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Bad Shape - Good Shape

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I finally realized a misconception of mine:

White to play in these kind of configurations:
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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . O X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
I liked to play this shape:
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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . M X . . . . . M X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . O X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . M X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
But this shape is much better usually:
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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . W O . . . . . W O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . O X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . W O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
Simple once you realize it :blackeye:
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Re: Bad Shape - Good Shape

Post by Gomoto »

But no big deal, pros miss this shape as well:
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White played like this:

Lian Xiao, 9p - Peng Liyao, 6p, W+R (Komi 7.5)
20th Chinese Agon Cup, round 2, 2018-07-18
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O . . X O O X X X . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . O . O O . O X O O X . . . . X O O X |
$$ | . . . O X X O X . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . O . X . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . O . O X . . . . . . . . W X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . O . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . O O O O X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | X O O X O O X X X X X . X O X X O . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . , . . O O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Post by EdLee »

Hi Gomoto, Thanks.

:white:'s P11 tiger's mouth was 7%, versus the solid connect P10 was 14% --
either way LZ thought White had little chance to win -- am I reading the numbers correctly ?

Is there a way to ask LZ to show :black:'s follow-ups to :white: P10 vs. :white: P11 to make it more clear (globally) for the 7% difference in :white:'s winrates ?
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Re: Bad Shape - Good Shape

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With LZ #153 :
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . O X . . . . . . . . X 5 . |
$$ | . X O . . X O O X X X . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . O . O O . O X O O X . . . . X O O X |
$$ | . . . O X X O X . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . O . X . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . 4 O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . O . O X . . . . . . . . 1 X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . O . , . . . . 3 O 2 . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . O O O O X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | X O O X O O X X X X X . X O X X O . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . , . . O O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
VS
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . O X . . . . . . . . X 3 . |
$$ | . X O . . X O O X X X . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . O . O O . O X O O X . . . . X O O X |
$$ | . . . O X X O X . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . . O . X . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . O . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . O . , . . . . 1 O 2 . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . O O O O X O . . . O O . . |
$$ | X O O X O O X X X X X . X O X X O . . |
$$ | . O O X X X O . . . . . . . . . O O . |
$$ | . O X O . X . . . , . . O O X X O X . |
$$ | . X X . O X . . . . . . X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So, LZ don't like the P11-Q13 exchange
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Post by EdLee »

Hi Tryss, Thanks.

It could be very helpful to see examples where the tiger's mouth is a losing move ( causing the winrate to drop significantly from above 50% for the solic connect to below 50% for the tiger's mouth ), and vice versa ( where the solid connect is a losing move compared to the tiger's mouth ).

Also, cases where it doesn't matter so much -- winrates about the same for both shapes. :)
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Re: Bad Shape - Good Shape

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What about this shape?
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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O W . . . . . O W . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . O X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |[/go]
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Re: Bad Shape - Good Shape

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Bill, in cases where your shape works it is the even better shape (pro games in my database 2152 vs 1107, only 307 pro games with the tigermouth).

As always one has to read the variations. I had a blindspot for the solid shape up until now, I am happy to add it to my candidate moves.
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Ed Lee, I think the shape concept is only a help to find good candidate moves. It always depends on the exact game position and careful reading. I use Kombilo to look for the shapes in my pro database. The tigermouth appears quite seldom. I think I was often a little bit to quick selecting the tiger mouth in my games in this kind of positions without exploring the alternatives.
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When considering these shapes, the tesuji shown on the lower right is somewhat related (Appears for example in the joseki at the lower left):
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 2 3 4 . . . . . . . . . O X W . . |
$$ | . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
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