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I remember playing someone in the past and he played 3-3 against me in the same position and it worked out very well for him, so I thought that was just a pretty standard response. (Although now I'm sure that was more due to my mistakes). It would be very helpful if you happen to have the other SGF ...

I just played a game as white where black was very aggressive, approaching on black 3 rather than taking an open corner. Hi digbybare,

I wouldn't characterize it as 'aggressive', let alone 'very'.
He simply offered you a trade ( very normal in Go ):
if you take an open corner, then it's up to him ...

2. C15 seems better but it doesn't "kill" everything. Black cuts at C15 and takes a stone. Connecting at D16 instead of playing D18 seems to give a nice result for white.


Yep, that looks a lot better with my bottom stone.


3. White has made a nice wall so maybe approaching at 14 wasn't the ...

I just played a game as white where black was very aggressive, approaching on black 3 rather than taking an open corner. All of his approaches were very unconventional, and I think I ended up with very suboptimal positions as a result.

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/download/file.php?id=7216

Some ...

Thanks Ed. Your detailed comments were really helpful.

:b11: Maybe slow. ( Re: :b7: .. :w10: ) No severe follow-up because you allowed W to make a nice shape by :w10: .
You can consider J3 direction.


Yep, your explanation for why :b11: fails as an attack makes perfect sense. However, given that, at this point, what is the biggest area to play? The ...

I'm just getting back into go after almost 5 years of not touching it at all, and I'm pretty rusty, especially my fighting skills.

I played the following game yesterday as black: https://online-go.com/review/149426

I have three main questions:


1. How was the opening (up to black 35)? I think I ...