130. stalkor vs topazg

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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 5 . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . 2 X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 3 X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


sure, i'm ok with that:)

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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 . . 5 . . . . X . . X . c O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 9 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . a 4 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . 2 X O X b . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 3 X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i would like this continuation, seems ok for both like this.
there are a lot of big points left to play. i wont be able to play at A probably with this continuation, but well see after this corner:)
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Some interesting thoughts here. I'm contemplating something all moyo-ish if he slides:

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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It may be a might greedy though. And unnecessary. We'll see :)
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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@topazg

Sometimes, you have to be greedy even if a safe option exists. Besides, playing a greedy move is fun in and of itself and it paying off feels almost like cheating, especially if the risk is a tad unreasonable. That white 46 you're contemplating looks delicious :P
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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Zombie wrote:@topazg

Sometimes, you have to be greedy even if a safe option exists. Besides, playing a greedy move is fun in and of itself and it paying off feels almost like cheating, especially if the risk is a tad unreasonable. That white 46 you're contemplating looks delicious :P


If I block in the corner and he makes a one point jump out, I don't think the block was worth enough. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to resist my :w46: :)
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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topazg wrote:
Some interesting thoughts here. I'm contemplating something all moyo-ish if he slides:

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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It may be a might greedy though. And unnecessary. We'll see :)




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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I think the exchange of :w3: :b4: looks good for black.

Comparing with the common joseki continuation:
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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . c b . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now, would white really want to answer :b4: at 'a'? If the aim is building a big moyo, I would rather go really big scale and play 'b' (or at least 'c', too lazy to read right now). And white already has the corner, which is not only big in territory, but also gives a lot of stability that could come in useful when dealing with an invasion.
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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flOvermind wrote:
Comparing with the common joseki continuation:
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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . c b . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now, would white really want to answer :b4: at 'a'? If the aim is building a big moyo, I would rather go really big scale and play 'b' (or at least 'c', too lazy to read right now). And white already has the corner, which is not only big in territory, but also gives a lot of stability that could come in useful when dealing with an invasion.


Your comparison doesn't look right, the point is white will not play the 3-3 point.
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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . b . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White will not be answering 4 at a. White could make the moyo even bigger by playing for example b.
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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yoyoma wrote:
flOvermind wrote:
Comparing with the common joseki continuation:
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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . c b . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now, would white really want to answer :b4: at 'a'? If the aim is building a big moyo, I would rather go really big scale and play 'b' (or at least 'c', too lazy to read right now). And white already has the corner, which is not only big in territory, but also gives a lot of stability that could come in useful when dealing with an invasion.


Your comparison doesn't look right, the point is white will not play the 3-3 point.
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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . a . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . b . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White will not be answering 4 at a. White could make the moyo even bigger by playing for example b.


I think this is quite an interesting position. I have been waiting to see what will happen in the right center. I think there is still some urgency there. Neither Black nor White has quite settled their group yet, so whoever moves out first has the potential to seize the initiative. As a result, I think that something like :w5: below is worth more than trying to continue at the top. What do you think?

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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . 7 O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


i fugured i need to probe here first, then maybe secure the top side
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[go]$$Bcm39 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . a . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . 7 O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . b . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

crosscutting doesnt look good but i will post some thoughts on the continuation when i see how he reacts
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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yoyoma wrote:White will not be answering 4 at a. White could make the moyo even bigger by playing for example b.


Or, white would already have an even bigger moyo, and tenuki, taking the biggest point elsewhere (which might well be taking the corner :P). It's not that white gets to play :w3: for free, black gets to play :b4: in exchange, which is a pretty big territorial move.

The point of my second diagram was not that it might be a viable line of play. It's just for comparison. *If* white were to take the corner, in the continuation I'd rather have :w3: at another location. But whether I take the corner or sente doesn't really change my opinion on the moyo move ;)


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[go]$$Wc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 4 . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . 3 a . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . 5 . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I like black here. Black got the corner, the top side is pretty solid, and the white moyo is still wide open to reduction from several directions, and c6 is far from being captured. There is a semi-weak white group on the right, which might help black in reducing the moyo. Overall, black got a *lot* of solid territory, and white doesn't have much except the moyo. Perhaps I'm underestimating the potential of the white moyo here, but to me it doesn't look big enough...

I also don't like :w5: at :b6:, because :b6: at 'a' or :w5: would be very painful. That's the whole point. I don't like the :w3: :b4: exchange, because it gives black too much solid territory ;)

EDIT: Ninjad by stalkor, who in the meantime highlights one of the weak points in the moyo :batman:
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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[go]$$Bcm41 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Divide and conquer and all that. Actually, this is a seriously hard decision, and I'm not happy with either hane. The following is what I kinda expect:

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[go]$$Bcm45 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O 6 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Thing is, my corner isn't deliriously overjoyed now. At least his group isn't either. Crosscut seems dangerous for him:

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[go]$$Bcm47 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . 6 4 8 . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . 5 X O 7 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . W 1 . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I also looked at the following:

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[go]$$Bcm45 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . X O 6 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


But to be honest, I can't honestly see much of a continued threat against his group if he connects and jumps, and eventually I'll have to start thinking about my wall, so let's divide first!
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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Observers:
Augghhh! I really really want to play as below ever since that position came on the board. Let white either make the ko for life or run with only one eye! Am I really the only one feeling this way?
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[go]$$Bc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . 3 O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 2 O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 1 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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gaius wrote:Observers:
Augghhh! I really really want to play as below ever since that position came on the board. Let white either make the ko for life or run with only one eye! Am I really the only one feeling this way?
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[go]$$Bc Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . 3 O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 2 O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 1 . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Agree it's been sitting there since the beginning. But can Black make is stick when the center stones only come out to O11? Right now Black's right-side stones do not have two eyes either. I do not see how Black has clear prospects here. On the other hand, if Black jumps out again as part of reducing White's center... :mrgreen:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 1 |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . 3 . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . 2 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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ez4u wrote:
Agree it's been sitting there since the beginning. But can Black make
is stick when the center stones only come out to O11? Right now
Black's right-side stones do not have two eyes either. I do not see
how Black has clear prospects here. On the other hand, if Black jumps
out again as part of reducing White's center... :mrgreen:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X 1 |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . 3 . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . 2 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


White can live anytime if he gets enclosed, no? (I think that :wc: should be played first, though.)

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . W . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . O O O . , . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . O X O X . . . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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@Harleqin
You're right of course! I was thinking there was a ko in there but yours is right out of the L&D books. :oops:
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Re: 130. stalkor vs topazg

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i resign this game. Since topazg is leaving and i havent really been feeling up to playing go the last few weeks, its only fitting i do this.

Thank you graham for the game, i think i got outplayed on the lower left and the left side isnt gonna go down well i presume.
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