127. ez4u vs topazg

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:29 am

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Right, the game's about to get exciting. He can't easily ignore this, because the corner damage is great (although there are other huge points too, so he sort of can). He can't slide over the top, because I'll let him push me into his corner:

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Which means I think his only reasonable local response is to block and leave the aji for me to sweat over, and I'm gonna go take the big point. I'm pretty sure I'm unconditionally alive at the top now, and there are no great and crucifying points losses to take just to live in gote. So, why the bottom edge? Because I've been a bit foolish and made it huge:

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Just looking at those marked stones, how unpleasant does this feel? Pretty bad, I think. Bad enough, if I'm honest, that he may just play there now and ignore my last move - at least if he does do that I can poke around in the top left and be reasonably happy. However, I think my latest move is urgent, and if he does respond, I think the diagram below looks much better than the diagram above:

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I have reasoning for my precise placement of 43. If you want to ask, please do. I'm also wanting the following, as it enables the :b45:

->

push, but I think that just helps White a lot more than Black if I haven't already gotten a foothold on the bottom edge:

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Further thoughts:

Hmmm, I do have a good local response up there. I'm probably going to play at the bottom anyway, but I like this:

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With miai of "a" and "b", it strikes me this is a good way of making profit. I may even play "c", as it makes "a" even easier to cash in on. This actually might be a really big move. Must do some more reading.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:37 am

@topazg:

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:07 am

Kirby wrote:@topazg:
topazg wrote:...

I have reasoning for my precise placement of 43. If you want to ask, please do. ...

OK, I'll bite: What is the reasoning that you have for your precise placement of 43?

Ok, with the caveat that my reasoning isn't necessarily good reasoning, it's as follows:

"High or Low"

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White's marked stones make the bottom middle seem pretty big potentially, and I would rather attack the influence that they bring than with them than play for points and risk my whole right side framework being reduced too severely. On that note, the move I want to play next is my :b45:

above, and I think the high move is better balanced with this position. In fact, :b45:

feels so ideal, that I'm predicting the following :w44:

, and hoping to use :b43:

to be intimidating in the fight:

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I have no idea what I'll want to do next, though "a" and "b" and "c" are some of my thoughts, but I think "a", :b43:

, and

make a good enough shape that it feels better than if :b43:

was flat.

So, that's high and low, but why not K4 or M4?

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With M4, this feels far too ideal for White, and not only is Black's position smaller, but the further slide underneath is going to be really annoying to defend against. The flipside is K4, which feels dangerous:

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Ok, that's just throwing stones around, but it feels like I'm too far away from my stones to be happy in this position. He may even pincer my choice of :b43:

, but at least if he does, I can do the following:

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Now not only am I partially settled, but I can also aim at the aji around "a" later.

Likewise, he can't make a two space extension with my move, as this seems terrible for White:

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And, the one point jump (at "a") feels too small and overconcentrated to be of enough value just yet.

Hope that explains my thoughts some

PS The marked stones are the ones that I think dictate why this area is so big and urgent to get a stone into asap.

ez4u · Post by **ez4u** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:29 pm

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topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:41 pm

Just off to bed, but I want to think about this one

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:32 am

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Addendum:

I think I was wrong with regards to being able to get J3. I predict this if he pincers:

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I have a plan for this anyway, but :w46:

threatens "a", so :b47:

is a standard splitting response and, I think, kind of forced, which means he gets :w46:

and

. Annoying, but where're his points? I just need to make sure he doesn't start killing things. "b" then becomes big, and "c" has already started to become urgent I think.

Psychee · Post by **Psychee** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:01 am

Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:24 am

it is not much but...does that exchange help black?
in my opinion it destroy aji of jumping in at marked point..so it is aji-keshi.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . B . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . C W O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , 3 . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

ez4u · Post by **ez4u** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:34 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , X . 4 . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:02 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , X . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Let the party begin.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm45 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . a . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X W X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X W . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . W W W . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , X . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . 2 . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

overplay? Time to read, I don't want to compromise my right side or die in the lower middle, so this need handling with extreme care. Either way, I expect to sacrifice :b49:

just as I did with N14, but I must keep White separated, must keep my points on the right, and must live with :b43:

and

. We may have some fireworks on the way, but hopefully that'll keep things entertaining for everyone

I hope I have time to play "a" as a threat against the marked group so that I can use :b49:

as a splitting attack, but I may not get to do this. This game is fun !

I'm happy with the game so far, it feels pretty fundamentally even still, but I'm painfully aware that Dave most likely has superior reading to me, so I can't afford to blindly play semi-intuitive moves.

ez4u · Post by **ez4u** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:26 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . 6 , X . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:03 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O , X . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Hmmm, cute, and clever, I hadn't even read that, as normally an "already pincered" three point jump on the fourth line leads to problems, even with it being White's move. However, simply running out doesn't give me eyes, and threatens to ruin my right hand side. It's not like I can build thickness to attack things, and he's clearly locally stronger than me in this area. This could be a complicated fight, but I think I'm the weaker here, so contacting to settle makes sense to me.

My reading is basically as follows:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Ladder doesn't work, but so what $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O , X 9 O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm41 Not sure which I want yet $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 8 . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O , X . O 9 . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm43 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . X O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O . . O O . , X . X O . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . X O . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . O , X 6 O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . 9 8 . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Well, this may be short, but the ride'll be worth the admission fee

ez4u · Post by **ez4u** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:22 pm

I believe I should think about this situation. As I am off to my usual Saturday schedule = Go followed by drinking, I probably will not post the next play until tomorrow about this time. Appologies! :bow:

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:11 am

ez4u wrote:I believe I should think about this situation. As I am off to my usual Saturday schedule = Go followed by drinking, I probably will not post the next play until tomorrow about this time. Appologies!

Don't apologise, have a wonderful day, and come back inspired

We have an audience to entertain

SpongeBob · Post by **SpongeBob** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:46 am

Yeah, audience is watching you ...
Great game, excellent comments! Thanks for playing guys.

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