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Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:39 am**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones\nW: 2, B: 5 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . X . X O X . X . , . X . X . X O . 8 | $$ | . X X O . O . O X X X O X . X . O . X | $$ | . . O O . . . O . . O O O O O O . O X | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O . X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . X O . X O O . O . O . | $$ | . . X X X O O X X . O O X X O . O X . | $$ | . O O O O X X . X . . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X , O X . X X , . O X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . X . O X O X O . . O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:42 am**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm131 Captured Stones\nW: 2, B: 5 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . X . X O X . X . , . X . X . X O . X | $$ | . X X O . O . O X X X O X . X . O . X | $$ | . . O O . . . O . . O O O O O O . O X | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O . X O 9 X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . X O . X O O . O . O . | $$ | . . X X X O O X X . O O X X O . O X . | $$ | . O O O O X X . X . . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X , O X . X X , . O X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . X . O X O X O . . O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:50 am**

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:04 pm**

I think that that is the last nail in my coffin. I think I needed to reduce the right side and also connect the stones you just cut in order to have a chance.

I hope that it is not too early to do so, but I will have to stop here: I resign.

Thank you very much for the game.

I think that I particularly played poorly with this move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm81 Captured Stones\nW: 1, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . X . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O X . X . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . O O O O O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . B . . . . . X O . X O O . O . . . | $$ | . . . X X O O X X . O O X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O X . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . , O X . . X , . O X X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

It has no real meaning since I didn't read far enough. It serves no real purpose.

My goal was this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 @ 'a' $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . X . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O X . X . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . O O O O O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . 7 . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , 6 3 4 . . O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . 9 X O 5 X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . a 0 8 O . X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . X O . X O O . O . . . | $$ | . . . X X O O X X . O O X X O . O . . | $$ | . . 2 O O X X O X . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . , O X . . X , . O X X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Of course, I did not read well here.

What do you think? I think that I played poorly here.

In any case, thank you very much for the game.

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:46 pm**

topazg wrote:There has to be something that can be done with that giant squeeze :S

It seems so, doesn't it? I couldn't think of anything.

I thought about trying a move that threatened to jump out on the side, but my group doesn't seem to have many liberties:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones\nW: 2, B: 5 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . X . X O X . X . , . X . X . X O . X | $$ | . X X O . O . O X X X O X . X . O . X | $$ | . 2 O O . . . O . . O O O O O O . O X | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . O | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O 0 X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 9 O O 5 X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . B . 6 3 4 7 X O . X O O . O . O . | $$ | . . B B B O O X X . O O X X O . O X . | $$ | . O O O O X X . X . . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X , O X . X X , . O X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . X . O X O X O . . O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I also had other dreams:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 Captured Stones\nW: 2, B: 5 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X O . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . X . X O X . X . , . X . X . X O . X | $$ | . X X O . O . O X X X O X . X . O . X | $$ | . . O O . . . O . . O O O O O O . O X | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . O | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O O O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . O . X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . X O O . X . . 1 . 3 5 . | $$ | . . X . . . . . X O . X O O 2 O 4 O 6 | $$ | . . X X X O O X X . O O X X O . O X . | $$ | . O O O O X X . X . . . X O . O X X . | $$ | . . X , O X . X X , . O X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . X . O X O X O . . O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

... But I had a hard time finding any complete solution.

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:58 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm91 Captured Stones\nW: 1, B: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X X . | $$ | . . . X . X . . . , . X . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X O X . X . O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . O . . O O O O O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X X X . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , O . . . . O . X . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X O O . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . X O . X O O . O . . . | $$ | . . . X X O O X X . O O X X O . O . . | $$ | . . . O O X X O X . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . 2 , O X . . X , . O X X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . O X O . . . . O X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This kind of move must not be your first instinct.
My opinion is that the kosumi you mentioned is not as bad as this move.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:36 am**

thank you for the game.
you game was solid overall.
some mistake here and there...
i see that everyone already commented on your mistakes.

remember it only takes one move to give your opponent the FLOW.
that flow can be 20 point differental.
i hope you have learned something out of this game.
let me take a break from handycap game.

i will play you after i recharge my mental battery.

again, thank you for the game.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:07 am**

It would be nice to see you play a game with unkx80, Magicwand.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:24 am**

Aphelion wrote:It would be nice to see you play a game with unkx80, Magicwand.

that sounds like a great idea. does he accept the match?

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:35 am**

Magicwand wrote:
Aphelion wrote:It would be nice to see you play a game with unkx80, Magicwand.

that sounds like a great idea. does he accept the match?

At this juncture, I am not ready to accept any Malkovich game.
Sorry to disappoint.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:44 am**

In that case, if you aren't too tied up at the moment, I'd love to see a Magicwand vs shapenaji game!

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:49 am**

Magicwand wrote:...
remember it only takes one move to give your opponent the FLOW.
that flow can be 20 point differental.
i hope you have learned something out of this game.
...

I agree. I was not careful enough this game… :-)

Magicwand wrote:let me take a break from handycap game.

i will play you after i recharge my mental battery.

again, thank you for the game

Sure thing. Thank you for the game, and your time, as well. Of course, I appreciate any time that you are able to spend, so feel free to let me know when you are recharged. In the meantime, I will enjoy your games against stronger players. :-)

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 am**

unkx80 wrote:...
This kind of move must not be your first instinct.
My opinion is that the kosumi you mentioned is not as bad as this move.

I understand that the move is bad because I did not read well. Could you elaborate more on the "first instinct" part, though?

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:15 am**

You know how, in corner life and death situations, it's recommended that your first insinct be playing form the outside (hanes and such) because if you fail to kill, you've supported your own group and reduced your opponent's eyespace? It seems like a similar situation to me. If your move works, no one will fault you. However, if you're not certain, it's better to support your weak group, because if that group lives, it still threatens the opponent stones on both sides.

Anyone can feel free to correct my simile if they think I'm misunderstanding, though.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:05 pm**

I read the comment just slightly differently. Your first instinct, unless you are a Jedi, should be something which is guaranteed to get some sort of advantage, and should therefore be somewhat lukewarm (if you are a Jedi, of course, your first instinct should be the best move). This kind of move seems to set things on fire, and if you're playing with fire you should make damn sure you can handle it first.

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