(; GM[1]FF[4]VW[]AP[Many Faces of Go:11.0] SZ[19] HA[0] ST[0] PB[Ge, Yongfei] PW[Koh, Juyong] DT[2009-08-04] PC[The KGS Go Server at http://www.gokgs.com/] KM[7.5] TM[7200] RU[AGA] US[Max Peterson] EV[U.S. Open] GN[U.S. Open, Koh, Juyong vs. Ge, Yongfei, Round 3, Table 3] BR[7d] WR[7d] RO[3] OT[5x30 byo-yomi]CA[UTF-8];B[pd];W[dc];B[dp];W[pp];B[de];W[cg];B[cc] (;W[gc] C[JKerwin [1p\]: Hi everybody jungleboy [3d\]: hi! JKerwin [1p\]: this is James Kerwin, at the US Go Congress chute [2k\]: hello ethanb [2d?\]: hi! Arhiman [3k\]: hi mister kerwin JKerwin [1p\]: Let me thank kgs for the use of their site allowing \ us to share these games with you Arhiman [3k\]: thank you for sharing with us MavsWorld [11k\]: Hello, and thanks for sharing them with us. chute [2k\]: ! JKerwin [1p\]: At this point Mr. Ge is 1-1 and Mr. Ko is 2-0 OsoAgonar [-\]: :D JKerwin [1p\]: We'll only take a short look at this game because \ the starting 'joseki' seems pretty determinative JKerwin [1p\]: then we'll move on to another JKerwin [1p\]: Please feel free to ask questions holycarp [-\]: thank you JKerwin [1p\]: I may not choose to answer them, but I'll consider \ them all JKerwin [1p\]: this pattern is showing up recently freekevin [13k\]: what is "joseki" XD ? chute [2k\]: after sparing e18 one move later they even spare \ c18 at this point JKerwin [1p\]: in fact it was in a major Japanese final this year OsoAgonar [-\]: play simple at C16 seems correct JKerwin [1p\]: first let's look at the game result JKerwin [1p\]: back then you didn't see this move much JKerwin [1p\]: if white wanted to vary] (;B[db];W[cd];B[ec];W[dd];B[ed];W[cb];B[bd];W[ce];B[cf] ;W[be];B[bf];W[bc];B[df] C[Yippie [2d\]: b+ a trillion *_* jantiff [-\]: i like b too JKerwin [1p\]: I think this is a disaster for black jantiff [-\]: :) iPwnNoobs [1k\]: white's better Phear [-\]: i would rather b at e14 JKerwin [1p\]: it might be acceptable if the ladder wored AtomicNerd [5k\]: lol usagi [1d\]: I was taught to count 20 points and less in an enclosure \ as too small! holycarp [-\]: let him comment please :)] ;W[ee] C[JKerwin [1p\]: but when black can't capture this cut usagi [1d\]: Oh, so this is interesting OsoAgonar [-\]: colapse JKerwin [1p\]: he ends up with neither territory or power chute [2k\]: yes - convincing Newstyle [5k\]: why d14 and not e14 Newstyle [5k\]: because of peep? jantiff [-\]: right JKerwin [1p\]: i found this pattern once JKerwin [1p\]: but in that case the ladder was good for black JKerwin [1p\]: for what it's worth, in that game white won the \ game JKerwin [1p\]: back to the game JKerwin [1p\]: when white cuts and black can't capture, he has \ to give up one side JKerwin [1p\]: the upper side is smaller so he givesthat up] ;B[fd] C[JKerwin [1p\]: but he playes here to get a good price] ;W[ef];B[dg];W[eg];B[dh] ;W[eh];B[ei];W[ge];B[gd];W[hd];B[hc];W[fe];B[ic];W[eb] C[JKerwin [1p\]: this is about what balck can do, i call it damage \ control JKerwin [1p\]: but white's territory is big now, and black's 'power' \ isn't that great expat [4d?\]: does this look slightly better for white? MavsWorld [11k\]: It looks much better OsoAgonar [-\]: "slightly" JKerwin [1p\]: after this white seemed to cruise, i'm sure he \ felt he had the gme won if he didn't blow it chute [2k\]: slightly ??? JKerwin [1p\]: ok, let's take a peek at the currenet position, \ then move on to another game] ;B[dj] ;W[id];B[kc];W[fq];B[dq];W[iq];B[fp];W[gp];B[go];W[cl];B[hp] ;W[gq];B[cn];W[bn];B[bo];W[dn];B[cm];W[dm];B[dl];W[bl];B[bm] ;W[co];B[an];W[fo];B[el];W[ho];B[gn];W[qf];B[pg];W[pf];B[io] ;W[og];B[hn];W[jq];B[nd];W[qn];B[pm];W[qm];B[pk];W[qc];B[qd] ;W[rd];B[pc];W[rb];B[qb];W[rc];B[or];W[pq];B[lq];W[ep];B[do] ;W[er];B[kr];W[jo];B[jr];W[ir];B[lo];W[jn];B[qr];W[pr];B[ps] ;W[qq];B[sr]; AB[rr] AE[sr];W[pl];B[ol];W[ql];B[jl];W[dr];B[cr];W[fs] ;B[nk];W[jc];B[jb];W[jd];B[qk];W[rq];B[qg];W[rg];B[rh];W[rf] ;B[oh];W[nh];B[ph];W[ni];B[pn];W[po];B[rl];W[rm];B[rj];W[oj] ;B[ok];W[nn];B[nq];W[qi];B[pi];W[pj];B[qj];W[sh];B[ri];W[om] ;B[jh];W[of];B[lb];W[ld];B[pb];W[mc];B[mb];W[nc];B[nb];W[oc] ;B[od];W[ob];B[kd];W[ke];B[le];W[me];B[lf];W[md];B[mf];W[ne] ;B[oa];W[lc];B[kb];W[kf];B[kg];W[if];B[gb];W[fb];B[ga];W[lg] ;B[lh];W[mg];B[hh];W[fi];B[gi];W[ej];B[di];W[fh];B[fj];W[gj] ;B[fk] C[JKerwin [1p\]: ok, you can come back to this game later, but let's \ move on chute [2k\]: there was aji at d11 - apparently white hasn't made \ much of it JKerwin [1p\]: we'll pop over to board 2 now] ) (;B[dd] C[JKerwin [1p\]: this is the current pattern] ;W[db];B[be] C[JKerwin [1p\]: at this point A and B are miai for black, so black \ is stable JKerwin [1p\]: the key to B is that black can link over the top \ with C JKerwin [1p\]: or under with D JKerwin [1p\]: this is a new pattern, being tried in the last \ couple of years iPwnNoobs [1k\]: does white choose to extend from the c13 stone \ now? JKerwin [1p\]: it's not what i was used to when i studied in Japan, \ but go continues to evolve usagi [1d\]: do you mean by c and b that b is more common that \ c? Wolftone [5k\]: c is an extension of b? usagi [1d\]: well, nevermind, sorry :) Tulkas [11k\]: c is the key to b usagi [1d\]: yes JKerwin [1p\]: after this it varies a lot depending on the other \ stones stalkor [4k\]: JKerwin, how did you learn it when you studied? JKerwin [1p\]: often white plays A, sometimes white makes a 2 \ space extension to E, and sometimes white leaves] LB[cj:E][ci:B][dg:C][bg:D][cb:A] )) (;W[eb] C[JKerwin [1p\]: this move makes miai of A and B] LB[cd:A][hc:B] ))