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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:50 pm
by DrStraw
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:23 pm
by Kirby
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:44 pm
by DrStraw
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Predictable. Does this site have autocomplete.
Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:11 pm
by Kirby
Now things get a little trickier.
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I built up some strength in this variation.
But black can also choose to resist this variation:
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I need to formulate a better plan for this scenario.
The other direction has the same implication:
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The good part about this last diagram is that I'm building some sort of strength in a centralized area... But is it enough to have a chance of life?
Furthermore, is there a way that I can make the marked stone a target?
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That might very well help in making a decision on direction here.
Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:09 pm
by Kirby
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:03 am
by DrStraw
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:41 am
by Kirby
So basically, playing from this side gives me a better shape, but pretty much says that I'm going to put everything into living into this bottom part of the board:
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It's not a terrible shape to start with, but on the other hand, black can attack, and if he does so well, it will be hard to come back.
For example:
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I have not read out everything that will happen - and maybe black has a more severe response.
On the flip side, I can go from the other direction:
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The benefit of this option is that it doesn't totally kill the aji that my stones have - I can still force against his clumped up group:
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Something like above, for example - maybe not immediately.
However, I don't like the shape as much in this variation, and while I still have aji from both sides, it doesn't look like that lively of a shape. I'm not really sure.
So I need to think about this a little bit more.
Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:59 pm
by DrStraw
Is this thread over?
Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:19 pm
by Kirby
Oh, sorry. I forgot it was my turn.
I'll try this one:
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:51 pm
by DrStraw
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:36 pm
by Kirby
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:39 pm
by DrStraw
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:50 pm
by Kirby
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Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 4:38 am
by DrStraw
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I think you will live.
Re: Will someone play the killing game with me?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 3:39 pm
by Kirby
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I want to play here:
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But I fear that black will play here in response:
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If I fix the shape here, I think I can go in either direction:
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So maybe it will be ok?
I will try, DrStraw. I do not underestimate your killing ability, though.
