Andd wrote:
... a game I recently played. I need some help Figuring the correct response
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So was the tenuki at 3 a mistake? w4 seems a little early but I didn't see how to play well against it. a and b are the points that looked most promising. I played a in game but I now feel that this is the wrong direction, play c and keep them split maybe? any comments would be appreciated.
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So was the tenuki at 3 a mistake? w4 seems a little early but I didn't see how to play well against it. a and b are the points that looked most promising. I played a in game but I now feel that this is the wrong direction, play c and keep them split maybe? any comments would be appreciated.
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looks at least natural, perhaps option C is also feasible, as W would have 2 weak groups.However the exchange for hoshi extension keima
has already taken place, so perhaps it would be a 2 groups vs. 2 groups running fight, where the outcome is uncertain.After attempt to connect
, Black can still cut-off the original invasion ston (former W4).At the same time, a laddere is threatening, hence W10 should prevent that directly.
When checking whether there is an urgent threat,
we can verify that Black even would have sente,
i.e. would not lose 3 stones.
... and again B wins, (
= u)
is a tesuji, however more for the case that B had capped at A = 
.After the black hane H, nothing good can come out of these actions,
if white A, I would be happy to protect around Q
threatening
i) to separate the right white group from the rest of the field
ii) threatening some geta around R to separate the left group.
If W cuts directly at P after hane H, then Black could give up that stone and isolate the right.
(Despite W's very bad shape on the left, I do not see a (good) way to capture W on the left.
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I didn't answer your question yet ('Was tenuki
good or bad?').An extension on the right is feasible too.
If W invaded again at W4, the right group would be weaker.
Ha, again I didn't answer your question.
Perhaps I do not know the answer.
is very nice.