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New Vid - capping attacks
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Author:  Kirby [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New Vid - capping attacks

Prodigious wrote:
Well, I'm not sure the situation is so simple. It seems like black can seal in white as below and I don't think that white can actually escape anymore...

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X O O , X . X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . X . . . . X . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . X O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O 2 . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X 1 . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Although the one-space jump by white looks more promising :>

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X O O , X . X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . X . . . . X . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . X O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . 2 . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Since white has the one-space jump in your second diagram, would you conclude that the knight's move is a better response than :b1:, above?

Although, maybe black could do this:
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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X O X O O , X . X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . O X X . X . . 3 . X . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 O 5 . . X O O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . 2 . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O . O . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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