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Re: Brf's 5th Annual, Round 2
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Jun 7, 2011, 12:20 AM
White's 3rd seems questionable in that game to me since black's 2nd already blocks that diagonal. If he wanted to go with that shape perhaps 3. K12 would have been better?
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Re: Brf's 5th Annual, Round 2
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Jun 8, 2011, 1:28 AM
Lots of earlier players are no longer actively playing. I would say look in the database here, or Richard's Pbem site from around 10 years ago. Go to brainking.com for current top rated players. Look at the ratings on this site. Players that haven't played in maybe a month here and brain king are dropped off the list. Live games are more of an indication of smartist players. I am not very competent at live games but have always liked turn based games with lots of time to make a move...more like puzzle solving. Check turn based games here for another list. I'm still waiting for someone to write the history of this game for all the details. Wikipedia might have something also on some of the old masters including Tom Braunlich, Gary Barnes (pro gambler) and Rollie Tesh, etc.
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Re: Brf's 5th Annual, Round 2
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Jun 8, 2011, 4:42 AM
Ah! Just realized I replied to an off topic on my last post on this message.
Anyway, now that I look at this finished game (http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=5198722) and 7 having won, I do see that Nosov's 3rd move was about his last with 7 following with his 3rd move forming a small T inserted into the edge of Nosov's L. It looks like the L is a goner at this point.
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Re: Brf's 5th Annual, Round 2
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Jun 17, 2011, 2:25 AM
Round 2 is warping my brain
of course it hits right when I have like 5 things I'm trying to get done in life outside of pente.
Regardless, yes the games are very interesting I've looked at a couple of them (some you've all mentioned in this thread) mostly the ones that have finished....and realize I better be bringing the A-game just to have a hope of advancing the section. With 6 opponents a simple split with one person when someone else manages a sweep will be the kind of thing that makes or breaks advancing to the final round.
the move routine...think about, think about it some more, put it down, come back to it....decide on the move, are you sure?? really sure?? better look at it one more time
This kind of brutal mind spanking self-inflicted torture rules....but it really sucks when you mismove or didn't think things through as well as your opponent. Especially since I won't get a chance until next year to redeem myself for any screw-ups.
