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EVent[1995 Coventry Go Tournament]
DaTe[25/3/95]
PlaCe[Coventry, UK.]
PlayerWhite[Robin Upton]
BlackRank[3 kyu]
WhiteRank[2 kyu]
SOurce[Recorded by R.U.]
TiMe[30 minutes]
SiZe[19]
PlayerBlack[Dave Killen]
ROund[5]
KoMi[6]
REsult[B + Time]
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Black[do]
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White[cc]
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Black[dd]
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White[dc]
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Black[ed]
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White[be]
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Black[ec]
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White[df]
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Black[ce]
Comment[Aji-Keshi.]
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White[cf]
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Black[pd]
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White[qq]
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Black[pp]
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White[pq]
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Black[op]
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White[ro]
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Black[oq]
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White[pn]
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Black[kd]
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White[qf]
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Black[pf]
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White[pg]
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Black[of]
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White[qe]
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Black[qd]
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White[qh]
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Black[ci]
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White[kp]
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Black[kq]
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White[lq]
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Black[lp]
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White[mq]
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Black[jp]
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White[ko]
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Black[iq]
Comment[This seems ugly ...]
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White[kr]
Comment[since it is inviting L2.]
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Black[jq]
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White[mo]
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Black[dq]
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White[nh]
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Black[ei]
Comment[I like E11, the lower left corner now seems very large.]
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White[cp]
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Black[dp]
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White[nd]
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Black[ne]
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White[md]
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Black[me]
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White[ld]
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Black[le]
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White[kc]
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Black[jd]
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White[jc]
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Black[ic]
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White[oc]
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Black[pc]
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White[ob]
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Black[pb]
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White[mb]
Comment[Looks like honte.]
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Black[lh]
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White[mj]
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Black[ml]
Comment[Maybe white should have taken this opportunity to start a fight by cutting at J16. I had my eye on this point but didn't get round to it in time.]
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White[lm]
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Black[ll]
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White[kj]
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Black[lj]
Comment[Maybe illadvised.]
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White[li]
Comment[White thought for a long time before playing this move. He was reading out whether black play at N11 and live in 2 moves time.]
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Black[lk]
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White[ki]
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Black[mi]
Comment[Appears foolhardy, but shows fighting spirit.]
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White[mh]
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Black[ni]
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White[nj]
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Black[oi]
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White[oj]
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Black[pi]
Comment[Black sustains a great loss through playing these stones, althought he increases the size of the ko-threats he has here.]
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White[pj]
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Black[jl]
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Black[lk]
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White[hj]
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Black[ij]
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White[ii]
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Black[ik]
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White[gi]
Comment[Seems like a mistake; H11 seems like a more solid choice. ]
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Black[ji]
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White[jh]
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Black[jj]
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White[kh]
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Black[ih]
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White[hi]
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Black[ig]
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White[jg]
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Black[if]
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White[ej]
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Black[dj]
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White[hm]
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Black[in]
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White[eh]
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Black[fi]
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White[hk]
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Black[fl]
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White[il]
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Black[jk]
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White[im]
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Black[jm]
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White[gl]
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Black[gm]
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White[hn]
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Black[io]
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White[fk]
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Black[fm]
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White[fj]
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Black[fh]
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White[el]
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Black[em]
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White[dk]
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Black[ck]
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White[cl]
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Black[bk]
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White[dm]
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Black[dn]
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White[cn]
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Black[co]
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White[bm]
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Black[bn]
Comment[I think B5 would have been good enough to kill white unconditionally; B6 leads to a ko.]
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White[bo]
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Black[cm]
Comment[Black doubted that white would have any ko threats big enough...]
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White[di]
Comment[but he had overlooked the local threats available to white.]
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Black[dh]
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White[cn]
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Black[og]
Mark[jg][jh][kh][ki][kj][li][lh][mh][mi][nh][ni][oi][pi]
Comment[The game record ends here unfortunately, as white was under severe time pressure. White won this ko, by exchanging the marked stones. ]
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Black[ne]
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