Haha, yeah, I know that feeling - however, from my reading in the BB game this can get really complicated in all sorts of directions, and I may decide to look for a trick play simply because I have 70 points to get from somewhere.
Yeah, you've been saying all game that you're trying to make it complicated and confusing for someone around 8k, and I feel well equipped to say: this is. =)
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
[go]$$Wcm42 Move 42-44 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
'a' and 'b' are the joseki choices. This isn't a joseki I "know" beyond "memorization" (*cough*Looked it up*cough*). I chose 'b' because it adds pressure to white's D8 stone and threatens to engulf it in a large moyo. This is the end of the joseki. I have no idea how to handle the E16 group, incidentally, if white's D14 group lives. So I will doggedly make sure I can capture it, or chase it for life and territory. White is alive in the corner.
[go]$$Wcm46 Move 46 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
The joseki ends, the fun and games begin!
That last sequence I played in the last move I called interesting. The more I look, the more I want to change the verdict to horrible. Even if I kill the group in the top left I make him hugely thick facing the lower left, negating my own influence and putting my lone D8 stone in a lonely spot. So I play here to still target that top left group without making him so thick.
Tactics and Variations
If he takes the obvious looking key shape point, I intend to kill the top left. If he protects the top left, I intend on attacking the left:
$$Wcm46 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X 4 5 O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm47 Move 47 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O 6 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 3 O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This sequence seems more promising. I'll need to be more careful about reading it out depending on white's next move. But it seems like the best response.
$$Bcm47 Move 47 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X 3 4 O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm47 Move 47 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . B O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The ladder on this stone is broken right now, by the way. The loose ladder doesn't work, either. When I feel confident about the top left, I might look here again.
[go]$$Wcm48 Move 48 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . . O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Wahey, up go the stakes! This will be one of my best chances to get a result that gains me 20+ points, but Black will need to make a much worse mistake than he has so far.
Tactics and Variations
See previous move's analysis. I've analysed this position so much for our BB game already prior to White's deviation in that one
Score and Counting
So far, White simply hasn't managed to pull back anywhere near enough for the moves played. My general goal was to catch up 10 points for every 30 moves. We're up to 16 points that should have been caught up, and I feel like it's more like 10 or so, so this sequence will play a big factor in the game result.
[go]$$Bcm49 Move 49 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X . 1 O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Tactics and Variations
Reading it out a bit more, I think I can get him to hurt his H16 stone, and I can start to build up some eye space I might be able to turn into life. If not, I can still run into the center a bit.
$$Bcm49 Move 49 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . 3 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X 2 1 O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O 9 6 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm50 Move 50 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X 1 X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
All as expected, sadly. If he's willing to sacrifice those stones for thickness it's great for him to be happy playing so flexibly - it's almost definitely bad news for me
[go]$$Wcm52 Move 52 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X 4 . 2 5 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But it's another lovely result for thickness and influence. Now I'm going to go start a fight. I may play 58 elsewhere because I'm so far behind, but it is the proper move. If Black gets greedy, it's a world of hurt.
$$Wcm52 Move 52 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . b 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X a . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm53 Move 53 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Tactics and Variations
I'm not sure what he's going for. This is the best sequence I can see for white. I definitely favor black in this situation. Maybe he sees some way to squeeze to remove eye space? But I don't see white killing black's group, so I'm not terribly worried.
$$Bcm53 Move 53 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X O . O X 5 7 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
