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Post #141 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:05 am 
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Loons, sorry about the delay. My summer has just begun its busy period.
My moves may be super slow until the end of August. Sorry! :oops:
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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O 1 . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
(p)
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Something for later. W2 is necessary.
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[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . O . 2 O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . 1 O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
No.
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[go]$$B :w2: tenuki
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X 0 6 8 O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . 9 X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . O . 3 O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O 4 1 O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . 5 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

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Post #142 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:31 am 
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I'll quote my favorite line from Dave & Graham's game, Post #193-- viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4126&start=180
ez4u wrote:
I still have no clue what is best.
I knew a long time ago that this summer would be very busy for me,
so finding the time to really study the variations has been a challenge.
Not to mention I find the current situation difficult.

I'm not sure if :w56:( :wc:) is sente, but if B tenuki:
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[go]$$W1
$$ ---------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . 9 . 7 O 6 X . . .
$$ | . . . O X 8 X 4 O . . X O
$$ | . . O O W . 3 5 . O . . O
$$ | . . X . . . 1 2 . . O . .
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . .[/go]
Thanks to :wc:, W does not have to reply to :b4: at :b6:; W can cut with :w5:.

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Post #143 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:45 am 
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I've been looking at the B(a) push-and-cut, and how to fix it in sente.
This variation works, but B does not have to play it:
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[go]$$W1
$$ ---------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . .
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O
$$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . O
$$ | . . X a . . . . . . O . .
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . .
$$ | . 3 1 X . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . 4 2 . . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . .[/go]
Instead, B can crawl with :b2: and I'm still left with the cut:
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[go]$$W1
$$ ---------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . .
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O
$$ | . . O O . . . . . O . . O
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . .
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . .
$$ | . 2 1 X . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . 4 3 . . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . .[/go]
So after searching in vain, I settled with the bamboo joint :w56:, which may not be sente. :-|

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Post #144 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:51 am 
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No worries, as always. Hope you're having a good (if busy) time.
Ed's move is a nice threat to cut/kill my two (more) top stones. I don't like saving dame stones, but I don't like just letting 'em die, especially while Ed's life is a carpenter's square-shape (he may have to take gote in future if I save them). Maybe it's big as in should-try-and-get-it-later big. Who knows, I have a wild headache.

Quite sure I'm leaving them for later (double-gote not big, assuming it is gote for me also...).

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Post #145 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:53 am 
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Loons, thanks. Busy for sure, 'good' is relative. :mrgreen:

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Post #146 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:50 am 
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KGS: greendemon
Tygem: greendemon
DGS: smaragdaemon
OGS: emeraldemon
My sealed move:

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[go]$$Wm56 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O 1 . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


I don't know how exactly to play it, but to me this lone stone on the right seems like the vital point of the board.

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Post #147 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:30 am 
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[go]$$Bcm57 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Eh, I've been wanting to play this jaunty cap for a dog's age, trying to unite my right side in purpose.

Leaving E13 sente to cut off my centre stones is a bit grim, pointing to an earlier mistake I'm unsure of. I'm not going to spend sente fixing it now, as the middle is very open.

Back to the current move, I expect some kind of local sabaki from Ed next (maybe he will find a good variation from jump->crosscut* or something), though he may also try/manage to live locally. Will be interesting. I expect sente, with which I imagine I'll revisit top-middle, and then finally c2. Of course, Ed is also playing this game...

*ie P12 O12 O11

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Post #148 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:15 am 
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First feelings: my guess is Loons thinks killing :wc: and taking the right side is bigger than giving up :bc: :bc:,
which at first glance is probably true. There are like 10,000 variations to read on the right side.
I have no choice but to take the time and read as much as I can. :-?
With W(e), B is ready to activate the aji of B(f) push W(g) B(h) atari,
so I must be very careful with the (e) side variations.
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O B . B . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . f O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O g . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . h . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . e . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . d b a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #149 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:35 pm 
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After some sleep, I noticed when :black:(f) push, instead of :white:(g) block,
I had missed :white:(j) connect. So now there's renewed hope for :w58:(e).
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[go]$$W
$$------------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ . O . f O X X X O . . |
$$ . . O g j O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . e . O . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ . , . . . . . , . . . |[/go]

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After :b4: I don't see a good reply for W, so :w1: doesn't look too promising.
Next candidate: :w58: at (k).
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[go]$$W
$$---------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . 2 1 . O . . |
$$ . . . . 3 X 4 . . . |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . k . . |
$$ . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$----------------------[/go]

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After :b2:, W also starts to feel heavy.
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[go]$$W
$$---------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . 2 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$----------------------[/go]

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Post #152 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:09 pm 
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The reason my cap is jaunty:
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[go]$$Bcm57 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . 1 . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Given the choice of gaps 'a' and 'b' to work with, there is no choice.

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[go]$$Bcm57 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . b . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Now, 'a' still isn't very attractive, and gap 'b' is a line smaller. As a flipside, attaching to :b57: is a little more interesting.

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[go]$$Wm58 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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There were too many variations for me. :oops: I couldn't find anything very good for W --
I probably missed something, but :b57: seems to be quite effective.
So let's try this and see what happens. :)
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[go]$$Bm57
$$----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . e . O . . |
$$ . . . . . 1 m . . . |
$$ , . . . . d b a . . |
$$ . . . . . . c k . . |
$$ . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |[/go]

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Post #155 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:54 am 
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[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Oh, exciting. Only obvious response for me (I assume you agree). I hope white P12 doesn't work too well now.

Edit: Some variations while we wait.
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[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1: -- 'a' bad shape, and black can't really resist 'b'
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1: -- I was briefly interested by this. It's as ridiculous/bad as it looks.
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . B O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . B . B . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1: -- Solid on one side and too thin on the other.
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X C X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Game move variation(s):
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[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1: -- For reference.
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 C X 5 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 4 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O C 6 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm59 Prisoners: :w1: -- :w60: or threatening :w60: seems like a strong response.
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Still under investigation. I was content because I couldn't see white crushing me locally somehow.

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First feeling is cross cut; before :w58: I had already read some of the variations of the cross cut,
but I'll study some more to make sure. Judging from Loons' response time, perhaps he also had anticipated :w58:
as a possibility before he played :b57:. Sleep now. :mrgreen:

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A variation of :b59:: if :b1: pull-back, I might play :w2: -- seems this doesn't work for B:
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[go]$$B
$$----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ , . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |[/go]

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Another variation of :b59:: if :b1: jump-back, I might still play :w2: -- after :w6:, it looks OK for W:
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[go]$$B
$$----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ , . . . . 6 2 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . 4 3 5 . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |[/go]

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[go]$$Wm60 Prisoners: :w1:
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . O . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . O . |
$$ | . . O . . X . . X . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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I couldn't get the cross-cut to work. For example:
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[go]$$W
$$----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ , . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 2 . . |
$$ . . . . . . X W X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ . . . . X . X . O . |[/go]
Variation:
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[go]$$W
$$----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ . . X O O X O . . . |
$$ O . . O X X X O . . |
$$ . O . . O X X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ , . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X 2 . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ . . . . X . X . O . |[/go]
Either way, the :w1: group cannot get out.

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