[go]$$Bc (7 at 4) $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . 8 O 2 6 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W X X 3 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O 1 | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . O O O X 4 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X X 5 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If I am white, I would force the sequence up to before connecting at . The reason is because if white connects at first, then the two stones may become disposable.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X W . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Time to kill. Essentially all my groups are alive and I pocketed quite a bit of cash here. Black still not 100% ok with his groups yet, but got some thickness in exchange.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S S S | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O # W S | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O # # S S | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O # # S | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O X O # S | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O S | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . S S | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O S . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # # O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X X C | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C C C C C | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black has lower right corner wchich is worth 9 points, White has 28. I am 17 points behind. But, I had gained influence. I have Two sequences in my mind.
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 . 8 7 6 5 . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 X 2 . 4 O O X O O | $$ | . . . X . . . . . 3 O X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , O X O O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
10th at Q19. The result is Ko, where black finds threats first. White has one local threat at Q13, threats at lower right corner are much smaller than this ko. Black has one threat at s13 - threat for live of UR corner. I need one more threat, and we can fight this ko!
But as I don't have this one threat right now I think this will be playd - with ko aji left for later.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . W . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Yeah, white's play was a little slack, so this is annoying, I lost the sente to harass the middle group. But since I got the cash, I just need to stop black from getting much more than he already has and this is how I like to play so I can't really complain.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I have to prevent black from playing here now that he made the iron-pillar with his last move. I would like to attack his middle group but my opponent has played a little greedy so far, so I can predict that he would probably try to take sente somehow and take this big point hoping that I can't kill his middle group. The problem is that I don't think I can kill it, so I'll just wait for now.
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