k]: I knew this was probably bad, and you showed why
FairyTale [5d]: seems too loose
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
]
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;W[ef]WL[2092.828]C[dfan [3k]: Yeah, I thought breaking out of being sealed in would be worthwhile
dfan [3k]: but maybe not worthwhile enough
]
(;B[hd]BL[2054.326]C[dfan [3k]: I thought this would break through
FairyTale [5d]: im not so sure about this cut
FairyTale [5d]: i mean, i do have 2 weaknesses
FairyTale [5d]: at d14 and f14
FairyTale [5d]: but...losing e14 wouldnt be big deal
FairyTale [5d]: since your top group is already fine
FairyTale [5d]: so i didnt think it was very severe
]
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;W[dg]WL[2026.31]C[dfan [3k]: It seems like you just play E12 and you have sealed me in again
dfan [3k]: after I connect
FairyTale [5d]:
FairyTale [5d]: but you know, even if you didnt want to play e14
dfan [3k]: like I was in atari or something
FairyTale [5d]: thenplaying elsewhere is probably second best
FairyTale [5d]: then playing*
]
(;B[eh]BL[1898.92]
;W[ef]WL[2006.38]C[FairyTale [5d]: this just makes the ko burden
dfan [3k]: Oh, good point
FairyTale [5d]: more of a burden
dfan [3k]: Yes
]
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(;W[pn]WL[1929.76]C[FairyTale [5d]: not sure about this move i made
Shadonra [2d]: q7 perhaps
dfan [3k]: Now I made two huge mistakes with the ladder in a row
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
]
(;B[ql]BL[1778.131]
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;B[ol]BL[1746.468]
;W[rh]WL[1823.416]C[FairyTale [5d]: just feels a bit awkward
]
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;W[ri]WL[1820.764]
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;W[eo]WL[1716.642]C[dfan [3k]: So first I was like "Hey the ladder doesn't work anymore, I can escape"
FairyTale [5d]: i think if i felt ahead and comfortable
dfan [3k]: and then once you netted me, I thought I was caught when I actually had an atari
FairyTale [5d]: taking care of that ladder would be best
FairyTale [5d]: well the thing is
FairyTale [5d]: maybe just leave it alone then?
FairyTale [5d]: it also feels slow on my end
FairyTale [5d]: to take care of it
FairyTale [5d]: it will just be a thorn on my side
FairyTale [5d]: the longer i leave it alone
dfan [3k]: I guess it depends just how weak your top stones are if I separate them
FairyTale [5d]: no need to exploit something that's exploitable immediately imo
FairyTale [5d]: right
]
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;W[jg]WL[1698.501]C[FairyTale [5d]: this net...did it work?
]
(;B[rl]BL[1297.164]
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]
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(;B[hq]BL[1146.552]
(;W[rn]WL[1599.807]TR[bq]C[FairyTale [5d]: heh
FairyTale [5d]: i think the best shot
FairyTale [5d]: is to pressure bottom left
FairyTale [5d]: hard to see how though
dfan [3k]: I guess I can take away your corner, yeah
FairyTale [5d]: but i didnt like leaving b3
dfan [3k]: since you didn't respond to B5
FairyTale [5d]: well
FairyTale [5d]: i thought at this time
FairyTale [5d]: s6 was bigger
]
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]
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;B[gl]BL[958.611]C[FairyTale [5d]: at first
FairyTale [5d]: i thought this was really good for me
FairyTale [5d]: but i dont think thats the case
FairyTale [5d]: i gave up a lot
]
;W[ep]WL[1502.363]C[dfan [3k]: I thought that maybe you were trying to kill my left
dfan [3k]: but then I didn't think you could
FairyTale [5d]: nah
dfan [3k]: so I went ahead with it
FairyTale [5d]: this was just...bad for me
FairyTale [5d]: i dont know why i thought it was good
dfan [3k]: Mmm
]
(;B[hn]BL[939.569]C[FairyTale [5d]: this was too slow though
]
;W[dj]WL[1447.443]
(;B[bi]BL[810.19]C[dfan [3k]: Should I have played J10 or something?
]
(;W[il]WL[1419.948]C[FairyTale [5d]: this was so overplay
FairyTale [5d]: i cringed when i play
dfan [3k]: I let you get out really easily
FairyTale [5d]: i thought the way you played was alright
FairyTale [5d]: it was kind of mutual damage
]
(;B[gk]BL[790.172]
;W[ij]WL[1406.215]
;B[hj]BL[748.015]C[dfan [3k]: I never took the chance to threaten to rescue E12 and J13
dfan [3k]: That was a missed opportunity
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
]
;W[ii]WL[1375.122]
(;B[er]BL[677.819]C[FairyTale [5d]: this felt a bit slow
]
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;W[nr]WL[1263.303]C[FairyTale [5d]: ah
dfan [3k]: I thought you could split me again
dfan [3k]: and kill F6 group
dfan [3k]: but I'm sure it was just paranoia
FairyTale [5d]: i think that's a bit too much for me to try
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
FairyTale [5d]: but...overall
FairyTale [5d]: i think too many slow moves was the problem
FairyTale [5d]: though
FairyTale [5d]: then again, that's a problem that everyone has
dfan [3k]: I used to play too fast, now I think I'm overcompensating
FairyTale [5d]: to a certain degree
FairyTale [5d]: hehe
dfan [3k]: I would spread way out then get cleaned up in the second half of the game
FairyTale [5d]: i have a big problem in balancing between my intuition
FairyTale [5d]: and my reading
FairyTale [5d]: ah
FairyTale [5d]: okay...im gonna go play some sc2
FairyTale [5d]: it was fun
dfan [3k]: Also playing against someone 7 ranks higher, I am really paranoid about playing complicated
dfan [3k]: Thanks for the game!
FairyTale [5d]: haha; more confidence!
FairyTale [5d]: yep, thank you.
FairyTale [5d]: bye
dfan [3k]: and thanks very much for the review
dfan [3k]: Bye
FairyTale [5d]: np
]
;B[im]BL[480.318]C[FairyTale [5d]: this move especially slow
dfan [3k]: I think I was afraid of some tactical sequence
]
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;B[]BL[40]OB[3]TW[ic][hd][ce][he][ie][je][df][ff][kf][eg][gg][hg][ig][kg][lg][rg][sg][dh][eh][fh][gh][hh][ih][jh][kh][sh][di][ei][fi][gi][ji][ki][si][ej][fj][jj][qn][do][po][qo][ro][so][dp][qp][rp][sp][bq][cq][nq][pq][qq][rq][sq][ar][cr][mr][or][pr][qr][rr][sr][as][bs][cs][ms][ns][os][ps][qs][rs][ss]TB[aa][da][oa][pa][qa][ra][sa][db][ob][pb][qb][rb][sb][fc][qc][rc][sc][ph][oi][aj][pj][ak][ok][al][bl][am][fm][gm][hm][jm][km][lm][bn][gn][in][jn][ln][ho][io][jo][ko][lo][ip][jp][kp][lp][ir][jr][is]C[FairyTale [5d]: thanks
dfan [3k]: Thanks, good game
FairyTale [5d]: yeh; want to go over?
dfan [3k]: Hope you didn't mind too much that I played it out
dfan [3k]: Yes please!
FairyTale [5d]: kk
])
(;B[nr])
(;B[lc]C[FairyTale [5d]: these two moves felt bigger
dfan [3k]: Mmm
]))
(;B[ij]))
(;W[ik]C[FairyTale [5d]: i should have played here imo
]))
(;B[ck]C[FairyTale [5d]: i think connecting here was better too
dfan [3k]: I thought about this
FairyTale [5d]: the cut at d9 is pretty severe
FairyTale [5d]: due to d5 weakness
dfan [3k]: I wasn't sure how severe that cut was
]
;W[dk]))
(;B[gk]C[FairyTale [5d]: it's also sente for d9
dfan [3k]: I was too scared of being split
FairyTale [5d]: hehe
dfan [3k]: Ah, yeah
]
;W[]
;B[kk]C[FairyTale [5d]: enclosing something like this
FairyTale [5d]: is huge
dfan [3k]: Yeah
]))
(;W[bp]C[dfan [3k]: rather than R5
]
;B[qo]C[FairyTale [5d]: didnt like this peep
dfan [3k]: Ah
dfan [3k]: I was looking at S5 and didn't like it
]))
(;B[gq]C[dfan [3k]: This is standard?
FairyTale [5d]: up to here i felt pretty comfortable...losing those 4 stones was pivotal
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
FairyTale [5d]: cause with your move
dfan [3k]: I didn't like letting you poke in with H3
FairyTale [5d]: g2 has some aji
dfan [3k]: As you showed later
]))
(;B[if]C[dfan [3k]: That's what I saw after I gave up on it :/
]
(;W[ih]
;B[hg]
;W[hh]
;B[gg]C[dfan [3k]: Exactly
]
;W[ff]
;B[fh])
(;W[kd]C[FairyTale [5d]: mmm
FairyTale [5d]: i did play k13 too quickly though
FairyTale [5d]: i assumed it worked; then when it was your move
dfan [3k]: But even so I'm not sure I really should have given myself this big burden
FairyTale [5d]: i realized it didnt
FairyTale [5d]: mmh
])))
(;B[pl]C[FairyTale [5d]: i think if you wanted to pincer
FairyTale [5d]: then this pincer seems better in relationship with r12 and p12
dfan [3k]: I couldn't decide between Q8 and R8
]))
(;W[qd]C[FairyTale [5d]: was also debating this
dfan [3k]: I thought you were going to go for the corner
FairyTale [5d]: yeah
FairyTale [5d]: i dont know, im not sure which is right
]))
(;B[ef]C[FairyTale [5d]: i think connecting is better
dfan [3k]: Huh
FairyTale [5d]: since my left group is not 100% safe
dfan [3k]: I felt like connecting didn't do anything
dfan [3k]: Maybe I was too pessimistic
dfan [3k]: You know, I think I only looked at black F13
]
;W[eh]
;B[fh]C[dfan [3k]: Duh
FairyTale [5d]: i dont think i can seal
])
(;B[qh]))
(;B[eg]C[FairyTale [5d]: thought about this move?
dfan [3k]: Interesting, I always miss clamps
dfan [3k]: I didn't think about it, no
FairyTale [5d]: you can probe and see how i'd respond
FairyTale [5d]: in a sense
FairyTale [5d]: it forces me to protect something i dont need to protect (e14)
dfan [3k]: Ah
]))
Kirby wrote:Ah, I wish you had specified the AM/PM schedule for your game. I had assumed it would be 8PM PDT for some reason.
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