[go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O B X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The corner aji is uncomfortable. It seems 50/50 everytime I try to read it out, better make sure. I'm not sure what White is trying to accomplish here tho.
I dislike this board for both players. Black appears to have 60 points. White's only option seems a desperate attack on black's weak groups. While this is grim for white, I think it is bad for black also, that despite his apparent territorial lead for a while now, he is still in a situation where he could lose due to an oversight handling his weak groups. This game, I think Aph has needed to be more self-aware and Numsgil more aware of his opponent - strangely juxtaposed faults.
Loons wrote:I dislike this board for both players. Black appears to have 60 points. White's only option seems a desperate attack on black's weak groups. While this is grim for white, I think it is bad for black also, that despite his apparent territorial lead for a while now, he is still in a situation where he could lose due to an oversight handling his weak groups. This game, I think Aph has needed to be more self-aware and Numsgil more aware of his opponent - strangely juxtaposed faults.
Interesting analysis, but I have to disagree to an extent. Black looks pretty comfortable to me! I do agree Numsgil needs to pay more attention to his opponent. In fact, he should have probably realised that this game is over. Black has all four corners and a strong group in the center. Numsgil's strategy of creating a moyo is completely pointless due to the strong black influence in the center. I do not think that Numsgil has played well enough in this game to expose Aph's faults. By comparison, Aph has played well.
Also, it is worth mentioning that none of black's groups are really that weak. If you were thinking about black's upper-side group, connecting to the center at J13 and starting a living sequence with G17 are miai. Black also has the option of simply giving up a few stones and spending another move elsewhere. White still will not be able to overcome black's lead.
I think it is pretty evident from the board position that black has done well in handling himself and white, so personally I would not say "I think Aph has needed to be more self-aware" .
Then again, I might have to eat my words if things turn around...
[go]$$Wcm76 Move 76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . 1 , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Harumph, I don't think I can just leave this as is yet.
If black takes sente, I'm not 100% sure, but I think I can either take a large part of the corner or kill it entirely.
Points below are the points I'd consider. It's a pretty high level L&D problem whether something works here or not. I've tried to read out a few lines but it quickly branches. I feel I have to make this move whether something works here or not, but if black doesn't defend I'll hunker down and see if I can read anything at all. A ko at least should be possible, I think.
$$Wcm76 Move 76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O C C . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . C X C . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X C C C . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm76 Move 76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O C C . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . C X C . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X C C C . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
[go]$$Wcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . 4 . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X 2 1 8 | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X 6 5 3 . 9 | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I thought of S6 as a more efficient way to protect against this, but it lets white reduce me a bit start from P2 and honestly I don't think I need that trouble. By my count I am solidly 15 points ahead.
[go]$$Wcm78 Move 78 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X 1 O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Strategy and Thoughts
Feels like the right time to come back here and defend. All groups on the board are essentially safe, so we properly enter the end game now.
As for the monkey jump defense... This move to defend is correct like 80% of the time. I think this is one of them, but I haven't really studied it all that hard, so this might be a case where the normal defense is sub optimal.
[go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | B . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . . . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I had to check many times if I misread but I don't simply see any move that is remotely threatening. Either my opponent vastly outread me or he didn't read at all.
[go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | X . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | . O . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O B . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
A small point in sente before I take action against F13. I'm very confused tbh as to the big points on the board now. Small question to observes: what is your thought processes in this stage at the beginning of endgame? I find it very hard to determine where the big moves are.
$$Bcm83 Move 83 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | B . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | X . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | O O . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm83 Move 83 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | B . . . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | X . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | O O . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Wcm84 Move 84 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | X . . . . O . 1 . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | X . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | O O . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm84 Move 84 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O X . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . X X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . X O . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . | $$ | X . . . . O . 1 . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | X . . . X X X . . . . . O O . X O X . | $$ | O O . O O O X . X , . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . O . | $$ | . . . O . X . X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . X X X O O O . . O . . O X . X X . . | $$ | . . . . X X . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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