Hi, all.

I've recently played a game against a good friend of mine, and thought I'd post it online for a review. We are friends at the local club and play a lot against each other, and although I'm a bit stronger our games are all pretty interesting.
To the game: It was going pretty well (or so I thought) until I forced black to kill 2 of my groups, at which point I resigned.


Pointers for both sides would be appreciated. Thanks and thanks for maintaining an awesome forum.

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While I was teaching the game to a friend of mine, my mother from the other room:
"Cutting? Killing? Poking out eyes? What the hell are you playing?"

I'm not going to do a full review, but my general feeling is that Black's play is way too passive. Handicap stones are made to attack ! For instance, I'd play B14 around K16. B28 is another passive, territory-hugging response. Q12 would attack the stone, weakening the N16 group.

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Heretix [24k]: Anyone care to give a little bit of commentary, this game is confusing...
mattn [1d]: commentary: "oh my god"
tartrate vs. redrose game

Here's a quick review. The bulk of it focus around Move 28, but there's some other ideas as well.

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

Thanks guys. I'll be sure to pass it along.

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While I was teaching the game to a friend of mine, my mother from the other room:
"Cutting? Killing? Poking out eyes? What the hell are you playing?"

group on top...is it really captured?
i think there is a way to save them.

if you save them you win.

i will let you figure it out.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

Yeah, that was my estimation too. I had a lot of aji to play with, so I left the group alone for a long time because I was confident in my ability to outread my opponent. Well, I guess that didn't happen.
I'll have another look at it.

Just to know where I should start looking: Did I still have a chance after move 152, or was it too late?

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While I was teaching the game to a friend of mine, my mother from the other room:
"Cutting? Killing? Poking out eyes? What the hell are you playing?"

I'm pretty sure you can save it at the point you resigned.

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

hm, after some reading I think I found a ko sequence

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[go]$$Wc Ko?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . 3 2 . 6 5 X 4 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . 1 X X X O X 8 9 0 . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O X O O O O O X 7 X X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X O O , X X O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X X . O O X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O X . X X X X . X . . . . |[/go]

But I still don't know what to do with this

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[go]$$Wc White dead?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . b a . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . 2 O C 1 X X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O X O O O O O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X O O , X X O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X X . O O X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O X . X X X X . X . . . . |[/go]

a and b both die (as far as I can tell) and if White plays 2 then Black plays 1 and becomes a false eye.

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While I was teaching the game to a friend of mine, my mother from the other room:
"Cutting? Killing? Poking out eyes? What the hell are you playing?"

In the first diagram, you're really close. You have an easy way to live at that point that doesn't involve ko.

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O . O X X X O X 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O X O O O O O X 1 X X . . |
$$ | . . . O O X X O O , X X O O O X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X X . O O X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O X . X X X X . X . . . . |[/go]

In the second diagram, I've given you the first move of the sequence. So, do you see how white can live now? This next move is key.

Hint:

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

@Dusk Eagle:

@topazg

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

Well, I looked at it some more and couldn't figure it out, so opened your hide tags. Seem like the problem is well beyond my abilities. I only found a simplified Ko sequence by just looking at it. I had to do the rest with placing stones (which still got me nowhere).

But I guess it was still too early to resign, my opponents reading should be even worse than mine. I should have just tried it and hoped for a mistake.

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While I was teaching the game to a friend of mine, my mother from the other room:
"Cutting? Killing? Poking out eyes? What the hell are you playing?"

yea..you are absolutely correct.
i really didnt look at it too seriously and missed it.

but at their level i think it has good chance of living.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson