[go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . 1 X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
He still has some weakness in this shape. My move minimizes his liberties on these two stones and maximizes the amount of points I keep in the corner. Now, will he follow-up with this descent or play elsewhere?
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm80 Move 80 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Probe first then fix my holes on the left side. He will respond at the top at a or b, b I have ko life, at a I just have lots of ko threats. I will turn and attack his middle stones after.
[go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
That move is just stupid. A move like that says that he is going to resign soon. The only valid threat that his move carries is him trying to get below in sente.
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . 2 X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . 1 . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Okay, so he might be able to get it, but it won't matter. will still be gote, and he will still be behind. If he actually expects to live, then he is both desperate and wrong.
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . 1 X O . . 2 O . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X X X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
After looking at it again though I don't see a solution for him playing "c" though I can get a stronger wall/1,000,000 ko threats, if he played this choice I would attack his middle stones and aim for some territory in the center maybe like this:
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . 1 . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . X O 9 4 5 O . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X 7 2 X X X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X 6 3 . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . a . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ "You always have more ko threats then me" -Dusk Eagle
[go]$$Wcm82 Move 82 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . 1 . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I decided I should attack his middle stones first, then fix my left side. Both are urgent, but I feel his middle stones are worth more. My bottom center is equal to his lower right and left corners. I need to make my 2 sides and center bigger then his top. Its going to be tough to do, but I think it is still possible. I have to be very careful and take my opportunities when I can.
_________________ "You always have more ko threats then me" -Dusk Eagle
[go]$$Wcm82 Move 82 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . 1 . . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I decided I should attack his middle stones first, then fix my left side. Both are urgent, but I feel his middle stones are worth more. My bottom center is equal to his lower right and left corners. I need to make my 2 sides and center bigger then his top. Its going to be tough to do, but I think it is still possible. I have to be very careful and take my opportunities when I can.
Hey Kerby:
This move feels way out of left field, but after staring at it for a while it doesn't seem like black can contain it.
I'm wondering what made you think to even consider it. Is it a well known vulnerability of this sort of shape? It's not a move that would even show up on my radar.
[go]$$Bcm83 Move 83 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O 1 . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Okay, now he's back where he needs to be if he wants to win the game. I guess was more of a probe than an actual attempt at living in the corner.
Basically, I think the game comes down to this: if he kills me, he will probably win. If I live, I will win. I think I have a pretty good shot at living right now. I will connect here and see how he plans to attack me.
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Maybe he'll play this.
It should be interesting to see his next move!
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , 1 . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . . . . O X . . | $$ | 6 5 X . O . . . . . . . . X . O X . . | $$ | 8 4 X . . . . . . O . X . . O . . . . | $$ | . 2 3 O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . 7 X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | 9 . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Corner is reduced by ~8 (rough estimate, did not count) points and black does not have endgame at A8, so i think this move is worth "only" 10 points in reverse sente. Shouldn't black tenuki and play for example 1? as an urgent point?
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . e . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . d . | $$ | . O O . . . . . a . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X b O . . . . . . 6 2 X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O 3 X 1 5 O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . 4 O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . c O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I haven't chosen my exact next move if this sequence occurs I assume around "a" Some moves I really want are "b-d". If I can keep Dusk to one eye in the middle area "c" might become a sente move for me I really want to play "b" asap as it is urgent, but I still feel attacking his group in the middle is worth more. Perhaps later "e" will help me solidify territory in the center.
_________________ "You always have more ko threats then me" -Dusk Eagle
[go]$$Bcm7 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . X 6 . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . O X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O 1 . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . 2 3 , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . 5 4 . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This looks bad.
Fortunately, I think that me playing at above is sente to net his middle stones:
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . 3 . . X 1 . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . O X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O 2 . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . 1 X X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . O X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X O X O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O 2 . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . 3 4 , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . 7 6 5 . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . 0 8 9 . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm11 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . O B B . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O B . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O B . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . O B . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O . X O B O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O X . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O 5 X . O X , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X 6 O 1 X 2 . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . O X O . 3 O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . X X O . 4 . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
It appears that it turns into a multi-step ko for him. This seems like a good result for me. I also believe that I win a semeai between his bottom stones and my stones. Of course, if I'm wrong, I would probably lose the game.
So, because of the huge risk involved, I think it's safer to play this way.
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . B X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O 4 X O . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 8 6 2 1 3 O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . 9 7 O 5 X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm86 Move 86 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O 1 X O . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Usually fighting isn't my strongest point. Being a peaceful player and all. But sometimes it is just forced upon us. I really need to maintain sente in this fight so that I can fix my left side.
I feel Dawn Eagle will be pressured to fix his cuts at "a" and "b" before he can turn to attack the left side as mentioned in my previous post.
[go]$$Bcm85 Move 85 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X . O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . a X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . b . O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ "You always have more ko threats then me" -Dusk Eagle
[go]$$Bcm87 Move 87 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X 3 O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O 2 O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . 1 O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bcm89 Move 89 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . . . X 1 O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm89 Move 89 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . 1 . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I need to make 30ish points in these 3 areas the left, the middle and reducing Dusk's. If Dusk gives me a chance to solidify the left side I think it will be possible, but I feel he will take his chance now to destroy the left. Depending on what happens the next few moves I will either resign or if things look possible I will try to squeeze out the points I need.
P.S. If any weaker players are interested in a Malkovich game against me I would be up for playing one PM me and perhaps we can start one up.
_________________ "You always have more ko threats then me" -Dusk Eagle
[go]$$Bcm91 Move 91 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
There's a little bit of weakness in his right side group that this move lets me aim at, which I can lean on to make me stronger.
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . X X X . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O X O X . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . X . X X O . O . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . X O O . O . O . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 O 6 . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X . O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . O O X O O O . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . X O . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . X . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . O X . O . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O X . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Also, by running toward the top, it becomes harder for him to attack me for profit. If I ran to the left side, he may be able to attack and seal off the top, making a lot of points.
_________________ We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness. We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before, No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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