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For beginners. connect was strange. Of course B should've captured with , in sente -- then W has no time to atari at (a), because B has a double atari at (b):
[go]$$Wcm59 Prisoners: none $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . X X . 2 . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . X . . . O . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O X . . , . . . . 1 . O . . | $$ | . . O . O O . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , O . . | $$ | . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I thought long and hard about playing K16, I don't want two weak groups on the board so I'll come back and take my gote eye if I get a chance but I feel like attacking that eyeless group of his in the top left first.
If he ignores me I can play a and build a framework while attacking:
[go]$$Wcm59 Prisoners: none $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . 4 . 3 . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . X X . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . X O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . . X . . . O . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X X X X . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . O X O X . . , . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . O . O O . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . O . , O . . | $$ | . . X X . . O . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm probably looking at this all wrong and being too passive but here's the thinking behind my move. Tom might on the other hand jump into the corner and start a ko. Gah, I feel particularly weak responding to this move because I'm lost with what to do with this board position.
Nice find on the . Definitely a blind spot of mine.
I didn't really consider many other moves for because of the white group below my group. I didn't want a weak group tucked into that corner of the board. Though I'm probably missing something big or looking at this completely wrongly.
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Boidhre,
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Nice find on the . Definitely a blind spot of mine.
I have trouble with many other shapes, but not the above hane. I don't know why. I was shown it once and I remembered it forever, just like not pushing through a bamboo joint:
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I'm taking so long because I'm at a kind of crossroads in my go thinking and am actively looking for moves that I can ignore. This is warring with a passive streak in me that's begging me to block and coming up with all kinds of reasons to justify it. The disadvantage of games with no time limit is that you can take forever overthinking things. Ah well, I'll move soon.
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