Game 18
Iwamoto Kaoru (W) vs. Fujisawa Kuransuke, Honibo League, September, 1950 (GoGoD 1950-98-22a)
The komi for the Honinbo Tournament was 4½ pts. at the time.
After Elf estimates Black's winrate as 93½% (27.7k playouts). Black won by 3½ pts.
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[go]$$Bcm29 Black is ahead. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . X a . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X O . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . O . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Elf thinks that is a mistake, losing 9% to the attachment at a. For Elf recommends the attachment at b, but the play from there is complicated, and Elf regards a, which Iwamoto played in the game, as only ½% worse, so I shall show Elf's continuation from there.
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[go]$$Bcm33 Elf's continuation from , marked $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . X W . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . X , . 2 . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . 7 6 . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , X O . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . O . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
is the underneath hane, to which White stands, solidifying his group. takes kikashi in the top left and then prevents White from making eye shape on the second line. The variation stops here, probably because the playouts for future play dropped below 1500.
Earlier in the game
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[go]$$Bc Unexpected error $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 1 . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
is an error that loses 11½% to par, according to Elf. It is not that the ogeima approach is so bad, per se, it is that the 3-3 invasion at a in the bottom left corner is so good. The value of these early 3-3 invasions was not suspected before the advent of AI.
Elf's mainline variation for 
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[go]$$Wcm6 3-3 invasion $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 4 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
White invades the bottom left corner and claims territory while Black makes a sizable wall.
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[go]$$Wcm16 3-3 invasion, continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 , . 6 . . . , . . . 2 . , X . . | $$ | . . O 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . . 3 . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
encloses the bottom right corner. Then makes a two space high enclosure in the top right, which was not popular before the AI era. extends on the bottom side, reducing Black's influence there. The bots have devalued the sides, but each corner has at least two stones in it. Next, Black plays a kick joseki in the top left corner, another joseki that was not popular before the bot era. Then, jumps on the third line on the left side, making some territory and forming a 5 space extension from the two White stones in the corner. Dogma at the time was that such extensions are too far. The bots don't care.
Later in the game
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[go]$$Bcm19 blunders $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 0 O X 3 . . . . . X . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . 2 . X . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , 5 8 . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X 4 6 . . . O . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Elf says that the natural looking extension, , loses 19½% to par. switches to the third line attachment against the Black enclosure in the bottom left corner. secures territory in the bottom left co[rner. Then descends in the top leftcorner. Instead of Elf prefers 27 by 5½%.
Elf's recommended variation for 
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[go]$$Bcm21 Atari first $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O X 7 . . . . . X . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . 6 O . X . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , 3 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X 2 4 . . . O . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
connects and extends. White could have played this exchange earlier. Comparing the two diagrams, it seems like the main point playing the atari at is this exchange.
Ironically, Elf regards the descent at as a blunder, losing 20%. White has a superior play in the next diagram.
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[go]$$Wcm28 Third line attachment $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X . . . . . X . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 9 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 X a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 7 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . 8 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 6 X O . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X O O . . . O . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
= a
plays a second third line attachment. plays the top hane. (If is at a, is the same.) After pulls back. The peep, , the crawl, , and the cut, , leave White some aji in the corner.
So Black and White traded blunders. Other than that, missed the 3-3 invasion, which was probably heresy at the time. Other than that, Black took a strong lead because of an accumulation of relatively small errors by White.
Edited typos.
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