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Author:  Bill Spight [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Yuletide joseki deviation

It's a Black Christmas for White, who has deviated from joseki. (Go to the last move, :w22:)



Black to play and drop a lump of black coal in White's stocking.

Enjoy! :)

I do not expect to respond until after Christmas.

From this hamete book, はめ手千態 : 囲碁秘訣 by 中根鳳次郎 (Nakane Hojiro) 5 dan, 1911. URL: http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/861313

Author:  Joaz Banbeck [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

EDIT: The attempt below turns out to be wrong...

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White has no ko threats.

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Author:  Shaddy [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

@Joaz:

I don't think that's a real ko threat?

R11 first. White's standard counter is S10, but he's too short of liberties here, and it fails.

Author:  Joaz Banbeck [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 7:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

Shaddy wrote:
I don't think that's a real ko threat


Arrggg...I think he's right.
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Shaddy wrote:
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R11 first. White's standard counter is S10, but he's too short of liberties here, and it fails.


Diagram?

Author:  moyoaji [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 8:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

I just read about something like this in "Tesuji" so I'm going to just steal that tesuji and that's my answer.

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:b1: threatens to capture the two cutting stones. If white saves them to keep black split then black has the :b3: tesuji.

:w6: is necessary otherwise :b7: at :w6: just ends everything. At :b9: white is dead locally.

The only question is: who wins the capturing race?

I read out a few variations and I don't see any way for white to win. When looking at is straight-up, black has 6 liberties when you take the needed approach move at T14 into account to white's 4 liberties. If white tries to get an eye with T12 then black can push at R18 threatening to make life. White can force him into a bent-4 shape, but trying to kill the bent 4 doesn't even result in ko, white still dies from a lack of liberties.

So then I ask if :b3: directly is just better? I forget which player came up with that tip - I think it was a European dan - but they said that if move 1 works okay, consider 3 directly.

And that gives the move that Shaddy suggested. But how is one supposed to deal with the original :w4: - now :w2:? I think cutting just works

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I'll go with Shaddy's answer.

Author:  Shaddy [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

@Joaz and Moyo

Moyoaji posted my diagram, and the resistance I mentioned actually just doesn't exist in this situation- I misread.

Author:  SmoothOper [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

I thought black was supposed to play the snap back threat first.
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After which neither of the cuts work.


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Author:  Shaddy [ Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

SmoothOper, please hide your diagrams!

Author:  Bill Spight [ Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Yuletide joseki deviation

I liked the way that Nakane dealt with the problem position. :)

Out of curiosity, I decided to look up this hamete in the Suzuki-Kitani Small Joseki Dictionary. Their assessment differs somewhat from Nakane's. They were writing a half a century later, and both of them were stronger players than Nakane. The SGF file includes variations from both books. :)

Enjoy!


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