[go]$$Wcm60 Move 60 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 1 X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Bah, I'm not sure about this line. I don't think it should live. But maybe he's looking to use the aji of a cut on the outside to force a way to live on the inside?
Even if white lives, I should be able to aim at making some attacks against his stones on the outside. eg:
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 1 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X 3 O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . 5 . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 1 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X 3 O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . 5 . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Tactics and Variations
One interesting idea of a sequence. Black makes a forcing exchange while he can, but I let black connect out and live in exchange for grabbing the big point on the left to connect my own stones and secure territory. Black would then almost certainly have to defend on the top to keep things even, and I get sente back to attack on the bottom again.
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 1 X . O X . . . 6 . X . . . . | $$ | . . 3 O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm61 Move 61 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . B . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I considered descending to threaten a connection, but this feels just as big . I also suspect this gives me a sente followup to destroy his left even more.
[go]$$Wcm62 Move 62 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 2 . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X 1 . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Bah, black lives. I overestimated my strength locally here. I should be more careful going on "memorized" corner statuses (statusii?). Now I have an open skirt that hurts chances of territory on the edge.
I'd like to play elsewhere, but I'm not at all confident that if I tenuki I won't end up in serious trouble.
Tactics and Variations A
I was going to gamble that this line of play worked out for white, but actually writing up the diagrams I don't think it does.
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X 8 O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X 2 3 . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O 4 6 . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X X O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . 2 . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | 1 X X O . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Ostensibly black is dead, but he has a lot of liberties to actually remove before the stones leave the board. Too many for white to kill before his stones die.
Tactics and Variations B
This is basically what I'm aiming for
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 5 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X 6 O X . . . 4 . X . . . . | $$ | . 2 . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X 1 . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm62 Move 62 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . 4 O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X 2 3 . B . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . 5 a O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . b X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Actually, is often at "a" (as you create a ladder that works on both sides), but the marked Black stone and White's desire to play at "b" would make me choose this instead.
[go]$$Bcm65 Move 65 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | B . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The first of the big endgame sentes. A rough tally put me about 5-10 points ahead in secure territory, but there is alot of fuzziness in the center and my group in the top left. A detailed count will come after this sequence. I am not putting in a trigger because if he doesn't respond properly D11 could be my sente later.
Topazg, Dusk, would you mind reviewing the game after this? I look forward to reading your comments.
[go]$$Wcm66 Move 66 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Monkey jump? Doesn't threaten my life, just my points. So it's too early and too small; I'll tenuki.
I'm aiming to get this in sente and then continue on the top and break up any territory black hopes to form there.
Tactics and Variations
Berating my opponent for thinking small, I should be careful that my move is actually sente (that the followup is big enough) and not small end game sente.
I think it is, because I can threaten to not only capture a black stone or two, but I can cut and black's two stones here are surrounded and almost dead. So maybe this is like a ~16 point followup?
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . 3 X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . 4 5 . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
Heh, I don't think I'm strong enough to comment too much. When the game is done, I can point out a couple of things I would have done differently if you want, but stronger players could probably do a better job.
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]$$Wcm68 Move 68 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . 1 . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
What ho? There's enough aji left in the stone at H17 that I might get sente back after this huge move I've been dying to make for the last like 15 moves.
Certainly if I were black I'd feel uncomfortable about leaving the position because of the points below:
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . C . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . C . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm69 Move 69 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O , O B . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm confused. The top was dame imo anyways since there was no way for me too connect with one move. This move seems small, 6 points in gote. After my last move it doesn't even affect the status of my top left since I can always connect to my center group.
Anyways, I chose this move instead of B11 since it has a better chance of being sente. Gains me some territory and solidifies my top right.
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Strategy and Thoughts
Threaten from above and all but secure a moyo border. My variation from last time still applies, I think. Black probably has to defend, and then I'll get sente again, depending on whether I mind letting black save his stone or not.
elsewhere, but I'm not at all confident that if I tenuki I won't end up in serious trouble.
is often at "a" (as you create a ladder that works on both sides), but the marked Black stone and White's desire to play at "b" would make me choose this instead.
Black endangers his corner a great deal if he wants to try to play like this.