[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . B . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Need to stay active. Shimari would be too slow. There is also sad weakness at upper side - when white play k17 i cannot stop him from connecting to his group :<
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
My analysis of the situation is as follows:
White has a territorial lead. Black has more thickness.
If I can counter his thickness and take about as much territory as he does from now on, I should win the game.
The marked areas are where the most potential exist. Now the top area has reduced value due to the aji at (a). Bottom area has more potential for black than white, since a move at (b) is almost sente against the corner. And then there is the left side which is by far the most important area for both.
So, I will now try to move out his weak middle group and hopefully destroying the potential at the bottom at the same time. Since I have a territorial lead, destroying potential for both players is good for me. The pressure is on black find some area of potential and lay claims to it.
Hopefully, I will also get some more stones in the center thus reducing the potential in the left side.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . X . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . O . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
My idea here is to have the middle group floating in the middle before dealing with the top. Depending on what happens there, I can decide how to deal with the middle group later. Either switch the attack to help create or reduce territory at the bottom, or to help any fighting in the center. Let's see what happens.
[go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . X . O . a . . X . O . O X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . X . O X X O . O O X X . | $$ | . . . W . . . . . . X O O X O X O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . X X O O X X O O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . . | $$ | . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . O . O . X . . . | $$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . X . X O . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . X . X O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X O | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . O O . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . X O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . X . X X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Now (a) looks like an excellent place to play for white soon. At any rate, I'll stick with my original plan. It should work in pretty much the same way but I think with more chances to make local life.
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