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Offline gaius
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #281 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:09 am 
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AAAAHHH! That move is so painful to make! To be honest, I don't even see how black can live locally. But even if he can somehow live in gote, surely it's game over after something like this:
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X 3 X 6 O . . 8 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X 5 O O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . 7 X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Either black is planning something really nifty against white's bottom left group, or he just got owned...

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Offline topazg
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #282 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:14 am 
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@Gaius:

I was thinking just the same thing. My respect for magicwand continues to grow, he's downright dangerous in a complicated game.
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Offline SpongeBob
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Post #283 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:47 am 
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What an exciting game!

@ Araban:
It seems that you are under a lot of pressure now with two unsettled groups. On the other hand, your comments suggest that you are still very calm. Is this because you are assessing the situation differently or is it because you are generally staying calm even when under pressure? (I think losing one's calm is one of the fundamental mistakes that should be avoided as much as possible.)

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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #284 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:53 am 
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i will play my next move after my breakfast.

i think i can kill.
i will read more and make the move. critical point of the game.

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Post #285 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:09 am 
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SpongeBob wrote:
What an exciting game!

@ Araban:
It seems that you are under a lot of pressure now with two unsettled groups. On the other hand, your comments suggest that you are still very calm. Is this because you are assessing the situation differently or is it because you are generally staying calm even when under pressure? (I think losing one's calm is one of the fundamental mistakes that should be avoided as much as possible.)

I'd like to think that I'm just staying calm. Certainly I don't think I'm assessing the situation differently, I realize it's not good and that I need to play catch up. One of the reasons I've been keeping my comments brief at this stage in the game is that writing a lengthy post detailing a pessimistic scenario and analyzing variations after variations that do not work will just decrease my confidence level.

I also think my activity with SC2's affected me in this regard. Before I got involved with SC2, I would get extremely agitated in these kind of situations when I play online. Now, I tend to be rather carefree and my adrenaline level, even in the craziest of fights, seems to stay low. I don't get the sweaty palms or the high heart rate I used to when I play against KGS 5d+s, and I don't think it's because I improved haha. It's strange, but when you play a game that feels like Go/chess at 10,000 mph, Go just seems so much more relaxing to me now.

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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #286 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:10 am 
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . 4 . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


i will get my moves in before breakfast.
i usually dont play like this unless i am confident that i can kill.

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Offline Joaz Banbeck
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #287 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:38 am 
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My prediction:
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[go]$$Bcm101
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . a . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . b O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X 5 O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


With 105 black gets an eye, and if white caps with something like 'a', black 'b' either escapes to the right or gets the second eye.

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Offline Solomon
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #288 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:42 pm 
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Sorry, been busy with schoolwork (if anyone knows a thing or two about stochastic processes for financial math, let me know! :P). It's also finals week.
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . 5 . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I've just got to wait until the storm subsides and hopefully, by the end of the storm, have two stabilized groups. :b5: just tries to move out one of them. He will probably just try to put pressure on one until it settles, then use whatever he's gained in that attack to go for the other group. He could also, of course, go back and forth in attacking one group or the other. But whatever it'll end eventually, one way or the other.
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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #289 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:34 pm 
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Sol..that was my major.
i passed 3 acturial exam when i was in college. namely 100(cal), 110(prob), 120(stat inferance).
but i dont think i can help you now..it's been too long :D

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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . 6 . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


probe. a or b? i suspect he will answer b.
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X a X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . 6 . b . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


edit:
after some reading...probably "b"
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X a X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . 6 b . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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 Post subject: Re: 98. Araban vs. Magicwand
Post #290 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:28 pm 
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for obs only:
after he answer i will probe as below.
if he insist on separating my group i will connect and threaten his life.
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . 6 7 9 . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X 0 8 X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


if he let me connect then i will have a or b selection.
i dont think there is any way he can get out for free.
after i build my influence in sente i will invade in 'c' instead of taking corner.
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . b . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O a 6 7 0 . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X 9 8 X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #291 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:52 am 
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for obs only:
his jump has a weakness. if my group is connected then i can go after that weakness as below.
that is why he can not answer my peep.
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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X a . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X B X . O O 5 3 4 O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . W . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . b . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O . . . . 2 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , b X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X B X . O O 4 3 7 O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . W . . . . X a X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O 5 6 . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #292 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:23 pm 
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Wow, nice commentary on your last move. Magicwand!

Very interesting stuff too -- I agree that tons and tons of diagrams can just be overwhelming sometimes, but those comments are really nice. This whole game has been superb from both players, really, but especially Magicwand seems to have gone above and beyond this time.
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Post #293 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:13 am 
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ethanb wrote:
Wow, nice commentary on your last move. Magicwand!

Very interesting stuff too -- I agree that tons and tons of diagrams can just be overwhelming sometimes, but those comments are really nice. This whole game has been superb from both players, really, but especially Magicwand seems to have gone above and beyond this time.


thank you very much.

i have noticed that when i play handycap game i dont really concentrate much as this game.
for the futur i think i will stick to even game because it force me to think to my maximum potential.

i will keep the quality of my comment very high.

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Post #294 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:47 am 
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ethanb wrote:
Wow, nice commentary on your last move. Magicwand!

Very interesting stuff too -- I agree that tons and tons of diagrams can just be overwhelming sometimes, but those comments are really nice. This whole game has been superb from both players, really, but especially Magicwand seems to have gone above and beyond this time.


If I was Araban now, I would die from curiosity. I could probably not keep myself from looking at MWs comment. Not for cheating but just out of curiosity :)
That's one of the reasons why I am reluctant to play malkovich games.

But that one is a very interesting game indeed.

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Post #295 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:14 pm 
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entropi wrote:
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ethanb wrote:
Wow, nice commentary on your last move. Magicwand!

Very interesting stuff too -- I agree that tons and tons of diagrams can just be overwhelming sometimes, but those comments are really nice. This whole game has been superb from both players, really, but especially Magicwand seems to have gone above and beyond this time.


If I was Araban now, I would die from curiosity. I could probably not keep myself from looking at MWs comment. Not for cheating but just out of curiosity :)
That's one of the reasons why I am reluctant to play malkovich games.

But that one is a very interesting game indeed.


i am sure my opponent is strong enough to guess what is in my hidden.
i believe that he reads everything that i read.
although i am curious why he played some moves i didnt expect...
i will find out soon enough.

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Post #296 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:26 pm 
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Magicwand wrote:
thank you very much.

i have noticed that when i play handycap game i dont really concentrate much as this game.
for the futur i think i will stick to even game because it force me to think to my maximum potential.

i will keep the quality of my comment very high.


It does clearly show. (I've noticed the lack of hide tags in my game vs Magicwand)
usually just one very inspired player in a malkovich game and only the really good ones have both.
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Post #297 Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:00 am 
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I think I'm going to die from energy drink intoxication due to exam studying.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O 7 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Okay, so this was a bit of a dilemma. If I want to live, I need to respond to W's last move to ensure I have enough eyespace to make two eyes. In an ideal world, I'd...

* Save H7 which keeps aji on both of his groups.
* Be guaranteed life for both groups.
* Not be sealed in.

Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world so I need to pick and choose with what I can do here. After some pondering, I've decided that moving out is higher priority than living here*. Of course if he responds to my move to try and keep me sealed in, I can always change my mind later but my mindset is on moving out here while putting my life on the line because, by not responding to his move, my eyespace is pretty much ruined.

* After watching some zombie films, I can't help but be reminded of movie scenes where the survivors need to decide between moving out to find food and supplies, or to stay where they are and hope help arrives soon.
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Post #298 Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:30 am 
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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . 8 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #299 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:04 am 
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I cannot wait for your next move, Araban. No more games but go, pls ;-)
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Post #300 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:21 pm 
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I cannot wait for your next move, Araban. No more games but go, pls ;-)
:). I just finished my last final exam yesterday, so I'm sorry everyone for the delay. Strangely enough, I did better on my stochastic calculus class than in my intro psychology class...

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[go]$$Bcm101 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . |
$$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . X O O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O O X . . . 9 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X X . X . O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . O . . . . X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X . . X O O . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . O X X X X . O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O O O O X . X . . . O X . |
$$ | . . O O . . . X X , O X X . O O X X . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . O . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . X O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I can't let any of my groups get sealed in, so this move is a must. For those who don't realize the value of this move, picture White playing here. How can Black live now?
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