Game Finished

Move 251

Uberdude[7d]

179 points

davos[3d]

188.5 points

Ranked

Rules: Chinese

White wins by 9.5 points

Move 9

July 19, 2009

[7:45] Uberdude[?]: Not my usual style, but I played it as it was in Go Seigen's book "A way of play for the 21st century" I was flicking through at the time.

Move 56

[7:46] davos[?]: I didn't feel too bad about this result.

Move 63

[7:47] davos[?]: Big, but perhaps a bit slow?

[7:48] davos[?]: I think I would prefer b O3

Move 11

[7:48] Uberdude[?]: He says in this position the push here is the vital point for the lower moyo. If white extends then it is a good exchange despite pushing on 4th line and then I come back to r3.

Move 12

[7:49] Uberdude[?]: So naturally you resist, and I have to figure what to do myself now as he doesn't cover this in his book =)

Move 91

[7:50] davos[?]: I felt grateful that black didn't connect at F4

Move 121

[7:51] davos[?]: I think B9 is bigger.

Move 12

[7:52] Uberdude[?]: The fair sequence he expects is p5 p6 q5 o6 r6 r7 r5 o5 s7 r8 s8 r9.

Move 137

[7:53] davos[?]: I did not expect this move. If black plays L19 instead, he keeps sente to play J2.

Move 18

[7:54] Uberdude[?]: What is your evaluation of the result? I think probably good for me to get such great thickness early, but I failed to use it effectively. p2 is really annoying though as j4 is poorly placed now. I wanted to get n2 fairly soon, but couldn't find a good answer to L3.

Move 19

[7:55] Uberdude[?]: Maybe this is too close.

Move 87

[7:57] davos[?]: At this point I felt that black might have the lead, but he loses it in the early endgame.

Move 29

[8:00] Uberdude[?]: Maybe I should make the wall for a bug right side, but locally it is good for you to get such a big corner and make o15 bad.

Move 56

[8:02] Uberdude[?]: Yes, My thickness is pointless and I didn't get much profit. f17 is too narrow, cut when I c14 you are happy to f17.

Move 63

[8:03] Uberdude[?]: Yes, I also have a bad game against luke where I played this too early. I was hopping to attack your group, but L16 aji gave you nice sabaki.

[8:04] Uberdude[?]: I was thinking of n2, o3 hadn't occured to me.

[8:05] Uberdude[?]: Also I was thinking of L3 myself, but it's not territory.

Move 70

[8:06] Uberdude[?]: A little slow?

Move 72

[8:07] Uberdude[?]: I did wonder if I should try to play this area in sente first, maybe e14. But if you c9 I doubt I can kill your group.

Move 77

[8:08] Uberdude[?]: Vulgar, but perhaps atari as probe is correct here.

Move 82

[8:08] Uberdude[?]: More hilarious overconcentration =(

Move 87

[8:09] Uberdude[?]: I felt a little behind so needed something special in the centre.

Move 91

[8:10] Uberdude[?]: Yes, this is obviously a submissive move. I was thinking about eyes for my group (which is obviously paranoid and a guaranteed way to lose) and hoping to keep some chances to profit at the top.

[8:11] Uberdude[?]: Also I was thinking if you captured then L12 could get lonely but as you say F4 is better, I need to be flexible.

Move 98

[8:12] Uberdude[?]: At this point I suspected you would simply get more points than me.

Move 117

[8:13] Uberdude[?]: My thinking here was b7 was your sente, and by doing this I make it gote.

Move 121

[8:16] Uberdude[?]: It is certainly bigger than s13, which was a misread (I though it was gote but s15 would capture the 2 stones in sente rather than gote). My original plan was to play f2 here, you a6 and then I get c18 for tedomari. But maybe simple b9 is best.

Move 128

[8:18] Uberdude[?]: How did I miss this move =(

Move 137

[8:19] Uberdude[?]: Yes, I was in a panic. I should have not blitzed. I need j2 to have a chance to win as the k3 ko is huge.

Move 18

[8:19] davos[?]: I think this result is to be expected when white does not play P6. The thickness feels good for black, but indeed it is hard for black to figure out how to handle the bottom and white has sente. I might play this again with either black or white if the situation comes up.

Move 144

[8:19] Uberdude[?]: Game over.

Move 19

[8:22] davos[?]: You mean that black could have played Q11 instead? I think that looks ok too. Perhaps black could also play Q12.

[8:25] Uberdude[?]: Or r11. The usual move then for w to 3-3 leaves black with bad aji on the outside, but as I am thick I prepare to fight hard if you try to squirm there.

Move 29

[8:25] davos[?]: True, but it might still be black's best option. I don't know. It's a pity we can't ask Go Seigen :)

Move 39

[8:27] davos[?]: Wouldn't O14 be ok too?

Move 68

[8:32] davos[?]: White is thin at the top, but I felt that L3 would give white a reasonable game.

Move 70

[8:34] davos[?]: Perhaps, but I was afraid of b N3 if white plays elsewhere.

Move 71

[8:34] davos[?]: But indeed, the game is now less easy than I had imagined when I played L3.

Move 87

[8:37] davos[?]: So how did you evaluate the position at this stage?

Move 98

[8:40] davos[?]: I felt slightly better now than at move 87.

Move 99

[8:41] davos[?]: Why not B9?

Move 103

[8:42] davos[?]: I expected black to play J2 first.

Move 106

[8:43] davos[?]: I think this move is not very good.

Move 156

[8:46] davos[?]: A misread. I thought this was sente.

Move 244

[8:48] davos[?]: Oops, chinese rules. Luckily white can afford to lose 2 points.

Move 23

[14:44] Uberdude[?]: Given I wasn't happy to take the wall and give you a big corner perhaps this is wrong. I could q14 q13 p14 r13 r15 and attach hard.

Move 27

[14:45] Uberdude[?]: In fact here I could p17 and then when you r16 I s15 immediately.

Move 39

[14:46] Uberdude[?]: But then you k17.

Move 87

[14:48] Uberdude[?]: I felt behind a little on territory, but with some centre potential. I was sad I found no good way to profit by attacking f17.

Move 99

[14:49] Uberdude[?]: then you crosscut.

Move 103

[14:51] Uberdude[?]: But then you j5 and damage the middle

Move 106

[14:51] Uberdude[?]: Not as bad as my yose :-s

Move 128

[14:52] Uberdude[?]: Or rather the fact that after I connect you tenuki and your corner is alive.

Move 87

[15:09] davos[?]: So you think that black is behind if he connects at F4?

Move 103

[15:12] davos[?]: If b J2, w J5, b K3, white has to connect before he can do any damage, so i think the damage will be less than black's gain at the bottom.