Life In 19x19

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:40 pm**

I don't mind at all. Maybe if Uberdude comes closer to living, then it will actually be a bit educational to me as to where I could have gone better.

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:43 pm**

Ok, so I'd like to try this connection. Kirby played tenuki to the top right and DrStraw cut here which fixed a lot of bad aji, so let's see what I can do with it...

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Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:47 pm**

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Okay, you don't give me a lot of options at this point.

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:09 pm**

This thread just keeps on giving! Thank you to the participants: this is fun to watch.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:05 am**

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A diagonal relationship for Bill.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:10 am**

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Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:25 am**

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Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:59 am**

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Posted: **Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:02 pm**

Uberdude, I hope you finish this game.

Posted: **Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:39 pm**

Still seems difficult to live, but my vote is for this move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . X . . X . X . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X O X . . . O . . b O a . . . | $$ | . . X O O X X . O O X X X O . W . . . | $$ | . . X X O O X O X X O O O . O X X . . | $$ | . . X O . O X X X X O . X . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O O . . . X O O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O O O O . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . X . . O . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O . X X . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black must play 'a' or 'b', since white has this sequence to live:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . X . . X 2 X . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X O X . . . O . . 1 O . 3 . . | $$ | . . X O O X X . O O X X X O . O . . . | $$ | . . X X O O X O X X O O O C O X X . . | $$ | . . X O . O X X X X O . X . X . . . . | $$ | . . . O O . . . X O O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O O O O c . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . X . . O . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X X . O X O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X O . X X . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

There is still the ko aji at the marked area, but does black really want a ko, given white's threats around the 'c' area? Maybe black can play there first, but ko can't be that comfortable for black in this game.

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