no i didnt. i believe i can cut but...but i dont think i need to play that cut. i already accomplished my goal of not getting sealed in. also what i have answered is better than the cut(IMO). sorry about lack of variation...it is too complicated to predict what he will play so i will wait till he plays the move
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How will you keep your floating group from becoming heavy? Against strong players these groups always turn into headaches for me.
It's the art of Shinogi, and one of the most difficult aspects of the game. I can't really give a good answer because I'm still much a novice myself in that area.
But personally, I try to counterattack if possible, whatever you do, try avoid getting pushed around. It's better to die that live in submission. (I mean this literally, I actually often die with groups in my games, even the ones I win.)
Of course, black will cut now (that's what I said last time, but this time it's even more impossible not to), so I have some options now. I can run at (a) or play at (b).
Of course, playing at (b) means that my 4 stones can be killed, but only at the cost of white getting a sente-ponnuki in the center. If black connects it reduced the liberties of his top group, which makes it easier to run with (a) afterwards.
The only real question here is whether the ponnuki is enough compensation or not. I think so but I'm not 100% sure.
he is forcing me to play this way. i have a ladder breaker and it is not a net. i will split his group into two and attack. it might be his mistake to let me cut him as such.
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this variation might have been tighter...but i dont think i need to be that tight. i will just be happy with spliting his group. either way i think i have advantage. soon as i get my sente i will play at "a" and get more points for me.
I think that Magicwand should put "Either way, I have the advantage." into his signature. It would save him a lot of typing.
Perhaps he's got something there. I swear I gain two stones when I'm in a confident mood. =D
Is it that being confident makes you play two stones stronger or that playing two stones stronger makes you confident?
Heh. No, if I'm not in a confident mood, I make moves that I later identify as too passive. I would say pessimism causes me more underplays than optimism does overplays. However, I can look at two different games that are score-wise even, and feel better about one game than the other, based on my mood at the time. Things like having sente for a while and such tend to make me feel more optimistic, even if I knew that that sente was my privelege. Sorry for the tangent.
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Kie wrote:
It's often possible to win games like this because the oponent makes mistakes and sort of kill themselves, but against strong players, you do need something more. You need the will to win, trying to plan ahead of your oponent, lure him into your strategies and traps and so forth. I lack that right now.
I have some serious training to do to get out of this lazy kind of playing. I don't think I can surpass my current level unless I make some serious change.
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Hello All, I just entered to watch this thread, as I was busy for many months and quite absent from GD / Lifein19x19.
Hence, I saw the last moves an are not sure in how much I should hide my comment, as it is about Kie's double-hane which already happened and the expected subsequent cut + separation appeared as well.
However, some moves appearing in the diagrams have not yet been played (no matter how obvious they are)
Could s.o. else decide when it is ok to lok at the hidden diagrams? Perhaps it is safe to wait another 5 game moves?
Of course, black will cut now (that's what I said last time, but this time it's even more impossible not to), so I have some options now. I can run at (a) or play at (b).
Of course, playing at (b) means that my 4 stones can be killed, but only at the cost of white getting a sente-ponnuki in the center. If black connects it reduced the liberties of his top group, which makes it easier to run with (a) afterwards.
The only real question here is whether the ponnuki is enough compensation or not. I think so but I'm not 100% sure.
I only considered (firstly) extension :wc: here, resp. this is what springs first to miy mind, as it strengthens the white group with a seemingly 'natural' move.
If Black wishes to continue pushing a-b-c-d, it could be welcomed, as this is the kind of gained strength (worryfree group) which often pays off much later for White.
As black is big & disturbing for white's corner group alone (perhaps W defends with D) AND separates it from the outside, I would ask myself WHY I would block the only bit of route to the outside (P), resp. cut in black's position (Q)?
If Kie can handle all the three cut groups (3; = D15, H12, J15) in the game then perhaps still everthing can be ok, and the difference is just a matter of style.
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is big & disturbing for white's corner group alone 
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