(;FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
DT[2024-10-07]
PC[OGS: https://online-go.com/game/68427690]
GN[9x9, 6 stones]
PB[decapede]
PW[dexonsmith]
BR[59k]
WR[4k]
TM[0]OT[0 none]
RE[W+37]
SZ[9]
RU[NZ]
HA[6]
AB[gc][fb][gd][cc][ce][he]
;W[ef]
(;B[ff]
(;W[fg]
(;B[gg]
(;W[dg]
(;B[cg]
(;W[ch]
(;B[cf]
(;W[bh]
(;B[bg]
(;W[gf]
(;B[hf]
(;W[fe]
(;B[gh]
(;W[fh]
C[dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: better to play a knight's move or one point jump away, and take territory (playing on the 3rd line) while you're at it:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
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dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: better to reduce:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: or take the bottom-right:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: this move is better, since it also restricts how big white can get in the bottom-left:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: if white goes into the corner further, black now has time to play elsewhere:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: that had three effects: protected a weak stone (G3), made some corner territory, and threatened white
]
(;B[ag]
(;W[dc]
(;B[fd]
(;W[ed]
(;B[cd]
(;W[cb]
(;B[bb]
(;W[db]
C[dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: C7 would have accomplished more:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: White cant really cut it off. An attempt would be good for black:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: White is likely to settle for keeping black’s groups separate:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
]
(;B[gi]
(;W[ba]
(;B[bc]
(;W[ab]
(;B[ci]
(;W[ac]
(;B[bd]
(;W[fi]
(;B[ad]
(;W[ca]
(;B[eb]
(;W[ea]
(;B[fc]
(;W[ge]
(;B[hd]
(;W[ec]
(;B[hg]
(;W[fa]
(;B[gb]
(;W[ga]
(;B[ha]
(;W[da]
(;B[dd]
(;W[ee]
(;B[dh]
(;W[eh]
(;B[]
(;W[hb]
C[dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: There were a few ways to defend against the cut:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: I actually expected that back here:
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dexonsmith: ... but white couldn't take advantage of the missing move until now because it was necessary to respond to black's new moves
]
(;B[ah]
(;W[di]
(;B[id]
(;W[ia]
(;B[df]
(;W[ha]
(;B[de]
(;W[hc]
(;B[aa]
(;W[ab]
(;B[ie]
(;W[ic]
(;B[]
(;W[]
(;B[]
C[dexonsmith: The black stones on the left are dead— if you don’t see why, feel free to resume the game and I’ll demonstrate how I can kill them!
dexonsmith: (BTW, I think auto-score is mis-behaving here, so I'm going to report a bug in the forums... if people show up here to comment, that's why! But I think their comments will be hidden until the game is over...)
dexonsmith: FYI: here's the forum post: https://forums.online-go.com/t/auto-score-marks-occupied-points-as-pink/53806
decapede: Oh interesting
dexonsmith: For why they are dead, white can remove outside liberties like this:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: Then give Atari from the inside:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: If black captures, white can do it again:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: Black could try to split the big square eye space into two eyes like this:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: (aiming to play A before white)
dexonsmith: If white isn't paying any attention, it would go like this:
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
dexonsmith: But in practice black doesn't have enough time and white take the key point
dexonsmith: [object Object\]
]
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