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by rat4000
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: Kirby's Study Journal
Replies: 1917
Views: 1227508

Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Bill: I wouldn't play :w6: precisely because I think black's approach is important. (Then again, apparently I'm wrong, if Inseong recommended it.) It just seems to me that after :w6: is played white is forced to reply on the right -- rushing back to the lower left seems to be the worse of the two options.
by rat4000
Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:37 am
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: OCA's log
Replies: 391
Views: 223355

Re: OCA's log

On the newest game:

is asking for trouble. The two stones are weak, but both the stone you just played and your O3 stones are also weak.

What do you do after @ N5? (I don't think I know the right answer -- it's just something you might want to look at.)

From to , K5 was the biggest move on the ...
by rat4000
Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:19 am
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: Kirby's Study Journal
Replies: 1917
Views: 1227508

Re: Kirby's Study Journal

Bill, I've got a question: you say "really?" on , but it's joseki as far as I know and doesn't seem worse than anything else in this position. Why don't you like it? (Of course, the joseki responses to don't include tenuki.)

Also, a question for Kirby: were you trying to avoid the Kobayashi fuseki ...
by rat4000
Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:53 am
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: OCA's log
Replies: 391
Views: 223355

Re: OCA's log

24: If you're going to run, you've got to run. My gut feeling is another one point jump here, to stay ahead.
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by rat4000
Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:07 am
Forum: Professionals
Topic: Iyama Yuta losing it?
Replies: 17
Views: 10599

Re: Iyama Yuta losing it?


That would probably depend on just what 'flaw' you put forward. I can't help notice that you did not do so. In the analogy we don't know the player's strengths before the tournament, so we have no idea what is improbable, so we don't know what is remarkable. Treating something as remarkable in ...
by rat4000
Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:05 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Space oddity?
Replies: 25
Views: 14834

Re: Space oddity?

Ah, sorry. I took "One example of this rationalization is the feeling that two sides should be equal" as the general statement that modern Westerners with their rationalized thinking feel that two sides should be equal.

While I'm posting, let me voice a vague concern about speaking about western ...
by rat4000
Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:00 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Space oddity?
Replies: 25
Views: 14834

Re: Space oddity?

I feel like posting a bunch of art. Maybe it will support Nyanjilla's point some more. I am not an art connoisseur or anything, I have slow nights at work and browse Wikipedia. These are mostly fairly famous people.

Anders Zorn: one , two . Maria Fortuny: one , two . Degas: one , two . Hunt ...
by rat4000
Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: GoPass Password Generator
Replies: 13
Views: 10965

Re: GoPass Password Generator

Krama wrote:IlovewalkingmydogWolfie4865 4865-being some numbers that mean something to you.

So, yeah only god can crack that password using bruteforce methods.
This seems to be false.
by rat4000
Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:55 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Anyone else oppose handicaps?
Replies: 37
Views: 17593

Re: Anyone else oppose handicaps?

Also you should bear in mind the stronger player may find an even game rather unchallenging and hence boring This is what does it, for me. Of the five (?) even games I've played where there was a large rank difference, zero were fun. I expect a resignation when one side can win without really ...
by rat4000
Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:34 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Graded Go Problems for Beginners volume 3 problem 21
Replies: 5
Views: 5741

Re: Graded Go Problems for Beginners volume 3 problem 21

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