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 Post subject: Re: 66. Shaddy(1d) vs. Chew Terr(5k)
Post #101 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 4:53 pm 
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[go]$$Bc Captures: B1
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$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X W |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Ok.. time to bust outta here. I see no way to live in the corner, so I need either an eye on the outside or escape.


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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X 1 . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X W |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O 2 X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #102 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:42 pm 
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X 1 . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X W |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O 2 X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . 3 . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc diagram 'b'
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X 3 . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X 2 |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O W . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O 4 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X 6 . 7 5 . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So far, this is going along with the earlier diagram I made, reposted here for convenience. Also, Shaddy seems to agree about his needing life on the outside. That is a very large boost to my go-confidence, that I read this much right. One step down, one to go. Oh, and Shaddy: I managed to resist the urge to quote Violence. =D

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Post #103 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:54 pm 
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


ARGH. ok, let's make the eye

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Post #104 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:47 pm 
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I am not necessarily convinced that white gets out or gets the other eye, and if he does, it should be painful. Albeit, I haven't read this very heavily.

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[go]$$Bc The basic idea
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$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . 5 . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 2 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 4 1 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc I don't see a great 2 for white.
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 1 . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #105 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:53 am 
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The reason I decided to play here instead is I was concerned that with 'e', I feared that I would capture those four stones while Shaddy made two eyes in the corner, then would have my largest group cut off and surrounded by Shaddy's now-living group.


Golden rule of killing - if you don't think you can, take away the outside and force him to live inside - I suspect instead of capturing those four stones, Shaddy would have to live with his group and give you the opportunity to seal him in, connecting your RHS group to the bottom group with reasonable thickness in the process. That way, one has to ask White "Where are your points?"

That said, this line is far more exciting! *grabs popcorn*

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Post #106 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:14 am 
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Move's not ready, but here's some of what I've considered.

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[go]$$Bc Doesn't work, white can capture 3 for an eye
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 3 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . 5 . 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 6 9 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 7 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 8 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc The best I can see for this path is an impossible ko where white gets to capture first AND has internal ko threats to make a second eye.
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . 2 5 X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . 3 1 C O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X 4 O X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . X O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O O O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bc A liberties race!
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . 3 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . 5 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 9 7 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 8 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 6 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc W is trapped if we play like this. Actually, it's still close, because my bottom group is close in liberties to the corner. However, either I would win, or it could potentially be an awesome seki...
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . 8 . 6 . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . 7 3 X 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . 5 2 X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X 1 X X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O O O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc Ruh Roh...
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . 7 4 O . 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . 3 X 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . X X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . 9 6 X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X 5 X X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O O O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #107 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:54 am 
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[go]$$Bc Doesn't work, white can capture 3 for an eye
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 3 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #108 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:26 am 
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . B . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]



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[go]$$Bc Doesn't work, white can capture 3 for an eye
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . 1 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X W 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 3 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . 6 . . 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 7 X . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Okay, it seems like it may come down to a liberty race that I believe is favorable. I had been reading something flawed (obviously) that looked like white could either make an eye or get out with the main group. As I can't seem to dispute this 5, I should play towards it.

Shaddy: Sorry, I feel bad for taking audience hints. However, that's kind of the purpose of the open format, to improve games from a playing and learning perspective by removing mistakes and clearing up misreads in advance. Also, there'll be plenty of chances for me to mess this up later...

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Post #109 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:15 pm 
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . W X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Time to make like a tree and get outta here.

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$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Debated between N6 and O7. N6 involves my groups living and N5 dying (best case), O7 seems to kill the corner and let the other two small groups live. The corner is bigger, so I'll take that. Below are some options I considered.

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . 4 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . W C 2 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 1 3 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . 5 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . 2 X O 4 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X 1 B 3 5 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 6 . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . 2 X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 1 . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X 7 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . 1 X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 3 5 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 6 4 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 2 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O . O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]




This is a really interesting position. Can white just extend?

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X 5 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . 3 X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 2 4 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 6 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This way leaves black's group with problems and white's alive?

It seems like black should have a way to make the vital cut and at least save both groups, but I can't find one. Maybe I'm just being blind :)

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Post #112 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:46 pm 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 2 . O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm not certain, but my assumption was that this 3 is the correct response to the extension. My sleepy reading at the moment seems to show that white has to let black cut at P5, or lose more?

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X 5 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . 6 X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . . 2 4 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X 8 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 7 2 4 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 5 6 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Not ideal, but I think I get something out of it?

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . x O X 8 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O B O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 7 2 4 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 5 6 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Not ideal, but I think I get something out of it?


Yes, this is a line I missed because I didn't read the 5-7 cut. It seems pretty good for white to make the perfect influence position (x is free), but it's better than I had been thinking!

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X 8 X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . 7 2 4 O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O 5 6 O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O 3 O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is pretty much what I came up with, so if you'll accept it, I'll take it.

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This is pretty much what I came up with, so if you'll accept it, I'll take it.


Okay. it's not what I hoped for when I started the fight, but then again, I really assumed that one of us would have a huge amount die, and that it had a good chance to be me. This seems to keep the game playable, so let's play it.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O |
$$ | . . X . . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . W X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'll just cancel out the captures. Also... sweet, sweet sente.

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Should black have pulled out at O9 before playing S10?

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Prokofiev: Not sure, but I got scared and wanted to defend first, no matter what.

Wellp, we knew this was coming. Hoping that I can come out okay, but I still don't regret sacrificing sente to defend on the eastern side first.

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