112. joppon v Marcus

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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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

This, and similar variations are far too clean and even (or probably better for white) for my liking
Last edited by joppon on Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: 112. joppon v Marcus

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for obs only:
i didnt do much reading but...seems like an overplay.
after white connect 2 black doesnt have any good answer...

black needs to study joseky or avoid variations that he is not familiar with.
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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How the bloody hell do I fix the diagram? :scratch:
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joppon wrote:How the bloody hell do I fix the diagram? :scratch:
If the current move is :b21:, use:
[ go ]$$Bm21

"Bm21" means "1 == Black, move 21".
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thanks EdLee
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Re: 112. joppon v Marcus

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Busy week, will post by EOD Friday (GMT-5)
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


There's a saying that your opponent's good move is also your good move. In all the variations of both large and small avalanche joseki I have seen, Black first plays where I have my :w22: . To me, that seems to mean that I should take that point since my opponent neglected to take it.

From an objective point of view, :w22: is solid. My corner becomes extremely difficult to attack, while Black has several stones ripe for leaning on.
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Hidden until upper left corner completely settled,
Marcus wrote:My corner becomes extremely difficult to attack
Because it's alive. :)
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O 3 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm01 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X a . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X c . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X d . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . b 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The idea is to build a wall to aid in capturing the stone at O16. And to control the middle game.
I also wanted to put pressure on white's cutting stone, but I could see no way of doing so without completely destroying the shape of my already thin stones.
Also, if I started a fight by, for example, playing at 'b' instead of 3; the variations are so complicated - because of the cutting points 'c' and 'd' - it becomes very diifficult for me to read beyond 10 moves afterwards.
'a' is a massive weak point for black.
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Not much choice here, if I want to keep up the pressure.

This is an important cutting stone. I can't give it up.
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I've spent a bit of time on this move ... my corner is solid and safe. Black has numerous cuts in his "wall". Black can cut me here, but he can't kill me. All in all, I feel like the hane is maybe the most fun move to play here, with many ways the fight can go. Let's see where this takes me ...
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Hidden until upper left corner completely settled,
For beginners:
B's shape is not good here -- :ws: has hanes at both heads of :bc::
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O @ X . . . . .
$$ | . . @ B . . . . . ,
$$ | . . @ B . . . . . .
$$ | . . X @ X . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .[/go]
B must fix his cuts; otherwise, :w1: is severe:
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O X . . . . .
$$ | . . O X 2 . . . . ,
$$ | . . O X 1 3 . . . .
$$ | . . X O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .[/go]
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Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm21 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think W26 was a mistake. Perhaps W was thinking of the 'hane at the head of two stones' proverb. Should the proverb be applied when your opponent's responding hane is atari?
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[go]$$Bcm01 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X 9 . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X 8 b . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . a X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | 6 4 2 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 7 5 3 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

W 'a' then B 'b'. Black is more than satisfied.

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[go]$$Bcm01 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . a b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X 7 . . . . , . . . O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . 6 X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 4 2 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 3 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have also considered - but not yet decided on - playing B7 at 'a' or 'b'. Which of course is dangerous and perhaps needlessly complicates things.
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Re: 112. joppon v Marcus

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Do you agree? If not, you may respond to :w28: however you want.

I can be satisfied with this. Black must fix something, and I can reduce however I see fit. A couple ideas in my head here. First, Black could protect his cut here. That's fine. I can reduce the top later using the aji of my lone stone:

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$$ | . . O X . . . . . , 8 2 3 O . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X 1 . . . . . . 7 5 X X . . . . |
$$ | . O . O X . . . . a . . . . . . O . . |
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With a/b miai above, I should be fine up top.

My cutting stone is still very hard to attack, too, and I can use it to push on his two groups:

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... and so on. I don't know if I'd push too far, but I can build a nice wall here ... I haven't decided exactly what I'll do here ...
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