48. Dusk Eagle (2k) vs dfan (4k)

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:46 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm23 Move 23. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 1 , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hmm, I am not happy with this development. I didn't think White could move out this fast, but I seem to be wrong - I can't find any good way to cut his connection.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Doesn't look good $$ ---------------- $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . X . X X O . | $$ . . . . X O . . | $$ . . . . . . O . | $$ . . . X 3 O . . | $$ . . . . 2 1 . . | $$ . . . . O 4 . . | $$ . . . . . X . . | $$ . . . . , . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . O . . . |[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc W seems okay $$ ---------------- $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . X . X X O . | $$ . . . . X O . . | $$ . . . . . . O . | $$ . . . X . O . . | $$ . . . . 1 3 4 . | $$ . . . . O 2 . . | $$ . . . . . X . . | $$ . . . . , . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . O . . . |[/go]

Nor can I find a good-looking way to prepare the cut.

This jump stays ahead in the sector-line race, and starts to make his lower group a little nervous.

I don't think either of his possible cuts works well for him:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Lower group looking awfully weak $$ ---------------- $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . X . X X O . | $$ . . . . X O . . | $$ . . . . . . O . | $$ . . . X . O . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . O . . . | $$ . . . . 2 X 8 . | $$ . . . 1 3 4 6 . | $$ . . . . 9 5 7 . | $$ . . . . O . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . O O . . | $$ . . X . , X . . | $$ O . . . X . . . |[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ ---------------- $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . X . X X O . | $$ . . . . X O . . | $$ . . . . . . O . | $$ . . . X . O . . | $$ . . . . 9 . . . | $$ . . . 5 O . . . | $$ . . 6 4 3 X . . | $$ . . . 1 2 7 . . | $$ . . . . 8 . . . | $$ . . . . O . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . O O . . | $$ . . X . , X . . | $$ O . . . X . . . |[/go]

For a long time I thought I had to prepare the jump by pushing, which however felt like terrible aji-keshi:

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but after looking at the above variations I don't think I need it.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:15 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm24 Move 24. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wasn't expecting this move by him. Originally, I was going to play this instead:

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But then, this move seemed to good for him:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So instead, I expect this to happen, and both of my groups will be able to make it out safely and with better footings than he has.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Also, note that he can't cut off my stones very well:

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So, I guess I'm finally getting into a fight in my Malkovich games

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k43r · Post by **k43r** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:38 am

My sealed move

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm24 Move 24. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X 5 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:57 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm25 Move 25. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

OK, he is protecting his lower group while threatening mine, but it doesn't affect the get-out-into-the-center race much and I shouldn't be too unhappy at being forced to strengthen my group, although I'm not particularly psyched about any of the shapes I am being given the choice of making.

It looks like my options to protect the cut are the following:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O a . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X b c . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

a would really just be a prelude to one of the other three moves, and has the same aji-keshi issues as it did last move.

b doesn't seem to put much pressure on either side, plus W can force me into an empty triangle by playing at c and forcing me to connect at d.

c seems likely to end up as just a stick poking into his side after W follows up at b or d.

That leaves d:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This shape is harder to force into an empty triangle. It also threatens a nice seal at a.

I think the cut is actually threatened again, too:

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Plus there may be a possibility to attach underneath his lower group at some point:

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And I don't think he can jump out too fast:

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In sum, I don't know if this situation is actually great for me, but it certainly seems better than the alternatives.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:30 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm26 Move 26. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Maybe he didn't play as I thought he would because of this?

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I admit that feels painful to deal with, but now his keima two moves ago seems in error. I suck at tewari analysis, but I think I can handle this one:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm25 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . B , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

is clearly out of place and would be much better at 'a', forcing me to play 'b'. Also, the exchange of

for

is clearly in white's favor. Black should have just extended from my shoulder hit two moves ago in the first place, and then he would not be left with the awkward

stone.

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:34 pm

I hope you don't mind my deliberate pace, Dusk Eagle - I like to think for a bit about my moves, plus I'm working 11-hour days right now in addition to trying to maintain a real life. Luckily you also have your game with Kerby

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm27 Move 27. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I guess his last move was a point he couldn't allow me to take.

I had figured that if he did this I would jump out, but that doesn't seem to work out so well:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 1 2 X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 3 . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . 5 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Maybe that is better than it looks (is his lower right group in any danger?) but it scares me.

Atariing the other way doesn't seem to work any better:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 1 2 X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So I'm going to go slow and steady. I'm still doing well sector-line wise, and would consider it a victory if I could seal in either group (the lower right is already awfully close).

I think it would be dangerous for White to make a one-space jump with his upper group, but I'll get to those variations if we get there.

By the way, pushing underneath would still kind of be aji-keshi, but it could force him into an empty triangle:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X a O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not sure if he could get away with a instead of

.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:08 pm

It's no problem with me, I'm not playing more than a couple moves per game a day anyway. I couldn't handle it.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm28 Move 28. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There's no question that I have to move out, and so which of these four moves is best?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . d . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

'a' touches a weak group, which will only make it stronger. That is inconsiderable.

'd' leans on a weak group to gain strength, but I'm worried about hurting

too much. I still want to be able to use it. I also see no need to give him even more outside strength, it's not like I can launch a very severe attack on his weakest group after this sequence:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . 4 X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

'b' and 'c' were the two options I was mainly debating. I chose 'c' over 'b' for the follow-up move of

if I can get it:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

P.S. He should beware the dangers of overthinking. There's nothing wrong with thinking a lot about a move, but sometimes if you're not careful you end up with something crazy that is complete garbage. Of course, I must make sure my thinking doesn't devolve into that either.

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:50 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm29 Move 29. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I had to think for a while about this.

I so much want to play on the upper side star point. Doesn't this look beautiful?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Ahhhh $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . B . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But allowing White to seal me in at the bottom is super painful. It would 1) connect his lower right group out (not that it is in real danger, but still), 2) finally strengthen his lonely lower side stone, and 3) start walling off lower side territory.

If I manage to seal him in, on the other hand, 1) my middle right group is safe, 2) his lower right group needs to live on its own, which means I could get a bunch of nice endgame, and 3) I'm hovering over his lower side stone threatening to eat it up. 1) is probably the most important, as I am loath to create another weak group while that one is hanging out there.

I couldn't find a safe way to move out farther, so it's the kosumi once again. Slow and steady...

I don't know how sente this really is, but if all the above points are as important as I'm telling myself they are, I really do need to play here and will have great followups if he tenukis. And hey, still ahead in both sector fights!

By the way, I noticed that this point could become a little tender later:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Doink $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Just something to keep in mind in the future.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:04 am

I'm going on a camping trip this weekend, so I won't be able to play any moves until ~Sunday night.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:22 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm30 Move 30. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I can't say whether or not this is a good move. It is the best move I could think of to break his sector line and prevent getting sealed in without hurting my bottom stone too much. It also helps cover the marked weakness in my shape:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . C . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There's nothing else I can really say about this move *shrug*.

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:17 pm

Still thinking... Posting some thoughts so that everybody (except Dusk Eagle

) won't get too bored while waiting:

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:24 pm

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:03 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Move 31. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Well, like Magicwand says, the key when reading is to discard variations, and I'm not good enough at reading to be able to do that. So I flailed around with a bunch of random variations none of which will actually happen, and since I have to make a move sometime, I went back to just trying to play by principle.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm31 Move 31. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . b . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . a O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . c X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I am aiming at both a and b, and I don't think his attempts to connect by c work.

Ideally my center Black group will soon become safe enough that it can actually become a source of strength rather than a liability.

Dusk Eagle · Post by **Dusk Eagle** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:52 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm32 Move 32. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not sure why he spent so long on that move. I guess he was considering different options for tenukiing. But now I'm honestly thinking that he is putting too much thought into his moves. Do I mind? Not at all! But I think I should aim to probe around a bit and see if I can catch him overthinking somewhere.

Anyway, I played this move because playing anywhere else makes this move by him seem very big:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Now, if he ignores, I have my own big follow-up move when I can get it in:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If he prevents that, then I can make a base for my stone:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 2 . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:35 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm33 Move 33. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have some other plans soon, but first I think I want to get this in to prevent White from playing there himself, connecting himself up and forming a nice wall. I don't think he can afford to ignore this, because if his lower stone gets swallowed up it would be a pretty big loss.

I am not that concerned about inducing him to make territory on the bottom because I really don't think he has the strength to make anything much.

Here is my master plan afterwards:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Yee haw $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . O O 3 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 2 . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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