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 Post subject: Re: #158 - topazg vs speedchase
Post #21 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:41 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm1 W:0 B:0
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Post #22 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:31 pm 
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Isn't the double low extension from the 4-4 point just a bit inferior?

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Post #23 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:50 pm 
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@hyperpape: Yes, it's a bad shape and the 3-3 is a good answer. Shame that speedchase intends to make the mistake of not pushing at s6 first. White can probably punish by turning there instead of hanging connection. If he plays the correct sequence I like black's position a lot: 2 shimaris, and a corner and white overconcentrated thickness. But that order mistake is huge, might swing the game back in white's favour.

Also his plan to then immediately reduce is greedy and bad. Let white have those points, don't give yourself a weak group. It's better to just play some big fuseki point, such as h3.


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Post #24 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:53 pm 
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@speedchase (no idea if this is a breach of malkovich etiquette)

Beware of triggers: think about each move you play!

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Post #25 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:27 pm 
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Notes #11, #14, and #16 unhidden. :)

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:b9: seems as good as anything to me.

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[go]$$Bcm9 W:0 B:0 Joseki
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In this situation the two step hane is joseki.

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Post #26 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:15 pm 
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Either block side is as good. I'll compare between the two double hane josekis and the standard extension joseki if/when we get there.

I'm also pretty unsatisfied with the position. I'm wondering whether R10 @ R6 would have been a bit less uncomfortable.

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Post #27 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:57 pm 
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Hmmm. topazg wonders whether R-10 should have been at R-06, while I wonder whether it would have been better at R-11. ;)

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Post #28 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:55 pm 
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Bill Spight wrote:
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A database search confirms the most territorial move around is ubiquitous; probably followed by :b7: . Not too many games with this fuseki though.
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[go]$$Wcm6 W:0 B:0
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...


Let me guess. Was this the widest path?

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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Was White Sakata? ;)

Edit: Unhidden.


Nope, this was...
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And nope, Sakata never played this fuseki -- as White. Hashimoto Utaro played it against him once in 1959. The continuation in that game did follow your diagram above though! :blackeye:

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Post #29 Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:58 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm11 W:0 B:0
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #30 Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:42 pm 
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speedchase,
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#1 priority: Don't die!
Sometimes in Go there are fates worse than death. :)

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speedchase,
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#1 priority: Don't die!
Sometimes in Go there are fates worse than death. :)

I understand, But now? I like the sansan invasion for the reasons a gave above, and I am sticking with it!

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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, time to stop and think for the next one. I'm leaning towards a double hane, but which one?

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speedchase,
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I understand, But now?
Now you're in the middle of it so I cannot tell you. :)

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I've decided to take the corner. The sente sequence doesn't seem to offer as much as I'd like with regards to compensation, and it doesn't connect to my right hand side stone, which means I'll have to handle it whichever path I choose:

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


This is how I see the game progressing, and :b21: is a pain I'm going to have to deal with one way or the other. The aji of "a" is uncomfortable, threatening "b", but I've got "c" as a fall back plan if I need it. Let's see if I can come out of the fuseki at least equal.

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Post #36 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:35 pm 
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I'm going to have to think about it more but I like the idea of having :wc: sandwiched between a ponuki and a shimari.

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[go]$$Bcm1 W:0 B:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , W . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O 5 |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X 4 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X 6 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #37 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:06 pm 
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Post #38 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:10 pm 
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Been having a think:

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[go]$$Bcm15 W:0 B:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X 0 . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 C 5 |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X 4 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X 6 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Time to be creative and create opportunities. :w22: is a key point which makes me wonder about :b21: a little bit. Not that it's bad per se, but it's not so clearly awesome for Black as I feared. :w24: is a probe I want to play if :b21: happens, but maybe not at move 24.

God, I'm getting all excited about playing Go again. This is fun!

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Post #39 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:17 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm15 W:0 B:0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . a . O . b . . 3 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 1 6 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Black could also consider taking the ponnuki on the other side. Then have to pick whether to pincer at a or extend at b. There is also the option for white to atari on top with 18 instead of connect.

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Post #40 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:56 pm 
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@Uberdude:
I thought with the K3 stone black can resist more harshly?

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$$ ---------------------------------------
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$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . 3 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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