Magicwand's Study Journal

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I thought you wanted a dialogue. I didn't want my comments to be a criticism or a value statement. I'm sure you are stronger than me. I just offered a review, like you asked. It would be interesting to see where we agree and disagree. Of course I make mistakes in games, which I later spot myself.
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no criticism intended. It was just a friendly game request. nothing more.
when i get some time i will review your review and post them here.
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OK - good to know. I don't think I can currently engage in a correspondence game and I don't want to frustrate your time and effort. Thanks for the invitation.
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F14 in the game ('a' below) seems too close to C10 and pushes White from behind. Cutting at the marked point instead is possible. The continuation to 10 below appeared a couple of times in the 1930's.
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[go]$$Wcm1 Cut at F16 instead of turn at F14?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 0 . . . 4 6 8 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . 2 . 3 5 7 9 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O , O B . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X a . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O . . . O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Instead of 'a' in the game, White may have been better off with a soft approach in the upper right and leave the left for later.
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[go]$$Wcm1 Balanced approach?
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O , O . . . . , . . 1 . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . X . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O O X . O X O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If White continues on the left, is something like 1 better than 'a'? White has aji at the 'b' points and Black's strong wall at the top does not have eyes if it gets cut off in the fighting.
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[go]$$Wc More Aggressive?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . b X . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O O X . O X O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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ez4u wrote: If White continues on the left, is something like 1 better than 'a'? White has aji at the 'b' points and Black's strong wall at the top does not have eyes if it gets cut off in the fighting.
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[go]$$Wc More Aggressive?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . b X . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O O X . O X O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
thank you for your input.
first thought on the move above... Overplay. Too deep.
only thing white can achieve is gote life and hurting everywhere. IMO.
I really dont have to kill white to win. so i think bad for black.
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[go]$$Wc perfectly satisfied
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O , O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X 1 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . b X . . . . X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O O X . O X O . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X O X . O . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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17: play on top? you can attach here if he invades, right now you don't need it
25: too early? I'd like to play on the top or the right
47: slow, i want to play on the top.
49: i think his move is really slow and i don't want to answer it
53: i think extend other side is OK

I prefer White after 70, but 82 is slow. If 82 is on the right side I think Black has a hard game.
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Shaddy wrote:17: play on top? you can attach here if he invades, right now you don't need it
25: too early? I'd like to play on the top or the right
47: slow, i want to play on the top.
49: i think his move is really slow and i don't want to answer it
53: i think extend other side is OK

I prefer White after 70, but 82 is slow. If 82 is on the right side I think Black has a hard game.
thank you for your input..
17: you might be right but i think it can be played.
25: hum....i gave some time for this move and will disagree. i have seen professionals play such move early. i could not find the flow of the game and this was one way to find flow IMO.
47: you might be right but this is too big for me to not play there.
49: agree.
53: ..... no comment on this..

again thank you.
please see if i changed your mind on 25 :)
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