Bill Spight wrote:
Well, it's not such a great wall, is it? In the Lee Changho game mentioned above, White (Choi Myeonghun) made a two space extension from it on the bottom side.
The AlphaGo teaching tool does not recommend the one space pincer, but the two space high pincer, instead, or the keima response. The two space high pincer makes sense to me, versus the Black moyo on the right side.
I feel like it's not such a great wall, because the pincer is close, meaning if white wants to do something he needs a big extension, prompting me to secure my bottom right corner, and there is still aji left in my original approach stone. I guess the wall still helps for any fighting in the center later, or for any invasion on the right side. It should be a fair trade for the territory I get in the corner. Does this line of thinking make sense?
Do not lose confidence in your judgment.
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I think that it is important to try out a lot of different ideas. Don't strain at gnats.
In the short run, trying out a lot of different ideas may not be so good for your win rate, since some of the ideas will not be very good. However, trying out different ideas teaches you lessons you might not otherwise learn. And that will make you a better player.
Edit: IMX, the SDK level seems to be where players get into ruts. You can't make the right play if you never even consider it.
One of the problems I have is discerning the difference between a "good idea, poorly executed" and a "a bad idea, well executed". I think often my play falls into the latter category; I don't make huge blunders/local tactical mistakes, aside from the embarrassing misreads, but thinking globally is now the big struggle.
Hopefully any ruts are more like speed bumps...
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But your sense of a fair trade is what you have to go with, at least as a working hypothesis. In the end you have to rely upon your own judgement.