GO 9x9 - VinnyQ vs. CrystyB : Divide and Conquer

[VinnyQ]

Let's go.

[This message has been edited by VinnyQ (edited 05-23-2003 09:54 AM).]

[GO]

Go Board

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VinnyQ-White CrystyB-Black

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Moves:

code:

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  Black  White


1.  C3   G7


2.  G3   C7


3.  E5   F5


4.  D6   D7


5.  F4   F6


6.  G5   E6


7.  E4   C6


8.  D5   B4


9.  C5   B5


10. B3   H5


11. H6   G6


12. H4   G4+


13. I5   H3


14. G5++ H7


15. A4   I7


16. A3   A5


17. C4   B6


18. pass H2


19. G2   H1


20. G1   I3


21. I4   I6


22. H5   G4++++++


23. F3   H4


24. E7   E8


25. pass pass

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Prisoners Captured By
Black: 2
White: 7

[This message has been edited by GO (edited 06-29-2003 06:31 PM).]

[CrystyB]

think you can manage to update all by yourself? Especially since you'll be winning big?

[VinnyQ]

I am awaiting a player, I thought that was obvious!

Hey Crysty, want to play?

[CrystyB]

Yes i'd like to see how silly i play. Problem is you'll have to do all the editing on that 1st reply if you play me.

What colours do we get?

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 05-23-2003 12:29 AM).]

[VinnyQ]

Crysty, you can be black (go first). I made it the second post when I started the thread, using the user "GO", password "atari". Are you seeing something else?

[CrystyB]

thanks. c3

And you made it. Throughout the game you'll have to constantly update it, and not only for your moves.

[VinnyQ]

G7

CrystyB! Hiya! I was away for the weekend, sorry.

And, I made the game using the "GO" username. You can edit the same post by typing in "GO" as the Username. Let me know if you don't know how to mess with the board's code.



[This message has been edited by VinnyQ (edited 05-27-2003 10:53 AM).]

[CrystyB]

Don't appologize. I wasn't thinking you're holding off from posting on purpose. And as i should've said, although i know pretty much enough of how to update, i won't be doing it this month or the next. If the game lasts longer, i might start to update after my moves.

g3

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 05-27-2003 12:35 AM).]

[VinnyQ]

C7

[CrystyB]

e5

[Vinny]

F5

[CrystyB]

d6

[Vinny]

D7!

[CrystyB]

f4

or should i have done c6 or the riskier b7?

[Vinny]

F6.

That's a pretty good move, Crysty. Pretty solid.
C6 would have been ok too. B7 would have been *bad*. If you played B7, then I would probably play B6, which will put you in a bad situation, but not too bad, just a couple of points.

[CrystyB]

g5

[Vinny]

E6

[CrystyB]

e4

[Vinny]

C6

[CrystyB]

d5

[Vinny]

B4

[CrystyB]

c5

[Vinny]

B5

[CrystyB]

b3

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 06-10-2003 11:56 PM).]

[Vinny]

H5

[CrystyB]

h6

[Vinny]

G6

[CrystyB]

h4

[Vinny]

ooo! A Ko fight!

G4 (takes G5)

[CrystyB]

i5 damn i missed that

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 06-13-2003 12:43 AM).]

[Vinny]

let's make this interesting ...

H3

Crysty, do you know what a Ko fight is? If you don't:

http://playgo.to/interactive/ko.html

[casinopete]

Uh-oh. Sorry to inform you of this, Vinny, but this wouldn't be a ko fight. fnord.

[Vinny]

It isn't? (I am speaking of g4 and g5, unless Crysty allow me to close it up later.)

[edit]Oh d'oh! I see what you mean now. How did I miss that! Bah! Bah! So much for making the game interesting.[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Vinny (edited 06-13-2003 12:53 PM).]

[CrystyB]

heh. it isn't a ko fight - not anymore. it's two of them! And i don't think you can resist that, considering my spot in there is the same for both fights...

g5

hmmm. If i'm not mistaken, i just realised i made 2 eyes. You'd have to attack from its sides to get a chance at disrupting my formation.

(and i'm quite familiar with the rules, and some notions like ko, snapback, miai, etc. I've read the tutorial and solved the problems from 'The Many Faces of Go', DOS version. So now you've got me curious: why wasn't that a ko fight? Should i have responded in there, like i did, before it was considered that the fight began?)

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 06-14-2003 12:47 AM).]

[Vinny]

h7.

It's only a Ko fight if the arrangement of stone were the same if you have taken me back, which it isn't, because you're taking 2 stones where I only took one, which I failed to see because I am a blind doofus.

[CrystyB]

a4

[Vinny]

I7

[CrystyB]

a3

[Vinny]

a5