Life In 19x19 :: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here

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is the obvious alternative. But after :b5:

Black is slightly overconcentrated. This is still eminently playable, though.

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But what about this wedge? White is unlikely to play :w2:

because of the ko in the corner. Nor is White likely to approach at "a" because it is so small.

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And

here is not very severe, leaving a one space extension on either side for Black. And Black can revert to the top right corner.

Yeah like I feel like our move was not what I would usually play, but I also like our attacking prospects, and before you can really go crazy around here, I think securing the corner is important before starting a fight, which seems inevitable with the way white has been disregarding his stones.

I didn't really like playing on the left side because I felt like we might want to take the corner later and reduce his thickness, a lot of the moves on the left side of the board seem overly committal when we don't really have to be.

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I just feel like in this scenario we induced white to take a big corner, which is kinda what he wanted to do with his original large knight's move, right?

Also I'm not so certain we need a position on the left side of the board when we're looking to make something of our lower side.

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How about I phrase it this way, if we play at 1 and white plays at 2, would you like to play at 3?

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Or really, just remove the move we played and give white an extra move.

Doesn't it feel like we're still ahead in the opening?

Doesn't the left side feel really uninteresting?

My feeling is that there are better things to be doing with our time.

Pippen wrote:

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I think a two-point jump here is better, even if riskier, to get the split stone involved more or at least to con black into thinking it could.

Interesting play. It calls to both of White's weak stones (:wc:). It is thin, and Black does not want to strengthen it.

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My one and only true friend - KGS-SE - says that White is leading by 39 which means the balance is alright (or not at all)^^.

Ah! The KGS Score Estimator, I presume. OC, 39 pts. is way off. My estimator, which assumes that the White stone on the right side is immortal, thinks that White is 5 pts. ahead. Which means that White is a bit behind.

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protects the corner. Will it induce :wc:

to run? That would be nice.

No, Pippen found another interesting play.

Author:	Pippen [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:06 pm ]
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I want to play a game with the following set-up against a player who's a dan player at KGS or Tygem (or with similiar strength). I am experimenting with a split fuseki where I abandon the split stone deliberately to use it as a sleeper later (or to trick my opponent into making too many moves according to that stone). Suggestions and comments from other players are alright too. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . Q . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I am white. It's your turn (whomever you are^^)! (Please always mark the last played stone) p.s. If I violate rules please delete this thread, I didn't read all the stuff about how to do a Malkovich game.

Author:	Uberdude [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:34 pm ]
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Why are you forcing black to make a shimari instead of take the empty corner? That might be better for black (though if white did 2 corners first and then black shimari white's wedge is certainly bad, so this is already good for black, but maybe it could be even better).

Author:	Uberdude [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:47 pm ]
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I don't feel like playing a full game (and am going on holiday this weekend), but if others want we could do a tag-team style of random dan L19ers vs Pippen. To get it started: Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] If the position was as below then sensible directions for white would be the lower side (as that's where the black shimari wants to extend) or perhaps approach top or san ren sei, moves a-f. The reason for a being one to the right of hoshi is it aims at g later, which aims at h Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . d . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . e . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . W . . . . . f . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . b c . . d a . . g . X h . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Instead he played his weird split, so I'll just ignore it and let it look silly naturally and play the important direction of lower side. I briefly considered an extension rather than the approach, but meh whatever approach can't be bad.

Author:	ez4u [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:54 pm ]
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Pippen wrote: I want to play a game with the following set-up against a player who's a dan player at KGS or Tygem (or with similiar strength). I am experimenting with a split fuseki where I abandon the split stone deliberately to use it as a sleeper later (or to trick my opponent into making too many moves according to that stone). Suggestions and comments from other players are alright too. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . Q . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I am white. It's your turn (whomever you are^^)! (Please always mark the last played stone) p.s. If I violate rules please delete this thread, I didn't read all the stuff about how to do a Malkovich game. [OK 'dude got in before I hit submit, but I will post this anyway ] Consider this one of those "comments from other players" rather than a offer to play. I think that you are asking someone to volunteer based on inferior play by Black. Just because some knucklehead on Tygem answered your splitting play directly does not mean that us ordinary folks would! The correct starting point for testing your strategy would be 1 through 4 below IMHO. In that case Black might debate where in the lower left to play (5 or another point in the vicinity), but not between the lower left and a play in the lower right. So you would be stuck starting from something like this. Now what exactly is 4 'splitting'? Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bc $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . 2 . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 4 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 5 , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Author:	Pippen [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:03 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Yeah, let's just make it an any danplayer vs. Pippen thing, as long as it's going. We do not need to finish the game. Of course any comment, including advice for me, is appreaciated. It shall be kind of an learning game for weaker players too. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I play calm and for sente here. I like the fact that I can let Black guessing whether my split stone is just a bait or for real. If he attacks it, I'll sacrifice it for sente and big points while still keeping some aji (Black would need more than 3 moves to kill off anything there). If he continues to play elsewhere I will develop it into a group that is able to serve as a base for invasions on both black sides. @ez: good point .

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Author:	Uberdude [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:16 pm ]
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k4. It's like black played Kobayashi but instead of usual approach white did weird split allowing black shimari.

Author:	Pippen [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:36 pm ]
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Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I wanna develop fast.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Now I regret commenting on this kind of position recently.

Author:	Uberdude [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:33 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
I wasn't sure whether to play big or small knight's move here.

Author:	Pippen [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . W . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Trying to support my last stone while developing.

Author:	Uberdude [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Iron pillar to enclose top right is my instinct: the weakness of the big knight is white can comfortably live in the corner in sente (I would probably have 3-3 as white for last move). It's also semi-sente: if ignored black has a nice pincer of the approach stone so white may defend there (probably knight's move), but tenuki to left side is also plausible for fast-paced opening for white. The corner is big for points and also a base for black: if white takes the corner there is some chance for white to use the right side split stone to pressure the black wall in a counter-attack if we try too hard to kill it later. Another plus for the corner is it makes the split stone look even more misplaced, one point above would be more useful for shenanigans in the corner later. On the downside maybe it's a bit slow and black should come into the left somewhere, maybe split just above hoshi.

Author:	Violence [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . B . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] For the Dan hivemind: If he adds a move on top, I think we're strong enough to attack the right side stone so that we can start making a moyo on the bottom. And it's funny, I don't really feel like there's a good move for white along the top either.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:04 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Uberdude wrote: I wasn't sure whether to play big or small knight's move here. The first joseki I studied was this large knight's response. OC, I have forgotten it, but I can count on you to handle all the variations. The small knight's response leaves a base on either side for the lone White stone. It may be only a one space extension, but it is still a base. Besides, I think that an invasion of the corner at this point is not good for White.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:18 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] is the obvious alternative. But after Black is slightly overconcentrated. This is still eminently playable, though. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 1 , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] But what about this wedge? White is unlikely to play because of the ko in the corner. Nor is White likely to approach at "a" because it is so small. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . 3 . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 1 , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] And here is not very severe, leaving a one space extension on either side for Black. And Black can revert to the top right corner.

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Author:	Violence [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:55 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Yeah like I feel like our move was not what I would usually play, but I also like our attacking prospects, and before you can really go crazy around here, I think securing the corner is important before starting a fight, which seems inevitable with the way white has been disregarding his stones. I didn't really like playing on the left side because I felt like we might want to take the corner later and reduce his thickness, a lot of the moves on the left side of the board seem overly committal when we don't really have to be. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . 3 . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 1 , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I just feel like in this scenario we induced white to take a big corner, which is kinda what he wanted to do with his original large knight's move, right? Also I'm not so certain we need a position on the left side of the board when we're looking to make something of our lower side. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . 1 . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] How about I phrase it this way, if we play at 1 and white plays at 2, would you like to play at 3? Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Or really, just remove the move we played and give white an extra move. Doesn't it feel like we're still ahead in the opening? Doesn't the left side feel really uninteresting? My feeling is that there are better things to be doing with our time.

Author:	Pippen [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . a . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g . f . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . b . . . d . . . X e . . \| $$ \| . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I think a two-point jump here is better, even if riskier, to get the split stone involved more or at least to con black into thinking it could. My one and only true friend - KGS-SE - says that White is leading by 39 which means the balance is alright (or not at all)^^. The potential cap of my split stone in the next move worries me though. If it's played, I may need some advice^^. I have marked the interesting points for white in the immediate future. Agreed? Do you see more?

Author:	Solomon [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Personally, I think W's last move was an overplay. The only two possibilities in my head for B were 'a' and 'b', both of which handle the potential weak point at 'c' (although 'a' is more robust; just felt too slow imo): Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . a . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Author:	Loons [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:30 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
@Pippen I think your split stone makes it harder to play your 'd' later.

Author:	Pippen [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:45 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$B $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . a . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . W . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] Flexible move to probe black and to prepare an invasion on the lower side. What's your opinion about 'a' instead?

Author:	Bill Spight [ Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Pippen vs. whomever danplayer comes first here
Pippen wrote: Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . W . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . a . . . . . , . . . . . , W . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g . f . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . b . . . d . . . X e . . \| $$ \| . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] I think a two-point jump here is better, even if riskier, to get the split stone involved more or at least to con black into thinking it could. Interesting play. It calls to both of White's weak stones (:wc:). It is thin, and Black does not want to strengthen it. Quote: My one and only true friend - KGS-SE - says that White is leading by 39 which means the balance is alright (or not at all)^^. Ah! The KGS Score Estimator, I presume. OC, 39 pts. is way off. My estimator, which assumes that the White stone on the right side is immortal, thinks that White is 5 pts. ahead. Which means that White is a bit behind. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . O . . . . . . O . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , W . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go] protects the corner. Will it induce to run? That would be nice. No, Pippen found another interesting play.