140. Loons 1d vs Daal 6k, 4H

daal · **#21**

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daal wrote:

I sometimes sense in myself a strong desire for things (positions on the go board) to make more sense than they do, and I wonder if this might be associated with my age. I mean, I'm old enough to know what to do when a fella approaches my corner, ain't I?

My point is: in a good game, the path to victory is never clear. Many moves are little leaps of faith. We're always relying on something that we're not quite so sure of, be it a principle or our own reading. There might be an objectively correct move in a certain situation, but we're not sitting in that objective seat during our own game, and I wonder if part of go strength is simply the ability to embrace the ambivalence of one's own decisions and to ride the wave.

loons wrote:

In a nutshell, by "objectively" I was in fact meaning "very subjectively" (as is the normal use, I believe ).

Um...are you talking to me? I haven't been reading your hidden commentary, so my comment was not in reply to something you said, but rather a thought that arose while thinking about the board position and go in general. I do btw. believe that objectivity exists; just that it doesn't play much of a role during a game.

Loons · **#22**

I was commenting on your comment I construed a comment on Bill's (unhidden) comment on my earlier comment. Clarified?

(I described an opinion of mine as objective, to which your comment on the path to victory not being clear seemed apt).

Anyway!

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My local thoughts.

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm10 leaves a destructive move at 'a'? $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 7 X X 3 8 O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . 5 O O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm10 Black gets a lot, white gets a lot? Not sure of the timing for W 'a'. $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . a X X 3 5 O 0 . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O O 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm10 An example of black not pushing. $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 X X 6 . O . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . 3 O O . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

daal · **#23**

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A fresh look shows that my previous expectation below was a tad optimistic.

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More likely seems that w will cut before defending, leaving me to want to prevent white a, black b white c instead of deliberating what to do with sente. Or does it?

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If I were to allow white to do so - and I am still trying to figure out whether he would want to - I would get a move in beforehand, say at the marked stone, and although my moyo is looking troubled, I can still defend it, say at "a", while attacking his floating group. If he starts running with his group, I might still be able to get a "b" in.

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In any case, f4 seems pretty mandatory at this stage.

Time thinking about the sequences: 5 mins. Time messing with the diagrams: 30 mins.

Bill Spight · **#24**

daal wrote:

My point is: in a good game, the path to victory is never clear. Many moves are little leaps of faith. We're always relying on something that we're not quite so sure of, be it a principle or our own reading. There might be an objectively correct move in a certain situation, but we're not sitting in that objective seat during our own game, and I wonder if part of go strength is simply the ability to embrace the ambivalence of one's own decisions and to ride the wave.

When I was young I learned that one of the concomitants of intelligence is tolerance for ambiguity. I have noted that among go players -- in the West, anyway.

The Santa Fe, NM, go club used to meet on Saturday afternoons and would go as a group to supper. We almost always went to the same place, but would spend up to a half hour deciding where to go. I chalked this inability to reach a quick decision up to tolerance for ambiguity.

Edit: @ Loons: I was not commenting on your comment.

Loons · **#25**

I like the idea of indecision indicating intelligence.

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daal · **#26**

Me too.

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Chew Terr · **#27**

Loons wrote:

I like the idea of indecision indicating intelligence.

[obvious joke]Eh, I don't know how I feel about it. [/obvious joke]

gaius · **#28**

Daal wrote:

My point is: in a good game, the path to victory is never clear. Many moves are little leaps of faith. We're always relying on something that we're not quite so sure of, be it a principle or our own reading. There might be an objectively correct move in a certain situation, but we're not sitting in that objective seat during our own game, and I wonder if part of go strength is simply the ability to embrace the ambivalence of one's own decisions and to ride the wave.

Yes! Ride the wave!

I made it part of my signature

Loons · **#29**

Sorry about the wait.

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daal · **#30**

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Loons · **#31**

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daal · **#32**

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pancake · **#33**

This isn't a comment about anything that is still to come, so everyone can read it, I won't hide it.

Going back a few moves.. 1 seemed like a mistake for white here.

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Eventhough white's corner is big, the marked black stone is in a good position and black has sente. If the marked white stone was at a, I think it would be better. Anyway, black's responses were really bad. He pushed white so that white has good shape and a lot of territory, while black still has a lot of aji left and didn't gain much. The intuition was also wrong, forcing white to connect is never good.

Loons · **#34**

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daal · **#35**

I would particularly appreciate any reader's thoughts regarding the board position before this last move of mine - but please hide them! (@Pancake - your previous comment is the sort of observation I'm very interested in hearing, but I'd prefer to read that type of thing after the game. Thanks!)

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I must say, I feel totally clueless. Below, you can see my first thoughts, in the order that they occurred to me (after that came some thoughts in the Bermuda triangle of a-b-g):

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Here are some factors that enter into my deliberations:

1. The jealousy factor. My first impulse (a) is jealous. If I'm not going to be jealous, I need to be getting something large myself. Problem is, his position on the bottom is already secure, whereas my compensation will most probably not be secure yet.

2. The aji of c6 is reminiscent of a large hemorrhoid. (I probably wouldn't be thinking about that yet, without having seen Pancake's preferable sequence two posts ago).

I'm going to dismiss a and d for now. They are too close to thickness, and they seem not only jealous but also have the tendency to lead to two weak groups.

As to the rest, I wish I knew how to evaluate them. Kirby might say: read! I tried, but there are way many possible continuations. Most of my "results" seem utterly unlikely to actually occur.

b seems like the obvious move, and I guess that I need a really good reason to play elsewhere. Were I to play c, f or g, I would not be pressuring white, so he would be free to play a double approach at r6. Would my advantage compensate? I'm going to guess "no."

The only remaining move to consider is e. What is the difference between b and e? If this is a matter of reading continuations, I'm out of my league. To me, b feels as if it might give me more leverage to reduce his bottom, whereas e might lead to me "sharing" a bit more of the corner.

I'm going with b, because it seems less wimp-like.

topazg · **#36**

@Daal:

daal · **#37**

topazg wrote:

@Daal:

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topazg · **#38**

@Daal:

EDIT: I've just realised this area is unresolved. Treat as a spoiler only until the top right is ended!

topazg · **#39**

@Daal again:

daal · **#40**

topazg wrote:

@Daal again:

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140. Loons 1d vs Daal 6k, 4H

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