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Post #121 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:49 pm 
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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 3 5 . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O d . 6 X W 4 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . c X O 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . b 2 9 . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . e a 0 . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Anything allowing White to solidly connect looks wrong, so ...

Not that I read it but White can't hane at :w10: because of the ladder. So probably :w8: is better as a lateral stretch.

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Post #122 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:22 am 
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Hint
Don't play 1-2-3, just play 3.

Katago's main line
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[go]$$Bc Katago's main line (11 at a and 12 at b)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . 7 X O a . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . b 6 X O 2 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . 9 5 4 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . 8 0 . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The triple hane :b1: is not natural for me but it works, even if White solidly connects, White can't disconnect the two black groups. The fate of the stones :b5: and :b9: is not clear, they may be sacrificed.

Further comments
If Black cuts first, Katago's main line is the following, and is 3 points worse:
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[go]$$Bc Black cuts first
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . 4 X O 3 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , X O 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . 2 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Knotwilg's idea is 7 points worse than the main variation.
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[go]$$Bc Other variation
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 5 . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . 8 6 X O 4 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , X O 1 9 . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . 2 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Note that Black finishes in gote.


Last edited by jlt on Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:05 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Post #123 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:43 am 
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Your main line has two 6's and 7's.

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[go]$$Bc Katago's main line
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 4 0 8 . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . . X O 5 6 X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X O 2 7 9 X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . a b d . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . c e . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I missed this ladder earlier.

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Post #124 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:05 am 
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I corrected the diagram.

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Post #125 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:09 pm 
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Position #68, Black to play. Find the next few moves.

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . W X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #126 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:59 pm 
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This position feels a bit unusual, because it seems Black may have missed the typical joseki move in the upper right? Unless there is a different sequence that leads to that result.

In the joseki I know that results in a shape like the upper right, normally Black plays a hane at R18 instead of merely extending at Q18. White blocks, Black connects, then White needs to add another move to not die, which is usually at S13.

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


Although I guess it's a little uncommon regardless that white still gets to play this clamp much later, as it is common for black to add a defense here to stop the clamp.

Anyways, it may be instructive to compare and contrast how Black should handle White's clamp in the perhaps-more-standard shape, as follows:

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[go]$$Bc Black to play here, as a contrast/complement to jlt's position
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . W X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #127 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:58 pm 
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Indeed I (Black) missed the hane-connect (R18 - S18 - Q18), instead I played Q18 and White answered with R18.

In the problem position, Katago expects this

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


so Black sacrifices three stones and makes a strong, connected group.

Lightvector's position doesn't exist since Black has made an extra move, so I'll remove a few stones

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[go]$$Bc other position
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . 0 . X X O 4 |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . 5 2 . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O . . . , . . . . a X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 6 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Last edited by jlt on Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #128 Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:29 am 
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Yep,
It's interesting that small difference in strength of the black stones makes the difference between wanting to sacrifice them or not... but also in the variation where black got the hane, the winrate/score are only slightly better than sacrificing in the original game!

@jlt - the position I posted should exist, no? Black doesn't have an extra move.

Black got 1 stone at R18, white lost the stone at R18 but got extra stone at S18 and S13. So it's still exactly balanced in moves made by each side.

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Post #129 Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:30 pm 
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Oops sorry, I didn't read your preceding diagram carefully.

Interestingly, Katago expects yet another variation

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[go]$$Bc Lightvector's position
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . a 4 3 8 X X O . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . 7 5 2 . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . , . . 6 0 9 X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . O X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . 1 X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


and then Black plays a. I can't say I really understand why Black O18 is preferred in one variation and N17 in another.

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Post #130 Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 2:16 am 
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Position #69, another elementary shape that I missed. Not really a big mistake but an illustration of the fact that some simple moves are still missing in my brain policy network. Black to play.

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


Answer:
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[go]$$Bc this is slightly better than the solid connection
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . X W X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O X . O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . O O X . . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O O X . X X O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O . X . X . X O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . X O X X X . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . X O O O X . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . O X X . , . O X O O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X X . O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . O O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #131 Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 2:59 am 
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Position #70, Black to play a good endgame move.

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #132 Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 4:54 am 
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First, my eyes were drawn to a, but then I thought that b may be good?

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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . b O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #133 Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 10:53 am 
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'b' was indeed the correct move:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 6 O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 1 O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 5 O 4 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X a . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


White can cut later at 'a' but Black will sacrifice 2 stones and both parts will live separately.

If Black doesn't play there then later White can play 'a' below. This threatens the cut 'b' which is much more severe than in the previous diagram.

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


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Post #134 Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 4:03 pm 
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What about trying to cut off the D12 white stones, by playing:
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[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I suppose it must not work, but in my first glance at it, it looked promising...

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Post #135 Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 9:52 pm 
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From my kyu perspective, White would just sacrifice two stones, which is not so big:

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


but the AI thinks it's a wrong sequence for White because the weakness C17 is still there, so the following is a much better move
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 4 O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . 2 X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 7 3 5 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 6 O . 0 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 9 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |[/go]


Black cannot cut immediately because White threatens to kill A14 so...

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[go]$$Bcm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O O 1 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . O X X . 3 X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . O O . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X W . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X W . X O . . O X . . O . . . |[/go]


Now, Black could capture the two marked stones but it's not very big at the moment.

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Post #136 Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 10:56 am 
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jlt wrote:
From my kyu perspective, White would just sacrifice two stones, which is not so big

Yea, it was just bad reading on my part.

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Post #137 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 4:29 am 
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Position #71, White to play.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . . . . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . X . X X X . X . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . O . O O O O O O O O X X X X X . |
$$ | X O . O . . . X X X . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . X . X O X X O . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . O O . X O O X . . O X . |
$$ | . X . O X . X . O . X X X O O . . O . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X O . O O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . O O X O X O O O , . . . X . , . . . |
$$ | . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . X O O |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #138 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:46 pm 
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Originally I thought of P9, but I don't think it works. So instead, maybe G14 to reduce the liberties of the black dragon in the middle. However, even assuming the dragon dies, I worry that black lower left is just too big.

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Post #139 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:59 pm 
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Hint: the last move was
S14

Continue in the area.

Answer:

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . . . . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . X . X X X . X . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . O . O O O O O O O O X X X X X . |
$$ | X O . O . . . X X X . O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . X . X O X X O . X . . . X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . O O . X O O X . . O X . |
$$ | . X . O X . X . O . X X X O O . . O . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X O . O O O X . O . . . |
$$ | . O O X O X O O O , . . . X . , . 1 . |
$$ | . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . X O O |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The point is to protect against the clamp S11 while gaining liberties in order to win the capturing race against H15. THe black group S16 will need to add defensive moves.

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Post #140 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:44 am 
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Position #72, White to play a good endgame move.

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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . X O O O . |
$$ | . X O . . . X . . . . X X . X O X X . |
$$ | . X X O O . . X . X X O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O O O O O O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O X . . X O . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . X X X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O O X X . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . X X O . , X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X . X . X . O O . O O X . . |
$$ | . O X O O X . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X O X X . X . X O . . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O X . O . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O , X X O O . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O X X X O O . . . O . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . X O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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