Note that this is very similar to the question David Bush asked about game 876173.
On 2010-09-30 at 14:04, dushoff said:
Yes, I am aware of the similarity; I asked this question to follow up on my attempts to understand your posting for that game. Thanks for the this further useful analysis.
On 2010-10-25 at 21:21, David J Bush said:
As in game 876173, as Alan pointed out, there is a lot of empty space here. Both sides would probably do better to start other threats elsewhere on the board. For example, Black has an alternative in Alan's tricky variation:
In view of this, perhaps it would be better for black to play something like |12.K7, which threatens to cut across the top and also serves as a downstream peg for the above variation. But this is just based on a cursory examination of the rest of the board.
On 2012-10-24 at 01:17, dushoff said:
Is there an easy way you can fix inter-site links, like the one you made at the top here, Alan?
On 2012-10-25 at 00:34, Alan Hensel said:
Depends on what you consider "easy". The SQL for that is, as SQL goes, very easy.
Anyway, it's done. Thanks for alerting me to this.
On 2012-10-25 at 13:46, dushoff said:
By "easy" I meant "worth your time, in your best estimate". Thanks.
14.u16 15.t17 16.s15 17.v16 or
14.u17 15.t17 16.s16 17.r16 or
(here's the tricky one)
14.v19 15.t17 16.t20 17.o16 18.n18 19.q20
|12.r17 13.u14 14.v19 15.t17 16.t20 17.o16 18.o20 19.m17 20.j20 and now if 21.l20 22.m19 23.j19 24.l17 black can turn the corner, although it's not very clear whether black has an advantage or not.
In view of this, perhaps it would be better for black to play something like |12.K7, which threatens to cut across the top and also serves as a downstream peg for the above variation. But this is just based on a cursory examination of the rest of the board.
Anyway, it's done. Thanks for alerting me to this.