Super thrilled with him taking 41 where he did - he's really let me off the hook easily. If black pushed upwards to where my 42 is, it was really nasty (I spent about an hour reading this variation and trying to counter it - the best I could do was really not very good). The hane after black at 42 leads to a beautiful empty triangle at J16 and my position is in big trouble. So I'd have to extend, and it's not very nice for white... Very happy I've managed to get this 42.
I think this point becomes crucial to preventing moyos... blocking a continued extension will help me in the long rung so I am not fighting against two sides of huge group. I fully expect white to try to fight with (a)... at which point I create a wall with (b)
White may also try to extend with (d), (e), or (f), however I think the attention of the recent local playing will distract white from playing those, leaving (a) or (c)... If I made them feel pressured enough, (a) will become their obvious play...
then again I could be delirious from lack of sleep... it's 3:15am... and my actual analysis of the situation may be far from the Sherlock Holmes like analysis I think I made...
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[go]$$Bcm37 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . X . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . X . X . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O . . X . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I feel this is an important point, as if I don't play here, black has Q14 then the follow-up at M15, quite big. I looked into playing M15, but after this, I'm in trouble after black double-peeps with L16. The score looks to be around 61 for black, 55 for white before my move. I have 6.5 komi, so that puts me half a point in the lead. Hopefully I can keep it !
I'm curious about this probe here. The in game move feels a little easy on White but I can't think of any light way to handle it. What do you guys think?
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If black gets this (or around here), it's pretty huge, so I need to take it now. Indeed I should've played this on my last move I think. I've looked at various ways to defend this as black, and none look particularly terrible for me, so I guess that this point is pretty much the best in the area. I hope, anyway ...
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My goal isnt to make moyo.. just protect what I have now and destroy his moyo.... I expect him to run out at (b) or up at (a).. either way I will be happy.. I get to start a wall running along at (c) or anchor my group in his moyo at the top with (d)
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[go]$$Bcm47 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . X . . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . O . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . X . X . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . 2 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . O . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O . . X . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This looks decent for now. I was looking at doing something spectacular and attaching at F7, but I read that move a lot and couldn't find a way of making it work very well . I imagine black will chase across with one point jumps, but his moyo/territory is still wide open when he does this.
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was a beautiful move. White must work so hard to get some kind of result.
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. I imagine black will chase across with one point jumps, but his moyo/territory is still wide open when he does this.