This is a dangerous way for white to play. Assuming black connects at H4, white then has to worry about the wedges. F4 or F6 can both be played to cut through. Can white defend against the wedge in sente? If so, I can't see a way. I am also 1k, so I'm assuming dts will be aware of that too.
I assume White's aiming at K3 if Black doesn't take it, and then J7 .. I'd play K3 as Black here, that lower right White group is still vulnerable, and the wedge weaknesses only grow if White tries to push and cut through H4.
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:22 am
by Magicwand
i have no idea what is the right move. usually i spend at least 1 hour to find the best move but this is too complicated and 1 hour will not be enough to find the answer. i just played my first instinct. if he block i will cut. then...at the end..can i cut at "a"?? i dont see why not...but i have a bad feeling on that cut..i must read more later.
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X a . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 3 O W X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X 1 2 . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X a . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 3 O W X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X 1 2 . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:28 am
by ethanb
Magicwand wrote:
i have no idea what is the right move. usually i spend at least 1 hour to find the best move but this is too complicated and 1 hour will not be enough to find the answer. i just played my first instinct. if he block i will cut. then...at the end..can i cut at "a"?? i dont see why not...but i have a bad feeling on that cut..i must read more later.
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X a . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 3 O W X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X 1 2 . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . 5 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X W . 4 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O 2 O 3 X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . 1 . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
No matter how white connects with 2, after 3 he can't move any faster than the empty triangle, or something gets captured. Even with the empty triangle, it's tough to escape, and black can easily turn to cutting on the left side.
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:02 am
by daniel_the_smith
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X B . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X B . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think this is the only move that makes any sense. I am not sure if I will have to give something up or if I can keep everything. I expect him to play L3 next, but I've been wrong about what he'll play for the last few moves.
I considered both L3 and H4 so as not to blindly follow my first instinct. L3 seems to lead to a capturing race that I will lose. H4 seems to miss the point, I have to keep white separated.
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:59 pm
by Magicwand
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X W . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 2 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . 3 . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 1 O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:01 am
by daniel_the_smith
Sorry this is taking so long. I'm still thinking about it. I think I've spent more thinking time on this move than I ever have on a single move before...
Moves I'm thinking about, in the order I thought of them:
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X d . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . b a . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . c O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O e . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X d . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . b a . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . c O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O e . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
(a) is my first instinct. I haven't managed to read it out all the way yet. It doesn't seem like it is going to work. White can respond at b, which makes life difficult.
(b) seems to let me sacrifice some stones to make a moyo in gote.
$$Wc (b): I might have to live with this, but it'd be much better if it were sente. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . 0 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 4 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O 9 O 6 X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 3 B 1 7 5 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 8 O O X 2 X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wc White can't do this currently, so I don't need to defend $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . 4 . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 2 1 O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O 3 X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
(d) I haven't read much of yet.
(e) I'm 85% sure this just fails.
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:02 am
by Magicwand
daniel_the_smith wrote:Sorry this is taking so long. I'm still thinking about it. I think I've spent more thinking time on this move than I ever have on a single move before...
take much time as you need. i am always here...
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:24 pm
by daniel_the_smith
I'll probably be able to move tomorrow. In the meantime, some thoughts for observers...
This is getting easier to read after staring at it for three days.
OK, so one additional starting move:
$$Bc White's liberty shortage keeps him from playing H4 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 5 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . 3 4 1 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X 2 X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X a . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . b 1 . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . c O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
White at (a) leads to a complicated fight and liberty race, but white at (b) lets him either capture a stone or cut at (c), so this move is out.
Hopefully I did not miss something obvious. I would really like to capture those white stones in the middle but I don't think it's possible. Will be curious to see what the stronger players think of this sequence after the game...
Re: ??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:22 am
by Magicwand
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X X . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X W X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X X . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . B . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X O X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This defends the cut in sente. I'm a little concerned that maybe I should fix it directly (in gote) to get more chances to slice those white one point jumps. But sente is incredibly valuable.
Here's why it fixes the cut:
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