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Post #1 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:33 am 
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In this game Black made a textbook play that Elf reckons loses 15½% to par.

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[go]$$Bcm15 Black to play
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #2 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:34 am 
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . O . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . 1 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Maybe this was the textbook sequence? Black 1 at a also comes to one's mind.

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


I expect AI to play this.


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Post #3 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:53 am 
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In this series I do not generally expect the top bots to agree on the next play, but I do expect them to agree that the human play was a mistake. :)

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Post #4 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:24 am 
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[go]$$Bcm15 Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I've been lurking for a long time, but Bill's excellent series and ready access to a desktop brought me out.

Like Robert my first reaction was that black played 'a'. After more reflection I figured that, with the two adjacent corners for support, 'b' or 'c' was more likely. Based on Uberdude's bible, however, I'd wager that the computer would play 'd'.


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Post #5 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:51 am 
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The game is GoGoD 2003-02-19g, the 4th game of the Kisei final between O Rissei (W) and Yamashita Keigo.

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[go]$$Bcm15 Thick and slow
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$$ | . . . O . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X W W . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Yamashita's :b15: was new to me. When I was learning go, a was the tesuji to know, played as a sacrifice to weaken or even capture the :wc: stones. Elf reckons that :b15: loses 15½% to par, while a loses only 15%. :shock: The correct answer is none of the above. O replied with :w16: securing the corner and threatening the Black group. Elf reckons that :w16: loses 18½% to par! :shock: :shock:

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[go]$$Wcm16 Mainline for :w16:
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . b a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 4 7 3 . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . 8 X . 0 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

:w16: approaches the bottom left corner, with :wc: as backup. :b17: approaches the bottom right corner. (a and b are also playable, in order of preference.) :w18: plays the press. :b19: does not crawl on the 3d line, but resists. An AI joseki follows.


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[go]$$Wcm26 Mainline for :w16:, continued
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O O 1 3 4 6 8 . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X 2 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White pushes to build a wall in exchange for territory.

Better play for :b15:. Enclose the bottom left corner.

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[go]$$Bcm15 The Black group is OK.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Elf's top choice is to play the large knight's enclosure of the bottom left corner, with a in second place, and certainly playable. No other play is on Elf's radar, i.e., gets more than 1.5k rollouts. I would not be too surprised if another top bot chose b. In any event, it is not urgent to do anything about the Black group in the top left corner.


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[go]$$Bcm15 Mainline for :b15:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . 3 . . 2 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . 4 . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . a . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This same position occurs in GoGoD 2000-01-29b, between Cho Chikun (W) and Kataoka Satoshi. I chose to use its variations, as they have many more rollouts (26.4k) than those in the O vs. Yamashita game.

After :b15: encloses the bottom left corner, the top right corner becomes important. (White could also approach at a.) :w16: approaches from the top side, :b17: pincers, and :w18: bolsters White's position there, in a nice flow of the stones.

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[go]$$Bcm15 Variation 2
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 7 O . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . 0 . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Starting with :w16: White boxes Black in, but then :b23: gets to play on the top side with sente. Not that getting boxed in is good, but in exchange Black gets :b15: and takes sente.

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Post #6 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:31 pm 
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[go]$$B Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I expect this is the textbook play, or maybe A. Reinforcing a 3-4 corner stone is LZ's opening gospel, so I expect B (or even C) is the better move.
White's possible move at C troubles me though. Maybe that's the textbook play?

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[go]$$Bcm15 Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Robert's suggestion for the classical move at :b3: here looks submissive, even after the :b1: - :w2: exchanvge.


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Current position:
1. D6 comes to mind as a pincer shimari. B's group in the upper left already has a one space extension and access to corner and side, though it is short on liberties.
2. G16 to fight might be exciting but W F12 seems dangerous especially as W still has C16 or B16. In that case perhaps F17 is a tesuji. Or just sacrifice with H17?
3. F12 is proper but seems too slow when W can settle comfortably on left.

Opp to play
1. In lower left, W cut is a move but not very efficient when already on 2nd line. My instinct is C11/D12 ish

Past:
1. By memory, I think this joseki is meant to be good for B but I haven't seen it for many years.

Check:
1. close enough

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