EVENT WHITE Matthew Macfadyen BLACK Edmund Shaw BOARDSIZE 19 DATE 1998-08-22 PLACE Chess and Bridge, Euston Rd London KOMI 5.5 TIMELIMIT 3 Hr + 10 stones in 10 RULES Japanese ANALYSIS M. Macfadyen RECORDER F. Roads COM Black Rank: 5 Dan Write Rank: 6 Dan Round: 2 ENDCOM B 1 Q16 W 2 D17 B 3 Q4 W 4 E3 B 5 Q10 W 6 C4 B 7 D15 W 8 F17 B 9 C17 W 10 C18 B 11 C16 W 12 B18 B 13 C11 W 14 C9 B 15 K4 COM Black is encouraging White to invade the upper left group. This would not kill the group and it would be hard for White to justify playing 4 extra stones on the left. ENDCOM W 16 L16 B 17 N16 W 18 R8 COM White will try to build a secure group of stones near the middle of the black moyo, leaving invasion possibilities both above and below. ENDCOM B 19 R10 W 20 P8 B 21 Q7 W 22 Q8 B 23 O8 COM A very interesting idea. This eye stealing shape hopes to prolong the period when White is settling the weak group, so that Black can get in a lot of extra stones building up his two positions. ENDCOM W 24 O9 B 25 P9 W 26 P7 B 27 R5 COM Not really a serious attack, but Blakc is getting on with securing his corner territories while keeping White busy. ENDCOM W 28 O4 B 29 N8 W 30 O6 B 31 N5 W 32 O5 B 33 M7 W 34 P2 B 35 R2 W 36 Q2 B 37 R3 W 38 M3 B 39 L2 COM An overplay. This does not threaten the white group. ENDCOM W 40 N9 COM White's real ambition is to invade the upper right corner, so the natural direction to run out is the other way, towards the centre. ENDCOM B 41 M9 W 42 N11 B 43 M10 W 44 P11 B 45 R13 W 46 M11 B 47 N2 COM Edmund feels obliged to follow up the move he had hoped would be sente ENDCOM W 48 M2 B 49 N3 W 50 N4 B 51 M1 W 52 L3 B 53 K3 W 54 L5 B 55 J2 W 56 O2 B 57 K6 W 58 K11 COM Black's attack has ended in gote. He spent too many moves in the lower right area ENDCOM B 59 K5 W 60 L6 B 61 L7 W 62 N6 COM Now it is even clearer that White is alive and that Black has a hole in his thickness. ENDCOM B 63 C7 COM The game is not running well for Black, so he tries to stir something up. ENDCOM W 64 D8 B 65 C5 W 66 D4 B 67 B4 W 68 B3 B 69 B6 COM Very slow. ENDCOM W 70 C13 B 71 D13 W 72 C12 B 73 D12 W 74 C14 B 75 D11 COM Black needs to make something happen. The variation is not interesting ENDCOM VAR B 75 D14 W 76 B11 B 77 D11 W 78 B9 COM There seems little future for Black in this line. ENDCOM ENDVAR W 76 D14 B 77 E14 W 78 E15 B 79 C15 W 80 B15 B 81 B14 W 82 B13 B 83 B12 W 84 A14 B 85 A11 W 86 F14 B 87 E13 W 88 A13 B 89 F8 W 90 B10 B 91 B11 W 92 F9 B 93 G9 W 94 E9 B 95 G10 W 96 D7 B 97 F15 W 98 E16 B 99 G14 W 100 G8 COM The black group in the lower left can be killed, but this move aims at several different projects in the middle of the board so that Black is too busy to attack there. ENDCOM B 101 L12 W 102 L11 B 103 L14 W 104 Q13 B 105 R14 W 106 O15 B 107 O16 W 108 M15 B 109 K17 W 110 P16 B 111 P17 W 112 P15 B 113 Q17 W 114 K16 B 115 L17 W 116 R12 B 117 S12 W 118 J14 B 119 N15 W 120 Q12 B 121 S11 W 122 M14 B 123 N14 W 124 J16 B 125 J17 W 126 H16 B 127 B8 W 128 B9 B 129 J10 W 130 D6 B 131 A3 W 132 B2 COM Black is dead on the side. ENDCOM B 133 F7 W 134 H12 B 135 G16 W 136 H17 B 137 F5 W 138 E6 B 139 F4 W 140 F6 B 141 G6 W 142 G5 B 143 H6 W 144 F11 COM Black resigns ENDCOM