I counted black to be slightly ahead in this position, so white has to do something active.
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[go]$$Wc Black resists
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . 5 3 4 . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . 1 2 6 O . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . 7 X , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , . . O . O , O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O X X O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I think white should jump in at
![white 1 :w1:](./images/smilies/w1.gif)
, breaking the large knight's move. If black resists with
![black 2 :b2:](./images/smilies/b2.gif)
and so on, black suddenly finds himself with 3 weak groups on the board (top left, top center, right side), while white on the top right looks stable enough to not be a big burden in the upcoming fight.
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[go]$$Wc Black has to pull back
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 X . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . 1 3 . O . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 4 2 X , . . . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , . . O . O , O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O . . X . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , O O O O O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O O X X O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
So I think black can't resist, and has to pull back at
![black 2 :b2:](./images/smilies/b2.gif)
to connect his stones. White does likewise with
![white 3 :w3:](./images/smilies/w3.gif)
. After this, I think white can even afford to play at
![white 5 :w5:](./images/smilies/w5.gif)
immediately, since the black group is now unsettled. After this sequence the territory balance swings back into white's favour.