Message-Id: <9306220344.AA15959@thor.INS.CWRU.Edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 93 23:44:17 -0400
From: smg6@po.CWRU.Edu (S. Max Golem)
To: smg6@thor.INS.CWRU.Edu
Subject: Blake Noah's comments on carlos.1 game.
Reply-To: smg6@po.CWRU.Edu (S. Max Golem)


Hi --

A few quick comments from Blake Noah --

>Sorry I'm real short of time so my only real comment may not be worth much .
>Generally in the opening it feels like B plays too high toward the center
>and doesn't get his stones to work together well.  In particular, the B
>bottom feel too up-in-the-air and this is where all of B's points are.
>Maybe Wk3 as an asking move before making B solid with the corner invasion ??
>Maybe also W needs to settle the left a little and constrict the upper left
>corner more with something like Wb16, if Bc17, Wb17 etc pushing appears to
>make B need to look after the group (?!?).
>
>Separately I noticed that W tried to milk the bottom-left corner to the 
>detriment of the W left side position. I think a side move that strengthened
>the left, like Wb9 (and maybe played a bit off of the aji from the corner)
>would have been worth more. I seem to remember the capture of the one outside
>stone as small in the context of the left and that it made B thicker which
>damages the side. 
>
>
>blake

Thanks, Blake.