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SiZe[19]
GameName[Breakthrough To Shodan...]
GameComment[Black stood at 2-0 before this, the last game of the tournament.]
EVent[Coventry Go Tournament]
ROund[3]
DaTe[24/3/96]
PlaCe[Tile Hill, Coventry]
PlayerBlack[Robin Upton]
BlackRank[1 kyu]
PlayerWhite[Gerry Mills]
WhiteRank[1 Dan]
HAndicap[0]
TiMe[55 minutes + 5 minutes/20 stones]
KoMi[5½]
REsult[B + 9½]
USer[BS]
SOurce[BS]
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Black[pd]
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White[dc]
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Black[pp]
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White[cp]
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Black[pj]
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White[nc]
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Black[lc]
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White[ne]
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Black[pf]
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White[ic]
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Black[le]
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White[ng]
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Black[ph]
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White[lh]
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Black[jf]
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White[gd]
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Black[jh]
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White[mi]
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Black[ci]
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White[cf]
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Black[hd]
Comment[Strange. Seems impatient - stabilising the last stone played with a move such as C8, or else a move in the lower left would seem like a more measured course of action.]
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White[hc]
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Black[fd]
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White[ge]
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Black[ef]
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White[ck]
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Black[ec]
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White[dd]
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Black[fe]
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White[ie]
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Black[gf]
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White[hf]
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Black[jd]
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White[gg]
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Black[ff]
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White[id]
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Black[gc]
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White[he]
WhitetimeLeft[2940]
BlacktimeLeft[1920]
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Black[eh]
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White[ig]
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Black[jg]
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White[fi]
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Black[jj]
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White[lk]
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Black[jl]
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White[nq]
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Black[lq]
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White[no]
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Black[pn]
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White[iq]
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Black[lo]
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White[nm]
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Black[ml]
Nodename[Vital point?]
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White[ln]
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Black[kn]
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White[lm]
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Black[kl]
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White[ll]
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Black[mo]
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White[nn]
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Black[jo]
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White[pl]
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Black[oq]
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White[np]
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Black[ql]
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White[qm]
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Black[pm]
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White[qk]
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Black[rl]
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White[pk]
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Black[rm]
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White[fq]
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Black[hh]
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White[hg]
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Black[oj]
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White[nk]
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Black[cg]
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White[bg]
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Black[fh]
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White[gh]
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Black[gi]
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White[gb]
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Black[fb]
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White[ha]
Nodename[Slack]
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Black[db]
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White[cb]
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Black[ce]
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White[ch]
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Black[de]
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White[da]
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Black[be]
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White[bi]
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Black[dh]
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White[dg]
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Black[eb]
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White[pb]
Comment[The upper left looks like the biggest area.]
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Black[qc]
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White[qb]
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Black[rb]
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White[rj]
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Black[pc]
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White[ob]
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Black[rh]
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White[fo]
Mark[lc][jd][le][jf][jg][jh][hh][gi][jj][jl][kl]
Comment[The game which followed was an eventful one, which eventually came down to a close run life death struggle, in which white attacked the marked stones. The group eventually stretched from the top half of the board fo the bottom. After just securing life for these stones, black had such a territorial advantage that he could afford to play very conservatively and still win by 9½ points to secure a prize for being undefeated in the tournament.]
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White[pc]
Comment[A big double sente - not to be missed.]
Nodename[Honte.]
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White[de]
Comment[This was the move black was expecting; it is not immediately clear what black can make of the aji against the marked stones, although white has quite a lot at stake here.]
Mark[cf][bg]
Nodename[Risky?]
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Black[bf]
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White[df]
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Black[bd]
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White[bh]
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Black[bi]
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White[ch]
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Black[dg]
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White[dh]
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Black[eg]
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White[di]
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Black[cc]
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White[bc]
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Black[cd]
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White[ad]
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Black[be]
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White[af]
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Black[be]
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White[bh]
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Black[bi]
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White[ch]
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Black[dg]
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White[dh]
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Black[eg]
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White[di]
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Black[bc]
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White[cc]
Comment[The fight seems unclear but even if Black can capture the upper left unconditionally then the game is not over if he can get E11 (and A14) in sente because of the strength this gives him to make a large lower left.]
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White[fc]
Comment[White has little to lose from playing the ko once, to see how black responds.]
Nodename[Better,.]
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Black[pl]
Comment[This move looks too good to miss; Black can exploit white's weaknesses later...]
Nodename[Beautiful moyo]
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