Magicwand vs. Kirby... Again

Sverre · **#241**

topazg · **#242**

Sverre wrote:

Kirby · **#243**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . 6 X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Loons · **#244**

Kirby,

Kirby · **#245**

Almost to where I'll read comments, Loons...

Jedo · **#246**

to loons

Magicwand · **#247**

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tj86430 · **#248**

Not for players:

Some interesting possibilities for black:

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or

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X 5 1 X 2 . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | 9 O 3 O 4 . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . 7 6 . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . 8 . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

leaving some cutting points for white to worry about.

this isn't possible for white:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . 8 O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X 5 1 X 2 . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O 3 O 4 . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . 7 6 9 . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Or am I again totally missing something?

(I'm not saying that black should play D10 right away, but it seems there are some interesting possibilities)

topazg · **#249**

tj86430 wrote:

Not for players:

lightvector · **#250**

topazg wrote:

tj86430 wrote:

Not for players:

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My impulse is to defend and let white take gote if he wants to defend it.

If white doesn't, then black starts here:

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If white does, then I would take the huge endgame here:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O 1 . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O . X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . b . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . a . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 3 2 . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . 5 4 6 . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And then black should be able to get at least two out of three of abc in sente.

Kirby · **#251**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . 8 . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Well, I feel pretty good about this last turn of events. I think that my double hane was effective in that it leaves the aji at "a":

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O a X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

What I hated about the position a few moves earlier is that I felt like I was taking so much gote. If I played any of the moves "b", "c", or "d", white can easily tenuki:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . c d X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . b X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . . O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hence, I am so glad that I could play the double hane, since it makes this an area that white wants to respond to - again, because of "a". The marked stone's position is great to give this aji:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . B O a X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So I am very happy that the board position got to here. I was a little concerned about what black could do. For example, he could start out by threatening the top left:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 2 4 . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . 3 O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

With that in place, he could play the probe-ish move below, which makes things a bit complicated if he proceeds:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 Maybe at "a" or "b" are also options $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | a X 2 . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . 1 b . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . 3 O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

As much as I read things out, though, I was confident that I had enough liberties by with my side group:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X X . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . O 6 7 9 . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . 2 1 8 . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . O O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O 4 X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Pretty confident, anyway. Therefore, I accepted his challenge, and connected the atari.

That brings us to the current position. Of course, my eye is on the aji that I talked about above, which was brought about by the double hane. But what is the best way to use that aji? I still must be concerned about the marked decent, below:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . W O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It'd be kind of nice if the game went like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . 7 . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O 3 . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O 1 X 4 5 . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O 2 O 6 . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But this not only gives white sente, but there is a chance that things could go awry:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 5 7 . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . 6 O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . 8 . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . 2 O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O . . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O 1 X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O 3 O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

OK, I still have a good amount of liberties… But it's still more risk than necessary for a got play. Besides that, is it really that huge to get the play below, anyway?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . 7 . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O 3 . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O 1 X 4 5 . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O 2 O 6 . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

That's why I think it's useful to protect this aji immediately - then this area is a big problem for white - he is at risk of losing a lot of stones. So I think that Magicwand will probably respond in this area:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . 8 . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O 9 . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But, this is gote for white. Which gives me freedom to play the remaining big points on the board.

At the risk of sounding too arrogant, I now believe that I have won the game.

Magicwand · **#252**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O 9 . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kirby · **#253**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . 0 . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Magicwand · **#254**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kirby · **#255**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . 2 . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Some comments:

Locally, my last play feels weak - I want to play one spot above. But I don't even have to start reading if I can:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . 2 . 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X 3 X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Also, I chose the order I did because I felt my move on the right had a bigger follow-up than this last move at the bottom (if white tenukis):

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . 3 . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 2 . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Also, I read this move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X W O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Seems there is nothing there.

Normally, I would try to count the endgame, but I feel comfortable just coasting.

Magicwand · **#256**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 3 X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kirby · **#257**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . 4 . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Magicwand · **#258**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O 5 . X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Kirby · **#259**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O . X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X . X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O O 6 X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Magicwand · **#260**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm141 Captured Stones: black 6, white 6 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X X . X O X X . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . O X O . X O 8 X O . | $$ | . O X X . . . X X X X O O X 7 X . O . | $$ | . X . . . . . . X O O O X O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X X X O . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . X O . O X . X O . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X . X X O O O X O O X . . . | $$ | . X X O O O O . O X O . O X O . . . . | $$ | . X O , X . . . O X X O X . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . . . O . . O . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . X . X . . | $$ | . O X . . . . . X . X X O X O O X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . | $$ | . . . O . O O X X , X O . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O X . . . X O O O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . 9 . X X . O X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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