Black at B7 would have been much better, it gets out in sente. Then when black played this move, it wouldn't be ko like it is now. EDIT: wait, I missed some stuff. Ignore me.
That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.
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Black at B7 would have been much better, it gets out in sente. Then when black played this move, it wouldn't be ko like it is now. EDIT: wait, I missed some stuff. Ignore me.
Oh, was I mistaken? I thought with this, I either get out or live, depending on which of us takes A3? Am I missing something?
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Okay, so I have two options. One is to try to run, and the other is to try to make an eye on the edge. There's no where to run, since I'm mostly surrounded. I expect this clamp, which seems to lead to a different ko that I HOPE can get me life... If this is ko for life, then the ko has risen in value as we've played more stones. That means, my partner and I are both more likely to ignore smallish ko threats to win this one. If I live here without giving up too much somehow, I will be ahead. However, my opponent will probably get fair compensation.
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
On an unrelated note, thank you all for following and commenting on this game. The assorted remarks have helped a lot. This game is instructive, and very good reading practice for someone who thinks he's not good at reading, and you guys are helping me to correct bad paths, as well as showing me other things I need to learn. Thanks again!
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . W . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . W . . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
argh, picnic ko. this game is just not going my way. ok, let's do it.
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O B . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O B . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X . . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . X 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Shaddy, you can treat the above as a trigger, since this seems like what we're both aiming for. If you 2, I will 3. And... now I'm trying to weigh ko threats.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | 4 . 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 3 W 1 . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | 4 . 2 . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . B . . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . B . . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . . . X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Threat!
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X W . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . 1 O . . . . O . . . 3 X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X 2 X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X W . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | . 1 O . . . . O . . . 3 X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X 2 X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
this is kind of stuff differentiate dan and kyu player. at this stage black should not use this ko threat because he can not win this ko. his only chance of winning is use two moves to expand his territory.
strong players calculate the result and look for a way to win. what he played is simply giving up his chance to win.
i hope it helps kyu players to see how to fight ko.
"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown" Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . . X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . . O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . . X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
In an attempt to make something that's better than an empty threat, this move threatens to connect to part of what we're ko-ing for.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . 4 O X O X X . . | $$ | O 3 O . . . . O . . 5 X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O . 4 O X O X X . . | $$ | O 3 O . . . . O . . 5 X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O B O O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . X X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O B O O X O X X . . | $$ | O . O . . . . O . . X X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Okay, that last one was a bad threat. I thougth that it gave me several followu-p ko threats, but they don't seem to quite work. I might be able to get a ko from it, but it's not as big a ko, so it's not worth the trade. I'm going to push through now, because it gets me where I need to be, threatens to capture stones, and weakens both sides. If I end up capturing those stones, his group will be running with one eye, which is how I can make points in followup. More than a ko threat, this is a big sente move that I would want, anyways.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . W . O 2 X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O X O O X O X X . . | $$ | . 1 O . . . . O . . X X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X . O . . . W . O 2 X . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | X O X . . . . . . O X O O X O X X . . | $$ | . 1 O . . . . O . . X X X O . O X . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . X X X O X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O O . O . . X O O O O X O O X X . | $$ | X . X O . X O O X , O X O X O X X X O | $$ | O O X O . . O X X X X X X X O X O O . | $$ | O X X O X O . O X . O . X O O O O X . | $$ | . X O . . . . . . . . X . X . . . X . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
