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Author:  Kirby [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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The last game had mistakes by both sides. I can't help but feel it was a teaching game, so I wouldn't feel right taking 2 stones just yet.

I hope he lets me have it this game.


Have a good game, Magicwand. Please try to hurt me... :)

Author:  Magicwand [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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will try something new that he is not familiar with.

Author:  Kirby [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

Too excited to make a move. This is gonna be awesome. :-D

Author:  Joaz Banbeck [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

As best I can tell, we're not running low on numbers. :twisted:

Author:  judicata [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

Joaz Banbeck wrote:
As best I can tell, we're not running low on numbers. :twisted:


People never appreciate the scarcity of things until they are gone.


magicwand:
Either before or after Kirby's move, could you post how you would approach the corner white just played in? Or whether you would at all?

Author:  Magicwand [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

judicata wrote:
magicwand:
Either before or after Kirby's move, could you post how you would approach the corner white just played in? Or whether you would at all?

this is what i expect..but he might not play star point.
what i want is to make him uncomfortable.
and try to make white influence game. (it is more comfortable that way)
i met someone who actually play that opening and beat me badly when i was about kirby's strength.
it is actually pretty good opening.
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Author:  Aphelion [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:57 pm ]
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Magicwand:
What about this?
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Author:  Magicwand [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

Aphelion wrote:
Magicwand:
What about this?
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i probably play as below
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Author:  robinz [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

This already looks like it's going to be fun to watch :D :bow:

Author:  cdybeijing [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

Magicwand's Malkovich games are by far the highlight of L19x19 for me.

The series with Kirby has been particularly enjoyable.

Author:  Kirby [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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His move is very interesting. Actually, I have never seen it before. I have heard that "getting closed in" is bad. I think Araban recently said that it was second worse to dying. If I play closer to the corner, it seems that I get "closed in"...

So let's see what happens with this move. :tmbup:

Author:  Magicwand [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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i love his creativity. he is getting stronger very rapidly IMO.

Author:  Kirby [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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I don't know if everyone recalls the first game that I played against Magicwand. If I recall, it went something like this (maybe some moves are slightly different, but this is the general gist of the first part):
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[go]$$Bcm1
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[go]$$Bcm11
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[go]$$Bcm21
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When the game reached the point above, I thought a lot about what move to make. Should I play a one space jump on the side, or should I try to pincer? At the time, I felt that I had enough influence at the bottom that pincering would be beneficial for me.

So I played something like this:

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[go]$$Bcm21
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I thought, "Hey, I should break white up".

Well in this board position, things are a little similar locally. He is approaching me on the 4th line - probably he wants influence since I asked for him to try to hurt me... :-)

So I could consider pincering like before:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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But if I know Magicwand, he will use my pincer to try to attack me. Jumping up is semi-sente since I do not want to get sealed in. So I would imagine this kind of progression:

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . X . 3 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . B . 4 . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Maybe this is a little bit of a loose attack, but in any case, it's quite easy to make the marked black stone a target. What about a closer pincer?

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . X . 3 . 5 . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 2 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . 7 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Well, I am just putting down moves. There could be many possibilities, of course, but white can dictate the flow of the game.

So what if I respond by simply taking the follow-up to his "sente jump" first?
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . X . 1 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Well, one possibile continuation is this:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . X . 1 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 3 . 4 . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Wait a second... We're back to the position from before (if I pincered with :b1: at :b3:).

But
There is a difference between playing :b1: and :b3: in a different order. Namely, I am not committed to playing :b3::
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[go]$$Bcm1 Am I going to play "a"? Who knows???
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$$ | . . . X . 1 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


In other words, I have some flexibility with this move. I can decide what to do IF he jumps. I do not have to commit to a move.

But he will probably not jump out. He might play in a basic way:

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 X . 1 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


But if he does that, it's an easy game for me.

He might do something different. But he cannot control the entire left side with only one move. So I should wait to see how he plays - and then be flexible and adjust.

---

People always nail me for being inconsistent. Am I inconsistent, yet? I don't think so, at least.

The real battle is yet to come, once he decides where to play next. The temperature is rising... And I look forward to it. :batman:

Author:  Magicwand [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


mix different approach to see what is in his mind..

Author:  Kirby [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . 6 . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I would like to play more actively. For example, it would be nice to pincer his stone. But I feel that I would lose out locally if I play that way:
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . a . c . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . 2 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . d . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I thought about "a" through "d" in this scenario for black, but nothing looks that good. White seems to benefit.

I also thought briefly about capping... But that does not seem to make sense at this point in the game:
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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So, I will be patient and wait a bit longer. The stakes are getting higher. But I will wait to see what he is thinking.

Author:  Magicwand [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . 7 . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

probe.
to see how he react to my semi attack...

Author:  mw42 [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

I personally find this game ridiculous. I am very interested to see it progress.

I don't know if this should be hidden (all but Kirby can read, I suppose)...
I think MW's strategy is very psychological -- play unusual moves and outread the weaker opponent in the unfamiliar position.

Author:  Phelan [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

mw42 wrote:
I think MW's strategy is very psychological -- play unusual moves and outread the weaker opponent in the unfamiliar position.

I was just going to post that half of MW's moves seem to be probes. :p

Author:  Puppycakes [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

I tend to think that many moves are asking questions and seeing how the opponent responds. You want a good answer to any of their answers, but you want to ask them difficult questions and take advantage when their answer isn't correct.

Author:  Kirby [ Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby - Running Low On Titles

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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . 8 , . O . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


thought 'bout cappin', MW-style:
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[go]$$W
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . b a . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . X . . . , . 7 . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


to bad fur me, but I feel too weake with that kinda connectoin (a & b).

jumping out just 1 space seems ok, but then he can switch to attack my stone on the left.

why not set his stone in motion first (he may ignore)???

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