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 Post subject: Re: #186 - topazg vs. skydyr
Post #61 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:27 pm 
Oza

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[go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: none
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . 7 6 . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . 3 2 . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Finally, a weak group to beat up on. White needed to do something to reduce black as he doesn't have any place where he can gain enough points to offset black creating a moyo across a quarter of the board. I want to keep pushing down with this, threatening to swallow white inside the moyo while building central influence to help the black group on the left, threaten centre territory, and aid an invasion of the top right.

If white extends, I will extend, then jump. If white hanes, I will crosscut.

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Post #62 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:39 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: none
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . 7 6 . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . 3 2 . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


No rush here. Black's going to want to connect underneath at some point, and then I can bend. The following is sort of normal:

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[go]$$Bcm49 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 W . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Either way, I'm now wondering whether I pick a different strategy at the bottom aiming around this:


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[go]$$Bcm49 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 W . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . 6 7 X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . 8 . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Or this:


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[go]$$Bcm49 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 W . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X 8 . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . 6 . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . 7 . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Or back to the original cut:


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[go]$$Bcm49 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 W . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . 0 9 7 X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . 8 X 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The latter was my original plan, but it seems a bit insipid now. White feels about 10-15 points ahead at the moment from eyeballing the board, so I don't need anything crazy...

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Post #63 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:42 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . 7 6 . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . 3 2 . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Look ma! I'm pushing from behind! I want to jump, but not right away, and I think if white hanes, he will still have issues, so I plan to jump ahead next turn.

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Post #64 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:46 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . 7 6 . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . 3 2 . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #65 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:52 pm 
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Both players think they are massively ahead on points. It's like a Magicwand game, or something. :D

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Post #66 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:14 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #67 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:19 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Mmm, I think Black's a bit thin, but so am I, so I can't cut just yet. He'd have been better off playing the knight's jump I think. After this move I feel happy with pushing and cutting, and he can't do either this:

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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . 8 . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O 7 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O 5 6 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 3 4 . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Or this:

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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . 8 O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 6 5 7 . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . 4 . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


So I'm happy enough just taking my time.

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Post #68 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:28 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Staying ahead, building power. If white keeps running, I want to play P11 next. I thought about getting ahead with an ogeima, but that asks white to cut and I'm not sure I have a lot to gain from that fight.

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Post #69 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:38 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This turned out more awkward than I had expected, partly because I'm trying to retain counter threats... Black can't tenuki here without losing part of the purpose of building his thick wall in the first place, so I get to connect solidly to the right and see what Black does with sente.

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Post #70 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:50 am 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Pushin', pushin', pushin. Keep them stones a goin'

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Post #71 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:58 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . 6 . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, let's see what Black does with sente ... I need to stop him building a moyo in the upper left quarter, and I should have bent at E7 earlier. Still, not too unhappy with anything right now

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Post #72 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:10 am 
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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . 6 . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X 7 . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Lose some here, get some there. It's all good.

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Post #73 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:22 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . 6 . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X 7 . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O 8 . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Very painful. I should have addressed that before the reduction earlier.

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Post #74 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:06 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . 6 . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X 7 9 . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O 8 . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Here are points I want that I'm looking at:
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[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoners: none
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . M . . . . . . X M . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . X O . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . M . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . M X O O O . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . M X . . . . . . . M . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


H2 and C17 are somewhat miai. I think G8 is bigger than B6, and L17 is not urgent, so I will push along near G8 first.

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Post #75 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:18 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . 1 . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 . . 6 . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , 5 . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X 7 9 0 . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O 8 . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok, let's spice things up a bit.. double hane time.

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Post #76 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:29 am 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . X O . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X O . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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

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Post #78 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:52 am 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . X O . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . 2 X X X O . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think my opponent is trying to use the aji there to cut to the left of 1 and reduce, while also making a gain in sente.

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


Hopefully making miai of:

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[go]$$Bcm61 Prisoners: :b1:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . X O . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . a 3 . . . 1 b . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . 2 X X X O . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . 4 C O O O . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #80 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:00 am 
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[go]$$Bcm61 Prisoners: :b1:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . X O . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . X . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . X O . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , X . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . 2 X X X O 5 . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . 4 C O O O . . . . . . . . X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . O , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think this is sente to protect the moyo, and then I can save the bottom stones.

I think I'm a little behind in solid territory, but there's a lot of room to catch up still.

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