2005 Revenge Of The Rengo

71-80  

71: Ian: cut first

72: kokiri- shaking the tree to see what comes out...

73: PurpleHaze: Coming out...

74: crux: I have a cunning plan.

75: Hikaru79: It's been a while, huh? Well, it's the return of the Sith now :)

76: antimatter: Not if anything to say about it I have!

77: Charles This shape is too good to miss.

61-70  

61: PurpleHaze: Not dying seems like a plan.

62: JoelR: some sort of follow-up

63: Ian: Totally innapropriate fighting move

JoelR: It has been more than two weeks. Have the other Jedi all been obliterated?

64: crux: Stronger, the dark side is :-(

65: PurpleHaze: Time to push through and cut. Hope this is the right point.

66: kokiri: hmmm, i don't like this much

67: Ian: crawling

68: JoelR: trying to regain some shape

69: PurpleHaze: I blew it with 65. I should have played at . 67 is passive, would have been nice to see it at R16.

70: revo: connecting seems good, hope I didn't misread the non-severity of the P15 cut.

51-60  

51: PurpleHaze: Bring it on Rebel scum.

52: crux: I find our lack of eyes disturbing.

53: Hikaru79?

54: JoelR: De rigueur.

55: Tas: You are entering emperial territory. You shall not pass!

56: GoJaC: If we are worried about eyes, how about threatening to connect to reinforcements. If this isn't a good move, I suspect it would be because it results in damage to the marked stone?

57: PurpleHaze: Kikashi time

58: Mef: I'm pretty sure this works

59: IanDavis: Blaydon Races

60: Kokiri - err, Mornington Crescent?

41-50  

41: PurpleHaze: Time to throw the cat among the pigeons.

42: JoelR: Okay, so 28 was stretchy. But I'm still generally happy with this.

43: Hicham: Connecting seems to big to allow, let's fight

44: crux: I have a bad feeling about this.

45: Was played by Darth Shindou if I'm not mistaken? Hard to detect the dark side is...

46: Jacen Solo: placing pressure on the (weak? don't underestimate the power of the) dark side, hoping neglecting defence won't be too costly.

47: PurpleHaze: Steady as she goes...

48:

49: Ian: Keeping our head above the parapet

50: Joelbacca: RAAAR!

31-40  

31: Oh no! Hikaru Skywalker has succumbed to the lure of the dark side, and become ... Darth Shindou!! (Note: The sides were unbalanced in number and black hadn't played in a long time, so it seemed appropriate :P)

32: JoelR: Waiting to play 34 I was, but if all of White is waiting, never happen that will.

33: PurpleHaze: Virtually forced.

34: Obi Wan: i don't know what all these people who worry about which side they are playing are on about - I can't remember which of the two rengos is which, let alone which colour i'm playing...

35:SenatorHicham: The path of evil is the path of logic...

36: JoelR: Move along.

37: PurpleHaze: Widen the eye space in sente.

38: crux: Close the blast doors!

39:Hicham: Follow the leader

40: GoJaCen Solo: Use the force for defence, never offence. Some move had to be played. I think this is obvious, but as paduan learner, I did wonder if something else is possible... (a?)

JoelR: Well done, young padawan. sometimes possible a is, but here if Wa, , then Bb would be sente.

21 - 30  

21: PurpleHaze: Revenge of the bad aji?

22: Joelbacca: RAAAR!

23: Hicham: Preventing atari, can still be activated later on

24: crux: Oh well, better fix our problems here.

25: Ian: Don't like the aji

26:kokiri - i guess it's time to take sente

27: PurpleHaze: Argh, I return to find blacks position in ruins, squandered all blacks resources. Something steady while we look for another opportunity.

28: JoelR: Trying to stabilize the right side of the board.

29: kokiri - things have gone quiet...tenuki again!

• IanDavis Have you just moved to the Dark Side? :)
• k: well you know, better dialogue, cooler clothes, more girls: it didn't seem a hard choice really...

30: dnerra - dual purpose weapon.

11 - 20  

11: (Hicham):Pulling back to make a strong shape, also because I am scared of crosscuts;)

12: Mef: I don't like making two moves in a row, but if no one is going to play...

13: PurpleHaze: Yeah! I avoided two in a row :). Now I'll try to keep sente so we can take the last oba.

14: GoJaC: Protecting the cutting point. I hope this is the best way to do it? (I also considered a, but that does not look as good to me.) ... (In retrospect, I'm still unsure if I made the right choice - 20k player here - maybe can discuss on the discussion page once the relevant moves have been played?)

15: IanDavis: offering the empty triangle

16: Mef: Looks like fun... I hope...

17: PurpleHaze: Okay, I'll bite.

18: JoelR: obvious

19: Hicham:Fighting spirit seems to require this... no Fear

20: Mef: Here goes nothing....

1 - 10  

3: hotcoffee 3-3 versus 5-3. Very unusual. Well another corner can't be bad.

4: GoJaC Claiming the last corner, now we have all the most common opening moves?

5: PurpleHaze: seems to be the oba, the shimari/kakari are miai.

6: kokiri i'm playing here because, well, i want to. is it alright with you?

7: IanDavis Feel the power of the dark side

8: GoJaC Defending against a pincer. I also considered a, but felt like playing on the fourth. Might b or c have been fine? How much discussion do we want in this game? (And why are we now playing two boards at once? Oh well, only 2 moves left, then we're back on one board.)