Group A · Match 09

ELA (Henry David Thoreau) vs HUM (Miguel de Cervantes)

Result 2-1. Outcome: ELA (Henry David Thoreau).

Result2-1
OutcomeELA (Henry David Thoreau)
DiscourseB 0.834
AestheticB 0.882
Checked moves34
Bead passes19

Realtime Call

Turn 1
0-0
Kickoff

  1. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 1. Advance. Queen Buddha develops the line.

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  2. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Philip K. Dick · Move

    Turn 2. Advance. "Buildings and ramps and open-air machinery; the city was sealed in a protective dust-proof envelope."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  3. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 3. Challenge. Checked Queen Buddha tests the opposing line.

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  4. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 4. Bishop answers: "I can defend it on this basis, and that is why this answer matters."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  5. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 5. Advance. Checked Queen Buddha develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  6. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 6. Bishop answers: "I can defend it on this basis, and that is why this answer matters."

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    The move answers pressure.

  7. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 7. Advance. Checked Queen Buddha develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  8. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Miguel de Cervantes · Move

    Turn 8. Pass. James Joyce releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who re-centers the question.

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    The move answers pressure.

  9. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 9. Bishop answers: "Let’s take that test seriously; here is how it holds together."

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    The move answers pressure.

  10. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Machado de Assis · Question

    Turn 10. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if knight keeps the focus here?"

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  11. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Julian Huxley · Answer

    Turn 11. Bishop answers: "It is beginning to reach down from observation to experimental analysis, and from experimental analysis to grasp of principle."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  12. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Machado de Assis · Question

    Turn 12. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if knight keeps the focus here?"

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  13. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 13. Bishop answers: "So the core point is this: the line from D4->D4 is the better constraint."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  14. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 14. Bishop answers: "I can defend it on this basis, and that is why this answer matters."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  15. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 15. Bishop answers: "That means the stronger reading is likely in this direction under pressure."

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    The move answers pressure.

  16. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Philip K. Dick · Move

    Turn 16. Advance. "We have all their planets except the inner Orion string--not that they're worth much, but it's the principle of the thing."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  17. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 17. Bishop answers: "That means the stronger reading is likely in this direction under pressure."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  18. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Miguel de Cervantes · Move

    Turn 18. Challenge. Philip K. Dick releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who tests the opposing line.

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  19. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 19. Bishop answers: "That means the stronger reading is likely in this direction under pressure."

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    The move answers pressure.

  20. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Machado de Assis · Question

    Turn 20. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if knight keeps the focus here?"

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  21. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 21. Advance. Stephen Jay Gould releases to Queen Buddha, who develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  22. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Philip K. Dick · Move

    Turn 22. Advance. "Tony noticed the Pas-udeti's sudden change of expression, and he was puzzled."

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    The move answers pressure.

  23. 0-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 23. Challenge. Checked Queen Buddha tests the opposing line.

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  24. 0-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Mark Twain · Question

    Turn 24. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if knight keeps the focus here?"

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  25. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Stephen Jay Gould · Answer

    Turn 25. Bishop answers: "Buddha framed this well; the inference is that we should move here."

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    The score moves to 1-0.

  26. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 26. Bishop answers: "That means the stronger reading is likely in this direction under pressure."

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    The move answers pressure.

  27. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · John Maynard Smith · Question

    Turn 27. Knight asks: "If this line is valid, what would it imply for the other side to justify now?"

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  28. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 28. Bishop answers: "I can defend it on this basis, and that is why this answer matters."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  29. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Julian Huxley · Answer

    Turn 29. Bishop answers: "In pre-human evolution, the blind chances of variation and the blind sifting of natural selection have directed the course of evolution and of progress."

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  30. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Richard Lovelace · Answer

    Turn 30. Bishop answers: "James Joyce framed this well; the inference is that we should move here."

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    The move answers pressure.

  31. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Julian Huxley · Answer

    Turn 31. Bishop answers: "The one, that is to say, remained in essence a quantitative change so far as concerns the real life of man; the other can be a qualitative change."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  32. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Miguel de Cervantes · Move

    Turn 32. Advance. Richard Lovelace releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  33. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Henry David Thoreau · Move

    Turn 33. Pass. Julian Huxley releases to King Henry David Thoreau, who re-centers the question.

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    The move answers pressure.

  34. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Machado de Assis · Question

    Turn 34. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if Miguel de Cervantes keeps the focus here?"

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    The move answers pressure.

  35. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Henry David Thoreau · Move

    Turn 35. Advance. Checked King Henry David Thoreau develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  36. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Richard Lovelace · Answer

    Turn 36. Bishop answers: "That means the stronger reading is likely in this direction under pressure."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  37. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · John Maynard Smith · Question

    Turn 37. Knight asks: "If this line is valid, what would it imply for the other side to justify now?"

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  38. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Machado de Assis · Question

    Turn 38. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if Richard Lovelace keeps the focus here?"

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    The move answers pressure.

  39. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · John Maynard Smith · Question

    Turn 39. Knight asks: "If this line is valid, what would it imply for the other side to justify now?"

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    The move answers pressure.

  40. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · James Joyce · Answer

    Turn 40. Bishop answers: "Machado de Assis framed this well; the inference is that we should move here."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  41. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Buddha · Move

    Turn 41. Advance. John Maynard Smith releases to Queen Buddha, who develops the line.

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    The move answers pressure.

  42. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Richard Lovelace · Answer

    Turn 42. Bishop answers: "I can defend it on this basis, and that is why this answer matters."

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    Closure is delayed at 1-0.

  43. 1-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Julian Huxley · Answer

    Turn 43. Bishop answers: "Men are educated to be self-reliant and enterprising in the details of life, but dependent, unreflective, _laissez-faire_ about life itself."

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  44. 1-0 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Miguel de Cervantes · Move

    Turn 44. Challenge. Richard Lovelace releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who tests the opposing line.

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

  45. 2-0 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Julian Huxley · Answer

    Turn 45. Bishop answers: "It is beginning to reach down from observation to experimental analysis, and from experimental analysis to grasp of principle."

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    The score moves to 2-0.

  46. 2-1 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Miguel de Cervantes · Move

    Turn 46. Claim. Checked King Miguel de Cervantes presses a claim.

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    The score moves to 2-1.

  47. 2-1 · ELA (Henry David Thoreau) · Henry David Thoreau · Move

    Turn 47. Pass. King Henry David Thoreau re-centers the question.

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    The inquiry keeps moving.

  48. 2-1 · HUM (Miguel de Cervantes) · Mark Twain · Question

    Turn 48. Knight asks: "What assumption are we testing if knight keeps the focus here?"

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    The challenge gives the next answer real work to do.

Board Record

Match Shape

Discourse B (0.834); aesthetic B (0.882); repetition 0.217. Move mix: 8 pass, 22 advance, 14 challenge, 3 claim, 1 save.

Full Call Sheet

TurnScoreActionCallRelevance
10-0AdvanceQueen Buddha develops the line.1.000
20-0AdvanceQueen Philip K. Dick develops the line.0.619
30-0ChallengeChecked Queen Buddha tests the opposing line.0.804
40-0PassBishop James Joyce re-centers the question.0.900
50-0AdvanceChecked Queen Buddha develops the line.0.914
60-0AdvanceChecked Bishop James Joyce develops the line.0.979
70-0AdvanceChecked Queen Buddha develops the line.1.000
80-0PassJames Joyce releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who re-centers the question.1.000
90-0PassBuddha releases to Bishop Stephen Jay Gould, who re-centers the question.0.744
100-0AdvanceKnight Machado de Assis develops the line.0.653
110-0AdvanceBishop Julian Huxley develops the line.0.788
120-0ChallengeChecked Knight Machado de Assis tests the opposing line.0.961
130-0ChallengeJulian Huxley releases to Bishop Stephen Jay Gould, who tests the opposing line.0.930
140-0PassBishop James Joyce re-centers the question.1.000
150-0AdvanceChecked Bishop Stephen Jay Gould develops the line.0.876
160-0AdvanceQueen Philip K. Dick develops the line.1.000
170-0ChallengeChecked Bishop Stephen Jay Gould tests the opposing line.0.957
180-0ChallengePhilip K. Dick releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who tests the opposing line.1.000
190-0AdvanceChecked Bishop Stephen Jay Gould develops the line.1.000
200-0AdvanceKnight Machado de Assis develops the line.1.000
210-0AdvanceStephen Jay Gould releases to Queen Buddha, who develops the line.1.000
220-0AdvanceMachado de Assis releases to Queen Philip K. Dick, who develops the line.0.914
230-0ChallengeChecked Queen Buddha tests the opposing line.0.834
240-0PassKnight Mark Twain re-centers the question.0.768
251-0ClaimBuddha releases to Bishop Stephen Jay Gould, who presses a claim.0.944
261-0AdvanceMark Twain releases to Bishop James Joyce, who develops the line.0.916
271-0AdvanceKnight John Maynard Smith develops the line.0.848
281-0ChallengeChecked Bishop James Joyce tests the opposing line.0.693
291-0AdvanceBishop Julian Huxley develops the line.0.888
301-0PassJames Joyce releases to Bishop Richard Lovelace, who re-centers the question.0.946
311-0ChallengeChecked Bishop Julian Huxley tests the opposing line.0.652
321-0AdvanceRichard Lovelace releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who develops the line.1.000
331-0PassJulian Huxley releases to King Henry David Thoreau, who re-centers the question.0.911
341-0AdvanceMiguel de Cervantes releases to Knight Machado de Assis, who develops the line.0.931
351-0AdvanceChecked King Henry David Thoreau develops the line.0.907
361-0ChallengeMachado de Assis releases to Bishop Richard Lovelace, who tests the opposing line.1.000
371-0ChallengeHenry David Thoreau releases to Knight John Maynard Smith, who tests the opposing line.0.810
381-0AdvanceRichard Lovelace releases to Knight Machado de Assis, who develops the line.0.927
391-0AdvanceChecked Knight John Maynard Smith develops the line.0.851
401-0ChallengeMachado de Assis releases to Bishop James Joyce, who tests the opposing line.1.000
411-0AdvanceJohn Maynard Smith releases to Queen Buddha, who develops the line.1.000
421-0SaveJames Joyce releases to Bishop Richard Lovelace, who is denied closure.0.993
431-0ChallengeBishop Julian Huxley tests the opposing line.0.996
441-0ChallengeRichard Lovelace releases to King Miguel de Cervantes, who tests the opposing line.1.000
452-0ClaimChecked Bishop Julian Huxley presses a claim.1.000
462-1ClaimChecked King Miguel de Cervantes presses a claim.1.000
472-1PassKing Henry David Thoreau re-centers the question.0.890
482-1ChallengeKnight Mark Twain tests the opposing line.1.000