dumbrope's struggles on Tygem

[dumbrope]

Continuing some game analysis from another thread since that was starting to look like a study journal to me. Here is a recent game.

(;FF[4]GM[1]SZ[19]AP[SGFC:1.16]

GN[Rank]
PB[Black]
BR[6K]
PW[me]
WR[6K]
KM[6.5]
PC[Tygem Baduk]
RE[Draw]

C[I am white.];B[dp];W[pd];B[dd];W[pp];B[pf];W[nd];B[qd];W[qc]
;B[rd]LB[qe:A]C[The usual move is to draw back at A (R15).]
;W[rc];B[pe];W[od];B[qj];W[kc]LB[lc:A]C[I don't know the right spot for this shape, but wanted to prevent black's good move at A (M17).]
;B[gc];W[qm]LB[ql:A][qh:B]C[Should I extend as far as A (R8) to aim at the invasion at B (R12)? Black does not defend this one.]
;B[nq];W[pq];B[jq];W[cn];B[co];W[dn];B[fq];W[cj];B[bn];W[bm]
;B[bo];W[cc];B[cd];W[dc];B[ec];W[eb];B[fc];W[bd];B[be];W[bc]
;B[cf];W[fb];B[gb];W[lq]SQ[nq]LB[qh:A]C[This could be small. After Q3, black has the option of treating the marked stone at O3 lightly. Looking at the board now, I would prefer A (R12).]
;B[nn]
(;W[lo]C[I considered cutting directly, but didn't see a good picture. Still, maybe not a great idea to move this stone.]
;B[po];W[qo];B[pn];W[qn];B[mq];W[kq];B[jp];W[no]SQ[nn][pn][po]
C[I think I played this to ruin the bamboo joint, but maybe it doesn't work here.]
;B[oo];W[np];B[op];W[oq];B[mo]LB[no:A]C[I did not expect this move.]
;W[ko];B[ld];W[lc];B[md];W[mc];B[nf];W[pm]C[Not sure of the timing of this forcing move. Maybe I can save it.]
;B[mp];W[jo];B[ok];W[hp];B[hq];W[gp];B[gq];W[kd]C[I'm having trouble with the line starting here. Maybe the L16 itself is a mistake.]
;B[ke];W[je];B[kf];W[jf];B[kg]
(;W[ji]C[Maybe too thin. I didn't want to push from behind once more, though. This move could be a huge mistake.]
;B[jg];W[id];B[ki];W[kj];B[jj];W[li];B[kh];W[lk];B[jk];W[lm]
;B[gk]SQ[ji][cj][dn][gp][hp]C[It is hard for me to judge the result. The marked stone has been sacrificed and white has stuck his head into black's right side territory. However, white's marked stones do not see to be useful now.]
;W[gm];B[ek];W[dl];B[hm];W[hn];B[im];W[in];B[fm];W[gn];B[em]
;W[ch];B[dk];W[ck];B[mj];W[lj];B[ml];W[ll];B[mk];W[rk];B[rj]
;W[qk];B[mh];W[pk];B[pj];W[sj];B[si];W[sk];B[rh];W[eh];B[gh]
;W[ig];B[ih];W[hg];B[hh];W[jr];B[ir];W[mr];B[nr];W[ls];B[kr]
;W[js];B[is];W[ks];B[ff];W[ip];B[iq];W[or];B[os];W[ps];B[ns]

(;W[qr]C[Chicken?];B[di];W[ci];B[dh];W[dg];B[cg];W[dj];B[ei]
;W[ej];B[fi];W[gl];B[fk];W[fj];B[gj];W[jl];B[hk];W[jm];B[ik]
;W[sd];B[se];W[sc];B[re];W[of];B[og];W[oe];B[mf];W[ep];B[eq]
;W[do];B[cq];W[fp];B[am];W[bl];B[bh];W[bi];B[ag];W[ib];B[fa]
;W[db];B[he];W[ie];B[hf];W[if];B[gg];W[hd]C[At this point black offered a draw. I accepted.]
)
(;W[ib]C[If white plays elsewhere...]
(;B[qr]C[This doesn't seem to be a threat.];W[pr];B[qp];W[qq]
;B[rq];W[rp];B[qs];W[qp])
(;B[qp]C[And this cut isn't a problem, either.];W[qq];B[rq]
;W[rp];B[qr];W[pr];B[qs];W[qp])))
(;W[ih]SQ[be][cf][cd][dd][ec][fc][gc][gb]C[Normal getting ahead move, but with black's thickness, seems thin, too.]
;B[jd];W[id];B[ig];W[jg];B[jh];W[hf];B[if];W[ie];B[hg];W[gg]
;B[hh];W[ii];B[he];W[gf];B[hd];W[ic];B[hi];W[ij];B[fh]C[I don't know.]
)
(;W[jg];B[kh];W[ii];B[jj]C[This result may be better than the game.]
))
(;W[np]C[This is the first thing to check, but..];B[mp]
(;W[mq];B[op];W[no];B[oo];W[mo];B[oq]SQ[pp][pq]C[The corner is damaged and white is still not settled on the other side.]
)
(;W[no]C[The result this way may be better.];B[mo];W[mq];B[op]
;W[oo];B[po];W[oq];B[on];W[op];B[qn]))
(;W[no]C[This may be promising...]
(;B[mo];W[mp]C[Usually the shape is to counter-hane, but...]
;B[oo];W[np];B[op];W[oq];B[lp];W[mq]C[Well, actually this is not bad for white, I think.]
)
(;B[oo]C[How to handle this move?]
(;W[np];B[op];W[oq];B[mp]C[The ladder is good for black.])
(;W[on];B[pn];W[om];B[po]C[I don't like this fight for white.]
))))

In particular, I have a lot of doubts about what to do in the following positions:

$$B Move 41, how should white play?
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . O . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Move 41, how should white play?
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , . . . O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . O . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$B Moves 75, how to get ahead (or whether to?)
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O O O . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , O X X O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O O O X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O . X . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X X . X O O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 75, how to get ahead (or whether to?)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O O O . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , O X X O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O O O X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O . X . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X X . X O O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Of course, any feedback is appreciated.

[amnal]

$$B Moves 75, how to get ahead (or whether to?)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O O O . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , O X X O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . b . . . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O O O X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O . X . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X X . X O O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 75, how to get ahead (or whether to?)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O X X X . . . O O O . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . , O X X O O O X X . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . b . . . . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . O O O X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O O . X . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X X . X O O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't think getting ahead is white's big worry here, this area of the board doesn't seem hugely interesting and white doesn't want to push from behind.

I think the bottom area is far more important. As white I'd be very worried that black has several important moves/cuts that split white into multiple potentially weak groups. Since black is very strong everywhere, this seems hard to handle.

For that reason, I think a white reinforcing move is suitable. Dunno what's best though. a makes one group very safe but is quite slow, and leaves the other vulnerable to forcing moves or potentially an attack. b is a nice shape but maybe is also slow, white may have to endure annoying forcing moves/cutting on the left. c leaves things the least settled, but makes a nice active shape and is a point black would like to play if he wanted to a really big moyo expanding move - especially if he could get that in sente because white hadn't protected his cuts.

So...I dunno what's best, but I think white should definitely consider this kind of plan. I'd probably personally play c, because it feels like white can't fix all his problems in one move so he may as well play on a larger scale that tries to make it difficult for any single black move to be too troublesome. On the other hand, this kind of move might turn out to be bad if black still can find an attack or cut that I underrate.

Edit: Actually b isn't as important as I thought because of course black can't easily cut directly there. It's still a nice shape point, but even slower since it isn't directly necessary.

[dumbrope]

I don't think getting ahead is white's big worry here, this area of the board doesn't seem hugely interesting and white doesn't want to push from behind.

I think the bottom area is far more important. As white I'd be very worried that black has several important moves/cuts that split white into multiple potentially weak groups. Since black is very strong everywhere, this seems hard to handle.

You're right. That would be playing in a area where both sides have strong groups. I took my eyes off weaknesses.

[dumbrope]

This game is short and features a brutal fight and large exchange early on. Looking for improved ideas in fighting and tactics...

(;FF[4]GM[1]SZ[19]AP[SGFC:1.16]

GN[Rank]
PB[Black]
BR[6K]
PW[me]
WR[6K]
KM[6.5]
PC[Tygem Baduk]
RE[B+T]


C[I am white.];B[pp];W[dp];B[dd];W[qc];B[jp];W[qn];B[qo]MA[pj]
[qj][qk][pk]C[It's very common for Tygem SDK players to play this kick, even though traditional theory doesn't favor it unless black has a stone on the right side near one of the marked points.]
;W[pn];B[pk]C[The idea here is to get white's extension first, but...]
;W[op]C[This move is possible because black didn't defend near O3 or O4]

(;B[ro]C[I haven't seen this response before.]
(;W[po]LB[oq:A]C[This is probably the 1st mistake, probably caused by interference with the memory of what is played of black hanes at A (P3) instead.]
;B[pq]
(;W[oq];B[rn];W[ql];B[rm];W[pl];B[qk];W[rl]SQ[qk][rm]C[Broken shape for black. So far the result seems fine for white if not good for white.]
;B[rk];W[sl];B[qg];W[pr];B[qr];W[hq];B[lq];W[nr];B[nn]
(;W[no]C[Maybe the solid conneciton is better, giving black one less forcing move.]
;B[on];W[mn]C[This is just fighting spirit on my part, not wanting to be forced.]
;B[nl]SQ[pl][pn][po][qn][ql][rl][sl]C[But there is a problem with white's marked stones if I don't find a move to capture the cutting stones.]
;W[lo]C[I defended first, but maybe no time for this.];B[oo]
;W[mp];B[ol];W[qp];B[qq];W[io]C[I'm not sure about the trade. Seems good for black as black's capture is a lot more solid.]
;B[ip];W[hp];B[jo];W[jn];B[in];W[ho];B[kn];W[jm];B[ko];W[km]
;B[mm];W[ln];B[lm];W[lp];B[kq];W[mq];B[im];W[il];B[jl];W[kl]
;B[hl];W[jk];B[gm];W[gn];B[hm];W[hk];B[gk];W[gj];B[hj];W[ik]
;B[fj];W[gi];B[fl];W[ii];B[fi];W[gh];B[fh];W[ek];B[fk]C[At this point I actually lost on time thinking too much. However, I'm not feeling good about the game.]
)
(;W[oo]C[Empty triangle, but at least black is still unsettled.]
))
(;W[nn]C[Considered this defense, making miai of the right and bottom sides...]

(;B[qg];W[hq])
(;B[fq];W[qi])))
(;W[pq]C[So maybe it's worth considering this hane.];B[oo];W[po]
C[One wants to cut, but..];B[qp]
(;W[no]C[The ladder isn't working.])
(;W[np];B[on];W[om];B[nn]C[Hard fight.]))
(;W[nn]C[Is this a good shape?];B[oq];W[np];B[nq];W[mp];B[qg]
C[I am not sure what white accomplishes.]))
(;B[oq];W[po];B[qp];W[np];B[nq];W[lp]C[Something like this becomes possible.]
))

In particular, the fight starts after the following sequence which is common on Tygem:

$$B Moves 7 to 10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 7 to 10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The normally incorrect kick at is made interesting by the immediate pincer at

[Redundant]

Consider this sequence for after the kick.

$$B Moves 7 to 10
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . 6 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 8 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 7 to 10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . 6 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 8 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$W10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This way black is completely sealed in the corner.

[snorri]

Consider this sequence for after the kick.

$$B Moves 7 to 10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . 6 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 8 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$B Moves 7 to 10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . 6 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 8 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

$$W10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------

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[go]$$W10
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . O O X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This way black is completely sealed in the corner.

Nice sequence. (Although not possible in this game as black didn't play in your 1st diagram.)

[Redundant]

Nice sequence. (Although not possible in this game as black didn't play in your 1st diagram.)

Huh. I guess I wasn't being the most observant of people, but this black move showed up in one of dumbrope's variations.