Life In 19x19

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:58 am**

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My next stone keeps telling me that it wants to go to J15. I guess he's had some bad mole models.

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It gets tricky. There is this:

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...in which I get my invasion...

Or this:

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...which continues like this:

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...and maybe this:

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I must think some more.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:38 pm**

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Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:08 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:00 am**

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Trigger: If white 'a', then black 'b'.

That is a clever defense. I can't let him push through, or he then can turn at 4 like this:

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Not only are his 12th rank stones now alive, but 'c' could kill me.

However, the net effect favors me. I get to solidify my framework into a certain corner, whereas his territory is still uncertain.

About the trigger: I would, of course, like to play J17, but the weakness at R14 is too big:

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Now something around 'a' and 'b' are miai, and I'll have an endangered group.

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:09 pm**

I think Joan is being outplayed around here.

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I don't see any reason to avoid the atari on top - B 3 works well. there is no need to connect at a at this point.

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:54 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:24 pm**

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Now that MW has found a way to defend everything, it is territory-grabbing time for both of us. If I read it right, this tesuji allows me to make territory on the left while he gets his on the top.
When the smoke clears, he will have 30-45 points up top ( depending on how willing he is to take sente defending it ). I'll have 20 in the upper right with possibilites for modest expansion, and about 20 on the left with excellent possibilities for growth.
So about half of the board will be settled, the score will be roughly even, and he will be tapped out. Any further points that he gets will be starting from scratch in an area where I will have far greater influence.

The immediate problem is how to extract my invading stones without allowing him a worst counter-invasion. Relying on natural play stumbles into this:

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The attachment aims for a sequence something like this:

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Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:54 am**

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Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:21 am**

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Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:17 am**

In another thread...

Magicwand wrote:
daal wrote:Just out of curiosity - do you think we can learn nothing from your malkovitch comments?

i believe that book should have higher standard than some stronger player giving comments.
i would like to say and comment more on my game... but go is so hard that i am not sure what i am thinking is true.
that is one of the reason why i save comments for what i know for sure...

You don't have write what is true: just write what you are thinking.

Observers like Daal would like to know how a 4D decides on a move, even if the result is not what a pro would play. Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good.

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:04 pm**

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he has weakpoint at 'a' to worry about...
'b' would be my sente when i get to it.... but i dont think it is time yet.
'c' would be big later after i get my influence in the middle because that big dragon will have no eye.

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lesson: Probe is necessary for you to get strong but it is very dangerous when you do it wrong.
always think about how your opponent might answer before you probe..

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:08 pm**

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If there is a trap, I still don't see it. It is touch and go in some lines, but I always come out ok.
The B3-B4 exchange seems to make it simpler for me. Either he protects with B2 in gote, or I have a spare eye with B2 just when I need it. And I may, because he can split me.
But if he does split me, either his corner dies, or my F stones connect to K12 and his cutting stones are eyeless.

A word or two about goals:

In the short term, my goal is to invade as far as I can without getting hurt for it.

Medium range goal is either to connect D15 and K12 something like this:

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Or if he persist in pushing through, my goal is to make both left and right side groups safe, somethinng like this:

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Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:17 pm**

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Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:34 pm**

It is tax time ( 31 days past the end of the year ) so I am going to be distracted for a few days calculating how much of my - and my employees' - hard earned money has to be given to various government agencies.
I'll post here again on February 1st or 2nd.

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:07 pm**

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