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Offline gostudent
 Post subject: How to respond in this case?
Post #1 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:30 am 
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In the following sequence, B5 cannot tenuki, because there is a sequence after W6 B7 that will make white very thick.

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . , . . . 4 . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



However, if B7 plays this way, it seems to lead to a fight that white is not easy to win:

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . , . . . 4 7 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I have tried different sequences, and it seems that the black corner group cannot be killed. One example sequence is

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 5 7 0 c |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 6 4 8 b |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White plays at a cannot save the two white stone because of snapback, and white playing at b or c also doesn't seem to work either.

Is there any sequence to kill black that I miss? If black is alive, how should white respond after the cut?

Thanks.
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Offline EdLee
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Post #2 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:15 am 
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How do you feel about this ?
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
W gets a lot of cash, and B has a heavy group.
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Offline schawipp
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Post #3 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:19 am 
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How about a move like :w2: which makes miai to connect to either side. If b tries hard to threaten one of the split w groups something like the following could happen (just dreaming ;-) I cannot foresee all possible variations here of course...).

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[go]$$c :w10: captures at a
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O 3 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Update: I have not tested :w2: thoroughly and EdLee's variation is probably good enough.

Update II: Another possible variation after :w2: which looks quite satisfactory:

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[go]$$c :w10: jumps at a
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 4 7 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Last edited by schawipp on Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Offline EdLee
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Post #4 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:22 am 
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gostudent wrote:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 5 7 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 6 4 8 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
White plays at a cannot save the two white stone because of snapback
No. Read again and find the correct reason W(a) fails.
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Offline Uberdude
 Post subject: Re: How to respond in this case?
Post #5 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:43 am 
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schawipp wrote:
How about a move like :w2: which makes miai to connect to either side. If b tries hard to threaten one of the split w groups something like the following could happen (just dreaming ;-) I cannot foresee all possible variations here of course...).


Whilst I applaud your creativity, this is bonkers. gostudent's hane is a much better feeling (take a liberty of black's empty triangle, make your stones stronger, reduce eyespace). Black just stops connection on one side, white thinly connects the other (still problem at a/b later) and then cuts and white can't keep it all together.

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 6 a 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


schawipp wrote:
Update: I have not tested thoroughly and EdLee's variation is probably good enough.

Not just good enough, but better.
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Offline gostudent
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Post #6 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:51 pm 
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EdLee wrote:
gostudent wrote:
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 5 7 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 6 4 8 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
White plays at a cannot save the two white stone because of snapback
No. Read again and find the correct reason W(a) fails.


I am thinking about the following sequence, and white cannot connect at 2 because black can simply take at a. And B6 is at 2 to capture the 3 white stones. Then b and the key point of the three stones would be miai.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 1 2 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X b |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X 5 |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Post #7 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:02 am 
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EdLee wrote:
How do you feel about this ?
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
W gets a lot of cash, and B has a heavy group.


Thanks. It is a fairly good result for white.

A lesson for me here is that, after W1 and B2, the 3-3 point becomes so vital that white has to take it -- letting black play there would almost surely lead to black life. So I have to allow black to escape. Since the running group is heavy, even though I might not be able to kill it, I should get plenty in return. On the other hand, if I insist on surrounding, after black plays at 3-3 and makes life, I would be in a very bad situation with two weak groups.
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Post #8 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:48 am 
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gostudent wrote:
I am thinking about the following sequence...
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 1 2 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X b |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X 5 |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Hi GoStudent,

Yes, we knew what you were thinking. :)
Please read again. You're still missing something very basic. :)
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Post #9 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:58 am 
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schawipp wrote:
Another possible variation...
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[go]$$
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . y 5 O x 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
( Diagram edited for clarity. )

Hi schawipp,

Putting aside :w2: (please see Uberdude's comments about it),
the :b5: above is a common mistake.

If B wants to wedge :black: (x), then B should play it directly,
without the exchange [ :b5: - :white: (y) ] which gives W a very nice ponnuki.
If :black: (x) directly, W cannot get the nice ponnuki shape in your variation.
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Offline Uberdude
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Post #10 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:02 am 
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gostudent wrote:
A lesson for me here is that, after W1 and B2, the 3-3 point becomes so vital that white has to take it -- letting black play there would almost surely lead to black life. So I have to allow black to escape. Since the running group is heavy, even though I might not be able to kill it, I should get plenty in return. On the other hand, if I insist on surrounding, after black plays at 3-3 and makes life, I would be in a very bad situation with two weak groups.


I wouldn't say very bad, like this is also playable for white. You are cut, but neither group is particularly weak.

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . O X . 4 6 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . |[/go]


In fact when you let black escape I want to press black down at 5 (rather than backing off at 8 which might be good enough but I want to play as severely as possible) but then it gets rather complicated, I didn't finish reading who is overplaying here.

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 O X . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . 8 7 O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


If black turns white is plenty happy with the jump:

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 2 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . O X . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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Post #11 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:23 am 
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Thanks EdLee and Uberdude for the corrections! I have not yet encountered black's original response (the empty triangle) but if that happens now, I should know what to do! ;-)
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Offline Uberdude
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Post #12 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:32 am 
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Btw, if you hane first the empty triangle is actually a strong move, better than crawling at a (Of course you usually don't want to kick and then tenuki, but maybe the tenuki was actually a pincer around b).

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , b . . O 3 X 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . O 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Post #13 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:31 pm 
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EdLee wrote:
gostudent wrote:
I am thinking about the following sequence...
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 1 2 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X b |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X 5 |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Hi GoStudent,

Yes, we knew what you were thinking. :)
Please read again. You're still missing something very basic. :)


Do you mean the following sequence?

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X 5 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X 3 |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O 6 7 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


and then either
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


or

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O 4 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O 5 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 6 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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gostudent wrote:
Do you mean the following sequence?
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
No. No throw-in. No snapback.
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EdLee wrote:
gostudent wrote:
I am thinking about the following sequence...
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 1 2 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X b |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X 5 |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Hi GoStudent,

Yes, we knew what you were thinking. :)
Please read again. You're still missing something very basic. :)


Oups... I'm missing that too :oops:

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EdLee wrote:
No. No throw-in. No snapback.


Does Ed mean the other atari, or does he mean this cut below? The cut is better, but seems like Ed is hinting at the other atari.

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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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Hi illluck,
Please see Post 4. They seem to be missing the connect-and-die.
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Hi GoStudent, oca:
Technical issue about the diagrams:
This one shows an "open" board toward the center:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

This one is a closed 19x6 board:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O X X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------------------[/go]
Big difference.

If you want to see the solution, you can open the above hidden text.

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Thank you Edlee, I got it...
Seeing throw in everwhere even when there is a simple solution seems to be a new bad habit I developped...

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Hi oca, you're welcome.
( We ignore the rest of the board and other life-and-death considerations. )

If :b2: atari directly, after :w3: connects,
then later B can take at (a), or W can connect at (a):
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[go]$$W Variation A
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . 3 1 a 2 . . |
$$ . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

However, if :b2: throws in first, after :w3: still connects as above,
the situation is different -- later, W can capture :b2: at (b).
The points are different from variation A.
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[go]$$W Variation B
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . 3 1 2 b . . |
$$ . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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EdLee wrote:
Hi oca, you're welcome.
( We ignore the rest of the board and other life-and-death considerations. )

If :b2: atari directly, after :w3: connects,
then later B can take at (a), or W can connect at (a):
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W Variation A
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . 3 1 a 2 . . |
$$ . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

However, if :b2: throws in first, after :w3: still connects as above,
the situation is different -- later, W can capture :b2: at (b).
The points are different from variation A.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W Variation B
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . 3 1 2 b . . |
$$ . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

I'm currently reading a book about Yose.
For now I have only read 1/4 of the book, but that allready changed my undertsanding of sente...

For example, till now, :w3: was sente for me... but, it's not. or at least not necessarily (still ignoring life-and-death considerations here)...
so I think black has to count the value of capturing the two stones, and see if there is something bigger somwhere else...

Let's try to count the points... (warning, That's the first time I'm doing this, that may be all wrong...)

Variation A

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[go]$$B Variation A, black yose
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . O O 1 X S . |
$$ . . . . O X @ @ X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


black : 5 pts (2 catures + 3 pts :es: local territory, in gote
white : 0 pts
so I would say black +5

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[go]$$W Variation A, white yose ()
$$ ---------------------
$$ . . . . O O 1 X a . |
$$ . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


black : 0
white : 2 (2 is my approximation for white's privilege at a)

so it's black -2 in this case

Which means the global value of yose of vvariation A is 3 points in gote...

Before I will do variation B, can someone tell if I'm full wrong in my calcultation or if I'm somehow correct ?

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