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Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:28 am
by gaius
After the great success of dfan's Prokovich game of 2010 (
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1443 ), I'd like to do another "Guess-the-next-move" thread! So I'll just start one
The way it works is: every day I'll post about one or two moves of a professional game, and everyone can suggest variations, speculate on the players, and discuss the meaning of previous moves. If you want me to speed up or slow down, let me know!
I picked a game for which I have a very good commentary available, so that I can occasionally drop in a few professional comments when appropriate. To keep it interesting for myself, I did not study the game in depth yet - I only quickly clicked through it to verify whether the fighting is not too ridiculously complicated for amateurs like us. This means that I myself do not know the next moves, so I'll join in the guessing game as well. Oh, I will not tell you who the players are or when the game was played...
This is an even game with komi. I'll kickstart the thread with moves 1 to 4. What are the implications? Do you like this opening? Where would you move next?
$$c Moves 1-4
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Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:44 am
by daal
Wow, I entirely missed the prokovitch thread.
Looks like a great idea. Here are my first thoughts:
$$c
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Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:15 am
by Sverre
gaius wrote: This is an even game with komi. I'll kickstart the thread with moves 1 to 4. What are the implications? Do you like this opening? Where would you move next?
I think I'd place
at one of the circled points.
seems like it puts some emphasis on the top side and the open corner is also an obvious focus. The top right corner can afford to wait for at least one move.
$$c Moves 1-4
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Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:29 am
by TMark
Trouble is, Kombilo finds the game so easily in the GoGoD database.
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:33 am
by gaius
^ Sure, but wouldn't that kind of spoil your own fun?if you participate you're not supposed to look up the game in a database!
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:34 am
by daniel_the_smith
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:29 am
by Solomon
$$c Moves 1-4
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$$c Moves 1-4
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Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:47 am
by BaghwanB
Bruce "Go sit in the..." Young
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:12 am
by Bill Spight
$$Bc
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bc is my first choice. I have in effect gotten the first play on the top side in a mukai komoku situation (
vs.
, Black plays
).
Edit: Only typographical editing.
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:56 am
by Laman
i posted my move because i wanted to join, but i think 4 moves are too few for a move to be significantly better / worse than many alternatives, so personally i would prefer to jump some moves forward so we could make more definite comments
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:50 am
by Dusk Eagle
Laman wrote: i posted my move because i wanted to join, but i think 4 moves are too few for a move to be significantly better / worse than many alternatives, so personally i would prefer to jump some moves forward so we could make more definite comments
Takeo Kajiwara, author of The Direction of Play, would be screaming his lungs out at you
.
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:10 pm
by Laman
Dusk Eagle wrote: Takeo Kajiwara, author of The Direction of Play, would be screaming his lungs out at you
.
not that i wouldn't care about opening. but 4 moves, come on
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:26 pm
by Dusk Eagle
Laman wrote: Dusk Eagle wrote: Takeo Kajiwara, author of The Direction of Play, would be screaming his lungs out at you
.
not that i wouldn't care about opening. but 4 moves, come on
"Chapter 3: Move 2 Lost the Game."
Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:55 am
by gaius
Laman, you get your will: two moves in one post! Surely, this position is becoming interesting.
Kudos to Daal for being the only one to have
.
(negative kudos to myself for being late with posting the very first update...)
$$c Moves 5-6
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Re: Guess-the-next-move!
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:07 am
by topazg
$$c Moves 5-6
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Looks like a great idea. Here are my first thoughts:
at one of the circled points. 
seems like it puts some emphasis on the top side and the open corner is also an obvious focus. The top right corner can afford to wait for at least one move.
vs. 
.