The reason I left no comment for is that I couldn't properly justify it, but I didn't want to talk myself out of playing it .
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm45 Prisoners: :b1: :w1:
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No choice here. I'm kind of surprised he avoided the ko throughout this whole sequence - it seems to me that fighting the ko could have been quite favorable for him.
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm47 Prisoners: :b1: :w1:
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Hmm. In my judgment, that last move was a mistake. I would have connected on the other side. He may have feared the push-and-cut variation starting at , but after I think I lose.
$$Bcm1
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[go]$$Bcm1
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But in the actual game, I believe I can cut through him, so that's what I'm doing. I don't want to connect along the second line to my top-right group unless/until I absolutely have to. If he ends up letting this group live on its own, than a second-line connection would be redundant.
Currently, I don't see any very good variations for him, so I'm starting to feel pretty good about the game again. Let's see what he has in mind.
$$Wcm1
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[go]$$Wcm1 :b6: at :bc:
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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bcm1
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It's hard to say for sure, but this result seems better than straight connecting at either or 'a' for .
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm51 Prisoners: :b1: :w1:
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This is fine for me. I still have many ways to reduce his corner later.
I'd write more, but I really didn't know what else to say right now.
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bc Prisoners: :b1: :w1:
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . 7 . X . . . |
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at the marked stone
I think this is more or less the normal expectation. Black has achieved the aim of separating the White groups and building strength in the center. From here the players have to resolve the corner. Objectively White has weaknesses on both sides so Black should not fear the fight. On the other hand, this is a four-stone game so Black may well not be confident of surviving disaster in the corner. However, the first step to becoming stronger is not to dismiss N6 unless one has analyzed at least this far.
Dave Sigaty
"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered..."
- Marcus Aurelius; Meditations, VIII 21
[go]$$Bcm1
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After , I'll probably have to take gote with , which gives him another move on the left. That's rather dissatisfying, but what can I do about it?
I think I've caught up somewhat from the four-stone handicap, but will I really have enough at the end? I think I'll need to be quite aggressive and greedy from now to pull the game so that it's close enough for me to hopefully catch up in endgame.
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Wcm53 Prisoners: :b1: :w1:
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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.