Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

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Kirby
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Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

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Even an idiot connects a peep, right? Here's an interesting game between Weon Seong-chin (white) and Pak Yeong-hun (black), where black played a peep in the following position:

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Since I'm "not an idiot", my first thought was to connect like this:

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O W O O O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


but white didn't play that way. He played like this:


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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O O O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 3 . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 2 X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O X O . . . . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O O X . X X O |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . X O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I thought it was pretty interesting, so I thought I'd share.
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Re: Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

Post by Phelan »

Even an idiot connects against a peep, but a pro will find some way to resist. :razz:
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Re: Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

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Well, you always want to look for creative ways to connect. I like this one even if it does give up a ladder break.
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Re: Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

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Kirby wrote:but white didn't play that way. He played like this:


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


I thought it was pretty interesting, so I thought I'd share.


Hm, white doesn't connect against the peep, but black connects against two of them...maybe this is a case of proverbs don't apply to white (=
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Re: Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

Post by Magicwand »

it sure is intresting defense..but i think more than 95% of top professionals will play same way if they are faced with same situation.
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Re: Even an Idiot Connects a Peep

Post by Bill Spight »

Magicwand wrote:it sure is intresting defense..but i think more than 95% of top professionals will play same way if they are faced with same situation.


I agree. It is kind of obvious, even to such a poor tactician as I.
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