I was playing a move in my game against Mimei and kept swearing that I had a shape similar to the circled shape in another game:
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Then a few days later in my game against Valgaav I struck by having a similar large-shape consisting of of many common shape patterns (bamboo, table, etc):
![](https://www.may69.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-5-1015x1024.png)
It’s odd how as White and as Black I ended up with the very same shape-aggregate in the very same part of the board!