Event Black T. Stacey, 5d White M Macfadyen, 6d Place British Championship round 2, 1984 Komi 5.5 TimeLimit 3hours Result W+Resign Source BGJ 64 March 1985 page 5 Com Copyright British Go Association 1985, 1998 EndCom B 1 q16 W 2 d17 B 3 r4 W 4 d3 B 5 p3 W 6 r9 B 7 d15 W 8 c15 B 9 c14 W 10 c16 B 11 d13 W 12 e14 B 13 d14 W 14 f16 B 15 c9 W 16 o17 B 17 r13 W 18 r6 B 19 q17 W 20 o15 Mark A@l16 Com White 20: A difficult move to decide on. It would be possible to play around 27 (A), aiming for territory on the side, but Black could then threaten this territory from both sides, securing his own groups. I wanted to encourage Black to invade, so that I would have a group to aim at, and could myself prepare invasions of Black's two side positions while attacking it. EndCom B 21 d16 Com Black 21-25: It seems strange to allow White to strengthen himself with 22 when Black intends to invade the side. there may well have been a chance to play 22 himself if this exchange had been omitted. EndCom W 22 e17 B 23 c17 W 24 b17 B 25 c18 Mark #21-25 Com Black 21-25: It seems strange to allow White to strengthen himself with 22 when Black intends to invade the side. there may well have been a chance to play 22 himself if this exchange had been omitted. EndCom W 26 b18 B 27 l16 W 28 l14 B 29 h16 W 30 g14 B 31 h14 W 32 h13 B 33 j14 W 34 c6 Mark A@d5 #27 Com White 34: Very important. It might have been better for Black to play 36 (A) before invading at 27. EndCom B 35 f3 W 36 d5 B 37 j3 W 38 l3 B 39 n3 W 40 k4 B 41 j4 W 42 k6 B 43 j5 W 44 m6 Mark A@l4 #38 Com White 44 leaves weaknesses on the side, but it is essential to play lightly so as not to lose control of the centre. After 44 Black can connect along the side by wedging a stone in immediately above 38 (at A) and then sacrificing it. EndCom B 45 n16 W 46 o16 B 47 m14 W 48 o13 B 49 m13 W 50 l18 B 51 n18 W 52 p18 Com White 52: Bad. I had planned to followup with Dia 1 (see variation) After 59 Black's weak group suddenly secures a lot of territory and the game looks good for him. EndCom VAR W 1 n17 B 2 m18 W 3 m17 B 4 l17 W 5 k18 B 6 o18 W 7 j17 B 8 g17 W 9 j16 Mark A@l15 B@h15 ALL Com ... but I changed my mind when I hallucinated that Black 8 could cut me off. However White 9 aims at both A and B, and Black cannot play this way. EndCom ENDVAR B 53 n17 W 54 r18 B 55 q18 W 56 q19 B 57 s17 W 58 q13 B 59 q14 W 60 n15 B 61 m15 W 62 r12 B 63 p13 W 64 q12 B 65 p14 W 66 n13 B 67 p12 W 68 n11 B 69 p11 Mark A@s13 Com Black 69 would be better one point to the left, or at 70 (A). After 69 White is able to settle the groups on both sides. It should never have been possible to make all that territory on the right while running away with a weak group. EndCom W 70 s13 B 71 r14 W 72 s11 B 73 s14 W 74 m12 B 75 q9 W 76 r8 B 77 r10 W 78 s10 B 79 k5 W 80 l5 B 81 l7 W 82 l6 B 83 o9 W 84 m9 B 85 l12 W 86 l11 B 87 k12 W 88 c10 Com White 88: I had been thinking about this move ever since white 34 - there seems to be no really good answer for Black, though some of the variations are quite tricky. EndCom B 89 d10 W 90 d9 B 91 d11 W 92 b9 B 93 c8 W 94 b8 B 95 b10 W 96 d8 B 97 c11 Prisoner c10 W 98 c7 B 99 h7 W 100 s18 B 101 q8 Com Black 101-109: Necessary to make an eye for his group. EndCom W 102 q7 B 103 p7 W 104 p6 B 105 o7 W 106 s4 B 107 s3 W 108 n8 B 109 o8 Mark #101-109 Com Black 101-109: Necessary to make an eye for his group. EndCom W 110 s5 B 111 q5 W 112 q6 B 113 t18 W 114 r17 B 115 s16 W 116 g17 B 117 h17 W 118 e2 Com White 118: I thought the game was almost over, but I completely overlooked 121 (readers may note that 122 took me 13 minutes). This stone cuts the weak white group into two weak groups. I expected one of them to die. EndCom B 119 k8 W 120 n7 B 121 m10 W 122 n10 B 123 n9 W 124 l9 B 125 m8 W 126 k9 B 127 m7 W 128 j8 B 129 n6 Prisoner n8 n7 W 130 j7 B 131 j9 W 132 j10 B 133 h9 W 134 h8 B 135 h10 W 136 j11 B 137 f10 W 138 h11 B 139 f8 W 140 g7 B 141 f7 W 142 g6 B 143 g8 W 144 h6 Prisoner h7 B 145 l2 W 146 m2 B 147 f6 W 148 g4 Mark A@k2 Com White 148: The slowest move of the game at 17 minutes. The move played is nothing special, but I spent a long time seeking ways to rescue the big group at the top after playing 148' at 156 (A). EndCom B 149 k10 W 150 k11 B 151 j6 W 152 k7 B 153 l8 W 154 l10 Prisoner k10 B 155 g5 W 156 k2 B 157 j2 W 158 l1 Prisoner l2 B 159 m4 W 160 l4 B 161 n2 W 162 h5 B 163 f5 W 164 h4 B 165 f4 W 166 g3 Com White 166: Terry had overlooked this, but in any case there seems to be no way to kill white after 156. EndCom B 167 f2 W 168 g2 B 169 c4 W 170 d4 B 171 g1 W 172 h1 B 173 f1 W 174 h2 Com Black resigns after 174 EndCom