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Offline EdLee
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Post #121 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:43 pm 
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[go]$$Wm54
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
Natural, seems forced.
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 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #122 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:05 am 
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[go]$$Wm54
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . 2 . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


Debating whether to extend or atari when he captures. Will probably atari. Some violence is still to come methinks
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Offline topazg
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #123 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:12 am 
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Change of plans, I'm going the other way instead.
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Post #124 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:29 am 
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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
If instead of the capture :w1: extends then :b2: becomes sente:
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[go]$$W
$$---------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . X 2 . |
$$. O X X O 1 . |
$$. . X O X . . |
$$. . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]
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 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #125 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:48 am 
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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . 2 . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


Rejected moves:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . 2 . . X b . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O a . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


If he gets the point I just played, he can develop quite a lot of points in sente against my group. This is undeniably worse with respect to the corner, but globally I think this may be a fair bit bigger than either of the corner moves.
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Offline Dusk Eagle
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #126 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:54 am 
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[go]$$Wm1
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . X . . X 1 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O a . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

I think topazg should have taken 'a'. Now that he didn't, as white, I would take :w1: automatically. The difference in points in the corner is quite huge, and white's group becomes so much more safe than if black takes 'a'. Black's group also starts to become weaker with :w1: above.

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 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #127 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:53 am 
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Ok, that move deserves a bit of explanation, as it's rather questionable (although, for the time being, it's an experiment I still stand by!). So, why would I neglect the corner in this way, as he clearly gets to hane in sente, right?

Actually, the following area is the one I see as pivotal for this game:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . x x x x x . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O x x x x x . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . x x x x x x O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . x x x x x x . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . x x x x x x . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . x x x x x x . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X x x x x x x . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O x x x x x . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


So, I'm making an unusual sacrifice of sorts. If White responds to me, I probably get this:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . 6 4 2 . . X 8 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , 7 5 3 O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


In this case, it's some kind of semi-awesome forcing move first I guess, and there's some good aji in the middle still to play with - even without it, I have some fairly good points to boot.

If I take the obvious move, this scares me:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . x . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . 3 . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . d b a X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . e . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


The best I can see locally is "a" -> "e", and I'm not convinced I can get much compensation for the fact he can build points on the top (even with the open skirt), especially as he can get moves like "x" in sente too. Now we just both have sort of floating groups.

I'd be more likely to respond locally as well if I could keep him low on eyes, but I'm not even convinced of that:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . X 3 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X C 2 . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 4 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O b . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . a . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


I can't quickly and easily cut off his abilities to make eyes over here, and if I try and fail, then I gain absolutely nothing from it. All his thickness faces this sort of center - center/right area, so building a framework here is really hard for me, and I can't see an easy way of creating good kill threats that turn into points. Without them, I could just end up with a weak group of my own. So, I'm comparing the result in my head to this:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . W W . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . W B . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


I don't get so many points on the right here, and White's ability to make a lot of points at the top is pretty huge, and he has no weak groups either. My view of the final position here is something more like:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . 8 7 6 9 . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . 4 . . 2 . 5 X 3 . |
$$ | . . O O O O 0 . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, I'm not actually sure about the last move, but you get the idea. Because of the that cut threat, I may be able to get to extend in sente. If so, I'm happy with this:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . 4 . . 2 . . X 3 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . 5 . . . . . . X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


If not, I've neutralised most of the middle, got a basically stable group, and have some good potential to attack. I consider this to be better than the joseki I decided against, and less risky than playing the local corner move first.

It's another one of my crazy experiments I'm afraid :S
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Further thoughts:

Actually, more philosophies and thoughts about my approach rather than game sequences:

It's funny, the more I look at my move, and my reasoning, the more I think I'm a crazy man. How could I possibly call this less risky than securing the corner? This is a ridiculously ambitious plot, that frankly I suspect may be one of my Cunning Plans. However, my train of thought that lead me to be happy with it was an interesting enough ride to me that I'm going to share it (and, if these sorts of ramblings turn you off, let me know and I'll stop!):

I'm actually going to stand by this move from some kind of pedagogical high ground. The day I stop experimenting with crazy ideas is the day I stagnate as a Go player. I'm sure there's enough difference between my move and the corner, albeit based on some precise reading, that a professional player could say with complete authority which one is better. I'm equally sure that a player of my strength will either like it because it looks crazy and fun, dislike it because it looks like a complete disregard of local common Go theory, or have mixed or ambivalent feelings (I've gone from disliking it, to liking it, to thinking it was a blunder, to loving it, to feeling completely confused about it today - yes, I have been thinking about it that much!).

Despite this, I've realised this move embodies my current approach to Go. I'm really trying to improve this year, and that means not playing "this is the sort of instinctive move I always play here" type moves. I won't let my rather sad little knowledge box of Go theory get in the way of breaking out an experimental hypothesis once in a while. So much of life hangs on the enjoyment of those "what if this could be the one?" risks, and I think the same applies to Go. This is the sort of moment when I think to myself "This could be rubbish, and it could be great, and I'm just not strong enough to know - the fact it might be great is enough for me to take the plunge".

Hopefully, it will work. If it doesn't, hopefully I'll have learned something. If I don't, at least I'll have enjoyed the ride :)


And just one more thing:

Ok, this isn't just one of those "Ha, I can do something crazy and different that no-one would ever suspect" moves. I also couldn't see a way of avoiding this:

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[go]$$Wm56 Looks ok so far ...
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . 3 . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . 7 5 4 X O C 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wm64 Continuation ...
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . O 3 4 X X . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . O O X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 6 5 O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . 7 O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . 8 . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . 9 , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


I'm really pretty unhappy now, and I'm not even completely alive am I? I mean, neither's White, but he's just made a bunch of points at the top, and I was hoping to retain the chance to make territory where I'm about to force him to run through. Unless I kill the White dragon, haven't I just lost out a lot here?


And another more retrospective thing:

I'm slightly wondering whether I should have pincered in this corner at all. I can get a big corner with the following sequence, but does the end look a bit hairy, or ok?

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[go]$$Bm51 A parallel universe
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 W 5 . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . 9 . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
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A few variations I was reading when B hit with :bt: ( :b47:)
(note I thought B would hane with :bx: instead of the nobi (n) in the game):

Difficult for me to judge whether (a) and (b) were miai:
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[go]$$W
$$---------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. b . . X a . |
$$. O X X O . . |
$$. . X O Y 1 . |
$$. . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . Z n . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]

Variation 1. Both :bc: and :wc: groups are not settled;
while B has (c), W also has (d). My conclusion: Unclear.
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[go]$$B Prisoners :b1:
$$---------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . d . . . . |
$$. 2 . . X 1 . |
$$. O X B O c . |
$$. . X O . O . |
$$. . . W O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . X . . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]

Variation 2. Similar to Var 1, but B starts the ko. My conclusion: Also unclear.
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[go]$$B Prisoners :b1:
$$---------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . X 2 . |
$$. O X X O 1 . |
$$. . X O . O . |
$$. . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . X . . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]

In the game, B got :b1:, which is big, but now W can :w2:,
and it seems :ws: is much more settled than :bs::
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[go]$$B Prisoners :b1:
$$---------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. 1 . . X 2 . |
$$. O X # O . . |
$$. . X O . O . |
$$. . . @ O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]

More local and global reading... :study:
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Back at :b49:...
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[go]$$Wm48
$$ --------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . O . X . . . |
$$. . . . . 2 . X . . |
$$. . . . . . 1 O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Another variation:
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[go]$$W
$$ --------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . 9 . . . |
$$. . . . . . 7 8 . . |
$$, . . 5 O 3 X 2 . . |
$$. . . 6 4 X 1 X . . |
$$. . . . . . O O 0 . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Cont'd:
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[go]$$Wm11
$$ --------------------
$$. . . . . . . . 7 . |
$$. . . . . . O 5 6 8 |
$$. . . . . . O X . . |
$$, . . O O O X X . . |
$$. . 1 X X X O X . . |
$$. . 3 . . . O O X . |
$$. . . 2 4 . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Compare to this variation at :w48::
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[go]$$Wm48
$$ --------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . 3 1 2 . . |
$$, . . . O . X . . . |
$$. . . . 4 . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
My conclusion: Unclear.

So the positions at :b47:, :w48:=(a), :b49:=(b) were very difficult for me to evaluate
because of the explosions of variations, including W (c) attach, W (g) push, W (e) peep,
W (d) lean, W (h) 3-3, W (f) hane:
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[go]$$Bm47
$$ --------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . c h . . |
$$, . . . O . X . . . |
$$. . . . . b g 1 f . |
$$. . . . . . a O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . d X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$, . . . . . e . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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[go]$$Wm58 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . X . . X 1 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
1. (a) and (b) seemed miai:
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[go]$$Wm56
$$ --------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. a . . X b . |
$$. O X X O . . |
$$. . X O . O . |
$$. . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]

2. If B ataris with (c) or simply extends with (b), then :bs: settles with a big corner and :ws: is not settled;
if W (b), then :ws: gets a strong shape, settles, and :bs: is not settled.
The difference seems significant:
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[go]$$Bm57
$$ --------------
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. 1 . . X b . |
$$. O # X O c . |
$$. . X O . O . |
$$. . . @ O . . |
$$. . . . . . . |
$$. . . O X . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . |[/go]
(p)
Possibly B's biggest mistake in the game was :b57:.
After :b5:, (a) and (b) directions are miai for B:
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[go]$$B
$$---------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . 4 5 . . . |
$$. . . . 2 . . X 1 . |
$$, . a . O X X O . . |
$$. . . . 3 X O . O . |
$$. . . . . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . b . O X . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
This is a very natural way for B to walk into W's moyo by attacking, and W is already dying:
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[go]$$B
$$---------------------
$$. . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . 4 5 . . . |
$$. . . . 2 . . X 1 . |
$$, . 6 . O X X O . . |
$$. . . . 3 X O . O . |
$$. . . . . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . 7 8 . . . |
$$. . . . . . O X . . |
$$. . . . 9 . . X . . |
$$, . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Last edited by EdLee on Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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[go]$$Wm58 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . 2 . . X . . X 1 . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


I can't respond to that, without admitting my last move was a blunder (for one thing, he'd get to play where I just did, fix his cut, and destabilise my group). So, I must continue with my nefarious craziness.

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...I can't respond to that, without admitting my last move was a blunder ...


The LBJ school of go?

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topazg wrote:
...I can't respond to that, without admitting my last move was a blunder ...


The LBJ school of go?


I think thats a good way of thinking though, because that encourages you to play consistently. I think its better to follow up an overplay with a complicated route than to accept a small but certain disadvantage.

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A BOY was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother,
saying, "Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it
gently." "That was just why it stung you," said his Mother. "The
next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be
soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you."


BE CAREFUL HOW YOU APPLY THIS TO GO AND PLANT SCIENCE

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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . X . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
One idea is B can turn the lower right into solid territory with one move,
say :b1: (or (a) or (b), not sure what is pro shape);
whereas W needs probably 3 moves to do the same at the bottom--
(c) plus 2 moves around (d):
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[go]$$B
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . X . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . a b . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . d . . . . . . . c . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

Another idea: although the :b2: clamp looks a bit crude, after :b4: it doesn't look very promising for W:
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[go]$$W
$$-----------------
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . X . . X O . |
$$. . O X X O . . |
$$. . . X O . O . |
$$. . . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . O X . . |
$$. . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . X . . |
$$. . . . 3 1 4 . |
$$. . . . . 2 . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . X . . . |
$$. O . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |[/go]
For example:
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[go]$$W
$$-----------------
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . X . . X O . |
$$. . O X X O . . |
$$. . . X O . O . |
$$. . . . O O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . O X . . |
$$. . . . . X 7 . |
$$. . . . 5 3 . . |
$$. . . 6 4 X 1 . |
$$. . . . O O X . |
$$. . . . . X 2 . |
$$. . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . X . . . |
$$. O . . , . . . |
$$. . . . X . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . |[/go]
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Offline topazg
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #137 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:24 am 
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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . X . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]


Hrmmm, good move, good timing. If I was fearing about being behind before, I'm definitely behind now. I must get my bottom left corner move in soon.
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Offline cdybeijing
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #138 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:31 am 
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Is white 60 a common reduction tactic?
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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #139 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:04 am 
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cdybeijing wrote:
Is white 60 a common reduction tactic?

yes. but i would have done it differently
see below..
i think white wanted sente. my proposal is most likely gote.
i feel that black is behind. if black feels he is behind and jump in bottom left corner... he is fall behind even more.
also..i feel 'a' is very very big..because of followup move at 'b'
if white can grab sente and play 'a' he will be comfortably ahead.
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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . X . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O b . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O a . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

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Offline gaius
 Post subject: Re: 103. EdLee vs topazg
Post #140 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:03 am 
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Hmmm... wouldn't this be more active? I don't see a really convincing answer for white, for example I think the sequence below at least gives black some attacking hopes again:
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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners :b1:
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X . X . O . . X . . X . . X O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . O X . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X . X . O X O . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . X . X O O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

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