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Is 'b' even worth considering? I'm for playing 'a' but don't want to doom us all.
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:10 pm
by Violence
Do we block the outside or take the corner?
I like blocking the outside, seeing as white needs to add another move to take the corner, allowing us to target another weakness.
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:50 pm
by shapenaji
emerus wrote:
Is 'b' even worth considering? I'm for playing 'a' but don't want to doom us all.
I think "a" is a bit aji-keshi. It induces him to fix his shape a bit. I have the same reaction with "b". Taking one of those two points is big, but white has so many weaknesses and we have sente, I want to do more than just play a big point.
My hierarchy of plays:
Did my opponent ignore an urgent move?
Do I need to play an urgent move?
Are there any big points?
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:00 pm
by Violence
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I was going to question if profit black would gain from splitting is clearly worth it. (It probably is) It also protects from white fixing and threatening something at 'a'.
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Violence honors his nickname^^. White needs to play aggressive here, enuff is enuff. Again: If someone has CS or Zen, then bring us their evalutation and suggested continuations.
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:50 pm
by Loons
Isn't this game now just about how well Pippen can parse and react to his opponents' stated intents?
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:13 pm
by skydyr
Loons wrote:
Isn't this game now just about how well Pippen can parse and react to his opponents' stated intents?
Well, the premise was always a bit presumptuous. After all, one could just put the position into something like crazystone and run a large number of playouts to get some sort of 5/6d-ish opinion, which is about as good as one can aspire to here. Just getting an answer like that isn't as fun, though.
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:23 pm
by Pippen
This is not only a game - it's a defense of my fuseki dogma that you not only can split immediately if you want to but even let the split become weak. When you look at the game moves 1-6 you'll know what I mean. I find it fascinating to test it against other players. I also think that this kind of (antiorthodox) opening and playing style might be humans last chance against Bots one day.
Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:28 pm
by Solomon
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