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TG53 71 to 140
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Moves 131-140
Dave White 131, 133, 135, 137 mat Black 132, Black 134, Black 136, Black 138 (I know ... empty triangle, but still) Dave White 139 In yose there is less need to worry about ideas like empty triangles. But did you notice that it is an invitation for White to capture at 139 :-)
mat Black 140
HolIgor: Comment to White 130. Why from this side? The group to the left becomes weaker and weaker. It will not die but now each move of the opponent against it becomes large urgent sente. This will end in defending two points of territory while White closes the territory in the corner and in the center without any trouble. White 128 should have been answered by connecting two black groups. This connection was larger than the monkey jump.
HolIgor: I meant, for example:
Connecting two groups has the advantage that the life would not be in danger and moves against the single group would not be that urgent. Allowing your groups to be separated loses more than a monkey jump.
mat Black 132.
Moves 121-130
Dave White 121 I'll continue up the side. White 123 to finish off. mat Black 122, Black 124. Dave White 125 I'll pick here next. mat Black 126 That's the sort of play I don't like ;-) I can't defend all the time, but do I have an equal threat? (you probably won't tell me...)
Dave White 127 This is one of the interesting moves here. A black play here is sente against the corner.
After 8 (actually after 4) White is dead. As a result, White has to answer 2 at 4 and Black cuts off the stone at 1. If Black had played at 2 in the game any time after the two marked stones were exchanged, White could only have answered at 4. In this way Black would have closed the side in sente. When Black answers at 128 in the game, he has closed off the side in gote.
mat Black 128 Dave White 129 mat Black 130
Moves 111-120
Dave White 111, 113, 115 (forced) mat Black 112, 114, 116 Dave White 117 what's big? What's fast? mat Would Black 116 at Black 118 have been bigger? Dave After Black 114, White 115 there is bad aji in the center for White (Black at a threatens a big ko). As a result the white hane at 116 is less of a threat than it was. White 117 is not necessarily the biggest move in an absolute sense but it threatens a wide open black territory so Black seems to have to answer. Probably Black 116 at 118 was best. mat Black 120 I don't think anything tighter will stop you.
Moves 101-110
Dave White 101 I'll push into your area in order to reduce it but more importantly to prevent you from forcing me to remove your stones at the top. mat Black102 Dave White 103 mat Black 104 Dave White 105 Now it gets tense again! mat Yes: Black 106 Dave White 107, 109 mat Black 108, 110
Moves 91-100
Dave White 91 The one-way street continues... mat Black 92 Dave White 93 Now we have choices. Does this one work? Who is in more trouble here? :-)
mat Black 94 Dave White 95 I'll take this point. mat Black 96: my first eye (nearly) (White 95 was again a surprise!) Dave White 97 I don't know that 95 was the right approach. In theory when you played 92 without atari at 95 I should be happy to let you capture 89 since then 92 would become essentially a wasted stone. On the other hand trying to read out the fight if you broke out into the left was giving me a headache! :-)
mat B98.
mat Black 98 I give up this fight! If I play a you can answer with c, if I play c you can answer with b. All I can do is to clear up a bit in sente. What a pity! Dave White 99 mat Black 100 I feel better with this stone. Moves 81-90
Dave White 81 One way or another this should decide the game shortly. mat Black 82 Let's get one extra liberty in sente. Dave White 83, 85, 87, 89... mat Black 84, 86, 88, 90... Moves 71-80
Dave White 71 mat Black 72 I really want to play a, but since Black 72 is sente I hope it's not a mistake. I don't dare think that it works, but I'll try. Dave White 73 Let's see if you can make it work. :-) mat Black 74 This time I was able to predict your move ;-) ! Of course I have to play Black 74 if Black 72 was to make sense...
Dave White 75; will this hold it all together? mat Black 76 Hmmmm, either I connect to Black 68 or Black 78 will let me destroy a bit of your territory. I'm not so sure about the latter one... Dave White 77 Naturally I can't let you connect so easily. So let's see how much damage you can do to the top... mat Black 78 Here we go... Dave White 79 I think this one really is inevitable. :-) mat Black 80 this looks good...
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