27. topazg (1d) vs. Numsgil (8k)

topazg · **#81**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm58 Move 58 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Chew Terr · **#82**

Go Numsgil! You can do it! Remember, 70 is a LARGE number...

Numsgil · **#83**

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Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

First thought was this ladder breaker (59). Only it's not actually a ladder breaker. Would have been an awesome way to salvage points, if it were.

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So that's no good. I also thought about trying to capture white on a grand scale. Set up a series of squeezing plays.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm58 Move 58 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . 6 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O 2 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O 4 O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But the reality is white has way more liberties than me. There's no way to win that capture race, even if white let me set it up as a capture race. Going back to ladder breakers, I just need to reposition it a bit. This works as a ladder breaker, and helps my stone here out a bit. I'll have to work out the best follow up.

Of course, if white manages to capture these stones too, things start to look pretty bleak.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm59 Move 59 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Last, here's another thought: take the opportunity to form a large scale moyo:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm59 Move 59 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However, realistically, I don't see getting much of that as territory. White is fairly thick along the bottom, and the white stone smack dab in the middle shouldn't have a hard time either finding life or running.

edit: typo

topazg · **#84**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm60 Move 60 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Numsgil · **#85**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm61 Move 61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

(Note: This is a little bit stream-of-consciousness. Sorry about that.)

If I treat the marked stones as an extension from the start stone on the right, I should make a short extension along the right now. But I also don't want to encourage white to make an extension on the right to stabilize and build a moyo. So I'll make a medium length extension. I'm a little concerned that it's a luke warm move that errs on the side of indecision.

Again, 'a' seems to be about as close to white's thickness as I want to go. If white invades, I'll make a two space extension down to stabilize my group and threaten white's a bit. Black's invasion will then be like a pincered stone and we can continue like that.

The problem is that it requires another move if I want to hold the corner territory, which might make me over concentrated. The move at 'b' is definitely more kosher for that reason. Then 'c' becomes the point to complete the corner. White probably won't let that happen, obviously.

'd' on the other side is also a big point. I'll aim for it when possible. It forms a large scale moyo, and provides some loose backup for my two stones in the center.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm61 Move 61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O B B . . . . . c . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . b . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . d . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Also, importantly, the longer white doesn't capture those two stones in the ladder the more of a mistake he's making. It's just a burden he has to constantly play around. As "lessons in the fundamentals of go" advises, capture stones in a ladder as soon as you can. Don't wait for the ladder to be broken. So I'll try to form fights on the peripheral and see if I can get one to spill over into the ladder line. With any luck he might be caught in situations where those essentially dead stones force him to make sub optimal moves. If he's smart, he'll capture them next turn, though. I can then play at 'd'.

Numsgil · **#86**

More Tactics and Variations

topazg · **#87**

Strategy and Thoughts

Ok, I unarguably have sente here, and it's a really big point in the game. I'm probably just under half way caught up with that top left, but it's going to get much harder to pull back the rest. So, my thoughts and considerations:

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So much to think about. I'm tempted to leave moves like "a" to Black, because I can always play "f" later. "c" might "force" Black to feel like he should jump out and then I can take "f", but that feels poor if he extends along the top. However, I don't want him to extend on the right side too. "b" is high up my priority list, and probably what I'll play - it restricts the eye-space of Black's remaining top left group in a bad way, and he can't counter with the cap at "g" as I'll cut in the middle and risk attacking everything. I want to try and swallow up the middle stones in a big way, but there's a lot of space for them to live in, so anything like that is a tall order. If I had "c", I could look at "h", but now is too early I think. I'm also tempted with the shoulder hit at "d" and then jumping up to "i", as a way of developing the middle quickly, but I'll probably lose the aji of playing at "e" to live in the corner or split Black's stones. It does have the advantage of working well with "b", but then "b" can prepare "e" too, so still I return to "b".

I'm off to a wildlife park with the kids today, but in the meantime I'll think about what I do here - "b" is about 80% likely to be my move, probably followed by "e".

Tactics and Variations

topazg · **#88**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm62 Move 62 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Numsgil · **#89**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm63 Move 63 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Magicwand · **#90**

Chew Terr · **#91**

Magicwand:

topazg · **#92**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm64 Move 64 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

The key is to not respond directly to any of the hanes. Regardless of which one Black plays, White must respond with 66 below, and then connect out:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm64 Move 64-73 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 7 2 4 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 5 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X 0 X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 8 O X O 9 O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm74 Move 74-76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X X . X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 3 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X X X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 2 O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O O O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The only thing I need to be careful about is whether Black can do something in sente to live at the top, such as:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm64 Move 64 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . 2 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 4 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 3 O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And, as he can't, I feel confident that the tenuki at "1" is correct. So, how will it pan out?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm64 Move 64 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 8 O 6 5 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black's just dead here, which means Black's going to have to play some form of sabaki I think, maybe as follows:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm64 Move 64 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 9 7 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 O 2 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 0 5 6 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 8 . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However, something like this I'm still very happy with, killing those stones and increasing my thickness further. We'll see what he does, I haven't read it out all that thoroughly as the key point was being able to tenuki the corner, but I feel confident that I'm 10 points better off again.

Fundamental Principles

Score and Counting

Numsgil · **#93**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm65 Move 65 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Tactics and Variations

Huh. So in case I missed something I also read it out another way. Still dead.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm65 Move 65 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 9 O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 2 O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 4 X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | 5 7 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 . X X 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This way is a ko again. 3 liberties vs. 3+. (+ meaning ko). Black takes first when it gets that far (fill outside liberties before inside, esp. when the inside is a ko).

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm65 Move 65 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | 4 3 1 7 9 8 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 5 O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 2 O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So I dunno. Maybe white just doesn't see this? Or he thinks he can do the ko in his favor? Or there's a variation that gives him an extra liberty and makes it work for him.

topazg · **#94**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm66 Move 66 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Numsgil · **#95**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm67 Move 67 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . X . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

SoDesuNe · **#96**

I just want to express, that topazg is doing an awesome job in these Malkovich Games. His explanations are well written, easy to understand and not overburdening with variations and thoughts.
Everything seems very clear and good structured. I hope, I can learn some structure for my own thoughts on my games from him =)

Really great, you must indeed be a good teacher!

topazg · **#97**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm68 Move 68 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 1 X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

If he connects, he dies:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm68 Move 68-74 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 1 X 2 O X 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 3 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X 6 X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 4 O X O 5 O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If he forms his eye, he doesn't..

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm68 Move 68-70 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 1 4 3 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 2 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm72 Move 72-80 -- Seki, but dead on the outside $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X 1 . X 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 7 O O X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 4 O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 2 O X O 9 O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 8 X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

EDIT:

More Tactics and Variations

Originally I wanted to play E18, but of course, the reason it was one of Black's key points was that it created an eye. If I take it now, he gets both his eye and the key point at B19, so I simply must play B19:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm68 Move 68-69 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | b 2 X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | a O O X 1 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm going to need to play "a" and "b" to kill the group if it has an internal eye, and that's going to a) take me two moves to get them, and b) mean my stones are already down to 3 liberties. Not only that, but his group at the top has outside liberties - this is deader than a very dead thing for White.

If it's so important, why didn't Black play it last move?

Because then Black's misses his first priority - that internal eye - his only way of getting it is to let me capture, which means he lost the important B19 point instead:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm66 Move 68-74 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | 5 2 X 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 4 X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · **#98**

SoDesuNe wrote:

I just want to express, that topazg is doing an awesome job in these Malkovich Games. His explanations are well written, easy to understand and not overburdening with variations and thoughts.
Everything seems very clear and good structured. I hope, I can learn some structure for my own thoughts on my games from him =)

Really great, you must indeed be a good teacher!

Many thanks, you are far too kind

Numsgil · **#99**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm69 Move 69 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | 1 O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

SoDesuNe · **#100**

Not for the players.

Numsgil wrote:

27. topazg (1d) vs. Numsgil (8k)

Who is online