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Post #121 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:28 am 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #122 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:42 am 
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Did not expect :w68:. Thought the following was forced -- I just wanted to connect in sente with :b6:,
then decide what to do:
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[go]$$W :w7: connects at :b2:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . 5 O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . 3 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . B O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . 4 1 6 . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Oh... maybe there was more complication if B ran with :b4::
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . 4 O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . 3 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . B O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #124 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:01 am 
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[go]$$Bm69
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


OK, once again I get to play in the same area twice in a row. Funny how differently we look at urgency of moves. :)

I could not find a good way for black to answer this 70, so let's see what kind of move I have overlooked this time. Wondered about cutting the four black stones in the middle first, but I feel it's better to play on the side first, either strenghtening my stones and then cutting, or getting bigger side and not cutting.


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Post #125 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:20 am 
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Hmm... will think about :w70:.

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

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Have to be patient, I think. :study:

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[go]$$Bm71
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I'm on a holiday trip from this Sunday until 8th of Feb. May have access to internet, may have not. Will post moves if time and internet connection permit. :)

:sad: I hoped Ed would have tried something more ambitious - since in my reading that would have been good for me :twisted:

Well, as there is not that much aji on the side now, better ensure that I'm connected out to avoid having to live there and failing to do that. It's above my ability to read what would happen after 3 below, but is seems scary enough to avoid.

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[go]$$Bm71
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . 3 . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Additionally the move makes A's below quite uninteresting fo Black, and threatens B. If Black takes B, I'll probably cut the five stones and then play around C, but have to think about that - am I sure that my stone inside black moyo will be ok if black plays d? Current opinion: this is ok, but a bit complex.
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[go]$$Bm71
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . a X 1 . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . c . X X 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . b O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . d O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . b a X 1 . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O c . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
For beginners. :w72: has at least two meanings:
- Fix the peep :black:(a), in the (b) direction;
- Fix the :black: hane (c), which was sitting there for a long time.

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Tim, enjoy your holiday. :)

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Post #131 Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:29 am 
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While waiting for Ed to move...

A quick evaluation of situation: I haven't counted properly (will try to do that soon to train myself, and post it) but I feel good about this game. 1-3 sequence below would be great if I first get a few stones at or around A's below in sente, harrying the stones to right of said A's. That should nail the game for me. Even if I don't get that, my gut feeling is that the points are even or I have a lead on board, not counting komi.

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[go]$$Wm1
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . a . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . O X 1 X . . . a . X X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X 2 X 3 . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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

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I looked at the situation for a few days, and unfortunately, as usual, the extra time didn't help so much.
I was looking for ways to fix that cut in sente but couldn't find any.
I tried to come up with other ideas, but didn't see anything very good.
Also wasn't sure if that cut is severe or not.
Conclusion: unclear. :) So I played the ugly empty triangle :b73: and see what happens.

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In hindsight, perhaps should have thrown that cut in while it was available. Oh well, I have another cut at A below, but it seems not work good enough currently. The promised try at count:
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[go]$$Bm73
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | ? ? . . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . . . ? ? |
$$ | ? ? . . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . O O X ? ? |
$$ | ? ? X O O . O . . O . ? . . . X ? ? ? |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X ? ? ? |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . ? ? |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X ? ? |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X ? ? |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . ? |
$$ | ? ? . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | ? ? O , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | ? ? . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . ? . . . . . . . a . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . ? |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X O O . . . ? ? |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X ? ? |
$$ | ? ? O X O O . . . O X . . . . , ? ? ? |
$$ | ? X X O O X ? ? ? O . . O . . X ? ? ? |
$$ | ? X O . . ? ? ? ? . . . . . . . ? ? ? |
$$ | ? ? . . . . ? ? ? ? . . . . . . ? ? ? |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Black:
top left: 6
bottom left: 10 (inc 2 prisoners)
top right: 17 (it seems actually that b will get border play at top in this corner)
bottom right: 17
middle prisoners: 5
Total: 55

White:
left side: 7
right side group: ?
bottom: 13 (inc 1 prisoner)
top: 20
komi 6,5
Total: 46,5 + ?

Not so good as I thought, not a catastrophe either, I have better propects for more new territory.

Wondering between A, B, the C-D-E combo below and something on the right side.
A prepares for the cut at F, supports the two white stones in the middle a bit.
B makes it harder for Black to chase to two stones in the middle on large scale and builds position on left.
C-D-E takes points.
Haven't found a really good-looking point on right side yet, will look into that.

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[go]$$Bm73
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . b . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . O X f X . . . a . X X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . e O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . c d . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #135 Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:23 am 
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[go]$$Bm73
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X O X X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . 1 . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . 2 . X X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


not sure, seems best. Beginning the cut below 73 is also an interesting option for later, btw :)

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First broken Kuroki shell stone, last night. :( ( Tim, you can open these two tags. ) Happened on :w58: :
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dying for some time now and the camera snapped that photo on its own. :)

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Post #137 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:51 pm 
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Evidence of a very strong move having been played.

Now of course, I'll have to spawn off a thread of the tournament rules for such a situation happening.

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Post #138 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:44 pm 
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That, right there, is a mighty bad omen for White. :lol:
It seems to me that White pressed his attack too far at some point. In particular, I think White should have protected the cut at L12 instead of :w58: and then expanded his moyo with something like "a."
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . O . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . a . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . M O O . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . X X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O X O O . . . O X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X X O O X . . . O . . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #139 Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:46 am 
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Ooh, a game with omens!

We'll see what it foretells :D

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

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