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SiZe[19]
EVent[1996 London Open]
PlaCe[Highbury Roundhouse, London]
HAndicap[0]
TiMe[90 min + 5 minutes/1 stone + 20 stones/5 min]
KoMi[6½]
ROund[5]
DaTe[31/12/96]
PlayerBlack[Robin Upton]
BlackRank[1 Dan]
PlayerWhite[J. Hawdon]
WhiteRank[2 Dan]
REsult[B+Resign]
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Black[pd]
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White[cq]
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Black[pp]
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White[cc]
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Black[pj]
Comment[An ideal beginning for me, since I like san ren sei and am familiar with (3,3) josekis.]
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White[nc]
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Black[lc]
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White[ld]
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Black[kd]
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White[md]
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Black[jc]
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White[pf]
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Black[qf]
Nodename[Poka]
Comment[This blunder gives white great strength towards the centre.]
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White[qg]
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Black[qe]
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White[pg]
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Black[pc]
Comment[Q18 is probably better.]
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White[mg]
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Black[qm]
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White[nq]
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Black[lp]
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White[qq]
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Black[pq]
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White[pr]
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Black[or]
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White[rr]
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Black[ps]
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White[qr]
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Black[oq]
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White[rn]
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Black[qn]
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White[ro]
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Black[qo]
Mark[ro][rn]
Comment[Slow. I had read out that black can play S4 and capture the marked stones, 
but I had omitted to notice that white can make life with the remaining stones.]
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White[fc]
Comment[White must devalue the black influence on the lower side.]
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Black[eq]
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White[dn]
Comment[A bit thin.]
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Black[gp]
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White[hc]
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Black[jf]
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White[cj]
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Black[ej]
Comment[Coming up with a move at E10 felt a bit like finding a word that was on the tip of my tongue.]
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White[dl]
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Black[fm]
Comment[Too thin. White should probably cut through the black position immediatelt.]
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White[jh]
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Black[li]
Comment[Not good.]
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White[kg]
Comment[Not interesting, since white it already so strong here.]
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Black[jj]
Mark[kg][li]
Comment[Yes! The marked exchange now looks good for black.]
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White[ik]
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Black[ij]
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White[gk]
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Black[el]
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White[em]
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Black[en]
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White[dm]
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Black[fk]
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White[hj]
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Black[hi]
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White[gi]
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Black[gh]
Comment[Black had used up 44 minutes, white 16 minutes.]
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White[ii]
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Black[hh]
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White[fi]
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Black[eh]
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White[fh]
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Black[fg]
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White[gg]
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Black[gj]
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White[hg]
Comment[h10 is probably the best way out of the situation.]
Nodename[Correct?]
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Black[hk]
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White[ih]
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Black[hj]
Comment[Black has cleary won a great local victory here. White's efforts to reduce his centre territory have had the reverse effect.]
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White[kb]
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Black[dp]
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White[cp]
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Black[do]
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White[co]
Comment[Caspar Nijhuis (4 Dan) said that these exchanges gain little for black.]
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Black[nh]
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White[lh]
Comment[White counter attacks.]
Nodename[Correct]
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Black[mh]
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White[ki]
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Black[kj]
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White[oi]
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Black[ng]
Comment[Black's greed got the better of him here; there is no need to play this way.]
Nodename[Greedy]
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White[mi]
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Black[lj]
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White[ni]
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Black[mf]
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White[lg]
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Black[nf]
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White[oe]
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Black[le]
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White[kf]
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Black[ke]
Mark[kf]
Comment[The marked exchange is not good for white.]
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White[ie]
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Black[mc]
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White[nd]
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Black[id]
Comment[Black had read out how he could live when this move was played.]
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White[hd]
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Black[lb]
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White[nb]
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Black[je]
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White[ig]
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Black[ic]
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White[la]
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Black[jb]
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White[nk]
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Black[pi]
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White[oh]
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Black[ff]
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White[he]
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Black[mm]
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White[ol]
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Black[pl]
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White[on]
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Black[no]
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White[qb]
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Black[pb]
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White[rc]
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Black[rd]
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White[na]
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Black[pe]
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White[of]
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Black[kc]
Comment[Black had used up 82 minutes, white 47 minutes.]
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White[nm]
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Black[ml]
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White[pa]
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Black[qc]
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White[rb]
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Black[rf]
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White[rg]
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Black[se]
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White[ri]
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Black[rp]
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White[qp]
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Black[sp]
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White[qs]
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Black[rm]
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White[sq]
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Black[sn]
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White[os]
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Black[nr]
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White[ss]
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Black[nn]
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White[pk]
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Black[qk]
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White[ok]
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Black[rj]
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White[qi]
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Black[qj]
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White[ph]
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Black[cf]
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White[er]
Comment[Black entered buyoyomi at this point, giving him 5 minutes to think over his next move.]
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Black[fq]
Comment[A count revealed that F2 was sufficient. 
White resigned at this point, which I take a good view of.]
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White[ng]
Comment[If white defends passively...]
Nodename[Weak]
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Black[lh]
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White[lg]
Comment[Black forces once more, then tenukis to take the next large point.]
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Black[ff]
Mark[lg][lh][ng][nh]
Comment[The marked exchanges are clearly very beneficial for black, who has virtually secured his territory in sente. White cannot play this way.]
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Black[ni]
Comment[O10 puts the finishing touches to black's enormous lower side territory. This is a peaceful alternative to P12, but has a feeling of gote about it.]
Nodename[Peaceful.]
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White[fj]
Comment[f10 has a flavour of 'do or die' about it, and white is reluctant to give black such a good squeeze with little obvious compensation...]
Nodename[Difficult]
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Black[ei]
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White[gj]
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Black[gl]
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White[hk]
Mark[li][jj][ij][pj]
Comment[Once black has attended to the H12 stones, White's H9 lump of stones looks pretty ill. I think the only chance is to work on the thinness of the the marked stones, but this seems tough since black has such good thickness everywhere else.]
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Black[oe]
Comment[Only move; black must split white, whatever else happens.]
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