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 Post subject: Re: Shapes to remember (SDK level)
Post #141 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:02 am 
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[go]$$Wc Black's problem
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . . . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . X X O X . . O 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . 3 X 6 9 |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X 4 1 5 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #142 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:30 am 
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Interesting but Black could respond with :b2: at :b4:.
And in fact Katago was thinking about an endgame move in the upper left quadrant.

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Post #143 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:46 pm 
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[go]$$Wc This ko looks tough for black?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O 6 3 4 1 . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . 2 . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wc Or just this?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . 1 . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . 2 . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #144 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:54 pm 
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Yes your proposition is a good move
Possible local continuation
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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . 5 3 . 7 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . 4 1 6 8 . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X 2 . . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Katago hesitated with another move, not sure which one is best.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . 3 1 . 4 . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . . . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X 2 X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #145 Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:13 am 
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Position #73: White to respond to the cross-cut and find a good way to escape.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O X O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O B . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . X . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O X O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . X . X X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 6 X O 3 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X 2 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . 1 4 . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . X . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . . . . . X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This gives Black a few points on the bottom but allows White to escape and attack the central group.

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Post #146 Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:55 am 
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Position #74, easy move missed again.
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[go]$$Bc Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . . X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O X . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . O X . . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X X O . O X X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . X . X O |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . W O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . O , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X . . X . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O . . X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , O X . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . O X . . . X O . O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X X O . O X X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . X . X O |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O O X X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . X O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X O X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . , . . . . O , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X . . X . O . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Squeeze White.

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Post #147 Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:32 pm 
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Position #75, Black to play. Nothing fancy, but not at all on my radar.

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . W X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Answer
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . a b B . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The move has a followup at "a". It also makes the pincer of J16 more powerful than if Black had played the descent "b".

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Post #148 Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:37 am 
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Position #76, Black to play. Another simple shape I missed.

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


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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . X . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X O O O O . . O O O O X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #149 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:21 am 
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Position #77, Black to play.

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


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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O a 1 . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Earlier, White should have protected at a, so Black should ruin White's shape with :b1:. At this point Katago wants White to tenuki. Later, if for instance White ataris then here is a possible local continuation.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O O 3 1 2 . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O O . . 4 O 5 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


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Post #150 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:27 am 
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Position #78, Black to play. From the same correspondence game against gennan. At move 144 (position below) Katago says White was leading by 1.5. In the end White won by 16.5, increasing his advantage step by step between moves 144 and 286. Black missed several important points which appear in the following position.

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O . . . X . . O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . . X O X . . O X O X . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . O O O O O . . X O X . |
$$ | . O O . . . O . . X O X O . O X X O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O X O O X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O . O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O . O X O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . X O . O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O X X . , O . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X . . . . . X O . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . X . . X . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . X X O . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O O O . . O . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The first point is more complicated than it seems. Black should play :b1: in sente.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O . . . X . . O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . . X O X . . O X O X . |
$$ | . X O O O 1 . . O O O O O . . X O X . |
$$ | c O O . . 2 O . . X O X O . O X X O . |
$$ | d a X b . . . . . . O X O O X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O . O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O . O X O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . X O . O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O X X . , O . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X . . . . . X O . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . X . . . |[/go]


If White doesn't answer with :w2: then Black can play a. If White responds with c or d then Black b. The variations are a bit complicated but normally Black can threaten to capture white stones and then connect to a living group to save his three stones. So Katago prefers white to answer Black a with White b, and then Black can connect with c.

Then Black should play :b3: in sente. If White doesn't respond with :w4: then Black can play a.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O . . . X . . O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X X X X O . a X O X . . O X O X . |
$$ | . X O O O 1 3 4 O O O O O . . X O X . |
$$ | . O O . . 2 O . . X O X O . O X X O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O X O O X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O . O X X X X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O . O X O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X . . X O . O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O X X . , O . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X X . . . . . X O . O . O O . . |
$$ | . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . X . . . |[/go]


Next comes this sequence:

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


:b5: is very big because White playing there is sente (threatens to save the three marked stones). White responds with :w6: (if White plays elsewhere then Black :b7: and :w8: is at :w6: anyway). One reason why :w6: is big is that, besides reducing Black's corner, it threatens the reduction move a. So after a sequence starting with a, Black will close the corner with b.

Another worthwhile and simple sequence for Black later: close territory while pressing White down to the second line in sente.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . X X X X . . . . . X O . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . X X X . |
$$ | . X X X . . . X . . X . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . O . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . X X O 3 7 . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . O O . . O O O 4 5 O 1 . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 2 O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #151 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:32 am 
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Position #78, Black to play. From the same correspondence game against gennan. At move 144 (position below) Katago says White was leading by 1.5. In the end White won by 16.5, increasing his advantage step by step between moves 144 and 286.

During this game, I was aware of what would have been black's optimal endgame in both of those situations, so I knew that black lost points there. I was also aware that white lost points around F9, but only after the fact. A recent comment of mine elsewhere was about situations like these.

Many players up to about my level (3d EGF) are not sufficiently aware how many points can still be gained or lost in the endgame and they just go through the motions of the endgame to "play the game out", sort of assuming that the score is more or less frozen in the endgame, as long as you don't make obvious mistakes. I used to be one of those people and it frustrated me to lose many games to "point-collector" type of players who would catch up to my (perceived) lead during in the endgame to "steal my win".

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
This also means that in live games nowadays I spend less time on the opening to save time for the later stages of the middle game and for the endgame.
That's also following advice that InSeong gave me when I was still a member of his online school.

Some other games from that OGS fast correspondence handicap tournament, where my opponent allowed me to catch up in the endgame: https://online-go.com/game/51513875, https://online-go.com/game/51513876


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Post #152 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:52 pm 
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Position #79, White to play an easy endgame move in the upper left quadrant.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . X X . O O . O O O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O X X . . . X . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . O X O . . . X . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X X X . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . O . . , O . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O O O X X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , O . . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . O . . . . O O X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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


The order is important. If White plays :w1: at :w3: then Black can peep:
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[go]$$Wc Wrong answer
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 4 6 X . X . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 X X X O X . . X X . O O . O O O . |
$$ | . 7 O O O O . . . , . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . 2 . . . O X X . . . X . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . O X O . . . X . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X X X . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . O . . , O . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . . . |[/go]


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Position #79, White to play an easy endgame move in the upper left quadrant.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . X X . O O . O O O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O X X . . . X . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . O X O . . . X . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X X X . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . O . . , O . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O O O X X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , O . . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . O . . . . O O X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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


The order is important. If White plays :w1: at :w3: then Black can peep:
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[go]$$Wc Wrong answer
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 4 6 X . X . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 1 X X X O X . . X X . O O . O O O . |
$$ | . 7 O O O O . . . , . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . 2 . . . O X X . . . X . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . X . O X O . . . X . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X X X . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . O . . , O . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . . . |[/go]


how about
sagari at b16
?

That was my first instinct…

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Your answer is not good either (not better nor worse than the wrong answer described in my previous message). Some precise counting would be necessary but here is one plausible explanation. Let's say that after B16, Black protects with B14. Then White B18 is not sente, and has no sente followup. Whereas in the correct answer B15-B14-B17, the move C18 is White's priviledge.

Note: in the correct answer, after B15-B14, Katago actually wants to play the sente sequence B3-B2-B4-A2 before returning to B17.

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Post #155 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:08 pm 
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C13 looks interesting, like I'd want to play there. I think KataGo was quoted above so I could be hallucinating that this a good move.

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Post #156 Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:13 am 
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I use 15-block Katago and don't have a GPU, so amateur dan players occasionally find better moves especially in complex fights.

In this situation C13 is a low-policy move but once played, it agrees that it's a good move, about as good as B15. Katago wants to continue locally as follows:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . X . X O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X O X . . X X . O O . O O O . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . X X X X O . |
$$ | . 7 . . . O X X . . . X . . . . X X . |
$$ | . 5 X . O X O . . . X . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . 6 1 2 O X X X X . . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O O O . . . O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . 3 . . X . . . . . . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . 4 X O X . O . . , O . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . 8 O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 9 . . . . . . . . X . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . O O O X X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . , O . . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . O X . O . . . . O O X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However this is a bit too complex for me to understand.

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Position #80, White to play.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O . O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I hesitated between two moves
Hane or extend?


One of those moves is 4 points better than the other according to Katago. I chose the wrong one because I couldn't see some continuations of the correct answer.

Answer:
The correct answer was hane. I didn't want to play it because I thought that Black could capture the stone like this
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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O . O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 2 1 5 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 3 O X 7 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O X 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


However I couldn't see that the following continuation was very good for White:
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[go]$$Wcm9
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O . O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . X X W X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 1 X X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 2 X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O X X 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


(The false geta :w13: doesn't capture :b10: but after Black captures three white stones, White gets good shape and can pull out the marked white stone.)

So Black responds to the hane like this:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O . X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . O . O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X . . . . . . . X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . 1 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O O O X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . |
$$ | . . . , O . . . . , . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The fight is still complicated, but this is not the point of this post. I just wanted to remind myself that stones can be sacrificed.

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reminds me of this side joseki I had in a game recently.

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[go]$$Wc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X b . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 O 3 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O 6 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
seal off the side in sente


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Position #81, Black to play, find the next 3-4 moves. Nothing complicated, but not on my radar.

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


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


After that, a simple continuation is Black a. Another possibility is
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 5 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 O X 3 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . , c . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


after which Black can pull out the two stones at b, or play the extension at c and leave the two stones for the moment. The two stones can be pulled out later, or can be left as aji to be sacrificed later.

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Position #81, Black to play, find the next 3-4 moves. Nothing complicated, but not on my radar.

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


What do you think of:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O B . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O O X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


My SDK instinct was to look at this, to try to increase Black's potential territory while decreasing White's. I don't see anything obvious wrong with this, but maybe it's that this ends up in gote rather than sente?

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