Laerthd wrote:
Bill Spight wrote:
To back up what gennan says, when you are in a pushing battle you generally want to get in front. Often the best way of doing that is to play on a point that is a keima for both players. That play is called a double keima. There is a go proverb, Don't let the double keima get away.
I was actually thinking about proverb while playing this. I thought "Don't let your opponent hane at the head of 2 stones" will allow me to get 7th line with a sure response from black. I guess "don"t push the cart from behind" should have been a warning that the secured 3rd line was better than the dreamy 7th line. I've never hear the double keima proverb. Does it mean "take every opportunity to play double keima" (I suppose one for you one for the opponent) or should I interpret it as "when you opponent uses double keima to get ahead, don't let him get away with it"?
You need to exercise judgement.
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Again, to back up gennan, I think M-05 is better than the push from behind, but both Black and White groups in the bottom right are fine, and do not need bolstering. Furthermore, the bottom side is not developed. Even if Black plays at M-05, White has the shoulder hit at H-04.
FWIW, my inclination now would be to play in the bottom left quadrant. I don't like the 3-3 invasion, but maybe the 4th line attachment at G-04, or C-04 or C-06 or C-08, or even the submarine approach at B-05, looking at C-03 or C-08.