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[go]$$Wm31
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$$ | . . . X 2 X 1 . . , . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O 3 X . O . X . O . O X . . |
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Broken shape for B, and ( ) seems to have lost (most of?) its meaning (which was what? )

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . X . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
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$$ | . . . X B B @ . . , . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . B @ @ Y . O . X . O . O X . . |
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this game is easier than others i played against kirby.

when you get sealed in as kirby did..dont expect yourself to win.

I guess I should be ashamed. Though saying it doesn't fix anything. Only the result matters.

I spoke earlier of making sure to read well as go is a thinking game. Well, maybe I was too lazy here. I assumed it would be good to move the bottom stones and attack white, but I did not think of many variations.

Maybe I just talked about reading earlier to sound cool - to try to show that I've improved my thinking about go.

Maybe I'm doing the same thing now. Like I said, only the result matters - not if I convince others that my attitude about go is strong. It's not, as I can see here... But have I really convinced myself?

I really don't know.

To get to your question, here was my original plan:

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . 4 . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . 1 X 2 . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X 3 O . X . O . O X . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Then I didn't read further than that. Crappy, huh? The sequence is only 4 moves long, and I didn't even consider an alternative to .

Furthermore, upon further looking ahead, I don't even think the picture above is good for black. Even this seems like white wins:

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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . 5 2 3 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . 8 X 1 4 X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . 0 9 7 O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . O X X . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X O O . X . O . O X . . |
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[go]$$Wcm11 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . 2 O X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . 1 X X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 3 X O O O 5 7 8 . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . O X X . 4 6 9 O . X . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X O O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And Magicwand played an even better response for the first move. It's better because I can no longer move back my stone in sente.

So, yeah... I was just talk, I think. It seems to be a pattern in my malkovich games. It's even a pattern in my other games because I talk the same crap, but just try to convince myself instead of observers here.

I'd like to say I've gotten over it and have learned - that might be typical of me. But I will try not to fool anyone. Only the result matters. I will not promise anything prior to that. At least I'll try not to... Maybe.

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I do not see white's objective. This makes his approach on the first line gote.

yes i lost some points from that exchange

With the move in the game, white gave up a few possibilities. For example, the clamp aji is interesting if black loses enough liberties around.

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[go]$$W Clamp
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$$ | . O O . O . . . . . .
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X .
$$ | . . . . X O O X O O .
$$ | . . 1 X O O . . . . .
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It's not instantly clear to me whether black can resist it even as it is now.

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[go]$$W Interesting possibilities
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$$ | . X X . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . .
$$ | . 5 . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X .
$$ | . . 3 4 X O O X O O .
$$ | . . W X O O . . . . .
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Even if the clamp doesn't work, white at least has this respectably large sente in the endgame.
(Actually, black's move 6 seems to turn 'a' into gote, so it's not obvious if this is the best for white, and white doesn't gain quite as much. I think black has a similar trick if white tries 'a' first.)

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[go]$$W Endgame
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$$ | . O O . O . . . . . .
$$ | a X X . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X .
$$ | . 6 . . X O O X O O .
$$ | . . 2 X O O . . . . .
$$ | . 4 3 1 5 . . . . . .
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But a useful thing to note here is that in this shape Black has to back down with and let white crawl one space further in. If he instead resists, is tesuji.

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[go]$$W Tesuji
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$$ | . X X . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X .
$$ | . . . . X O O X O O .
$$ | . . 3 X O O . . . . .
$$ | . . 2 1 . . . . . . .
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White lives or gets a massive flower-viewing ko. The marked black stone is slightly too far to permit black to poke out white's second eye.

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[go]$$B White life or ko.
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$$ | . B X . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X .
$$ | . . 2 3 X O O X O O .
$$ | 6 . O X O O . . . . .
$$ | . 4 X 5 1 . . . . . .
$$ -----------------------[/go]

In general in this shape, where the peep at 3-3 is available, the corner can be much smaller than it looks due to all these possibilities. Many of these possibilities involve white not peeping at 3-3 right away, instead exploiting the weakness more indirectly.

to read what kirby is thinking...
"since white tenukied i should make him pay for it."
first instinct is as below..

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . 1 O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . O . X O O X O O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

since above doesnt work..kirby might try something like below.
hum...it might work..but black's surrounding has weakness so i think it is not bad as it appears to be.

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . 3 O 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X . . 1 . . O . X . |
$$ | . . O . X O O X O O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think he will be able to live, but my goal is to enclose him first, then approach the right white stone from top. He'll probably then do a two-space extension, which I can attack.

Maybe this can counter the inflence he obtained on the left.

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[go]$$Wcm41 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . 4 O 5 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X . . 2 3 . O . X . |
$$ | . . O . X O O X O O . X . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Why make a two-space extension towards your thickness?

no comment...

I don't think the alternative I thought of works:

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[go]$$Wcm41 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . C . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . X . . X . . O 7 X . |
$$ | . . O . X O O X O O . X . O . O X 8 . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . X O . . 6 . 5 9 . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

or at the marked spot either, instead of atari.