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Post #21 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:18 pm 
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Aw, shucks.

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Post #22 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:22 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


so far all is well:)

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Post #23 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:28 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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Post #24 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:29 pm 
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I suppose I kind of like this for white. Black is kind of flat on the right side, considering his bottom right enclosure.

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Post #25 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:33 pm 
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Though, I still would have preferred a different joseki variation. Everyone always beats this one to death (i.e. plays it a lot).

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Post #26 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:33 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


now, lets see if he gets the corner or has other plans. the next move is a sure thing imo, but the next one im guessing a bit what he will actually do, we will see:)

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Post #27 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:37 pm 
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I might aim for this as white:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Though, who knows if it's good???

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Post #28 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:39 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Let me know if you don't want to accept :)

Hmmm, extending makes much more sense for him, now he gets to bend around and I get to go crazy against the top edge:

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[go]$$Bcm15 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . 6 . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . O 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . O X . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #29 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:50 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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i really do not want to accept that, sorry:) i'd rather play there:)

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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

though A is gote it can make my group alive instantly now.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i foresee white playing here now, ill ponder on it overnight

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Post #30 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:57 pm 
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Fine by me, I may get to play there later, which is great, as it was sente for Black (and joseki, AFAIK, for that reason). Still, the fact he hasn't got the bend is useful, as I want to play this. Is it overplay? Bah, probably, but it unsettles his group nicely - I may get to make a base on the side in sente, and then play at the bottom. I strongly considered playing on the bottom first, but I didn't like this:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's also probably fine, and actually, doesn't really look that bad, but this right hand side situation looks like a now a never, and I'm curious to see how it will go. As I'm alive in the corner, I can treat those two stones pretty lightly.


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ill ponder on this overnight... :twisted:

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Post #32 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:09 pm 
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And, while he does, this is my plan:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 2 . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Hopefully making miai of "a" and "b". Looks like this could be an exciting game.

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Post #33 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:39 pm 
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@topazg and kirby,

Why do you like that :w18:? It would never have occurred to me to play like that... it looks like a hugely broken shape.

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jts,
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Why do you like that :w18:?... it looks like a hugely broken shape.
That's not a broken shape. :) W is pincering and attacking B's R11 group.
That said, W does not have to play there, since the left side and bottom are still very open.

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Post #35 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:53 pm 
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@edlee,

Is it generally considered good to jump around the corner like that in a pushing fight? Or is it something specific about this opening?

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jts,
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Is it generally considered good to jump around the corner like that in a pushing fight? Or is it something specific about this opening?
Do you mean the upper right corner? There are many, many joseki variations starting with :b9:.

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Post #37 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:57 pm 
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No, sorry, not that corner. I meant this pattern.

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

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jts,
Yes, it is the same corner. :) Upper right corner.
Same answer: there are many, many joseki variations starting with :b9:, and some "spill over" along the right side. :)

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EdLee wrote:
jts,
Yes, it is the same corner. :) Upper right corner.
Same answer: there are many, many joseki variations starting with :b9:, and some "spill over" along the right side. :)


Right, but we are not going to find many that involve White invading between two Black positions like this. Normally White attacks with :w18: from some other stones in the lower right. topazg may be over doing it here.

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@topazg and kirby,

Why do you like that :w18:? It would never have occurred to me to play like that... it looks like a hugely broken shape.


Response, and also general comments:

In essence, yeah, it is kind of a broken shape. However, it also destabilises Black's group, which no longer really has two eyes (1.5 I think). So, how does it differ from this clearly broken and bad shape?

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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's just a matter of distance. For one thing, Black could of course play :b19: @ Q10, and I'm likely to simply lose out on the edge, and secondly, it's harder for me to find a way of looking after :w18: in general. Looking after that stone in some way is important, as the idea here is to force Black out whilst I neutralise Black's right side development.

I'm also not entirely convinced it's globally bigger than the bottom side or the left side, although out of the two I'd somewhat prioritise the lower side. However, my reasoning for playing it now is as follows:

When Black chose to extend rather than jump, he chose to develop the right hand side with a bend (at least, that's the normal continuation). Hence the diagram I showed with a crazy fight developing in the top right a couple of moves ago. If he gets to play that bend, it's pretty annoying for me:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


:b21: may be a bit soft, but even if he doesn't kill, sealing in with outstanding thickness is very worrying for me. Not only that, but I can't play a bit looser and hope things go any better:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 4 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


This is still a world of hurt for White, so if I'm going to pincer, it has to be before he gets that bend in. Why pincer at all?

Well, my local followups fix the fact he hasn't yet settled his group, and quickly give him 4th line territory that's hard to invade:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 2 , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


There's no way now I can prevent him making 30 or so points, and I just can't get compensation for that, leading me to believe that moving over the top with :w18: is not particularly clever. Of course, I can't afford to pincer and end up attacked a la the previous diagram, so having miai of base + connect is very valuable indeed:

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[go]$$Bcm17 w20 could also be at "a"
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . a 6 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 7 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Pressing Black down in this way is a great result for Black - it destroys the development that Black wanted to make with the lower right corner (i.e. fast development on the right side), and allows me to keep sente to boot. Because I can make a two space extension towards the lower right in some way, I have enough space to play with that I should be very hard to attack. If Black extends out, I have to jump, and I assume he'll extend out again or the first one seems lacking in purpose. As I want to develop the lower side as well, I'm going to try a probe:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Now my continuation is entirely based on the way he chooses to respond. If he blocks on top:

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[go]$$Bcm23 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 2 . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . d . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . e . X 1 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . c W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


As the ladder starting with the cut at "a" is favourable for me, I'll probably use this as an opportunity to handle the lower side, I need to be slightly careful not to come under attack, but the immediate points value is obvious, and I still have moves like "b" to help settle the group. If he decides to look after his corner with "c", I can jump out with "d" and Black's falling behind. As a result, I expect he'll resist with "e", and after I hane, there are too many possibilities to write out. It may be that "e" should be my move instead of this :w26:, but I'll have a closer look if :b23: happens. If he blocks on the side:

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[go]$$Bcm23 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I now get :w24: in sente, and can attack more forcefully.

The other advantage of pincering now, is the exchange that he chose not to make is now more uncomfortable for him:

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[go]$$Bcm17 Prisoners: :b100: :w100:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . 7 O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's hard to treat this :w24: as entirely gote now, because Black needs his own eyespace, which may mean that :b23: gets to be my privilege later on. Not entirely convinced of course, and vaguely suspicious that this may be overplay. I perhaps should have played O3 first and left this as a resource for later, but the fact that the bend in joseki makes me think that this may just be urgent enough to play.

Frankly, I don't have a clue :P

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