Kirby's Study Journal

[Bill Spight]

Based on this logic, perhaps playing around 'a' as black in the diagram below would also be inefficient.

$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Of course it would be inefficient.

$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

is more like it, eh?

[Uberdude]

One reason Kirby's extension at d10 is liable to overconcentration (which Charles briefly touched on but I though would be good to show diagrams) is both players might like to later push at this shared power point, and in both sequences black's d10 ends up inefficient:

$$ Black pushes
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X 1 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Black pushes
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X 1 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$W White pushes
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 8 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W White pushes
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . O . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . 8 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

[Kirby]

I think that you are trying to get me to put more weight on the idea of necessity than I do.

At this point in the discussion, I'm not really trying to get you to put weight into anything, as much as I'm trying to distinguish the two cases we've been talking about: the position in the game, and leaning after low 3-4 approach. I know that the latter is good in some cases, and the former clearly seems bad, given ez4u's example.

What I didn't understand was what was different between the two cases.

I think that your explanation here:

$$Bc Leaning first
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . d . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 1 3 . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O 2 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$Bc Leaning first
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . d . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , 1 3 . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O 2 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

illustrates exactly what I didn't understand. Thinking of a close extension like this, 'a' still seems reasonable locally, and it seems more reasonable than playing such a close move in the top left in the game we are discussing. Extending this idea to extensions that are further away leads me to understand that there is more efficiency in extending from the 3-4 leaning example, than in the game position.

Thanks for that illustration.

[Kirby]

This discussion seems to be getting out of hand. Quick, play another game!

Yes, I kind of agree. I always know I've gone too far when I'm afraid to check the forum for new replies.

I actually did play another game today for the AYD. I lost. I'll be getting a review from In-seong, though, so I probably won't post a self- review here. Maybe on Friday - or sooner, if I can get another non-AYD game in before then.

[mitsun]

You could post the game here anyway, then compare our comments to the professional review, and see how far off we were

[daal]

This is an excellent study journal. It succeeds because Kirby puts enough energy into both a) examining his own games and b) presenting his thoughts. This encourages stronger players to comment, and this whole combination turns it into a great learning resource for others. Kudos!

[Kirby]

Thanks for the kind words, daal. As ez4u once said, flattery will get you everywhere!

I decided to play a game today, despite my schedule.

Here's my review.

(;CA[utf-8]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[15/300 Canadian]GM[1]C[I played as black this game.]
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PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[fujichan]WR[2d]KM[0.5]TM[1800]RE[B+Resign]MULTIGOGM[1]
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;W[dc]WL[1749.31];B[fq]BL[1776.85];W[hq]WL[1716.31];B[nq]BL[1762.68];W[fp]WL[1691.76]
;B[pj]BL[1741.49];W[nc]WL[1676.95];B[qf]BL[1725.8];W[kd]WL[1649.11];B[de]BL[1701.4]
C[Since he played far at L16, I thought D15 would be OK.

]
(;W[ee]WL[1643];B[ef]BL[1680.74]C[I don't know much about joseki related to this, but given our recent discussion, I went for ez4u's variation.]
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;B[fe]BL[1600.73]C[My idea here was that if he plays G17, I can get an eye whenever I want, so the group isn't that weak.]
;W[gc]WL[1550.86]C[Brian [1d\]\: ah well
]
(;B[ep]BL[1537.66]
(;W[eq]WL[1469.87];B[eo]BL[1529.55];W[fo]WL[1463.4]C[Inseong actually discussed this before in a lecture. After this, it's difficult for black to get the corner.

Therefore, the idea was to hane F6, and extend. However, C9 is blocking me, so either way, I think I get a bad result.]
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;W[ql]WL[1363.24];B[qj]BL[699.454];W[qo]WL[1359.6]C[I am behind because of my two sorry groups on the left, but maybe he is giving me a bit of a chance.]
;B[pp]BL[691.746];W[rp]WL[1356.49];B[rq]BL[689.505];W[ro]WL[1353.06];B[pm]BL[613.345]
;W[po]WL[1273.55];B[qm]BL[599.71];W[rm]WL[1258.96];B[pl]BL[590.902];W[rk]WL[1255.85]
;B[qk]BL[587.124];W[rl]WL[1254.31];B[qn]BL[540.474];W[rn]WL[1215.63];B[rj]BL[499.907]
;W[no]WL[1213.43];B[np]BL[421.802];W[mn]WL[1114.15];B[pb]BL[408.078]C[I think I caught up a little bit, but my two groups on the left are still quite sad.]
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;B[dd]BL[393.773];W[ec]WL[1085.69];B[cc]BL[390.378];W[bc]WL[1076.53]C[I realized I misread. \:(]
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;W[dl]WL[989.177];B[if]BL[30.472];W[id]WL[956.826];B[jh]BL[19.006];W[gj]WL[951.885]
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;W[ii]WL[894.791];OB[12]B[fi]BL[272.305];W[ji]WL[876.585];OB[11]B[gi]BL[257.328]
;W[hj]WL[874.576];OB[10]B[ih]BL[247.657];W[hi]WL[871.422];OB[9]B[kh]BL[243.801]
;W[lk]WL[870.012];OB[8]B[kl]BL[231.174];W[mj]WL[867.344];OB[7]B[kk]BL[215.593];W[kj]
WL[865.389];OB[6]B[li]BL[209.938];W[lj]WL[864.431];OB[5]B[mm]BL[203.228];W[nm]WL[856.794]
;OB[4]B[ml]BL[195.943];W[nl]WL[852.677];OB[3]B[nk]BL[192.288];W[ok]WL[835.803];OB[2]
B[oj]BL[134.809];W[nj]WL[831.698];OB[1]B[mk]BL[125.31]C[There was a lot of aji, but it wasw nice to cut his groups. ]
;W[nh]WL[826.98];OB[15]B[mg]BL[300];W[ng]WL[821.023];OB[14]B[mf]BL[295.407];W[nf]
WL[819.217];OB[13]B[ne]BL[288.707];W[me]WL[813.915];OB[12]B[nd]BL[279.698];W[md]
WL[811.042];OB[11]B[mh]BL[259.519]C[In the end, I got lucky, and captured this group.

End of comments.]
;W[oi]WL[796.449];OB[10]B[mi]BL[247.997];W[ni]WL[793.619];OB[9]B[ke]BL[243.633]
;W[jd]WL[744.787];OB[8]B[le]BL[222.236];W[mc]WL[740.406];OB[7]B[hd]BL[206.215];W[gd]
WL[736.512];OB[6]B[hf]BL[193.287];W[ig]WL[732.276];OB[5]B[jg]BL[185.531];W[je]WL[728.536]
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B[ph]BL[148.616];W[pf]WL[707.333];OB[1]B[pe]BL[138.135];W[pg]WL[704.149];OB[15]
B[qg]BL[300];W[pi]WL[701.046];OB[14]B[qh]BL[293.427];W[ll]WL[684.897];OB[13]B[lm]
BL[290.647];W[km]WL[683.838];OB[12]B[ln]BL[287.868];W[gl]WL[680.494];OB[11]B[fl]
BL[285.877];W[gm]WL[677.89];OB[10]B[fm]BL[267.108];W[jm]WL[665.961];OB[9]B[hm]BL[229.764]
;W[gn]WL[664.469];OB[8]B[hn]BL[217.537];W[go]WL[663];OB[7]B[ho]BL[204.762];W[gq]
WL[661.135];OB[6]B[ko]BL[145.39];W[bn]WL[594.241];OB[5]B[bo]BL[128.055];W[cn]WL[588.264]
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B[br]BL[80.702];W[cp]WL[553.138];OB[1]B[bp]BL[77.314];W[bs]WL[551.457];OB[15]B[ki]
BL[300];W[jj]WL[533.747];OB[14]B[gg]BL[296.456];W[ao]WL[530.619];OB[13]B[oh]BL[293.378]
;W[ap]WL[528.403];OB[12]B[of]BL[290.726];W[aq]WL[524.87];OB[11]B[og]BL[287.059])
(;B[be]C[This is better, especially given that I misread what happens in the corner if I push F16 and cut C17.]))
(;W[eo];B[eq];W[gp];B[dq]C[I expected this.]))
(;B[fd];W[fc];B[dd];W[ec];B[cc]C[I realized, though, that I misread. This bit me later in the game.]
;W[bc];B[cb];W[be];B[bb];W[ab];B[ce];W[bd];B[bf];W[db]C[White captures the stones.

I don't know what I was thinking.])
(;B[cq]C[I should just play here, since he has the F5 move.]))
(;W[dh]C[If he pincers, for example, L16 is further, and doesn't help as much.]
;B[fe];W[fc];B[he]C[Normally, white can do G16 peep, but this time, it's further away.]
;W[ic];B[dk]C[So I have time to come back and pincer him back.]))

[Kirby]

Problems.

Position 1

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I played the marked move, but as in the game, he can push up. I think it makes more sense to play 3-3 here.

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[go]$$
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Position 2

$$ Position at move 65
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[go]$$ Position at move 65
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I totally misread the sequence starting with the marked move. I should have realized I could not cut, and should have protected the group much sooner.

I think that leaving this group weak, along with the result in the bottom left, really put me at risk of losing this game.

I got lucky that he played in a way to let me kill him at the end, but before that, I think it's white's game.

[Kirby]

You could post the game here anyway, then compare our comments to the professional review, and see how far off we were

Hehe, sure. I'll post a review a bit later - I've gotta get working for now. But that game can be summarized in that I misread and lost a group, tried to make a big moyo, he invaded, I misread and he got a good result. Then a bunch of weird ko stuff, and he ended up with more points.

[ez4u]

You could post the game here anyway, then compare our comments to the professional review, and see how far off we were

Hehe, sure. I'll post a review a bit later - I've gotta get working for now. But that game can be summarized in that I misread and lost a group, tried to make a big moyo, he invaded, I misread and he got a good result. Then a bunch of weird ko stuff, and he ended up with more points.

So you were channelling me, were you?

[Kirby]

So now that I am home, I had some time to look at a few more positions.

Position 3
Another mistake, I made, I think is this move:

$$ Position at move 21
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$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 21
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$$ | . . . X O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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I looked it up, and maybe it is good for me to play this way if white tenukis, like he did in game.

$$ Position at move 21
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[go]$$ Position at move 21
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If that works as an option, it seems a bit better, since it breaks white up more on the top. The way I played in the game just gave him a bunch of territory.

Position 4

$$ Position at move 35
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$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 35
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$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

What am I really gaining with this move? Not much. If anything, it seems it should be on the other side, but that'll probably end in gote:

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

So it probably means I should play somewhere else. But where? My group on the top is weak,so it seems like I should help it out. But what is a good way? Maybe something like this?

$$ Alternative?
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$$ | . . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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

I can see why I tenuki, as I thought I had a safety net, which I misread (cutting through to "get eye"). But anyway, I should help this group, I think.

I could just give up and play a big point elsewhere, but leaving the group weak could be trouble for later...

Position 5

$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Here, I had a chance to pressure the group, but maybe I did it the wrong way. Maybe I can just play in a simple way, and make a shape at the bottom, like this:

$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 5 2 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . 7 , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 5 2 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . 7 , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

He might resist:

$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 5 2 4 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 5 2 4 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But in the worst case, it seems to be the same variation as this:

$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 3 2 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 46
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . 3 2 6 . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

All seem OK for me, I think. So I think I like this approach better to what I played in the game.

Position 6

$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O b X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . a O . . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O b X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . a O . . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Here, I was faced with the decision to threaten ko by playing bamboo connection at 'b', or to take away a liberty from his group with 'a'. I opted for 'a', because I wanted to save everything and kill him.

However, it looks like he can kill me - something we both missed (probably due to time).

$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . 1 O 6 . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . 2 X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . 4 3 5 O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . 1 O 6 . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . 2 X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . 4 3 5 O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The consolation is that I can probably kill his group on the right, but that's a lot of stones to lose in the center!

So I should probably have gone with bamboo, and endured the ko.

$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O B X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 164
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . O O O O . . . . . O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O X O X O O O . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X O X . . X O X X O X . X . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X X X X . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X O . . O . O O X . O X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O O X X O . O X X X . X O . X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X X O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . O X O O O . , O O O O X X X X . |
$$ | . . O . O X X O O O X O X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . O B X O X X X X O X O . X O O . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O X X O . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . X O . . . . . . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . . . O X O . . . , . . . X . X X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X . O . . X . . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

[Kirby]

You could post the game here anyway, then compare our comments to the professional review, and see how far off we were

Hehe, sure. I'll post a review a bit later - I've gotta get working for now. But that game can be summarized in that I misread and lost a group, tried to make a big moyo, he invaded, I misread and he got a good result. Then a bunch of weird ko stuff, and he ended up with more points.

Okay, as requested, here is the game from AYD that I lost. I lost a bit at the beginning, then started to overplay a lot. That led to the result I alluded to in my earlier comment.

Anyway, here is my review. P.S. I haven't had a review from In-seong, yet. These are just my own thoughts for now.

(;CA[utf-8]ST[2]RU[Japanese]OT[15/300 Canadian]GM[1]C[I played as black this game.]
AP[CGoban:3]SZ[19]FF[4]DT[2015-03-24]PC[The KGS Go Server at http\://www.gokgs.com/]
PB[Brian]BR[1d]PW[Rykage]KM[6.5]TM[2400]RE[W+23.50]MULTIGOGM[1]
;B[pd]BL[2397.85];W[dq]WL[2381.35];B[oq]BL[2332.29];W[cd]WL[2378.95];B[ed]BL[2321.77]
;W[gc]WL[2375.61];B[qp]BL[2308.23]C[He did misclick.]
(;W[nc]WL[2366.79];B[pf]BL[2290.68];W[jd]WL[2355.82];B[do]BL[2269.03];W[cm]WL[2263.77]
;B[cq]BL[2259.99];W[cp]WL[2216.6];B[dp]BL[2255.3];W[co]WL[2214.6];B[cn]BL[2254.26]
;W[dn]WL[2212.66];B[bn]BL[2252.79];W[bq]WL[2211.47];B[cr]BL[2251.28];W[bo]WL[2207.99]
C[If I play "normal" joseki, I get sente, but I feel his thickness goes well with the left side.]
(;B[bm]BL[2220.8];W[eq]WL[2163.04];B[fp]BL[2178.63];W[br]WL[2150.83];B[cl]BL[2128.31]
;W[dm]WL[1974.87];B[dl]BL[2122.37];W[fm]WL[1969.85];B[ep]BL[2078.93];W[el]WL[1928.57]
(;B[fq]BL[2065.24];W[dr]WL[1864.86];B[er]BL[2054.88];W[cs]WL[1862.58];B[dj]BL[2053.17]
;W[ek]WL[1814.31];B[ch]BL[2006.76];W[jp]WL[1708.73];B[io]BL[2001];W[mq]WL[1406.2]
(;B[jo]BL[1994.63];W[ip]WL[1356.11]C[After he played here, I felt I had lost a bit. I should have played J4, I think.

I tried to fight back after making a mistake, but it probably made things worse.

Since I didn't read a "good way", I should just play simple.]
(;B[kp]BL[1911.57];W[kq]WL[1352.6];B[jq]BL[1879.65];W[iq]WL[1281.18]C[Therefore, K3 must be wrong.]
(;B[lq]BL[1876.54];W[jr]WL[1227.07];B[kr]BL[1872.82]C[Of course, this is a misread.]
;W[lp]WL[1217.24];B[ko]BL[1846.4];W[go]WL[1123.22]C[Now, I am losing for sure.]
;B[ho]BL[1833.27];W[gp]WL[990.231];B[hp]BL[1829.96];W[hq]WL[986.75];B[gq]BL[1826.96]
;W[fo]WL[943.692];B[jq]BL[1824.08];W[gr]WL[915.903];B[fr]BL[1815.32];W[kq]WL[882.421]
(;B[lr]BL[1803.27];W[mr]WL[780.261];B[jq]BL[1735.18];W[hr]WL[756.335];B[js]BL[1722.87]
;W[kq]WL[692.863];B[en]BL[1714.8];W[em]WL[672.122];B[jq]BL[1713.15];W[eo]WL[574.178]
;B[ir]BL[1711.15];W[fs]WL[571.913]C[In the end, he gave me sente.

I felt it was a good deal for me, given that I was in such a bad position with K5.

Still, white is winning.]
;B[pk]BL[1709.18];W[qn]WL[431.537];B[pm]BL[1648.9]C[I felt I had a chance to make up a bit what I lost, but...]
;W[pn]WL[299.125];B[on]BL[1609.04];W[pp]WL[288.807]
(;B[oo]BL[1472.59]C[What is this?

Unless I read actually killing him, of course, I should keep the corner.]
;W[qq]WL[223.528];B[po]BL[1363.28];W[qo]WL[219.873];B[rp]BL[1361.37];W[pq]WL[213.227]
;B[rq]BL[1356.88];W[rr]WL[179.687];B[qm]BL[1334.59];W[sq]WL[156.48];B[rn]BL[1328.6]
;W[op]WL[154.656];B[np]BL[1323.61];W[nq]WL[110.929]C[
]
(;B[or]BL[826.625];W[ps]WL[108.429]C[I wanted to play O1, but the cut at O5 seemed to make it not work.]
(;B[mp]BL[443.838];W[ns]WL[75.26]C[Seemed like something had to be here.. But I couldn't find anything.]
;B[sr]BL[438.345];W[ss]WL[60.225];B[sp]BL[391.145];OW[14]W[pr]WL[294.931];B[me]
BL[388.134];OW[13]W[qc]WL[281.988];B[pc]BL[383.706];OW[12]W[pb]WL[279.649];B[qd]
BL[380.18];OW[11]W[rb]WL[277.621];B[rc]BL[378.8];OW[10]W[qb]WL[274.635];B[jf]BL[348.673]
C[
];OW[9]W[ld]WL[242.838]C[
];B[gn]BL[334.652];OW[8]W[fn]WL[238.243];B[ji]BL[326.487]
C[
];OW[7]W[jk]WL[183.751];B[kk]BL[281.71];OW[6]W[kl]WL[173.078];B[lk]BL[277.319]
;OW[5]W[jj]WL[158.879];B[ki]BL[275.25];OW[4]W[jl]WL[154.163];B[cc]BL[272.428];OW[3]
W[dc]WL[114.338];B[dd]BL[270.315];OW[2]W[ec]WL[113.538];B[ce]BL[213.842];OW[1]W[bd]
WL[79.813];B[bc]BL[212.075]C[
];OW[15]W[be]WL[300];B[bf]BL[210.695];OW[14]W[cf]
WL[290.579];B[ae]BL[209.067];OW[13]W[de]WL[288.556];B[ad]BL[207.536];OW[12]W[ce]
WL[287.554];B[cg]BL[181.243];OW[11]W[ee]WL[279.192];B[fd]BL[179.553]C[At this point, I'm just aiming for catching up.
]
;OW[10]W[fe]WL[251.095];B[gd]BL[176.305];OW[9]W[ge]WL[235.036];B[hd]BL[173.541]
;OW[8]W[cb]WL[222.23];B[bb]BL[19.346];OW[7]W[bg]WL[201.547];B[ag]BL[17.268];OW[6]
W[af]WL[195.643];OB[14]B[ls]BL[250.666];OW[5]W[ms]WL[172.027];OB[13]B[bf]BL[247.65]
;OW[4]W[bh]WL[170.347];OB[12]B[bi]BL[245.856];OW[3]W[af]WL[169.008];OB[11]B[sr]
BL[227.427];OW[2]W[rs]WL[159.404];OB[10]B[bf]BL[223.267];OW[1]W[ac]WL[127.811];OB[9]
B[ab]BL[212.603];OW[15]W[af]WL[300];OB[8]B[qr]BL[203.381];OW[14]W[qs]WL[295.893]
;OB[7]B[bf]BL[201.125];OW[13]W[fc]WL[254.091];OB[6]B[hc]BL[189.267];OW[12]W[af]
WL[238.679];OB[5]B[os]BL[186.287];OW[11]W[nr]WL[236.653];OB[4]B[bf]BL[184.63];OW[10]
W[hb]WL[233.957];OB[3]B[ib]BL[173.002];OW[9]W[gb]WL[196.257];OB[2]B[he]BL[64.064]
;OW[8]W[af]WL[190.772];OB[1]B[hs]BL[46.814];OW[7]W[es]WL[188.086];OB[15]B[bf]BL[300]
;OW[6]W[hf]WL[168.542];OB[14]B[ie]BL[189.545];OW[5]W[af]WL[166.392];OB[13]B[jc]
BL[144.752];OW[4]W[ah]WL[158.873]C[Here, I lost the ko, but broke through on the top. The B7 group is weak, so I should help it. There is aji for ko in the top left, as played in the game, but I should have kept it, and defended.]
(;OB[12]B[db]BL[141.977];OW[3]W[eb]WL[150.377];OB[11]B[ca]BL[139.217];OW[2]W[fa]
WL[144.687];OB[10]B[ha]BL[134.157];OW[1]W[da]WL[142.6];OB[9]B[ea]BL[132.277];OW[15]
W[ba]WL[300];OB[8]B[aa]BL[127.395];OW[14]W[da]WL[298.075];OB[7]B[cb]BL[93.456];OW[13]
W[ac]WL[291.741];OB[6]B[ad]BL[91.567];OW[12]W[ae]WL[290.342]C[Still, I should just leave it as ko, and help the left side.]
(;OB[5]B[ea]BL[84.465];OW[11]W[ac]WL[286.213];OB[4]B[ia]BL[66.095];OW[10]W[ad]WL[264.303]
;OB[3]B[or]BL[47.17];OW[9]W[bk]WL[237.986];OB[2]B[bl]BL[35.731];OW[8]W[bj]WL[220.111]
;OB[1]B[cj]BL[32.292];OW[7]W[ai]WL[205.843];OB[15]B[fi]BL[300];OW[6]W[ej]WL[194.449]
;OB[14]B[ei]BL[287.267];OW[5]W[ci]WL[192.869];OB[13]B[dh]BL[281.024]C[Now, it is hopeless.

End of comments.]
;OW[4]W[hi]WL[185.856];OB[12]B[hh]BL[278.836];OW[3]W[gh]WL[173.899];OB[11]B[hj]
BL[272.984];OW[2]W[gi]WL[159.078];OB[10]B[gj]BL[246.022];OW[1]W[ii]WL[80.114];OB[9]
B[ga]BL[235.747];OW[15]W[hl]WL[300];OB[8]B[fb]BL[229.3];OW[14]W[ll]WL[297.735];OB[7]
B[ml]BL[227.491];OW[13]W[ln]WL[260.746];OB[6]B[ob]BL[204.614];OW[12]W[oc]WL[216.675]
;OB[5]B[rd]BL[176.541];OW[11]W[md]WL[167.998];OB[4]B[ne]BL[154.252];OW[10]W[kc]
WL[152.863];OB[3]B[lb]BL[138.704];OW[9]W[kb]WL[136.794];OB[2]B[ka]BL[120.339];OW[8]
W[mb]WL[131.894];OB[1]B[sb]BL[96.295];OW[7]W[oa]WL[107.754];OB[15]B[ih]BL[300];OW[6]
W[ij]WL[80.118];OB[14]B[mm]BL[278.604];OW[5]W[kn]WL[56.729];OB[13]B[lo]BL[258.73]
;OW[4]W[kj]WL[54.404];OB[12]B[lj]BL[257.171];OW[3]W[li]WL[51.306];OB[11]B[jh]BL[223.907]
;OW[2]W[le]WL[48.745];OB[10]B[lf]BL[222.052];OW[1]W[lc]WL[43.093];OB[9]B[la]BL[219.966]
;OW[15]W[mn]WL[300];OB[8]B[ra]BL[198.275];OW[14]W[nd]WL[286.343];OB[7]B[qa]BL[188.928]
;OW[13]W[nb]WL[281.061];OB[6]B[oe]BL[187.105];OW[12]W[nn]WL[269.805];OB[5]B[nm]
BL[182.158];OW[11]W[no]WL[253.553];OB[4]B[om]BL[175.249];OW[10]W[hn]WL[248.106]
;OB[3]B[im]BL[170.209];OW[9]W[hm]WL[244.857];OB[2]B[jm]BL[155.149];OW[8]W[hg]WL[198.587]
;OB[1]B[il]BL[149.591];OW[7]W[ik]WL[183.457];OB[15]B[mo]BL[300];OW[6]W[kg]WL[142.565]
;OB[14]B[jg]BL[258.845];OW[5]W[kf]WL[115.323];OB[13]B[lg]BL[257.184];OW[4]W[je]
WL[72.094];OB[12]B[ke]BL[246.808];OW[3]W[kd]WL[69.198];OB[11]B[kh]BL[245.432];OW[2]
W[ke]WL[66.156];OB[10]B[ja]BL[235.974];OW[1]W[jb]WL[57.015];OB[9]B[ic]BL[233.765]
;OW[15]W[pa]WL[300];OB[8]B[ma]BL[208.419];OW[14]W[sa]WL[278.612];OB[7]B[ra]BL[206.639]
;OW[13]W[na]WL[276.925];OB[6]B[if]BL[203.523];OW[12]W[qa]WL[256.847];OB[5]B[sc]
BL[194.913];OW[11]W[sa]WL[255.16];OB[4]B[lm]BL[191.521];OW[10]W[km]WL[253.217];OB[3]
B[ra]BL[189.938];OW[9]W[sq]WL[250.35];OB[2]B[gg]BL[177.253];OW[8]W[fg]WL[236.005]
;OB[1]B[sr]BL[173.722];OW[7]W[sa]WL[232.486];OB[15]B[jn]BL[300];OW[6]W[ra]WL[220.462]
;OB[14]B[al]BL[293.13];OW[5]W[an]WL[167.812];OB[13]B[sq]BL[288.162];OW[4]W[gs]WL[161.611]
;OB[12]B[is]BL[286.182];OW[3]W[od]WL[157.32];OB[11]B[ig]BL[263.981];OW[2]W[gf]WL[156.158]
;OB[10]B[in]BL[256.772];OW[1]W[id]WL[154.575];OB[9]B[]BL[232.285];OW[15]W[]WL[300]
TB[gc][sd][pe][qe][re][se][mf][nf][of][qf][rf][sf][ng][og][pg][mg][qg][rg][sg][lh]
[mh][nh][oh][ph][qh][rh][sh][li][mi][ni][oi][pi][qi][ri][si][mj][nj][oj][pj][qj]
[rj][sj][mk][nk][ok][qk][rk][nl][ol][pl][ql][eb][rl][sl][rm][sm][pn][qn][sn][qo]
[ro][so][lp][kq][jr][ks][ba][da][fa][sk][gb][hb][dc][ec][fc]TW[ob][mc][bf][df][ef]
[ff][ag][cg][dg][eg][gg][ch][dh][eh][fh][di][ei][fi][aj][cj][dj][fj][gj][hj][ak]
[ck][dk][fk][gk][hk][al][bl][cl][dl][fl][gl][am][bm][gm][bn][cn][en][gn][ao][do]
[ap][bp][dp][ep][fp][cq][fq][gq][oq][ar][cr][er][fr][or][qr][as][bs][ds][os][aq]
[bi])
(;B[bk]C[Still do this!]))
(;B[bk];W[da]C[If black answers, now I have sente, at least. If it's like this...

I actually think the game may be close!]
;B[rd]C[I think white might have a slight lead, but still it seems very close.]))
(;B[ns];W[no];B[mo];W[mp];B[ms];W[pr];B[ls];W[sr]C[It was a pity it didn't seem to work.]))
(;B[pr]C[I considered this.];W[qr];B[or]C[But now what? The O5 aji really made things difficult.]))
(;B[pq];W[oo];B[nn]C[He might live, but this is much less risky - I should be able to live in the corner.

Giving him the corner was too much.]))
(;B[hr]C[Probably should just do this.];W[ir];B[gs]C[If he plays E1, I can continue ko. I probably live small in gote.

Not great, but better than game, maybe.]
;W[lr];B[es];W[lo]C[Still, white is winning, I think.

All must be because of K5.]))
(;B[jr]C[I really wanted to play here, but I think he can just play as in the variation.]
;W[lp];B[ko];W[ir]))
(;B[ho]C[I lost a bit, I think, but this is better than making it worse.]))
(;B[ip]C[Maybe this is better. It secures connection better.]))
(;B[ao]C[I should have played this first, while it was sente.];W[bp];B[fq];W[dr]
;B[er];W[cs];B[dj]C[This would have been a little better.]))
(;B[eq];W[bm];B[en];W[dm]C[I have sente, but the left seems pretty good. Maybe not that bad for black in retrospect, but I am too jealous.]))
(;W[si]WL[2057.1]))

[Kirby]

Some issues with this game.

Position 1

$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . 2 O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . 2 O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I played , above, but after , I felt that I had done wrong. Before that, I should have probably just played there myself:

$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W W . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . B O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X W W . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . B O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White's marked group is not weak, but not yet alive, either. So a running battle should be fine.

In the game, after making the mistake, I didn't read out a magical sequence to make my move work. Instead, I was angry, and I overplayed.

Instead of this:

$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . O O B . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$ Position at move 43
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . O O B . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

which I didn't read a good sequence for, I should just play the simple way:

$$ Position at move 43
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . B X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 43
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . B X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X . . O O . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X . . . . . . O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The result of my aggression after making this mistake led to huge problems later.

Position 2

$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . B . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . B . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I was too set on trying to kill white, and I didn't read a way to kill him. But I still played the aggressive way. Instead, I should just play simply:

$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . 3 X O O . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O . X 1 . . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ Position at move 82
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , X . . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X O X . . . . . . . . 3 X O O . . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O . X 1 . . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White may live, but I'm not risking as much this way.

Position 3

$$ Position at move 133
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O . O . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . B . . . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O O X O O X O |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . O . O . . O |
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[go]$$ Position at move 133
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O . O . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O X X . . . . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . B . . . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O O X O O X O |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . O . O . . O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In this part, too, later in the game, I felt way behind, so I went all out. This puts too much on the table, and is too risky.

It went into an all out ko:

$$ Position at move 149
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O . O . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O O X O O X O |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . O . O . . O |
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[go]$$ Position at move 149
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O . O . . . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O X O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O X X O O X . X O O X O O X O |
$$ | . O . O X X O O X . X X O . X O . O . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . X . . . O . O . . O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Which was exciting, but gambled the game too much. Yes, I think I was behind, but this doesn't seem the way to catch up.

Position 4

$$ Position at move 184
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O B . . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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[go]$$ Position at move 184
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O B . . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This move was probably the last big decision point. The stones on the left are so weak, and I only get ko in the top left. It's not the time to play to get ko.

I should simply protect the group:

$$ Position at move 184
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O . . . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . B . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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[go]$$ Position at move 184
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O . . . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | . X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | X O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | X O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . B . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I can always go for ko in the top left later, and if he takes gote to kill, the game is still close and I may have a decent chance at winning.

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It appears that there is a big recurring theme in this game:
* After losing a bit in the beginning, I started to really overplay. I didn't read that the "aggressive way" worked, but I felt I had to play it.

Even when I'm behind, I must play the "normal way" and not the "aggressive way", unless I read a way that the aggressive way is working.

In perhaps all of the problem areas shown above, I didn't read the "aggressive way" working. I felt I was behind, so I just grabbed it. But this put in too much risk into the game.

Lesson: Play the "normal way" unless I am SURE that the "aggressive way" is working - even when I am losing. The game was still close enough that I might make a comeback by some slack moves. But always going for the aggressive way, I risk putting myself further behind, to a place where I cannot catch up.

[ez4u]

You lost the ko in the upper left when you captured with 193. If you simply connect at 195 (1 below) you have the same number of liberties as in the game but you are one move ahead. You are alive in double ko.

$$Bc 2 Captures 2 stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . O X . X O . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X 1 X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | 2 X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | 3 O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | 4 O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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[go]$$Bc 2 Captures 2 stones
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$$ | . O X . X O . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X 1 X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | 2 X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | 3 O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | 4 O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O . O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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[ez4u]

If Black had answered 204 from the other side (1 below), Black would have had one eye at C11. That would have left much less of a burden when Black plays out at 7. Combine this with the previous play in the upper left and I think Black would have been doing better than White.

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$$ | X . X . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | O X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | O O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | O O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . 7 . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 3 O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | 6 X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O X O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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$$ | X . X . X O . X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X O . O O X . . . . . . O O O . |
$$ | O X X O O O O X . X . . . O . X O X . |
$$ | O O O X X X X X . O . O . . . X X . . |
$$ | O O O O O O O X X . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . 7 . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 5 X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 3 O . . . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 4 X X O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O O . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | 6 X X O . O X . . . . . . . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X X X X . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X O O X O X X O O X X X |
$$ | . O . O O . . O O X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . O . O . . O O X . X X O O X O . O X |
$$ | . . O . O O . X . X . X O O . O O O O |
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