#205: The Intrepid vs. topazg: The Pistols

The Intrepid · **#101**

Uberdude wrote:

@The Intrpeid:

Uberdude · **#102**

@The Intrepid:

The Intrepid · **#103**

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topazg · **#104**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm52 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . 1 . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Uberdude · **#105**

The Intrepid · **#106**

That's an interesting way for topazg to defend. I did not consider it.

Next, I plan to play the following forcing move. I need to make sure, though, that topazg has to descend and cannot uncork any tesuji instead. If so, the White stone would limit Black's territorial expansion in the area, strengthen some of the cutting points to the right, and help White stones live at the top, should that become a necessity.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O 2 1 . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]

In any case, I got more or less what I wanted out of the invasion in the top right. I got additional influence toward the center and I reduced Black's territory potential on top.

However, I struggle to decide how to proceed next. I could attack the stone in the bottom right with "a" or "b." I could reinforce my moyo and put pressure on Black's central stone with something like "c." I could also consider protecting some of the cutting points in the top right with "d," but I doubt I'll do that right now.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm52 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O X O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . d O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . a . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . X . . . | $$ | . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Loons · **#107**

EdLee · **#108**

The Intrepid · **#109**

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topazg · **#110**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm54 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O 2 1 . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . 3 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The Intrepid · **#111**

The Intrepid · **#112**

Comments regarding some of the previous moves. There's a challenge for kibitzers contained within part 3.

1. Move 16

Perhaps my position was not quite as good as I thought it to be at the time. If instead of tenuki (which I think was a bad choice by topazg), he attached underneath, the following sequence would significantly reduce White's moyo, leave Black with two very big corners, and still let Black extend on top (or play wherever else he wished).

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm16 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . O . . . , 8 $$ | . . . X O . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . $$ | . . 4 . . 1 . . . . . $$ | . . 2 O . . . . . . . $$ | . . 3 5 . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . $$ | . . 7 . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . 6 O O . . . . . . . $$ | . X X , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ -----------------------[/go]

2. Move 12

For this reason, it would likely have been better for me to take the corner on move :w12:

. If next Black made a two-space extension, I could attack it from d9, giving me a decent amount of territory and good deal of cooperation between my stones.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 1 1 . . . . . . . $$ | . . . 1 . O . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . 2 . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . $$ | . X X , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ -----------------------[/go]

That said, (like I mentioned previously in my post #42), I'm not really sure what the outcome would be in case of a diadiageima extension from Black.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 1 1 . . . . . . . $$ | . . . 1 . O . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 2 , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . $$ | . X X , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ -----------------------[/go]

3. Move 20

Perhaps I could have gotten a big advantage by cutting. If Black played :b8:

in order to have access to the center, it looks like I could kill the corner.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ ----------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . 5 4 6 8 . . . $$ | . . . . 1 X 3 . . . . $$ | . . . X 2 O 7 . . , X $$ | . . . X O . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm9 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . 8 . . . . . . . . . $$ | 7 6 . 5 O X X X . . . $$ | . 3 1 4 O X O . . . . $$ | . 2 . X X O O . . , X $$ | . . . X O . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm17 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . X 1 . 2 . . . . . . $$ | O X . O O X X X . . . $$ | . O O X O X O . . . . $$ | . X 3 X X O O . . , X $$ | . 4 7 X O . . . . . . $$ | . 5 6 X . . . . . . . $$ | . 8 O . . O . . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm25 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . X O . X . . . . . . $$ | O X . O O X X X . . . $$ | . O O X O X O . . . . $$ | . X O X X O O . . , X $$ | 4 X O X O . . . . . . $$ | 1 O X X 3 . . . . . . $$ | 2 X O . . O . . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm29 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . X O . X . . . . . . $$ | O X . O O X X X . . . $$ | . O O X O X O . . . . $$ | . X O X X O O . . , X $$ | X X O X O . . . . . . $$ | 2 1 X X O . . . . . . $$ | X X O 3 . O . . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm32 $$ ----------------------- $$ | . X O . X . . . . . . $$ | O X . O O X X X . . . $$ | a O O X O X O . . . . $$ | . X O X X O O . . , X $$ | X X O X O . . . . . . $$ | X 1 X X O . . . . . . $$ | X X O O . O . . . . . $$ | . 2 . O . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , .[/go]

There's a ko at "a" but Black has no ko threats, so Black dies. Can anyone find an improvement for Black in the above diagrams?

4. Move 28

This move by me is a real howler. I clearly should have played like shown below. I mean, this is exactly the move I described in my post #20 of my game aginst EdLee, so what the hell was I thinking when I played :w28:

?

That's why I mustn't blitz out moves: I start missing elementary continuations.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ | . O O O O . . . $$ | 3 X X X O X . . $$ | . . 2 O X . . . $$ | . . 1 . X . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ -----------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ | . O O O O . . . $$ | O X X X O X . . $$ | . 5 X C X . . . $$ | . . O 4 X . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . $$ -----------------[/go]

The Intrepid · **#113**

Current considerations.

Marcus · **#114**

@The Intrepid:

wineandgolover · **#115**

The Intrepid · **#116**

@Marcus

Marcus · **#117**

@The Intrepid

The Intrepid · **#118**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm58 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O X O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · **#119**

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The Intrepid · **#120**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm60 Prisoners: $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X X . X O X O . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . X . O X . O X X . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . O . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . 1 O . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . X . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . . . O . , . . . | $$ | . O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

#205: The Intrepid vs. topazg: The Pistols

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