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Old 01-18-2012, 05:35 PM   #1
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Black to play 4-4

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Can someone aid me in understanding why the reccomended move, 13/9(2), 9/5(2) is better than the alternative 13/9(2), 10/6(2)?

For me the latter was instinctive and reflexive. You keep your men together and also contain him by holding the point 6 away.

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Old 01-18-2012, 06:09 PM   #2
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Re: Black to play 4-4

Sorry that picture was small maybe this one is bigger.

Also, money game white owns 2 cube

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Old 01-18-2012, 06:48 PM   #3
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Re: Black to play 4-4

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Sorry I will never ever again try to post screen shots from my iphone.

I loaded the position in GNU and took a shot so this should come out better. So why 13/5(2) and not 13/9(2),10/6(2)

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Ok that came up small too. The image looks big on my monitor. Can someone offer advice with this image posting? I took a screen shot from my mac of GNU and uploaded it without resizing and it showed up like that.
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:51 PM   #4
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Re: Black to play 4-4

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fixed it! Sorry for the multiple posts but I got it now so there won't be anymore of that multiple reply picture postings.
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Old 01-18-2012, 07:51 PM   #5
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Re: Black to play 4-4

61 and 65 suck balls after 10/6(2) but only 55 sucks it after 9/5(2)
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:28 PM   #6
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Re: Black to play 4-4

You don't need to contain him. You are way ahead in the race, so he is not going anywhere. Your object is to bring the position home safely. Making the 9 point gives you another point, that you need to clear against his anchor.
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