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Old 2010-02-28, 01:42 PM   #41
Joaz Banbeck
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Black is pushing from behind, which is generally not good. I think 1 below would have been better. It threatens both 'a' and 'b'.


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Old 2010-03-01, 10:17 AM   #42
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hmm... I think I'll delay making the move, but I'll ponder a bit the current situation.

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As this server has been down so long, I can now look at this game from a bit further distance. I am not going to look my previous thoughts, but I'll try to look what actually is happening on the board.

And it looks I am behind. The rationale: Black has quite a lot of secure territory on the upper right. The shimari's on the left side are of equal size, but I have a problem.

The white group on the top side is weak. Black can drive it towards the centre a couple of times, thus strengthening black group on top middle. Then the marked white stone can be attacked, and I cannot defend it strongly, since my own group is weak. Probably not on the way shown, and possibly only later in the game, but I have to take a moment to think first, if I can find a way to come out first to defend the top left...



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And of course, black can just play calmly...



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And then white upper corner is cramped and black has moyo potential...

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Old 2010-03-02, 10:56 AM   #43
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hmm... okay. Time to move again.



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OK. So as I posted yesterday, I have probably played myself to a tricky position. Best not to make it more complicated yet - so I'll just extend in a simple fashion and get out.

As a note, there is a way for me to undermine the black centre group later, if needed and if I get the chance:


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But there is not really territory and black gets almost free eyes anyway. Another problem with this is that black gets a huge wall towards the left top corner, so this can't be done before there is a white stone somewhere at the top, such as at "a".

It could go other way, though, too. But I think in this case white can keep black cut. And this would be better for white.


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Old 2010-03-03, 07:38 PM   #44
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And my ties are severed clean
Less I have the more I gain
Off the beaten path I reign

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Nomad, vagabond
Call me what you will
- Metallica, Wherever I May Roam



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I previously discussed this.

I think white should launch an attack on my group at the top now. I think I'm better off moving here than trying to prevent that at this point in time.

There is also R6 to consider, but I don't think I can hold on easily to any gains that may make.
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Old 2010-03-06, 09:04 AM   #45
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...and so it goes

At the moment, there is nothing urgent on the board - my group on the top middle is out. So it is up to finding something big. The lower right quadrant is left. The choice is now between extending to the left or upwards...

I chose extending to the left, since it limits the growth of white moyo on the lower left corner. If something happens on the top, the top white group has allies on the other side of the board, too.

If I chose to extend up, it would have been dangerous, as there is the problem of possibly weakening the white group on the upper side ...

(this diagram was made pretty quickly, so the actual moves are probably something that would be different)


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Old 2010-03-08, 07:26 PM   #46
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Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there
-California Girls by Beach Boys



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I wasn't sure where I wanted to play next. I could use a move to settle up the upperside. But, I still don't think any attack launched will be game-losing severe. It will be dicey, but I think black is okay. L16 might be interesting for white.

I debated staying a line further back here. As in:



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And may have went that way, if I wasn't feeling confrontational today.

White has a few choices. I think I would debate the following 2. There are probably others


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He retains sente like this.

Maybe a pincher would work, and help break up black's side. But sente is lost.



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(I think 2 is as close to that black formation in the top as white would want to get)

I think as white, I would choose the first option. It looks like black is growing big on the side, but it has enough weaknesses that it shouldn't become worrisome for a while. Besides, I'd want sente.

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Old 2010-03-09, 11:09 AM   #47
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OK. So now what? I expect black to make an extension to one of the two areas:



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Either extending the right side moyo or making territory on the right. If black tenukies, white can invade pretty safely the right side, even if the white group at the top still hovers there.

Black diving in the corner is unthinkable - it would just make white stronger and harm the right side of black.

Now, this means I would get sente in a situation where all my groups are pretty stable, but I am behind in territory. So what I intend to do is start harrassing the top black group with the moves already discussed in some earlier move descriptions, for example this:



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(not forgetting "a"...)

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Kex says that he does not like this. It looks pretty good to me. I'd play white 2 high instead of low, but otherwise I like the white position here.

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This is similar to what I talked about earlier. White's higher stance encourages me to go lower with my move, going lower forced me to stick a little closer to my approach stone. Later S4 is big for me, and preventing that is bigg(er?) for white.

The reason I moved from playing higher is... I like this diagram



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Better than this one...



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And I like those two MUCH better than this one



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I'm still waiting for fireworks in the top. This also encourages me to not allow any other stones to look weakish.
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And I like those two MUCH better than this one



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Is it just me, or have these guys been eating too much tofu? Both are shying away from fighting, even when they can get the better position.

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