??. Magicwand (3d) vs. daniel_the_smith (1k)

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:17 am

quantumf wrote:
This is a dangerous way for white to play. Assuming black connects at H4, white then has to worry about the wedges. F4 or F6 can both be played to cut through. Can white defend against the wedge in sente? If so, I can't see a way. I am also 1k, so I'm assuming dts will be aware of that too.

Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:22 am

i have no idea what is the right move. usually i spend at least 1 hour to find the best move but this is too complicated and 1 hour will not be enough to find the answer.
i just played my first instinct.
if he block i will cut. then...at the end..can i cut at "a"??
i dont see why not...but i have a bad feeling on that cut..i must read more later.

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ethanb · Post by **ethanb** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:28 am

Magicwand wrote:
i have no idea what is the right move. usually i spend at least 1 hour to find the best move but this is too complicated and 1 hour will not be enough to find the answer.
i just played my first instinct.
if he block i will cut. then...at the end..can i cut at "a"??
i dont see why not...but i have a bad feeling on that cut..i must read more later.
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This is why Magicwand has a bad feeling about it - white is in serious trouble if he cuts immediately.

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No matter how white connects with 2, after 3 he can't move any faster than the empty triangle, or something gets captured. Even with the empty triangle, it's tough to escape, and black can easily turn to cutting on the left side.

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:02 am

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Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:59 pm

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daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:31 pm

This next move is going to take me a while...

Kerby · Post by **Kerby** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:58 pm

My sealed move/sequence:

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Edit:
I missed that B can directly cut at F6 and connect out. So on second thought if Magicwand really wants to cut I think it will be hard on him:

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daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:01 am

Sorry this is taking so long. I'm still thinking about it. I think I've spent more thinking time on this move than I ever have on a single move before...

Moves I'm thinking about, in the order I thought of them:

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(a) is my first instinct. I haven't managed to read it out all the way yet. It doesn't seem like it is going to work. White can respond at b, which makes life difficult.

(b) seems to let me sacrifice some stones to make a moyo in gote.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc (b): I might have to live with this, but it'd be much better if it were sente. $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . 0 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 4 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O 9 O 6 X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 3 B 1 7 5 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 8 O O X 2 X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

(c) is not needed at the moment because white can't push through immediately:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc White can't do this currently, so I don't need to defend $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . 4 . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 2 1 O O X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O 3 X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

(d) I haven't read much of yet.

(e) I'm 85% sure this just fails.

Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:02 am

daniel_the_smith wrote:Sorry this is taking so long. I'm still thinking about it. I think I've spent more thinking time on this move than I ever have on a single move before...

take much time as you need. i am always here...

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:24 pm

I'll probably be able to move tomorrow. In the meantime, some thoughts for observers...

This is getting easier to read after staring at it for three days.

OK, so one additional starting move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc White's liberty shortage keeps him from playing H4 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 5 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . 3 4 1 O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X 2 X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I don't really like that though, because :b1:

looks weird.

In fact, if I start at :b5:

, I think this is the result:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc White's liberty shortage again keeps him from playing H4 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X 1 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O . O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . 3 4 . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . O O X 2 X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have sente, and N5 would not be a good use of it, so we can rule out my first diagram. :w2:

@

produces a similar result.

Back to my first instinct move:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . O , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O O B . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X a . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . X O 2 O . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . 1 b . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . 3 W W X . X O . X . . . | $$ | . . X . . O . X X X O . . O . . X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . O . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

White can play (a) to capture :bc:

while I get :wc:

, or white can play (b) to get a result like the previous diagram only I have gote. I think.

Right now it's looking like my middle diagram is best, but I'm not quite ready to play it yet.

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:04 am

OK, hope all our fans haven't forgotten about us

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Hopefully he plays as I read in my last post.

I read out one final move before choosing this one.

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White at (a) leads to a complicated fight and liberty race, but white at (b) lets him either capture a stone or cut at (c), so this move is out.

Hopefully I did not miss something obvious. I would really like to capture those white stones in the middle but I don't think it's possible. Will be curious to see what the stronger players think of this sequence after the game...

Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:22 am

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daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:47 am

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This defends the cut in sente. I'm a little concerned that maybe I should fix it directly (in gote) to get more chances to slice those white one point jumps. But sente is incredibly valuable.

Here's why it fixes the cut:

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...so white has to play :w5:

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giving me time to connect at :w5:

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Magicwand · Post by **Magicwand** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:51 am

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topazg · Post by **topazg** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:59 am

@daniel:

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