Some initial thoughts:
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[go]$$cm31 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
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$$ | . . O . . . . O O . B . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . b . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X a X X c X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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It's nice to get this move in as black, but there are a few concerns:
1.) Is it sente? The bottom is a great place for black to invade if I get the chance. My probe from earlier has aji, and certainly the black stones i've run into the center can bring aid to any invasion I make on the bottom. if I play the move above, and it's not sente, white can take action on the bottom to protect.
2.) The connection with my other black stones is a bit weak. There would be aji around a, b, and c if i play this way, and that could be painful for me later in the game.
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[go]$$cm31 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . B . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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It'd be weird to play this move now, but if i can get this move in naturally while attacking him, I don't have to worry about ladder cut anymore:
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[go]$$Wcm1 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X 1 X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . 4 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . |
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So how do I get this in naturally? Well, his connection is weak between this group I've been chasing and the stone he just played. I don't know best way to exploit this, but for example:
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[go]$$Bcm1 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . 2 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . X . . . . |
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Kind of unsure about this type of thing because:
1.) Maybe I don't get sente to invade bottom.
2.) The cap i play to split, above, becomes a bit of a burden to keep safe. Maybe getting solid connection is enough, but seems maybe bad exchange.
3.) Not clear on how to maintain attack on stones.
4.) My shape of black stones becomes solid with all of those bamboo joints, but i feel it is a bit overconcentrated and inefficient. I spend a lot of moves on stones not getting much territory... Maybe if this lets me invade well on bottom it's k, but, i don't know yet.
It'd be nice to utilize a hane where i tenuki before, somehow:
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[go]$$cm31 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . B . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
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But it would be important to execute precisely on this, otherwise it'll just become a bad exchange.
If i do invade bottom later, i still am thinking of best way.
If i play on left of his bottom stone, he has two space extension that both helps him and takes away my territory:
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[go]$$cm31 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . B . O . . O . X . . . . |
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But if i play on that side, he can play to protect bottom:
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[go]$$cm31 Black: 0 White: 0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . O X , O . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X . X X . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . O . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . B . . X . . . . |
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Maybe the aji in corner still lets me do something in this variation, but i don't see it yet... If he gets all that territory, it's pretty big...
tl/dr: Still not quite sure on the general strategy I want to take here. Ideally i continue attack in some way to profit and make my group safe. Then, have sente to invade bottom... but if all goes to plan until that point, i must still think about best way to play on bottom.