[go]$$Wcm78 Move 78 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I accept this trade. Securing the left side is worth more then the bottom.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:19 pm
by Aphelion
I count White up by about 25 on the board after the last move. There's still 15 points to overcome, which is very hard, but if White can make something happen on the right then its his game.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:00 pm
by Numsgil
$$Bcm79 Move 79 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . 1 O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . 1 O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Scoring and Counting
$$Wcm78 Move 78 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . b . . . . b . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . b . . . . . . . . . | $$ | b X b . b . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | w w O O O O . w . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X b b | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . b . . . . X O w w | $$ | . . . . . . . . w . . b . . b . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . w . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . w O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . w . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . w O . . . . . . X . . w . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . w . . . . | $$ | w O X X . . . X . . . . . . w O . . . | $$ | b X O , X X X O . O w w w O O , O w w | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X b b | $$ | . . . . . . . X w . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . b w . . . . w b X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm78 Move 78 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . b . . . . b . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . b . . . . . . . . . | $$ | b X b . b . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | w w O O O O . w . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X b b | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . b . . . . X O w w | $$ | . . . . . . . . w . . b . . b . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . w . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . w O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . w . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . w O . . . . . . X . . w . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . w . . . . | $$ | w O X X . . . X . . . . . . w O . . . | $$ | b X O , X X X O . O w w w O O , O w w | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X b b | $$ | . . . . . . . X w . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . b w . . . . w b X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black: Bottom Left: 25 Bottom Right: 5 Top Left: 10 Top Right: 55 Total: 85
Strategy and Thoughts
So on the board right now white is winning by like 15 points. But I have sente. So I'm a bit behind but I have control to make good things happen. I'm behind enough that I think trying to live with that G11 stone is called for. I just don't see gaining 15 points elsewhere on the board.
I'm usually pretty terrible at invasions, but we'll see how it goes. If I screw up, it should give me back sente, so not too much harm done. Also, there's too many weird possibilities, so I'm not going to post any continuations for the invasion just yet.
Basic idea right now is to threaten to live on the edge, and then get some stones towards the center for essentially free. I'll hope I see something after that. I can also poke at the boundaries of the moyo from the inside, but every time I do that I give white basically 1 point if those stones die, since white would have to close off the boundary eventually anyway.
I'll list some counting of end game moves to show that, while large, they aren't enough to bring this game even just yet.
Tactics and Variations A
Analyzing the bottom, white has an open skirt, but if I try to take advantage of it, the aji comes back to bite me:
$$Bc $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O 4 O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 6 5 X 2 . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O 4 O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . 6 5 X 2 . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So I need to capture at J4 before I can take advantage of the open skirt. White may or may not decide to defend his skirt then. But either way the size of J4 seems pretty small right now. Better to save it as a ko threat, I think.
Tactics and Variations B
This end game move here is gote for both sides with a sente followup for both sides. Don't remember all my end game rules, but for here it's easy: just assume that either side gets their sente followup. So I'm going to say it's worth 5 points in gote for whoever plays here first, so it's a 10 point move in gote.
$$Bc $$ ----------------- $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ X . . . X . . X . . | $$ , . . . . X X O . . | $$ X . . . . . O . . . | $$ X . . . . . X X 3 . | $$ . . . . . . X O 1 7 | $$ . . . . . . . O 2 5 | $$ . . . X X . O . 8 6 | $$ , . . X O O , . . . | $$ -------------------
[go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Honestly I don't think this can live. I've tried several different variations, I just don't see it happening. But it also feels a bit silly to give up before actually trying. There are some nice forcing sequences near the middle that should let me build up eyespace for at least one eye.
If this fails like I think it will, I'll see if I can find a sente sequence or two and lose with a very small, but reasonable margin (like 5 points) and let Kerby know.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:04 pm
by Kerby
$$Wcm82 Move 82 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm83 Move 83 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O 1 . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
If I were playing reasonably I would solidly connect, treating this like a peep. I'm not playing reasonably, though, so I have to make moves that aren't stable, but have the possibility of contributing towards eye space.
I don't think white should try to cut. If he does, I get some strong forcing moves.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:45 pm
by Kerby
$$Wcm84 Move 84 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm84 Move 84 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I have to be careful, but I still don't see a way for Nums to make life. I chose this move to keep connected as best possible. Here's some of what I was looking at:
$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . 1 2 , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . 9 3 O 6 . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O 7 4 5 . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . 8 . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . 1 2 , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . 9 3 O 6 . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O 7 4 5 . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . 8 . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I assume after this Nums would choose a,b, or c each of them are tricky but I don't think he can make life.
$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . c . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O 2 . a . b . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . X X O O . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O X . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O 1 O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . c . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O 2 . a . b . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . X X O O . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O X . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O 1 O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:03 pm
by Numsgil
$$Bcm85 Move 85 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm85 Move 85 Captures: W: 2 B: 1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . . . , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Tactics and Variations
Still thrashing around. Something like this is what I'm thinking. Some combination of these moves maybe. I feel like white is responding too laxly, and this is becoming a life and death problem that is solvable. Just really, really hard.
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . 3 1 . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . 2 X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . 4 5 , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O 8 . 6 O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . 0 . 9 O . . 7 . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X . . 3 4 , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O 1 . 5 O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 2 O 9 7 6 . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O 0 8 . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . 6 . 9 . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X . 3 . 7 8 . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X 5 4 X 1 O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X 2 . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O X . X O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O O O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O . . , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . 6 . 9 . O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X . 3 . 7 8 . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X 5 4 X 1 O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X 2 . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O X . X O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O O O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But it's not quite 2 eyes, and I still don't see a way to escape or gain other points on the outside.
$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . 0 O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O 8 9 , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O 5 4 7 X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 6 O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . O 1 X 2 O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X 3 X . X O . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X X O X X O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X O . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O X . X O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O O O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . . . 0 O . X . . . X . . X . . | $$ | . . . X X X O 8 9 , . . . . X X O . . | $$ | . . O O O O 5 4 7 X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 6 O X . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . O . O 1 X 2 O . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . O X 3 X . X O . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . X X O X X O . . . X X . O . . . | $$ | . . X O X O . X O , . . X O O , . . . | $$ | . . . O X . X O . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O . . . . . O O X . . . | $$ | . O . . O O O . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . . . X . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . X O , X X X O . O . . . O O , O . . | $$ | . . X . . O O X O . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . O X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But white has been responding pretty passively so far, so I'll keep making sente forcing moves and see if he doesn't respond differently than I expect, or if there's a way to get this to work that I don't see yet. I think the 1-2 exchange is the least forcing of the moves, so I'm going to leave that for later when I can think about it some more.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:49 pm
by schilds
For numsgil:
But white has been responding pretty passively so far, ...
Are you sure they're passive moves and not moves that aim to allow you as few (useful) forcing moves as possible?
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:23 am
by Numsgil
schilds wrote:For numsgil:
But white has been responding pretty passively so far, ...
Are you sure they're passive moves and not moves that aim to allow you as few (useful) forcing moves as possible?
Entirely possible. But they feel pretty passive. Or rather, it feels like he's treating my moves like they're reasonable mid game moves, but he has enough surrounding strength that he could be more aggressive with his responses.
I still don't have two eyes, though, so he can't be going too wrong, eh?
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:53 pm
by Aphelion
Numsgil:
White's moves don't feel passive to me. They are the exactly type of move I would play if I feel confident and want to kill something 100% with no mishaps.
Re: 63. Kerby (2k) vs. Numsgil (6k)
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:41 pm
by Numsgil
Aphelion wrote:Numsgil:
White's moves don't feel passive to me. They are the exactly type of move I would play if I feel confident and want to kill something 100% with no mishaps.
I dunno, perhaps I just don't know what I'm talking about. Invasions, both the invading and the defending, isn't something I'd consider a strength of mine. They follow different rules from normal fights, and I'm not especially good at them...
But things like 84 feel pretty passive to me. I don't mean it as an insult or sabre rattling or anything. I'm not in a position to lecture Kerby about much of anything. It's just literally what I think right now; a straight up mind dump for all the kibitzers to mock or praise as appropriate.