It is currently Sat Jun 08, 2024 9:10 pm

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 324 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17  Next
Author Message
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #241 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:57 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm102
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X 1 . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Yet another move by White that I simply did not consider! Now I don't like making a hanging connection because of the peep forcing an empty triangle. On the other hand, it looks like I've lost still more stones and potential territory. And I thought that my last move was good before seeing White's reply...

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #242 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:18 am 
Judan

Posts: 6725
Location: Cambridge, UK
Liked others: 436
Was liked: 3719
Rank: UK 4 dan
KGS: Uberdude 4d
OGS: Uberdude 7d
Oh dear, what a shame! Aidoneus got confused about which stones are important (squares) and which should be sacrificed (triangles). If white takes the 2, black makes g17 safe, kills k17 and gets the top as territory (and f14 big yose for later).

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm102
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . # . . @ . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . # 5 7 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . 1 O 6 . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . O O X 3 . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O Y Y 2 . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . 4 . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #243 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:45 pm 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wm103
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . 1 O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Drizzles today, in a self study section of a public library. :)
( Local time Wed Dec 10, 2014. 11:45 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #244 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:27 am 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Hi Aidoneus, photo:
Hope you're feeling better. :)
Attachment:
image.jpg
image.jpg [ 94.45 KiB | Viewed 9060 times ]
( Local time Thur Dec 11, 2014. 5:27 pm. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #245 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:00 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
Ed: Sorry for my slow response. I fell a bit behind on my four classes during my spell with the flu. I am now caught up until next week, when I will be giving final exams to my students, grading the finals, and preparing various statistical reports. So please forgive me if I am also a bit slow next week.

Somehow our game makes me think of an old vaudeville routine: Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch... (Before strangling his straight man.) ;-)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm104
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X 1 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I want to play on the line from J9-J11, but first I think that it is more urgent to save some territory on top. I don't think that White can play L16 because of atari at L15 and then L17. So I expect (what a laugh!) L15, to which I may cut at J15. Or, perhaps, White will just connect at J15 (empty triangle, so I don't expect the move), which might allow me to play at L15. It seems really urgent, though, for me to get a move like J10!

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #246 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:08 pm 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Hi Aidoneus, do you teach statistics ? :)
( Local time Fri Dec 12, 2014. 10:08 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re:
Post #247 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:28 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
EdLee wrote:
Hi Aidoneus, do you teach statistics ? :)

Next semester I will be teaching one of my favorite classes at Purdue: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics or How to Lie with Statistics. ;-)

I should hasten to add that I am no statistician! Although I took all of the undergraduate math courses for an actuarial degree (and passed the first two actuarial exams as a hedge before heading to graduate school), this did not include using any of the now standard statistical software packages. And in graduate school I only took one statistics course, which was so long ago that I could not tell you anything about the software we had to use for part of the class. (Except that I hated using the software!)

I'm happy to help if you have a conceptual question. I can give you the sort of explanations I gave to my step daughter when she was working on her doctorate, which I left for her to implement in whatever statistical software package her course used.

I could also point out books and videos that might be useful if I knew the nature of your interest. :)

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #248 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:29 am 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Hi Aidoneus, thanks, no questions. I was just curious. :)
Earlier this year I met a retired professor of statistics from Australia! :)

Remember, 3 out of 4 dentists. :mrgreen:

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re:
Post #249 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:40 am 
Honinbo

Posts: 10905
Liked others: 3651
Was liked: 3374
EdLee wrote:
Remember, 3 out of 4 dentists. :mrgreen:


Not to mention 2.1 children. ;)

_________________
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #250 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:51 pm 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wm105
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O 1 . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
( Local time Mon Dec 15, 2014. 11:51 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #251 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:49 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm106
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O 1 . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


While I really wanted to play J10, L17 seemed very urgent if I want to save my stones and territory at the top. I also thought a bit about L16 but it didn't feel right trying to push from behind and leaving White more aji to cause trouble. Finally, I rejected the cut at J15 since it seemed that in addition to being very risky for my stones (with a move like G18 some time to connect to the left and encircle), I think that White could even connect to the stones jutting in at Q13.

If now L16, I believe that I should play M17. J11 is the move that worries me, though. Against it I may play K11 or L11.

The thing that really disturbs me about my play in this game is that I can never seem to get the initiative. Every sequence I look to play is ignorable or ends in gote. The one and only time I thought that I was getting the initiative (on the right) ended up getting myself cut and killed on the left! :o

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #252 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:24 am 
Judan

Posts: 6725
Location: Cambridge, UK
Liked others: 436
Was liked: 3719
Rank: UK 4 dan
KGS: Uberdude 4d
OGS: Uberdude 7d
Aidoneus wrote:
I also thought a bit about L16 but it didn't feel right trying to push from behind and leaving White more aji to cause trouble.


Actually L16 is better and leaves less aji, as it is connected but this L17 leaves a cut which gives white some nice endgame if Aidoneus plays m17 as he says (m17 could be j17 to avoid this, but then white has a nice move at m17). Pushing from behind is not bad here as if white extends at m15 (slow, and needs j15 first) there is no threat due to n17. And you don't need to take a liberty from k17 as it's just dead already.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm106
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 0 7 8 9 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X 6 5 O 1 3 X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . b 4 X X 2 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


This post by Uberdude was liked by: emeraldemon
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: Re:
Post #253 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:45 am 
Lives in gote
User avatar

Posts: 452
Liked others: 74
Was liked: 100
Rank: 4 Dan European
Bill Spight wrote:
EdLee wrote:
Remember, 3 out of 4 dentists. :mrgreen:


Not to mention 2.1 children. ;)



And around 1.99 legs...


This post uses some form of mean, and none of this median or mode nonsense... :)


Last edited by drmwc on Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:51 am, edited 2 times in total.
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #254 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:49 am 
Honinbo

Posts: 10905
Liked others: 3651
Was liked: 3374
Aidoneus wrote:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm106
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O 1 . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Finally, I rejected the cut at J15 since it seemed that in addition to being very risky for my stones (with a move like G18 some time to connect to the left and encircle), I think that White could even connect to the stones jutting in at Q13.


I tell people that if they do not cut at J-15 they are not playing go. OC, that is an exaggeration. It could lead to disaster, especially as Black is taking six stones. But remember the proverbs,

Quote:
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.


and

Quote:
De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace!


and

Quote:
Better to die lie a lion than to live like a dog.


Also

Quote:
Divide and conquer!


:)

Quote:
The thing that really disturbs me about my play in this game is that I can never seem to get the initiative. Every sequence I look to play is ignorable or ends in gote.


This fight is too difficult for you to read out. Maybe even too difficult for Ed to read out. If you want to stick with what you can read out, try tic-tac-toe. ;) If you want to get the initiative, seize it.

Quote:
The one and only time I thought that I was getting the initiative (on the right) ended up getting myself cut and killed on the left! :o


Well, you ignored the cut and White played it to good effect. Now White is ignoring your cut. I rather think that the cut is not ignorable, nor that it will end in gote for you. Sure it is risky, but it is risky for White, too. Can he kill your stones? Can he connect out? Make him prove it. :)

Edit: Unhidden.

_________________
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.


Last edited by Bill Spight on Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #255 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:07 pm 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Cutting with :b1: seemed a natural move.
( I thought most likely B would cut. )
I was studying the variations from here:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$B
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O 3 . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X 2 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . 1 O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
( Local time Tue Dec 16, 2014. 11:07 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #256 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:30 pm 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wm107
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O X . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . 1 O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
( Local time Wed Dec 17, 2014. 11:30 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #257 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:12 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
Sorry for the delay! I still have to go out to both campuses today to turn in yet more reports, but then I'm done! Well...till I start preparing for next semester.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm108
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O X . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Candidate moves: H15 and H16 to defend against a potential cut at H16; K18 to capture and defend against a cut at H16; J10 to connect my groups (the move I almost made); and the move I chose at D18. I think that the threat of my follow up at E18 forces (!?) White to play E18, then F18 and the threat to connect with E19 forces(?) White to play E19 or F19, giving me some better shape up top in sente, and allowing me to come back with J10. Or so I hope!!

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #258 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:50 am 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
You're almost done with school! :)
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wm109
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O X . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
( Local time Sat Dec 20, 2014. 00:50 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject: Re: #244 Bill vs Ed
Post #259 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:25 am 
Lives in gote

Posts: 603
Location: Indiana
Liked others: 114
Was liked: 176
I am now done!!

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm110
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O X . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . X X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Per plan.

Top
 Profile  
 
Offline
 Post subject:
Post #260 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:28 am 
Honinbo
User avatar

Posts: 8859
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Liked others: 349
Was liked: 2076
GD Posts: 312
Congrats! :)





( Local time Sat Dec 20, 2014. 02:28 am. )

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 324 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17  Next

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group