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Old 2010-04-10, 11:26 AM   #91
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Interesting is certainly one way to describe this. How is White happy again ??

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OK - so now it is the question if it is possible to tenuki (again). Preliminary reading looks promising:



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Here, 10 protects the cuts at a and b, which gives white time to live at c

Another way of sealing white:




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Again, dead.

Actually, the key is the position of 8. A version of the first way



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The only hope here would be to attack the marked black stones:



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and I think there is no hope with that...

Then, the next question - can I make a forcing move to strengthen white on the side, then return to block on the bottom side:



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These moves came to my mind. b does not seem to be forcing enough. a threatens to cut the black corner from the allies, while aiding the upper group:



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This would change this situation to a semeai - a much better situation than before. next white a, black b, white c.

The problem with this approach is that black would not bother, but would just make a base in the corner, and white would still need to return to save the group on the side. So this one is actually not a forcing move, either.

So - I think I have to flee now with the group on the side, black can then take the lower right corner, and we'll see what happens after that.

The options from before:


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First a:



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The problem with "a" is that it strengthens the black stones facing the upper side group. White might be able to return to the corner, though, to protect. "b" gets out pretty cleanly, but gives more corner



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I think I prefer this approach better. I have no words for it now, but it looks better. So this is what I choose.

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Old 2010-04-11, 10:23 AM   #93
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Old 2010-04-11, 07:28 PM   #94
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Okay, white "escapes". Actually, black let white go a couple moves ago. My hope was/is my unanswered corner move is worth more than white's line of stones. Now is the time to find out for certain. Besides, in a fight, I prefer to be on defense than offense sometimes. Its easier. Offense is actually one of the areas I need to improve on-- so maybe I should have gone that route. But, this one is fun too.

I've already given one line for my chosen move. White could surprise me with some others, but for that I will have to see. For those that think I can put up stronger resistance to white's connection. I probably can -- but I think something like this follows...

Then white starts to makes me miserable at a,b,c or d. If I am to give white those stones (I consider it an option), I want white to ALL do the work to get them himself. I don't want to help him make some of the moves needed to make it to happen.

I also want to keep as much "help" away from white's top group as possible. I still believe black can do things up there.



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Old 2010-04-12, 10:37 AM   #95
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OK, so Sumiyaka decided to invade instead of extending from the corner. The idea is to split white into weak groups, and trying to reap some benefit meanwhile.

My priority is now not strengthening the invading stone. The two stones are for now OK on the left, they have space to run. The two stones on the fourth line are weaker, as they are closer to the weak white group on the right side. I intend to strengthen these stones by leaning on the corner.

The idea of 1 is to cut the connection of the invading stone and the corner stones. It makes the corner area small, and if black is not careful, allows white to attack further from b. If black tenukis from the corner, a seals black in and makes white pretty secure on that side.



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If black tries to get out first:

It is not easy for black to make a huge difficulty there:



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Old 2010-04-12, 10:44 AM   #96
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black lives sente so i can not be good for white. marked white stones are in danger.
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I need to install some diagramming software...

Also, sorry for the wait. I'm feeling very lazy this week, and feel oppressed (its tax week!) This also explains no song/no poem, no proverb for this one. Sometimes it takes longer to think of an appropriate one of those than to find a move



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I thought about descending to 1. But I don't like moves like white 2, or white 'a'. Unless I've completely misread the corner is safe enough so I can focus on directly helping Invader Jim out.



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One way is to try a jump like this...



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But that feels like I'm running away.

I could also try something like...



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In order to build something to bring to bear on the marked white stones. But this has the side effect of making my read of the corner super critical. Reading, not my strong suit, so I want to do avoid making white stronger in areas I'm not so sure of.

My chosen move is kind of a wait and see. It separates the white groups, which means he will need to keep that in mind while trying to fight over here.

Touching the stones on the left isn't really a consideration. They are the least strong of any of white's stones here at the moment. No sense in making them stronger.

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The one point jump surely is the way to go here. I can only wonder what bug has bitten sumiyaka.
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I need to install some diagramming software...

Also, sorry for the wait. I'm feeling very lazy this week, and feel oppressed (its tax week!) This also explains no song/no poem, no proverb for this one. Sometimes it takes longer to think of an appropriate one of those than to find a move



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