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by Simba Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:27 am
$$Bcm11 B-0 W-0
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by OtakuViking Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:28 am
$$Bcm11 B-0 W-0
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by Simba Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:07 am
I'm not entirely sure what the standard format is for captured stones; I put a '1' next to B now at the bottom, let's go with that meaning I've captured 1 stone unless you have an objection
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by OtakuViking Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:59 am
Sure that's fine with me.
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by Ortho Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:20 am
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by hyperpape Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:29 am
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by Uberdude Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:36 pm
hyperpape wrote: It's generally good to capture a stone that's caught in a ladder. There's two reasons. First, when it comes time to play in the upper right, black will be fighting with his hands behind his back if he doesn't capture. Every sequence he reads, he'll have to make sure that there is never any place where white could play an effective ladder breaker. That's hard, but it also means he'll have to back down from a lot of fights. Second, after he captures, Black is thicker. His stones have the start of eyeshape, and it will be fairly hard for White to attack them. If he doesn't capture, White could play a move that's a ladder breaker and use that to start to surround Black.
Those are 2 excellent reasons for capturing stones in ladders, but here there is a 3rd even better reason, it is sente otherwise black plays b4 to capture 2 white stones. A very common mistake (I've even see dan players make it) in this shape is for black to play b6 before d7, which white answers at b4 (and black feels really cool for bossing white around). Then capturing the ladder stone is still a good move for the 2 reasons above, but it is no longer sente.
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by Simba Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:31 pm
$$Bcm11 B-1 W-0
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by OtakuViking Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:46 am
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by yithril Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:54 am
$$Bcm1 B-1 W-0
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm1 B-1 W-0This is good influence overall, although it's not territory, but Black's stones on the left and right seem to be strategically in sync. I might have preferred that the approach were one space higher so it feels less overconcentrated (given how the left has a weakness) but it's still okay.
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by Simba Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:06 am
Feel free to accept or reject the trigger
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by OtakuViking Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:20 am
$$Bcm21 B-1 W-0
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by Uberdude Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:41 pm
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by Simba Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:53 pm
$$Bcm21 B-1 W-0
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I kind of instinctively feel this move is wrong for black, but I'm not entirely sure why (perhaps it's simply too slow), and would like to learn why, so I'll play it
. First instinct was G14 for what it's worth, but this seems to be countered quite effectively by H10, after which I'm not only reduced but also have the open skirt at B6. Don't like it. Would be interested to hear where dan players would play here, as I often come into spots like this in my games and I'm often not entirely sure where the vital points to build the central areas are.
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by Celebrir Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:53 am
I would have played a framwork building move as B now:
$$Bcm21 B-1 W-0
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