$$Bcm111 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O . b . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O . b . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bcm111 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O . b . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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With the shape above, 'b' is usually a good move to ensure connection between the two groups. So just glancing at the shape, 'b' seems like the correct move. But in this case, why not simply capture the stone?
$$Bcm1 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O 5 2 4 . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O 1 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O 5 2 4 . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O 1 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | e X . . X X . . . X . X O O . O O O . |
$$ | . O X X O . X . f . . . X O . X O X . |
$$ | . O O O O . O O . , X . X O . X X g . |
$$ | . . . . . x . . X . . X O O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . x . . . . . . X O X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . c . . X . X O . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . O O O . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . X , O X X . . , . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . O O O X . X X O . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O . O X X X O O X . X . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O X X . . . . . O 5 2 4 . |
$$ | . X X . . O . O . . . . . . . O 1 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . X O O X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . O , X . O X . X X . . |
$$ | d . . . . . O . . a . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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If P6 were already filled, maybe it'd be a different story, but...

, but
appears to kill my big dragon. I was doing a fair amount of reading on White playing it as
, but I figured this was enough:
in this diagram are necessary, that means that his
seemed natural. However, I think that White has gained a lot of territory by capturing the G6 stone (in exchange for the F9 stone) and now gripping the L4 stone. In addition, my N19 stones are now connected along the bottom. The fight in the center looks tricky for both sides but White has forcing plays against the left center group around J12, so I am feeling more confident here. If possible, I think Black should have waited to settle the question of pulling out the N6 stones or the stone on L4.