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Taking advantage of sente?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:35 am
by bleep
Hi,

There were two points in the game where I had sente, and the best move escaped me. On both occasions I feel that the game changed because I didn't play the right move. Any advice is appreciated - I've marked them in the file, as well as a couple of other points that I found noteworthy.

Thanks for your time.

Re: Taking advantage of sente?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:42 am
by emeraldemon
This is an easy shape to learn, black to play and kill:

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[go]$$Bcm1 Black to play and kill
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O O X . X . O . X . . X . . |
$$ | . X . O O O X X . , X O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . X O O X X O X . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O O X . . . O X . O O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O O X X . O . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . X X . X . O X . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . O X O . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O O . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O . . . , . X X . . X . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O . X . X X O O X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . X O O . . O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


solution:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Black to play and kill
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O O X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O O X . X . O . X . . X . . |
$$ | . X . O O O X X . , X O O X . X . O . |
$$ | . X O O X X O X . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . O O X . . . O X . O O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O O X X . O . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . X X . X . O X . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . O X O . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . X X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O O . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . O . . . , . X X . . X . O . |
$$ | . O O X X O . X . X X O O X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . X O O 2 1 O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 . W 4 . 3 . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Re: Taking advantage of sente?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:46 am
by Jayy
10: Seems like the correct reply. White has to do something to take advantage of the weak group. After he plays j17 you can R15 or S16.
69: You need to think about what you want do with the group, where can you chase it to get maximum profit.
I probably would of played somewhere in the aread of J9 to get a large moyo.

96: Yes, you can still attack k10 group.

I have nothing helpful to say about the other points you mentioned.

Re: Taking advantage of sente?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:18 pm
by bleep
Thanks for the pointers. Man, that kill looks so obvious now! My brain was telling me it should be killable, but I was getting low on time, and just couldn't see it.