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Re: GoQuest gunning for 1dan 9x9!
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:22 am
by topazg
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Yeah, it's strangely non-symmetrical, but this is actually really hard for Black to play. There are so many odd liberty fights that crop up here. My immediate reaction to

was "has to be overplay", but playing on both sides of it Black has been the one suffering for me
Re: GoQuest gunning for 1dan 9x9!
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:04 pm
by Bill Spight
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Yeah, it's strangely non-symmetrical, but this is actually really hard for Black to play. There are so many odd liberty fights that crop up here. My immediate reaction to

was "has to be overplay", but playing on both sides of it Black has been the one suffering for me
Maybe

is an overplay, but

looks like one to me.

Re: GoQuest gunning for 1dan 9x9!
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:12 pm
by topazg
Bill Spight wrote:topazg wrote:$$B
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Yeah, it's strangely non-symmetrical, but this is actually really hard for Black to play. There are so many odd liberty fights that crop up here. My immediate reaction to

was "has to be overplay", but playing on both sides of it Black has been the one suffering for me
Maybe

is an overplay, but

looks like one to me.

I'm fairly convinced it is, I found it out the hard way, and have had two people try it to me with similar misery for Black.