Life In 19x19

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:09 pm**

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I'm off the hook!

I'm guessing he's going for a large center here. In that case, this might happen:

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Then it will be time to deal with his moyo. He'll still have a move around 'a' as a follow-up.

In my experience, he's never been much of a moyo player. I wonder if he'll feel comfortable handling my reductions.

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:31 pm**

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Trigger for Dusky:

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:44 pm**

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Once again he does the move I consider briefly but don't write about. At least this time I am fine with that. He will either have to push me into the center, making it all too easy for me to wreck his moyo, or he will have to give me side territory.

One possible push-me-into-the-center variation:

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The I'm-trying-to-strenghten-my-moyo variation:

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Not much else here to say really. I have no ko threats to fight a huge ko with.

I think the unwritten rule is that we don't read each other's triggers until we have decided on our moves, correct?

Trigger:

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:27 pm**

I assumed that was the case. Trigger accepted. Your move Dusky the night Owl. Just a heads up I won't be making any moves Tue. or Wed. as I will be in a magical land of morphine and scalpels on Tue. and a less magical land of Tylenol-3 and managing pain Wed. I will assess how I am feeling Thurs. I will be eager to play some moves.

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Ideas:

I am aiming for the following:

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If Dusky chooses a different move 3 I will be extra happy, but I am content with this. I just wish I had sente :-|

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:31 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm45 Move 45 Caps W:0 B:0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . . , O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think this is better shape, am I right?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm45 Move 45 Caps W:0 B:0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . . , O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:53 pm**

That's okay, I won't be able to make any moves over the weekend so it's good that our schedules worked out as such.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm53 Move 53 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . 1 X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . O . O . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Only move. I'm glad my :bc:

stone makes the tesuji at :ec:

impossible.

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I have like 45 points of solid territory on the top, 10 points of solid territory on the left, and 14 points of pretty solid territory in the bottom right. He has 14 points of territory perhaps on the top-right, and an invadable ~22 points of territory on the bottom. He'll need 30-40 points in the center to win I think. I think that will be hard, but his best shot is probably to start with a move like this:

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I also want to get to 'a' before he does, because as a follow-up I can perhaps move into the center and threaten his four stones in the upper-left all at once.

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:22 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm54 Move 54 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . 1 O . O . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:33 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm55 Move 55 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . 1 O O . O . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Not responding is too painful:

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However, if he follows-up with a hane himself, I will probably tenuki, as it seems there will be bigger areas on the board than this.

Posted: **Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:32 pm**

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Ideas:

Yay this is what I meant when I said I would be happy if black didn't play solid. I feel there is lots of aji in the top still. A probe at "a" is not easy to handle/kill especially with threats like "b" possible. I will take more time to read it out, but at very least I have a pile of ko threats, maybe ko life, not sure about unconditional life. I would be happy with ko life deep in his territory and I lose nothing by playing in there. Its Dusks move, I await some destruction of my area/expansion of his. My guess is he will attack my 4 stones on the left then move on to the bottom. I control the middle so I can put up strong resistance to any attacks he makes.

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Posted: **Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:34 am**

Posted: **Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:41 pm**

Some ideas:

Looking at this corner:

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If Dusk chooses "a" I feel I have at least ko life by the following:

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If he chooses a different move 4 a and b feel miai:

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I am more intimidated by the other option I don't see a way to make even ko life but I guess I get plenty of ko threats:

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Since I have all weekend to wait for Dusk to make his next move I get a chance to assess this corner and then look at other things that might happen Lucky me!

I wonder where he will play his next move? I don't think the same way as Dusk so its hard to say what is next on his agenda I bet he will come up with a completely unexpected move:

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Posted: **Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:07 pm**

Kibitz only, not meant for players.

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To stay consistent with black's strategy, it would be around here. I think this can exploit the aji of e3 quite well. It is solid and consistent(maybe steady is a better word?), and seems to be quite big now. White's moyo seems to be taking shape, but I feel like he is sacrificing too many pure points for his moyo. It's not enough to get moyo in this manner.

Posted: **Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:12 pm**

Camping with friends = fun. Camping with PMSing girls = run.

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This is my probe to see if he will play 'a', 'b', or 'c'.

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If he plays either 'a' or 'b', I will invade below. I believe I will then have enough points to win the game.

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If he plays at 'c' instead, I can respond once, but when he extends at :w3:

, I will not have to play at :w9:

, but can instead connect underneath at :b4:

, as

(the normal follow-up) does not work out for him at all:

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So let's see what he does!

Posted: **Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:01 pm**

No moves for me until at least Thursday.

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Ideas:

I will resist as strongly as I can. I cannot afford to simply concede territory. I will aim for sente and probe the top. I need to balance territory asap as I have few points and he has plenty. I will aim for the following points:

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Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:33 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm59 Move 59 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . 1 . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I was just lazy posting this move, knowing that he won't be able to respond until tomorrow. I had it planned all along. He has two choices of moves now:

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If 'a':

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I should live easily, maybe even in sente :twisted:

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If 'b':

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . 3 4 5 . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . 2 1 . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . C . . X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . 8 . C . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is one possibility, making miai of both :ec:

points. However, there are numerous other branches for both of us, including me perhaps saving my laddered stones in sente (I haven't really read it out yet). *Edit: In fact, this exact sequence is very unlikely to happen, it's just the first one that popped into my head.*

Once I live here, I only have to reduce the center a little bit, which shouldn't be too hard, and then I will win.

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