We will consider a,b and c:
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . a . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X b B . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
a is a strong line, first variation:
(In the real game I stopped my assessment here and dismissed the line for white. Did not visualize the continuation.)
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 3 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O 2 1 6 0 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . B 4 5 9 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O 8 . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O X O X 5 7 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X 0 B X O O 6 9 . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . 3 8 1 O X . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . 4 . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 2 O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
perhaps black tries to make some troubles, but white is still ahead:
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X 8 O O X X 7 . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . 6 . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . 5 3 4 . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . 2 O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . 1 . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O X O X 5 7 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X 0 B X O O 6 9 . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . 3 8 1 O X . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . 4 . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 2 O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
There is nothing for black in this line (I did not read this in the game, I was afraid as white ...)
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . 0 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O . . . 6 9 . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O X O X X 2 5 7 8 . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . B X O O 1 3 4 . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . X O X . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Let us consider move b: (simplification strategy)
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . 6 . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . 5 . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X W X 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . 1 O . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . 4 X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 2 O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
What about the cut? Is there something to fear? No.
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . O . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X 3 2 O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O 1 5 O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . 4 X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . 6 X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . 8 7 . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . 0 9 . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X W X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . X O . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . O X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Finally some variations for move c:
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[go]$$B Good for white
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . 6 5 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . X 3 4 8 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . 1 . 9 O 7 . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . 2 . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . 0 O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And now my blunder at move 4 in the game, move 4 should have been at d. White's lead is gone.
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O O O . O X . X X X X . . . |
$$ | . X . O O X X . . , X . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . O . X . . O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . . O O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . X . X X . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . O O X O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . O . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . 4 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . X 1 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . 5 . 3 . . O . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | . O O O . . d . X O . X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Conclusion:
Moves a, b and c are all viable moves.
When I first reviewed the game, I thought I made a blunder by choosing move c over a.
But the real blunder was move 4 in the last diagram.
After a second look I realize now not the depth and speed of my reading were the main problem. My reading was just not accurate. I have to change my personality
. I am still a sloppy reader