Peep and extend question

Dusk Eagle · #1

I was facing a friend yesterday and he played a shape twice which I'm not sure I responded optimally to either time. I ended up winning both games presented here, but I'd like some answers on how I could have handled those situations better. The outside shapes are quite different, so I'll present both games separately.

Both games are two-stone handicap games and I played white.

Game 1

This was the situation when he peeped.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . 1 . . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O . . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The game continued like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . 2 . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . X 1 . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 5 . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . 3 . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O 4 . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm6 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . 7 . . . X . X . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O X . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Was

correct? How could I have handled his :b6:

better? Or is the way I played good enough?

Game 2

This is where we were when he peeped. Once again, I connected solidly, and one again, he tried to pull out into the side.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X . X X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O X . O . , . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . O 3 . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . 2 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . X . O . X . . . X . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Because this variation is a lot longer, I've included an sgf of how the game went from here. I think :w49:

was too early and :w51:

should have been at R3, but I'm also curious how you would play in this situation, and if my move at :w71:

was effective enough.

[sgf-full]http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=900[/sgf-full]

Thanks for any help you can give me with these situations!

Joaz Banbeck · #2

In the first game, 1 seems best as you played it. I would have played 3 at 6 ( or maybe 010 )

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . 2 . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . X 1 . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

In game 2, again your reply to the peep seems best. I would have played 4 thus:

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

Magicwand · #3

answering the peep is the best move for both.

gaius · #4

I would also connect like that. But the game result somehow feels a little unfortunate for white, I think. How about this (just an idea):

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Prisoner Count: B-1 W-2 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . 4 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O X . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

... with possible continuations like:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 looks good for white, I would say $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . 1 X O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | 3 O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O X . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

or perhaps:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Equal fight? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X . . . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . 4 X O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 2 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 7 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 0 . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X O . X . . X . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . X O O , X O O O O , X . . | $$ | . . O X . X . X O O O . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X X O X O . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . X X . O . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

daniel_the_smith · #5

Almost every time I play something other than the solid connection in that position vs. a stronger player it turns out very badly for me. Also I've noticed that if I'm the one playing the peep against a weaker player, they get into a lot of trouble if they don't connect. I think you did fine, although I'm not sure how you won the first one...

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