52. Dusk Eagle (1k) vs "Kerby" (2k)

Kerby · **#101**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm92 Move 92 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X 1 O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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]

Dusk Eagle · **#102**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm93 Move 93 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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]

Kerby · **#103**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm94 Move 94 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . 1 . X . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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]

Dusk Eagle · **#104**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm95 Move 95 Caps W:1 B:1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . O . X . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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]

Now time to take a little bit of sente on the right side to keep it low. He can either play as below or he can resist differently, but I think other ways of play for him are worse.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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 . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . 5 O 6 . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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'm not going to start from the other side as below because he might be able to play :w4:

like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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 . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O 4 . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . O O . . . . . O . X X O X . O X . . | $$ | . X X O O . . . . . . . X X . O X . . | $$ | . . 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]

Whereas this leaves more holes in his shape if he chooses to play like this:

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

Kerby · **#105**

I don't see a way I can gain enough points to come back. Good game Dusk Beagle.

Even if I get all the big points left on the board I would still need to make my stones at the top live, there is no way I can have both.

Kerby · **#106**

I feel this move here was my most critical error. I really should have hopped into the upper left.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm36 Move 36 Caps W:0 B:0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . 1 . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I really like Kie's take on the corner, that move 30 is really hard to find. Very strong sequence!

Dusk Eagle · **#107**

Kerby wrote:

I can personally verify my opponent's avatar does not closely resemble his real appearance.

Lol!

k43r wrote:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [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?

I agree with you now. Actually, I realized that this would have been better later on in the game myself, but by then it was too late.

Kerby wrote:

I guarantee Dusky beagle will feel insulted by my probe coming up in the upper left.

I am always insulted by overplays, just shortly before they defeat me

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Good game Kerby! It was fun. Pretty atypical for us really; not a lot of fighting, and you focusing so much on influence. My shape in the top-right was bad, I need to avoid it in the future. Other than that I think I did pretty well. Any extra comments appreciated.

52. Dusk Eagle (1k) vs "Kerby" (2k)

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