I'll keep my points there. I'm not to sure about this board as W. W has two groups behind enemy lines. The groups might not die but there harrasable and might live small while giving B influence. W also need to go back to get a base for his lower left corner. I want to say that taking that base and getting his double wing are miai? I'm not sure if I'm right about that though. I think the next two moves will be taking/denying the double wing and attacking/defending the lower left corner. But that seems like an big move vs urgent move... so can it be miai?
I like his move. Retaining sente at the cost of a potential cut in the future. If I can get a ladder breaker in though. Could be a fun, a cap on his C11 stone would do the job nicely.

And you probably want to discuss hidden texts addressed to you, also in hidden tags. It's kind of a Catch-22 situation: when we reach a certain level, we'll naturally understand it;
until then, no amount of explanation can really help us understand.

My suggestion is, for the time being, you avoid the term 'influence' like the plague.

This is one of the ways to approach the low Chinese. I'm using it because C11 and D17 have the same relationship as the low Chinese.Typically I see W enclose and B backs off 2space.
I think O7 was slow. W might be able to disconnect R9 but As R9 runs it weakens his 2 space extension on the top right.. so that doesn't seem good. And My corners definitely fine.

still eying the cap at E11 and the harassment of the lower left corner. But let us see what W does with sente.

Ah Ed Lee's JWMNTB!(jargon which must not be named) I think I can imagine how that conversation is playing out.


I don't think I need to worry about W groups on the right connecting in one move. Will feel kind of silly if they do, but I can cut any attempt i believe.
B is ahead on Territory. But I don't really see W getting much out of the center... And if W invades that will just give me a third group to potentially bother.

Let's defend it for a moments.

All the fuseki points are taken so its time to jump into the fighting. Lets start with trying to set up a ladder breaker to cut W small knight in the lower right.

keima is the one that answer the cap, right? it's better keima to the bottom than upper, coz I think there's a stone in D15, right?

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Ladder breaker in place, time to cut and start harassing the groups near my strength.

I'll just connect back up then and see what W does. I don't see an obvious response I can't cut. So its looking good that W will have 3 not quite okay groups soon.

Continuing to cut.

continuing to push through. A)surrounding W 2 space extension on the bottom making it a life and death situation. Not quite there yet but I am threatening to do so. B) if W lives with said 2 space extension I can split his other two groups and likely kill 1 or the other.