[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . 4 . . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . 2 X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X 3 O 1 . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
: The shape is bad, but extending or one-space jumping lets him play below, which starts what I judge to be an unfavorable fight for me. My actual move is harder to exploit in my opinion.
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . . . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Since I'm not playing a second nobi, I didn't peek at his trigger, so I have no clue if that's what he actually had planned or not.
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . a . . 8 4 5 O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X 2 O 6 b . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O 1 3 7 . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X 2 O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O 1 . 3 . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 7 5 6 . . W . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . 1 X 8 W . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O 2 4 a . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . 3 . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Awful shape, but I can isolate his stones and I'm at least picking a fight. at 'a' might be a better option; I'll have to decide if he plays this way.
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm86 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . 1 . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I know I am weak at situations like this. I may lose the game here. Hopefully, the eye-witnesses of this potential disaster can give me some advice for next time.
[go]$$Bcm87 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Good move by him. I can't find a way to continue in that corner. I think my move would be more realistic if I had a one-space jump from my stone, but I felt that if I did that he would just defend and I would lose all opportunity to do so. Plus, I forgot about this move when reading it out last time . That means I have only one thing left to try. I'll admit right now it seems like a long shot, but I refuse to go down without making him prove it.
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O 2 . X . . | $$ | . . . . . 4 . 3 . 5 . . . 1 . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I've read further than this, but it starts to branch into more variations than I have the time to post. Like I said, I don't really think it works, but I'm desperate now.
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm88 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O 1 . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Like the kosumi in the upper-left, I think this is the strongest move. I need to be careful not to let the upper-left become ko because something will have to give. If I just let him live in the corner, I could use the resulting thickness to invade his left and hopefully keep the game even that way. So, yeah.
[go]$$Bcm89 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . X . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I don't think this will live. If he wanted to try something here perhaps he should have played like this on the left:
[go]$$Wcm90 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . Y Q . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . Q Y . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . X . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Even then I think it is difficult, but now if he lives it must be local because he has no place to run. Of course, I'm a fool and I miss self-ataris when reading so anything can happen.
He must feel like he is losing big, i.e. he cannot win at yose, because allowing is giving up a chance for black to play there and giving me the opportunity for a monkey jump.
[go]$$Bcm91 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . 1 . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Sounds like he might be trying to play mindgames with me. Might as well respond with a smiley to throw a bit back at him .
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm92 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O 1 X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . X . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm92 W(a) $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . 5 O 1 X 6 O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 0 X 2 4 3 X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . a . . . . 8 7 9 . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Bcm93 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O O X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . X 1 . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . 6 O O X 2 O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . X X 4 1 X 5 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Wcm94 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . O . X X X X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . . . X . O X X O O O X | $$ | . . O O . O . . . , . . O O O X . . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . O O O O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O O . . O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . X O . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O O X . O O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . X X . 1 X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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You're not going to let me live, are you?
I resign. Thank you for the game. I'll probably try to summarize my thoughts later.
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This move can be played, but it usually is omitted as it removes the possibility of invasion. Regardless, not playing at (a) was probably a bad idea. This more than made this game enter unusual territory.
There was some discussion about this variation instead. I would have probably responded to at (a) not as in the variation.
@ez4u
I wanted to look to building up the left (hence the 3-5), and I thought after my move ( ) I'd be able to use it to hassle black's corner group and build up the left in the way. That was my initial strategy. Of course, my move may not have been very good.
This was a big exchange. Letting my group get surrounded is obviously huge, but I think my move was big, too. I felt like I'd be able to make small life, so adding another move didn't seem worth it. Had been at (a), I wouldn't have been able to live. So, I guess that answers the question of what move was better in that position -- the move that puts more pressure on white!
That's about it, I guess. Thanks again for the game.
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I hope this doesn't sound cocky, but I'm relieved you thought you were too far behind to win at yose. I really felt like it would be a tough endgame for me!
I'm still not entirely sure whether above would be better high or low. I think low here is fine: I feel it's my play later on that really cost me the game.
[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X X 6 3 . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X . W X 1 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 5 X 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Throughout a lot of the game, I missed that I could play like above in the top-right. I thought if you got , I would lose a portion of the corner, but as this diagram shows that is not the case. Actually, I think I missed that if you played at and I connect, I can cut the two marked stones. I would have played this for my instead had I seen it.
[go]$$Wcm57 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . 8 X 2 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . X . O X X O 1 3 a | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O O O X . . 6 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . X . O . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O 5 b | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . X . O . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . O . X . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think should be at 'a' to take away white's sente descent at 'b'. However, I was thinking you were going to make an eye on the top no matter what and I thought above had better endgame.
I don't quite get - if you're going to tenuki, why not tenuki someplace bigger?
At , I felt 15-20 points down, so I just tried to pull out some last-resort moves. I think you would have won quite easily if it had just gone to endgame.
:w86: seems like the strongest resistance, and I saw no way to continue in the corner after that (though maybe if we were playing live and you were on your final byo-yomi period... )
Overall, I feel it must have been my poor handling of the top-right corner that cost me the game. It'd be an interesting game to have reviewed though, as I feel I must have made mistakes that I'm simply not seeing even now.
One final note: We both screwed up the diagram numbering a lot . , , , , ...
Anyway, it was fun playing with you.
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DuskEagle, you're right that I could have played elsewhere, but at the time I thought it important to have (a) in reserve to ensure my descent at (b) sente. However, obviously if I play elsewhere and you ignore the descent at (b) later I can play at and if you hane I get (a) in sente, so I can live.
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