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Agt Against Chess Whiz
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  • Black: Agt (14k KGS / 15k NNGS)
  • White: ChessWhiz (11k* IGS)

Agt: I suggest H2 with 0.5 komi (Japanese rules), since IGS ratings are at least as strong as KGS/NNGS ones, in my humble opinion.

ChessWhiz: Sounds fine. Good luck!


[Diagram]
Latest move marked

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Captured stones


[Diagram]
Moves 111-120

W113: PASS -- go ahead and score it. :-)

B112: PASS



[Diagram]
Moves 101-110

W107: Almost finished!

W103: Finishing up...

B102: Better safe than sorry.



[Diagram]
Moves 91-100

W95: I'll grab this while I can. :-)

W91: Looks like I'd better patch up here.



[Diagram]
Moves 81-90

W87: You tryin' to make a monkey outta me? ;-)

B86: Monkey Jump.

W85: Moving on to the next largest move (I think).

W81: More sente. :-)



[Diagram]
Moves 71-80

W79: This seems like a solid DoubleSente move.

B78: Safer.

W75: I'll play here before moving on.

B74: I won't let you link :)

W73: Sure, that's fine, too.

B72: I'd prefer to finish this game first ;)

W71: Glad to see you back! This game is very old -- I am now more like 2-kyu level then the 11k* I was back when we started. Would you like to start a new game on the DragonGoServer? I have an account there, and we can play at whatever time control you'd like.



[Diagram]
Moves 61-70

B70: I'm back, sorry for the long interruption...

W67: I think this is the next biggest play...

W65: I suppose I'll push once more.

W63: I've won the ko... the game is next. *wink*

B62: Better safe than sorry.

W61: Sorry for the delay, I didn't notice you had moved. Let's try to keep the game moving a bit faster from now on. :-)


[Diagram]
Life and death?

unkx80: I think this position raises an interesting life and death question. After B1, white cannot make two eyes locally and has to resort to breaking out from W2 onwards. But I guess white cannot escape being killed?



[Diagram]
Moves 51-60

W59: I'll fight the ko.

W57: Let's stir up some trouble.

W55: This ought to hold things together.

W53: I feel that this is forced.

B52: That's not very nice...

W51: Forcing move, first...



[Diagram]
Moves 41-50

W47: Now I push.

B46: Let's try this.

W45: Trying to keep from being cut.

B44: Trying to cut.

W43: This could turn out to be a problem...

B42: I don't want to defend too passively.

W41: I have to reduce your territory while I still can.



[Diagram]
Moves 31-40

W39: Now I'll respond.

B38: What else?

W37: I don't think it's time to tenuki yet! I'll strengthen my wall and attack at the same time.

B36: Let's play somewhere else, then.

W35: Cut me if you dare.

B34: Hesitantly.

W33: How will you respond to this?

B32: Let's try this (I hope this isn't too lame).

W31: Let's confuse things a bit.



[Diagram]
Moves 21-30

B30: What about this?

W29: Defending with an attachment.

B28: Attacking from the other side.

W27: Boshi.

B26: Time to attack this weak group, I guess.

W25: Taking a big point.

W23: Expanding my eyespace.

B22: What else?

W21: You attach, I extend. It's that simple.



[Diagram]
Moves 11-20

B20: Protecting against the cut, and hopefully building some influence as well...

Agt: Interesting. I wonder if I should try to kill these two stones (if it is possible) or not... ChessWhiz: I don't think it's possible right now. The best try may be at c. (Not that I'm giving you any hints... ;-)

W19: Making a (weak) base.

B18: So am I.

W17: Taking a big chunk of territory.

dnerra: The question is -- When to tenuki? While White 17 is big -- it isn't that big either, as the 3-3 point in the lower right is still open. On the other hand, doing something about the weak stone White 11 looks urgent. White d might be a useful start. But then, it is a handicap game, where any special strategy might be called good, if it just succeeds...

B16: Following the joseki.

W15: Before you cut at b, take a look at the cathedral. :-)

W13: Both B12 and a seem like reasonable moves to me. With my move, I'm following the proverb, Respond To Attachment With Hane.

B12: Maybe a was better, but with my level, I can't say.

W11: I can see that I'm behind already, but since I started out behind, I might as well stay optimistic. :-) Let's see how you respond to this double kakari.



[Diagram]
Moves 01-10

W9: Yes, I think that Black 8 was better than playing at b.

B8: I considered playing b to be more solid but I don't think you can invade at a now anyway.

W7: I considered playing a 3-3 point invasion at a, but this seems better.

W3: Wow, 19x13 is weird. ;-)



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