It seems to me that your opponent is doing quite admirably for his rank. How would you say the game is going? How do you feel the game has been going, and do you have any invasions or reductions planned for his framework/territories?
Yes, I think either he is playing better than his rank, or I'm playing worse than mine! I count myself to be about 6-8 points behind right now, and the game is late enough that it'll be pretty hard to make it up. As for the game progress so far, I said already I regret the invasion along the upper right side. I'd like afterwards to come back and look at that position again. I'm also beginning to think sacrificing my two stones on top was a misplay, although I think black was too soft in responding on the left, so I have a big side there now.
To me the big open area is the bottom: black is threatening to make 10+ points along the bottom, but I have some oppenings on both sides. I'll have to think some about how to respond there. I'm also still looking for a way to use my two stones to create some aji on the top, but there may not be much there. We'll just have to see, I guess.
$$ Would this work? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . 4 X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . 5 O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . 6 . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . . X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . B . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This looks like the biggest point.
Re: 45. emeraldemon (3k) vs. tj86430 (7k)
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:25 pm
by schilds
Are they both counting the entire top middle as black? I would only count the top right and that bottom, right, middle area for black. It seems to me white should be able to do something with the stone at L16. Anyone else think so?
Re: 45. emeraldemon (3k) vs. tj86430 (7k)
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:55 pm
by emeraldemon
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . . X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . W X . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . . X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . 3 . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . 2 1 . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This is gote for me, but I'm not sure if I have good sente moves
Re: 45. emeraldemon (3k) vs. tj86430 (7k)
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:05 am
by tj86430
I took my first proper count, and according to it this game is incredibly close. Before the count I thought I was leading by approx. 10 points, but it seems that we are very even.
Re: 45. emeraldemon (3k) vs. tj86430 (7k)
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:01 am
by emeraldemon
Sorry for the delay.
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . W X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . , O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . X . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . O X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . X O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . B X X . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O O X . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I probably misread this the first time, but this should still create some aji, and of course there is always the miniscule possibility that emeraldemon will make a mistake. I want to play G12, but I feel it's better to push once first. The other important point in the center is M11, but I feel this side is more important. The bottom edge is open from both sides, and I don't think I will be able to defend either in sente, so I probably wont be able to achieve much there.
This is very difficult for me, and I very much would like to see some comments later on
Re: 45. emeraldemon (3k) vs. tj86430 (7k)
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:35 pm
by emeraldemon
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=1, B=0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . O O . O X . . . O X . X X . | $$ | . . . , . X . . . X O . . X . X O O . | $$ | . . O . . . . . X . . . . X . O . O . | $$ | . . . O X X . . . . X . . . . O O . . | $$ | . . . O O X . . . . . . . . O . . O . | $$ | . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . X . O O . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . , W X X X . , . . . . X X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O O X . . . . X . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . . . X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X O . | $$ | . . . O . . X . . X . . X X X O O O . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . O O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------