The second game had an interesting, but messy opening.
Looking back I am not sure whether I like my game move, and think I would have preferred to reply at E12.
It feels good to be playing again.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Messy Opening
Two games today, not perfect, but not bad either. It is at least a start to get back into playing.
The second game had an interesting, but messy opening.
I was white in this game. Move 1 to 4 were unremarkable, but black 5 was unexpected. If he wanted to split up the left, I would have expected a third line move.
I decided that taking away his base from the direction of my komoku was best answer. I played white 6. Again he surprised me and played black 7. Hmmmm, I wasn't sure how to reply to that one.
Looking back I am not sure whether I like my game move, and think I would have preferred to reply at E12.
But in the game I played C15 and got this result.
Black 15 was not particularly sente, so I played white 16 to attack his lone stone.
We went on for a while, never ever playing on the right side of the board, and this was the end result on the left.Very regrettable death...
It feels good to be playing again.
The second game had an interesting, but messy opening.
Looking back I am not sure whether I like my game move, and think I would have preferred to reply at E12.
It feels good to be playing again.
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6 comments:
Thanks, interesting post.
Hm, I can't tell whether "Very regrettable death" is serious or not -- you're white, and white's alive everywhere on the left, right? So what's regrettable? Maybe I've missed something?
Welcome!
I was talking about the black group on the left (lower side) that seems deadish. I was regretting black's death, figuring I should show empathy for my opponent.
Not like I don't kill my own groups often enough too, but in this case I got lucky and killed him.
Nanny
Was this game played on Wbaduk? I have seen plenty of strange things there.
Maybe the 4th line play at move 5 could be intended as a sort of "fire and forget" move that is meant to escape only when your moyo needs reducing? Otherwise I agree the third line seems better, as it helps get a base.
Hi fede,
Nope it was a KGS game.
But you are right, on wbaduk it would not have surprised me as much, especially not move 7 since they always seem to play to complicate.
Hmmm, hadn't thought about the "fire and forget" possibility of it, cool!
Thanks!
Nanny
Welcome back, Nanny!
I prefer E12 for W directly after Black's kakari D15. Now it's good fight for W: black stones separated and he can't take both.
After C15 Black still have good chance to start nadare-like-stuff with D16 and gain wall facing hosi or make C12 stone more-less useless
Thanks, Evgeny
Yes, looking back E12 is much much better!
Nanny
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