[go]$$Wcm45 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O 1 O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:32 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm46 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm47 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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.
$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 3 X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X O X 9 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 4 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 X 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 3 X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X O X 9 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 4 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 X 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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.
$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 3 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 5 . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 B O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O 6 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . 7 . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:01 am
by Dusk Eagle
$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . 1 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . 1 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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.
Re: 128. Dusk Eagle vs Psychee
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:28 am
by Psychee
$$Bcm52 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . O . X . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . 1 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
is that I couldn't properly justify it, but I didn't want to talk myself out of playing it 
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, but after 
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or 'a' for 
at the marked stone
