Game Finished

Move 81

Vsotvep[5k]

1 capture

Feijoa[8k]

2 captures

+ 6.5

Ranked

Rules: Japanese

Black wins by Resignation

Move 0

March 23, 2025

[9:48] Vsotvep[5k]: Hi, have a good game!

Move 1

[9:48] Vsotvep[5k]: Ah, this is the mirror tournament

[9:49] Vsotvep[5k]: Well... Oops I guess

[9:50] Vsotvep[5k]: Actually, never mind. If you want to mirror as White I can play Q16

[14:07] Feijoa[7k]: I'll just accept the undo so there's no "if" necessary 😁

[19:04] Vsotvep[5k]: Then I will play Q16

Move 6

March 25, 2025

[15:05] Feijoa[8k]: This is building a very weak corner, going to have to watch out for that later

Move 13

March 29, 2025

[20:23] Feijoa[9k]: Scared of all these 4th line moves but I'll pay along for now

Move 16

[20:25] Feijoa[9k]: Thinking I can secure the left side, then if he attacks my corner I can reduce it as much as possible while securing the top.

Move 24

March 31, 2025

[14:12] Vsotvep[5k]: Ok, time to break the mirror

Move 26

[19:12] Feijoa[9k]: Kind of mirroring in spirit now but didn't want to be overconcentrated.

[19:12] Feijoa[9k]: 😁

Move 33

April 1, 2025

[21:54] Vsotvep[5k]: You're keeping the mirror spirit alive, I see

Move 42

April 2, 2025

[3:05] Feijoa[9k]: Probably shouldn't have taken it that far ....

Move 68

April 4, 2025

[2:22] Feijoa[9k]: It's interesting how much the mirror aspect makes me extremely conscious of every possible slack move. I feel that in theory the game should be close to even, so I shouldn't have to give up too much ground.

[2:24] Feijoa[9k]: Variation: Calmly filling at this point has black ahead by about 5 points

Move 75

April 5, 2025

[8:56] Vsotvep[5k]: In theory yes, but my idea was to first set up a fuseki that involved influence-oriented stones, and grab Tengen to break White mirroring while reinforcing the influence aspect of the game for Black and simultaneously removing influence for White

[8:57] Vsotvep[5k]: Then I mirrored until there would be a move that I'd consider slack.

Move 78

[20:53] Feijoa[9k]: Yup, that was very concerning to me from the beginning.

Move 81

April 6, 2025

[15:24] Feijoa[9k]: Thanks for the game!

[16:01] Vsotvep[5k]: Thanks for the game!

[16:01] Vsotvep[5k]: Breaking the mirror at move 25 put me ahead by 2 points compared to the empty board, according to KataGo....

[16:02] Vsotvep[5k]: So little value :'(

[17:07] Feijoa[9k]: Well that's a lot better than the naive mirror theory that you would end up behind by 6.5.

[17:51] Vsotvep[5k]: True!

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