THis becomes my gote, if he plays the normal sequence - white nobis, black two spaces jumps.
If I play two spaces jump, he plays a knight's move. I can tenuki. But I don't have any good move on board. So maybe he take sente is fine for me. See where he wants to play.

I figured he would do this or the one-space extension. Now, for me, standing up at F16 seems overconcentrated, so I'm just going to hane here, let him block at D18, and then tenuki. I'll be slightly stronger on the top than before while still maintaining sente and invasion points along the left side.

Good move.

If I block on D18, White can tenuki here and invade from somewhere near C13. Capturing White 21 is big in terms of yose but not that urgent, as White's top group is 99% alive.

If white tenuki locally, and Black gets, say D14, which goes with senreisen's moyo strategy, It's facing white's already alive group. So not that interesting.

So i decide to cap. The shape looks a bit weird though. Unless white has some good way to slide into the corner without letting black having an influence facing down, I'll be satisfied.

I didn't expect that move, but I can see why he played it. Next, I expect him to play at the 3-3 point, and I'll take sente. If he blocks directly as below, he'll leave too many peeps in the corner and I'll be able to exploit them later. He may also tenuki after my move here, at the cost of risking a lot of points in the corner.

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[go]$$Bcm1 Black playing at allows - later.
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$$ | . . 4 1 O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 3 X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I thought about C17 first.

D18 is not want I want. If I look at it with a difference sequence, that would be White hanes at E18, Black blocks at D18, White connects at F18, black hanes out at F16. A lot of aji left in the corner that I don't want to deal with later.

C17 gives a funny 3 kosumis shape, and if F16 weren't at F16, that may be OK. There's always a chance of White F15, and he won't mind to strengthen the kosumis.

Let's still try to get a moyo facing down. And if White attaches at C15, just give him the corner. But he would probably tenuki here I think.

Jumping into the top-left corner, while big, doesn't seem big enough yet. Jumping like below also feels too slow for a handicap game.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 1 . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So, I decided to tenuki and play quickly to try to catch up to him.

I considered approaching the bottom-right stone, but if he played a pincer it would also help him develop the left side too easily. I also considered approaching the bottom-left stone, but I was afraid it would make it too easy for him to turn the left side into territory. So, I decided to wedge into the middle. I wouldn't want him getting this point (or the one above it), after all.

So because the moyo is on the left side, approach from left may be better than from right?

If he makes 3 spaces jump, kosumi-tsuke is a bad idea. so maybe i'll do either knight's move or one space jump.

I'm still wondering if he has any weakness on his right group. And what should I do with Q11

I thought that he would play one space closer to my stone. That would give him more support to invade at the circled point below.

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[go]$$Bcm26
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$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . C . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However, he seems to have traded that for a better grip on the corner, which is fine I guess.

My goal right now is to get sente, even if it leaves my bottom group thin (this is handicap, after all), and invade the left side. We'll see if I get that, or if I even stick to that plan.

High or Low?

Finally we come to this part of the game. It all depends on how I think about White Q12 group. Is it a strong influence or a weak group to chase?

As I have no clear judge of the situation. I just play one space high jump, if he plays knight's move for a base, I'll invade immediately, if he jumps into the center. maybe i play on the right side again. I think the latter is more possible.

I'm currently behind (due to the handicap), so I must seek complications. If I get what I want, I'll strengthen my groups on both sides.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . 3 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If I had just played calmly like this, would be annoying.

I also could have tenukied, but my thinness would bother me. If he had played one space lower, I would probably have tenukied though.

Heh, he likes this kind of move. It's the seconde time in this game.

My initial thought is the invade in between his 3 spaces jump. Then I think maybe i could enforce myself a bit stronger on the right first?

Or just let's twist groups?

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[go]$$Bcm30
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$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wasn't expecting that. I thought this would be a rather calm side. Now, it looks like a huge fight is about to break out.

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is what I expect to happen, but he has other options.

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . 4 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Note that if he plays here, connects.

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . 8 7 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 5 X 9 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 3 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I considered playing instead, but the result through to is a failure for me.

As planned, hmm, too lazy to think on monday morning...

I'm wedging because I believe it gives me the option to connect underneath with below at some point.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . 5 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 4 2 , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If I simply extend to and he connects at , I think my ability to play to connect is somewhat hampered.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O 0 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . d b X 6 3 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . c a 5 4 9 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 X . 7 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Having said that, I have this nagging feeling that extending instead of wedging is actually better. I'm really not sure here.

Hmm, I don't see why he wedged but not nobi? Maybe he wants to have a backup play to connect on the third line?

I considered just connecting my two groups for this move, but I need to be more active. This move helps me to stabilize my top-right group while taking away points from him. Though he can prevent me from making an eye in the corner, he must accept me gouging out the entire corner in sente in order to do so.

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[go]$$Bcm34
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X a X . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Depending on how things go here, I can still aim for the push-and-cut at 'a' in the future.

I have an impulse to play P8 when I saw the surprising move 35 at S16. Implusion causes mistakes, so I have to sit back and read.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X 3 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . 4 X 2 5 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Yes he wants to get a base for his top group first. If I descend, he will play R16, I connect, and he connects. Then I get sente to do P8. That is perfect.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . 6 , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X P X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If he tenukis and plays somewhere around P8, do I have time to tenuki there and 'eat' his move 35? I guess with 2 weak groups on lower side, I won't have free time to do so.

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O 0 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . 8 3 5 6 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O Y 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Now if I play P8, making him a dumpling will be nice but gote.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . O . . O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . X X . . , O X . X . X . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . 4 , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X P X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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He may also be happy to give this stone to me by ataring from outside. Ponuki is good, but with Q11 and N11, it just looks like I've wasted two moves.




Last question: Are there any dreadful weakness in my corner group, If I tenuki? Say around P15...? Looks so far so good...

So let's do P8 first. And concerning the question I had last time, did he wedge there to get a sente in the corner?

Moving out.

Connecting gives him another sente in atariing Q9, even though capturing the stone is not that efficient, I think this may be the only choice.