42. Joaz Banbeck (1d) vs. Araban (5d)

dfan · **#141**

unkx80 · **#142**

Joaz, a large part of the discussion is about whether it is better for white to play at :wc:

or a. The answer is not obvious, and there are dissenting opinions. However, there aren't really in-depth discussions, as most of the posts are one-liners.

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Solomon · **#143**

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Joaz Banbeck · **#144**

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Solomon · **#145**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 30 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Chew Terr · **#146**

Araban:

Dusk Eagle · **#147**

Araban:

unkx80 · **#148**

Dusk Eagle wrote:

Araban:

For Dusk Eagle, but not Araban:

Joaz Banbeck · **#149**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 31 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . B O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm operating in the shadow of the newly created white wall. So I don't want to make a solid target that he can focus on. The natural C14, like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 31 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . 5 . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . 4 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

...gets me in a running fight too close to his wall.

I'm going to treat D13 lightly for right now. If he wants it, he can have it, and I'll go for the corner. I think that he will find it to be like eating celery: the effort expended is not worth the calories gained.

I expect that he will be prudent and go for this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . 1 3 . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . B O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . 6 . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |[/go]

...whereupon once he commits to letting me have the beginnings of eye space I can risk committing myself to a fixed group with :b4:

and then neutralize much of his influence with :b6:

. My gut feel is that my group can survive the most vigorous attack. He will get a modest extension along the lower left side and I can bring my hoshi stone into the game by poking it with C6 or D6.

Solomon · **#150**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 32 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . W . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hey everyone, back from the dead. For those who haven't looked in the SC2 thread where I usually posted throughout the summer, I got into a tablesaw accident a few days ago that lacerated my left index finger. Now before this incident I was busy with school and SC2. School's fine as I write with my right hand, but now I find myself unable to play SC2 seriously so lately I've been kind of getting back into Go. I never really did abandon the game though, as I'm still in the L19 tournament and even played a few casual games here and there. But since the incident I've been playing more (under an anon account) and taking the game more seriously for the time being. Anyways, I was reminded of the Malkovich games that I postponed and figured now would be a great time to resume (and finish, even after my hand is healed and I go back to the world of Aiur). Since I made my last move in my other Malkovich game with Tabemasu and he doesn't come on as much here, I'll talk with him to let him know I'll be active again in the thread so he can play his next move.

palapiku · **#151**

IT'S ALIVE!

Joaz Banbeck · **#152**

palapiku wrote:

:o

IT'S ALIVE!

It's hibernating. After the routine 6-month extension from the IRS, Oct 15th is now the defacto tax due date for a lot of us. I'm probably playing too much already with the prokovich and big brother malkovich. This will have to wait until after the 15th. Then one of my employees goes on vacation, so maybe after the 20th...

Joaz Banbeck · **#153**

Araban wrote:

I got into a tablesaw accident a few days ago that [url=http://imgur.com/H6WtW.png]...

In the photo, those look like... gloves? You were using gloves with a tables saw???

Chew Terr · **#154**

Araban, with the state of your typing hand, would you be better off doing video commentary again?

Solomon · **#155**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

Araban wrote:

I got into a tablesaw accident a few days ago that [url=http://imgur.com/H6WtW.png]...

In the photo, those look like... gloves? You were using gloves with a tables saw???

Yes. I wore them because my hands were cold, they prevented splinters, and also helped with grip. Those are enough benefits for me to wear them despite the risks.

Chew Terr wrote:

Araban, with the state of your typing hand, would you be better off doing video commentary again?

I might consider that. Though I seem to be improving quite rapidly with 8-finger typing (I just tested myself on typingtest.com and got 80 wpm

). I even played a few team games of SC2 and did okay.

Joaz Banbeck · **#156**

This makes me think that I should crosscut. :mrgreen:

Joaz Banbeck · **#157**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 33 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . B . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The taxes are done, the employee is back, so I'm back to something resembling a normal life.

With the previous move I offered to trade him the D13 stone for the corner, if he wanted to play at 'a'. He didn't go for it, preferring the safer line of retreating into the corner. So I have the possibilities of connecting at 'a' myself ( which earlier I favored but now looks too heavy ) or the crosscut.
I'll probably only play 'a' myself if it looks like the only way to make life there.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . W . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . a . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

A little digression for future referrence: if I do crosscut, the only reasonable play by white is to extend westward. There are lots of ways that things can go wrong if I am allowed to chase his star point stone southward. Below is just a sample variation illustrating the bad aji.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 8 . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O 1 6 . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 3 . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . 9 4 5 . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

That means that I always can get to B17 first, like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 2 . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |[/go]

As shown, that is not particularly good, for he can continue like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 7 . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 6 . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 X O 2 . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . a 4 . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . b X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . |[/go]

...where 'a' and 'b' are miai, I'm locked in the corner, and he has more than enough compensation in the center.

What I would like is a way to play B17 such that it does not get locked in. All that this requires is another stone nearby, like the marked stone below:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc One possible variation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 X O 2 . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . 6 4 7 . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . B . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Another possibility $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 X O 2 . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . 7 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . B . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |[/go]

So, if I can get in one move like B13, I have good prospects in the upper left, and much of his central/left strength gets nullified when I have a living group there that is not locked in.
Thus I am going to leave the corner aji alone for now, and see what happens on the left side. (End of digression.)

I'm going to play the natural leaning move, pushing the play away from his strength up top and toward my hoshi stone in the lower left.

I expect that it will continue like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 33 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . 3 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

...where white does not have a really efficient continuation for his left side group. The simple solid extension is answered like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 33 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . 3 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Or, back a move, he can try this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 33 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . 2 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

...but 3 works too well with my high stones to the south.

Solomon · **#158**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 34 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#159**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 35 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . O B . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is really a no-brainer. I cannot let him have F11 or F12. Even without considering his strength up top, letting him get ahead in a pushing fight is bad for me. And when his strength up top is taken into account, letting him push me toward that strength is is absolutely out of the question.
I, of course, want to push him toward my star point stone.

He can't get F11 because I just played there. Because of my threat of D11, I'm 99% certain that he will play E10. My next move will have to ensure that he does not get F12. I'll probably play as shown below because at first glance it is the prettiest shape, although 'a' and 'b' are possibilities.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c Move 37 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . O O . X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . b . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . X a 3 . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . O . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , 2 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Overall, I have reservations about the the wisdom of white's latest move. As a theoretical issue, it does not seem ideal to force me to strengthen my group in the face of his northern wall.
Indeed, as a practical issue, if I become too strong, I can start attacking it. The diagram below shows what can happen after some hypothetical exchange of stones in the mid-left.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . X . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . 3 . O O 2 X . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . 1 . X O X X X . X , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . X X . X X . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , O O X X . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#160**

Trigger for Araban:

For everybody but Araban:

42. Joaz Banbeck (1d) vs. Araban (5d)

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