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 Post subject: Re: 126. EdLee vs Loons
Post #161 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:22 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm61 Prisoners: :w1: -- Seems nice for me? Maybe Ed feels there is sufficient aji to live under still?
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners: :w1: -- I was just managing to psyche myself up for this.
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . 6 5 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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 Post subject: Re: 126. EdLee vs Loons
Post #162 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:01 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm61 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Well, I really want to see Ed's variation. He naturally expects this, so-.

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Post #163 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:35 am 
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Pull-back at :bc: as expected. First feeling is of course :w1:, per previous analysis. But I'll double check first anyway.
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . 1 . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #164 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:08 am 
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(For beginners, probably?) Why :b61: could not be atari at (a) or (b) --
because W would immediately counter-atari at (c) and connect at (d),
resulting in a broken shape for B and a big loss in territory in this area for B.
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . O X . . . . |
$$ O O X O . . . |
$$ O X X X O . . |
$$ . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . O . . |
$$ . . X . . . . |
$$ . . d c . . . |
$$ . . O X . . . |
$$ . . a O X . . |
$$ . . . b . . . |
$$ . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . X O . |
$$ . X . X . O . |[/go]

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Post #165 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:13 am 
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If :b61: was instead connect at :b1:, then W might be able to
take advantage with :w2: :b3: first, before tenuki:
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . O X . . . . |
$$ O O X O . . . |
$$ O X X X O . . |
$$ . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . O . . |
$$ . . X 3 . . . |
$$ . . 2 . . . . |
$$ . . O X 1 . . |
$$ . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . X O . |
$$ . X . X . O . |[/go]

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Post #166 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:24 am 
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If :b61: at :b1:, it's probably too thin, as B has to take care of
both the :b5: group and the :bc: stones:
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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . O X . . . . |
$$ O O X O . . . |
$$ O X X X O . . |
$$ . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . O . . |
$$ . . X . . . . |
$$ . . 1 3 . . . |
$$ . . O X 2 . . |
$$ . . . O X 5 . |
$$ . . . 6 4 . . |
$$ . . . B O X . |
$$ . . . . B O . |
$$ . B . B . O . |
$$ O . . . O . . |
$$ . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------[/go]

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Post #167 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:33 am 
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Going back a few moves, if Loons fixed his shape with :b57: at :b1: -- instead of his cap at (a) --
my follow-up was something like :w2:.
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[go]$$B
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . 1 . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #168 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:00 am 
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One question for post-game review is to compare the following (if :w62: at :w1:)...
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . 1 . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
...to this variation of :b49: (instead of the large knight's :black:(a) in the game):
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[go]$$B
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . 6 . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #169 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:17 pm 
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[go]$$Wm62 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . 1 . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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As planned. Gote. I was looking for some sente moves before coming back here, but was unsure.

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Post #171 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:46 pm 
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An exchange! How exciting. However, this cannot be the extent of Ed's plan- P9 and Q8 were not gainful moves this way. I think.

Some aji:
Note, I am demonstrating aji. To play this like this is very much just setting the world on fire.
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O 2 X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X 1 O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . 5 4 6 O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . 7 O 3 . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O 9 8 X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X x a 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c b X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . d . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
'X' is quite Ed's sente, and white's potential in the middle grows as I throw stones away.

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Post #172 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:24 am 
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

:b63: aims to take sente by falling back a little bit and treating H14 lightly to appease white's thickness. If I played E13, I would be obliged to take better thickness, in gote (*by my reading).

I'm afraid we're entering the weakest part of my game :/

Top is devouring my stones in pairs!

Losing or winning, this is a pretty cool situation on top.

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Post #173 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:18 am 
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Interesting. Not sure what to make of :b63: just yet. Looks like it's going to be a long yose... perhaps? :)

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First feelings. The usual suspects. Have to think about this. :study:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . M X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . M X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #175 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:43 am 
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[go]$$Bcm63 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O a . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . b X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . z . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 x . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . y . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

As white, my first thought is to play 'a'. My second was 'b'. X-Y-Z tries to convince black he really doesn't want sente (which I do). Just Z may be more elegant than that sequence.

I would have probably just played 'a' to well-finish my big capture.

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Post #176 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:24 pm 
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@loons:

You strongly imply that you expect W to reply locally to :b63: to prevent something, but you don't quite spell it out. Mind throwing us a diagram?

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Post #177 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:48 pm 
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Ha ha, I thought it would be fun for people to put it together a little themselves. Look carefully at my 'aji' sequence post and then at my move. Then, if you find there's nothing doing and black clearly misread, you have my permission to giggle quietly to yourself until after the game. Perhaps you can post what I think I'm threatening, or possibly why white is safe and where black has probably erred for anyone else still wondering.

I guess my mention of not playing E13 instead may be pointlessly also cryptic. Given I will give up H14, I would prefer to have a two space jump relationship there to a large knight's move. Also consider the two space jump draws my lines in the sand just a little further from white's monstrous top (with respect to developing my own centre-right later).


Just so you can double-check-
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[go]$$Bcm65 Prisoners: :w1: -- :w64: tenuki (possible). :w68: is a mistake.
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O 2 X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X 1 O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . 5 4 6 O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . 7 O 3 . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O 9 8 X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X x a 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . y X . b X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . c . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
X for Y shouldn't matter a whole lot.

This is why I suggested white might try breaking this sequence with eg. 'a' aiming for sente.

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Pondering this:
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[go]$$W :w11: at (a), :b12: at (b)
$$ ---------------
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . O X . . . . |
$$ O O X O . . . |
$$ O X X X O . . |
$$ . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . O . . |
$$ . . X . . . . |
$$ . . . X . b 0 |
$$ . . O X . 8 9 |
$$ . . 6 W X 4 7 |
$$ . . . 2 1 3 a |
$$ . . . X O B 5 |
$$ . . . . X O . |
$$ . X . X . O . |
$$ O . . . O . . |
$$ . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wm64 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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As planned. Let's see how far down the sequence we get.

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