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

Dusk Eagle · **#21**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Move 18. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X 1 . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

schilds · **#22**

dfan · **#23**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm19 Move 19. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . 1 X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Funnily enough I just ran into a very similar position in a problem from Cho Hun-Hyeon's Lectures on Go Techniques vol. 2.

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

The triangled stones may have been in slightly different places but the basic corner configuration was the same. My instinct was to extend:

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

but I remember that this was considered too meek; I think White got out into the open too easily. I remember that the solution was the solid connection:

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

which feels a little tight but makes everything solid and leaves no weaknesses while putting the onus on White to shore up his position. The following seems clearly not to work well for White:

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

so I think White has to play a more restrained move, which should then give me the initiative to jump out with my isolated stone.

It's a little dangerous to play moves that I remember reading about rather than ones that are my instinct, since it's easy to play them for the wrong reasons and not follow up well, but I felt pretty good about this one once I put the stone down. My main worry is that it might be a little overconcentrated, so I want to avoid lines that exacerbate that quality.

schilds · **#24**

For dfan

Dusk Eagle · **#25**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm20 Move 20. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I believe my move is the proper move for eyeshape.

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

At any time I can live like this.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It's gote for him to take away that living option.

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

If he plays :b1:

, I play

.

The only problem is that he has gotten more powerful in the area, so the top side is becoming a bit threatening again. I should aim to do something about that soon.

Anyway, my group is more or less settled for now, so let's see what he has planned next. I assume it will involve one of these two stones:

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

If he doesn't help the right stone, I could play as below at some point, and threaten his stone while running near to any top framework he tries to develop.

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

dfan · **#26**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 Move 21. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

dfan · **#27**

schilds · **#28**

dfan

I guess it's safe to post this now:

If black started this way after white made his 2 moves into the corner (which I think produces a decent result due to the black stone at R11), then white has a choice between a shut in corner, a small (but stable) group on the outside of a big black corner, or the corner and a really weak group splitting two black groups that couldn't care less about being connected.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Move 18. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . a X 1 . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . c X O 3 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 2 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Anyone can take the corner on their turn by playing at a (black could also play at c - if white has a and black has c, white needs another move to take the corner). White can make a group (weak or otherwise) on the outside with the cut at b.

If white wants a stable group on the outside, he just doesn't have time to come back and take the corner:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Move 18. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . a X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 O 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There are a few ways it could go at this point, but I think it's clear that white still needs a couple of moves on the outside (and if he takes the corner now, his cutting stones will be no threat to the two black groups (and are in serious danger themselves). Black only needs a to secure his groups.

This looks nice for black (unless I've missed something?). I suppose white pushing through p17 and cutting with o18 might make things a little complicated.

Actually, after a bit of thought (and many many edits of this post, though I've left most of what I originally thought above ... :p), I guess if white wants a presence on the top side, he might just do that. Black gets a big corner, but then his top left stone may get a bit lonely ... So I guess simply connecting might be best after all

.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Move 18. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 6 . a . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3 2 X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . 1 X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black may have to come back to a, depending.

I still think this doesn't look that good for white, since it looks like he changed his mind several times in the course of a fight, but it's so messy I dunno ...

Dusk Eagle · **#29**

I was at a wedding all of yesterday, so I didn't have an opportunity to move.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm22 Move 22. Points from prisoners: W 0, B 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not happy about my move. It is touching a weak stone, and touching weak stones is bad. Touching weak stones is bad because it forces your opponent to respond to the touch, making him stronger. Then, you yourself are touched, so you must respond and get stronger, and in the end everyone ends up stronger as a result. However, if you are already strong and your opponent is weak, making both of you stronger is not to your benefit. However, I feel I have no other choice.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B 3 O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 2 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

can't be laddered, and I end up sealed in. His weak group gets stronger, and my bottom-right group starts to feel weak.

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

This might be playable, as I don't think I can get sealed-in in sente. This might actually be better, but I can hear shygost lecturing in his dogmatic way in my head "Don't get sealed in!" Fine, shygost, have it your way!

Anyway, I expect one of the following two things to happen:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 5 . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ --------------------------------------- $$ {LN N10 O4}[/go]

Even after :w6:

, my group is still behind black's sector line, so the result isn't great.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 2 O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 1 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't think he could seal my lower group in very effectively, so I should be okay.

Notice that by getting out, I am also hurting his top side somewhat. If I do end up sealed in, his top side becomes menacing.

Dusk Eagle · **#30**

dfan · **#31**

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:

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

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

Dusk Eagle · **#32**

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:

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

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:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . | $$ | . . O , X . . . . , . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 O 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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

.

k43r · **#33**

dfan · **#34**

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dusk Eagle · **#35**

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?

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

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 :bc:

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 :bc:

stone.

dfan · **#36**

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 :w2:

.

Dusk Eagle · **#37**

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 :wc:

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 :w3:

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 · **#38**

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 · **#39**

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

Dusk Eagle · **#40**

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]

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

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