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BSR 2003 W118 discussion
Keywords: EndGame
HolIgor: In the reply to Black's clamp with
Charles Matthews I suppose this might be objectively best. Still, with
Actually, that would be the lesson here: the endgame is difficult because counting isn't superficial, in the presence of tactics based on weak shape. You don't stop reading accurately just because the stage has been reached where you could count accurately.
White needs a sente follow-up in the lower left, but
If the cut at 10 is indeed an issue, we should take a look at this option for white, aiming at it directly. - Andre Engels Yes, this is worth reading out carefully. But, supposing it doesn't work (as we have all been assuming in the game), White ought to play some moves later here to take advantage of semedori tactics. So everyone is (I hope) currently afraid of some aji keshi in here. I find this all very difficult: if I had been on the black team in the rengo, I don't think I could have accepted such shape. (I know, a friendly game, but really this involves morality.) - Charles
It looks like it does not work though, after the moves in this diagram white loses the fight. However, black will have to watch out - if he plays the double atari at a instead of
Just to show how easily one goes wrong here... In the above diagram, I made a mistake: if white plays
Charles It probably isn't interesting for White to connect at This is a copy of the living page "BSR 2003 W118 discussion" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |