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Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby... Again

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:33 am
by Magicwand
Kirby wrote:Namely, I feel comfortable when I can easily "make a base" and have room to live on the side. Playing a stone just to split up the opponent - when I cannot guarantee a base for myself in the immediate area - is something that makes me feel, at the very least, uncomfortable.

Any diagnosis for this, doctor?


i have a confession to make. it makes me uncomfortable also.
i thinkg even professionals are uncomfortable if they do not have know if they are alive.
only difference is that they already prepare followup moves that will guarantee life.

reading is everything. always think how is my opponent attack my stone?
and have answer for that before that you start playing the sequence.

Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby... Again

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:49 am
by Kirby
Magicwand wrote:
Kirby wrote:Namely, I feel comfortable when I can easily "make a base" and have room to live on the side. Playing a stone just to split up the opponent - when I cannot guarantee a base for myself in the immediate area - is something that makes me feel, at the very least, uncomfortable.

Any diagnosis for this, doctor?


i have a confession to make. it makes me uncomfortable also.
i thinkg even professionals are uncomfortable if they do not have know if they are alive.
only difference is that they already prepare followup moves that will guarantee life.

reading is everything. always think how is my opponent attack my stone?
and have answer for that before that you start playing the sequence.


Thank you. That's a great answer.

Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby... Again

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:38 am
by Phelan
Thanks for the great game, guys! :)

Re: Magicwand vs. Kirby... Again

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:41 am
by Tommie
Magicwand wrote:you can not tenuki lower right.

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[go]$$Wcm51 black: 6 white: 4
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O . O O X 9 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm51 black: 6 white: 4
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . X . . . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O . O O X 9 . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I see no disadvantage for Black in the lower right corner
and :b8: seems a good move.

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[go]$$Wcm51 black: 6 white: 4
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . X . . . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . x B . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . y . . x . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . y . . x , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . y . . 7 W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . y 8 6 3 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X . 5 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O . O O X W . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O X O . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm51 black: 6 white: 4
$$ ---------------------------------------
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . x B . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . y . . x . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . y . . x , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . y . . . W 5 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . y . . 3 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O X X O X c . 4 X 1 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . X X O d O O X W . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . X . X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X , X O . O O X X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O O X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X b O X O b . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]