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Post #281 Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:16 pm 
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( For beginners. )

The :black: 120 extend is a common beginner mistake,
because it makes :white: 121 sente.

Instead, if :b1: captures directly:
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[go]$$B :b3: connects at :wc:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . a 2 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X W X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Then, W has two local choices:
If :w4: connects at (a), then B has sente.
If :w4: tenuki, then later, B has a chance to play :black: (a) himself.

Either result is better for :black: than the game result,
which is :white: 121 pushes through in sente.

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Post #282 Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:18 pm 
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Aidoneus wrote:
I put a period for the captured stone, right?
Aidoneus, I like this notation: :)
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[go]$$Bm122 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #283 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:00 am 
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This looks like a good position for counting practice.

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I've been doing rough counts since around :w65: (even though my counting is bad ); before that, it wasn't very meaningful.
Around :b94: , counting became more interesting. :)


( Local time Tue Dec 23, 2014. 7:12 pm. )

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Post #285 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:31 am 
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No need to hide this. :)

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[go]$$Bc Black takes sente
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . 4 2 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X W X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


:b3: fills @ :wc:

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Post #286 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:41 am 
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Uberdude wrote:
This looks like a good position for counting practice.


I think that I am behind about 10 points now. Do you think that I should resign? The saddest lesson from this game was how I was punished both times I tried to tenuki instead of continuing to play on the upper left. There is a reason that I am still a DDK!

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Hi Aidoneus, maybe your counting is better than mine. :)

I think you should continue to play; you can still change your mind any time later. :)

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[go]$$Wm123 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . 1 . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Post #289 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:48 pm 
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I can play on, though I feel like Custer waiting for you to display my scalp. :cry:

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[go]$$Bm124 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O 1 . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I wish I could cut with H11, but that just loses more stones after H12. So here I give ground again.


Last edited by Aidoneus on Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
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The things we can learn from a Go forum (or server). :) (Thanks to google.)

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[go]$$Wm125 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . 1 . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Post #292 Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:08 pm 
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It doesn't seem fair that all of your moves are sente and all of mine are gote!

If you now play D2, I play A2. If after those two moves you capture with C1, then I play A4.

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[go]$$Bm126 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . O 1 . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wm127 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | 2 O X 1 O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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( For beginners. )

:black: 126 atari is a beginner mistake. Common, perhaps.
Locally, just connect with :b1: is better:
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[go]$$B :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . 1 X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . O . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

See also the discussions on :b40: in this game review.

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Now that :white:'s lower left corner is finally alive
(thanks in part to :black: 126 atari),
I'm not sure :b6: is very good shape --
just the honte jump to (a) seems better for :black: :
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . a 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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I think :b8: was soft, allowing W(a) = :w10: .
Instead, B could split W (with (a), etc.).
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 X . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 7 . X O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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I thought :b10: was soft -- a big move, yes, but soft:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 X . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . X O . . . X . . 0 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Instead, if B takes the cash in the corner:
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O 1 X O . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 2 O . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Then W cannot allow B to peep at (a) -- that'd be unbearable for W.

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Post #298 Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:56 am 
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Yeah, I should have included that conditional.

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[go]$$Bm130 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | 1 . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | X O X O O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #299 Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:31 pm 
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[go]$$Wm131 :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | X . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | X O X O O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Hi Aidoneus, still just connecting directly with :b1: is better.
These are all tricky: when to connect directly, when to make a tiger's mouth,
when to capture, when not to capture, when to counter-atari, etc. ... :)
Locally for this corner, from :black: 126 through :black: 130,
it almost feels like you're working so hard to avoid the proper connect with :b1: . :)
B is strong here, so the difference between :black: 130 and the solid connect :b1: is subtle: it has to do with ko threats and maybe other endgame aji. :)
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[go]$$B :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . O X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O X . X X X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . O X X O . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . O O O . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . O O O X . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X O X X X . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . O X . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . O X , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . X . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . 1 X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | X O X O O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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