103. EdLee vs topazg

topazg · **#61**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm25 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I'm in crazy experiment mode. This doesn't actually work, but I want sente, and I've decided to try something. Besides, this feels yucky:

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White's strongest resistance is as follows:

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I'll throw out my preparation if we get that far

EdLee · **#62**

Chew Terr: First, I think it's wonderful we have this kind of forum (formerly GoDiscussions.com)
and this format where people abide by a honor code so we can freely share ideas and thoughts in hidden tags.
And of course I have to thank Topazg to add yet another Malkovich game onto his busy schedule.
Now, to the game itself :study:

--

This is my first Malkovich game, and it's been very interesting.
Before this, I knew very little about the double approaches:

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

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

So the upper left corner gave me a chance to study this a little bit (Post #44, etc.)

Afterwards, the direction of :w20:

,(a) or (b), was difficult (Post #49),
and it was another good chance to study some Magic Sword variations for some guidance.

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

As W, since B goes first, I always feel a little behind.
I'm always concerned about the correct directions, weaknesses on both sides,
efficiency of stones, good and bad shapes, good and bad aji,
not seeing important tesujis, and maintaining overall balance (especially as W) -- all the usual suspects.
Generally, my goal on every move is try not to play something I'll regret later.
Specifically, for now, I keep an eye on (c), and try to get sente to play :wc:

first.

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It's still a little early; I don't know how to judge the current situation.
In particular, I don't know if :w20:

was the correct direction;
that's something to find out post-game. :-?

EdLee · **#63**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm26 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Joaz Banbeck · **#64**

For observers:

Shaddy · **#65**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

For observers:

Obs.

topazg · **#66**

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topazg · **#67**

EdLee · **#68**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm28 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Connecting at :w1:

or (a) seems slow and gote --
the two :bc:

stones are not small, but I think B is happy to trade them for :b2:

and

,
after which B exudes power from the center all the way to the entire right side:

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Variation:

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So it seems the small knight's :w1:

or the large knight's :w28:

is a big shared point for B and W; I probably should take it first.

(p)

topazg · **#69**

Magicwand · **#70**

for obs only:

topazg · **#71**

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Joaz Banbeck · **#72**

EdLee wrote:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm28 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

...

I really like this move.
:clap:

topazg · **#73**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

EdLee wrote:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm28 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

...

I really like this move.
:clap:

Me too, it's rather good :-?

Joaz Banbeck · **#74**

topazg wrote:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm28 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think Topazg is hurting himself with this move. The best way to counter EdLee's latest move would be to isolate it, not to make it stronger.

I expect that EdLee will play the proverbial hane like this:

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

Now Topazg almost has to crosscut with 4, lest EdLee take 4 for himself.

White 5 is a no-brainer, then 6 is a problem for black:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc Give white the monster ponnuki in the center? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 3 2 7 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 4 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wc A splitting attack, with both groups running south toward white's strength? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 3 2 6 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X 8 4 1 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

No matter how it plays out, black will have succeeded in forcing white to become strong in the center. Not only does this bode ill for black on the left side, but eventually the cut at G16 will bcome pointless.

EdLee · **#75**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm30 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . O . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

SpongeBob · **#76**

Guys, why don't you put coordinates on your board - wouldn't that help with the discussion?

EdLee · **#77**

@Joaz Banbeck, topazg: Thanks...

EdLee · **#78**

@SpongeBob:

topazg · **#79**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm30 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 2 O . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Something's just come up, so my time and energy for this game, and my others, will be really limited. I wondered about resigning or postponing, but if I do the former I feel like I've let people down, it's not like I didn't know this was coming up, and if I do the latter I may never get around to wanting to continue. As a result, I'm going to simply post some general thoughts and rejected moves, and will welcome any questions people want to throw my way. My response time may be slower as well, but maybe that's a good thing.

My last move was stupid, completely rubbish. I'm really annoyed with myself for the thoughtlessness of the previous move, and when I get annoyed with myself, I play on tilt. That last move did absolutely nothing, and my group is an epic mess. When I played the iron post, it was under the basis of it being sente, which it kind of is if he'd pushed, I'd blocked, and he'd cut. Here, of course it wasn't, so playing it just in case is really dishonest, as it's expecting him to do something rather sub-optimal, and Ed is being way too careful for that. Ok, it wasn't dishonest, it was careless, but that's not better, and my followup was reckless.

However, for what it is worth, Ed has played some really beautiful moves. 26 Was delicately patient, and 28 was a fantastic move. I actually thought both 18 and 20 were a bit strange, but he's managed to turn them both into incredibly efficient stones, and that's not just due to my rash moves, but also some very fine judgement.

So, time to suck up some humble pie, fix, live, accept a 20 point or so loss and gote from this sequence, and try to find a way back. I actually feel that the opening fuseki up until my hash of the left side was quite good for Black, so if I can get the momentum back once I've settled this group, I may be able to keep the game close enough to even, and then can start playing to win again. Until then, I respect Ed's attack and cut my losses.

Rejected moves:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm30 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O f . a b . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . g . X . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . 2 O . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . e d . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

EdLee · **#80**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm32 $$ ---------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O O O . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . O X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . X O . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . O . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ----------------------------------------[/go]

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