Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

Chew Terr · **#161**

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Joaz Banbeck · **#162**

To observers:

Chew Terr · **#163**

Joaz Banbeck · **#164**

( Dang! When Topazg like something that my opponent posts, it usually means that it a line that is bad for me. )

I've evaluated one of the moves:

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It aims at the center of his formation, and it helps the right side group run out.
And if he plays the natural extension, then W3 is lethal with two cutting points.

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But the problem is that even if I surround him, I have a weakness of a double keima, which he can exploit like this:

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...which continues like this:

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Now 'a' is a threat to kill, so I have to play 2 as shown, rather than at 5. And now my right side group is cut off, and has at best 5 liberties, and probably loses the liberties race.

Worst yet, he can simply reply with 2 like this:

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And however it turns out, he is sure to have more liberties.

So, a move that is supposed to connect my right side group, but does not, is no good. But let's try a slight adjustment one space southward:

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I've got to go look at this a bit.

Puppycakes · **#165**

Joaz Banbeck · **#166**

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Back when I played this move:

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...I was assuming that he would go for pressing me low and getting eye space. I figured that...

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

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He will probably live in the middle easily enough by pressing me low. I'll pursue him by extending my right side group into the middle. As it gets stronger, then his lower right corner becomes a potential target.

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If I'm strong enough in the middle, I can poke at it from below, and make territory at the bottom.

Implicit within that strategy was the unexpressed idea that the cutting stone at Q14 would become meaningless, and therefore expendable if he attacked:

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...and that if he attacked, I would form a wall supporting an attack to the south, and steal sente while doing it.

But he played it much faster and looser up top, and now I'm rethinking that strategy. Instead of complicitly allowing him to live easily, I might be able to kill. But the problem with that is that my right side group could come under attack, particularly with the cutting sequence that I showed last post which catures - at least - the cutting stone at q14. So I want to be able to strengthen my right side group against that sequence - and similar attacks - before I go after his top side group.

If I had some exchanges like this:

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...then I can play something like 'a', knowing that he can't hack through at 'b'.

However, what if his plans for his lower right group are more southern oriented? Like this:

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...in which case I would do better with the previous plan of making territory at the bottom, making a token attack up top with the safer 'b' rather than the risky 'a'.

In summary, the long extension of his last move has opened up new possibilities. I need to know what he intends to do with his lower right group before I choose a new strategy or stay with the old one. There seems to be only one obvious eye-attacking move, so it costs me almost nothing to play it. Maybe I can get him to divulge something.

I'm either going to attack up top - and probably bet the game on the success of that attack - or I'm going to go for territory at the bottom. He gets to decide which.

Chew Terr · **#167**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X 4 . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#168**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . 5 . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

I'd like to extract my stone and leave him with no eyes, but it does not go well for me:

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

...I can get out, but...

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

...my position is just too thin.

However, if I had just one more stone, as marked:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . W . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 4 3 X X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 5 O 1 . O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . 6 2 O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

...I think that I can hold it all together.

So I'm going to delay the choice, and stake out sixth rank territory ( If I can get in a move like J6 or K 6 it could become real territory. ) It ups the ante considerably, for it threatens to deprive him of all of his eye space. It is too serious to ignore, and he has to strengthen his group. Will he choose to push north or south?

Magicwand · **#169**

for obs only:

Chew Terr · **#170**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 6 . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not even sure I'm going to push and cut right away, but I really want to see which way my opponent blocks. Not sure I like the shape he made here because of the weaknesses present.

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

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

This seems like the very least I could get here, and it gives me more of the corner than I would get, otherwise. I'm going to take the direction he blocks under consideration, and probably save the aji for later. That said, I could play something like this and not play 7, just to stabilize my group in sente.

Joaz Banbeck · **#171**

Regardless of how this turns out, congrats to MHO for making this an interesting game. :clap:

Chew Terr · **#172**

Haha, thanks. =) Lately, I swear that all of my games turn out similarly... interesting. This game started fairly normally, but I figured it was only a matter of time until the dam broke, and a sequence of fights began.

Thanks for making this game so interesting, and making me do so much thinking. =)

Violence · **#173**

Joaz Banbeck · **#174**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X 7 . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

All other replies end up losing my threat to extract R7.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc He gets space for two eyes $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O 1 O 3 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X 2 5 X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O 7 6 . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O 8 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Or 3 like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc He keeps his eye in sente. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O 1 O 5 6 . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X 2 3 X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O 4 7 . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

So blocking the to the east is needed, and it doesn't get him much:

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

Chew Terr · **#175**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O 8 O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X 7 . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

edit: fixed diagram

Trigger:

As an aside, I'd convinced myself that you would block the opposite direction. Just goes to show you, two people can see the same board and entirely see different sides of it.

Redundant · **#176**

Violence wrote:

Shaddy · **#177**

Violence wrote:

Magicwand · **#178**

Violence wrote:

Joaz Banbeck · **#179**

Pass????

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . , . . . . O X . X . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . X . . . X O X X . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . X X O X X . | $$ | . . O O X O . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . X X . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O 9 O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X 7 . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------------[/go]

Loons · **#180**

His first move is at your 69, though it seems to've escaped the diagram.

Malkovich 104 - Joaz vs Chew Terr

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