He says "I should really play other openings", so it seems he plays this fuseki a lot. Fun, i've been studying a bit Shusaku fuseki, lets see where this goes!

I was also thinking of playing D4 (or maybe D3), also nice moves. But I'll play this one, since I want shusaku fuseki

I don't think you can call this the Shusaku fuseki, given the 4-4 in the upper left. It's definitely Shusaku-style though.

I think the upper left doesnt matter much, after c4 - q5 I definately call it Shusaku fuseki ^^ But you're right, the traditional Shusaku fuseki is with komoku

Ooh, I hate that when white does this.

Banaan seems to want a fighting game. I guess I'll accept that challenge.

Lots of options here, but i'll just go for this one. I'm expecting something like this:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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I must prevent my corner from being sealed in, but I will also have to mind my pincer stone. I predict that white will counter-pincer it. I like this move because it is an outside move for my corner and it starts to limit any moyo that white might try to make with his Q4 stone on the right side.

All is going according to plan... muahahaha.

I think this is joseki? I don't fully understand why the knight's move here: Because it makes shape with L13? I'm playing this because it makes sense - help the pincer stone and pressure on white's 2 stones separated by 2 spaces. Also, I guess it relates to relative weakness? That is, white's double space jump is not strong, so black can press and not worry overmuch about creating a weakness of his own. I don't know this joseki well, and certainly not after white's response, but then, that is also why I played it, in order to help me make sense of it. No doubt, my learning will come when I choose a *wrong* move