Since the ladder is good for white, I will pincer here and locally it's hard for black to find good moves now. However, the possible problem with this plan is that black has support in the lower left corner, but it is a low stone so it shouldn't be too problematic. I could just take the corner nice and easy here but I feel it's time to make an attempt at taking the lead.
Now the marked stone is in the right place. I didn't plan this earlier because I expected black to take the lower left corner rather than make the approach. Black have been hard to predict so far so in this game I will take things as the come right now.
This is allright because of the clamp aji in the corner. W cannot draw back at 3 because of the ladder,if somebody doesnt see it, I will draw more diagrams, just ask.
I tought W would play this and am not unsatisfied. Now W will block corner and I will have sente + clamp aji. If W doesnt block the corner, I will probably take it, or tenuki.
I have to eat the stone now. I am happy. My shape is so strong! Now W has to defend his lone stone on the left hand side or I will attack him and make big profit. I think it is the čargest place on the board now...
That's a tenuki I did not expect. Sure it's big move to enclose the corner, but does it compare to the profit white can make while attacking black now?
We shall see.
I choose the solid move because the following aji would be annoying:
The other way out would be kosumi, but it seems very slow. I like this move. W will get a wall but two white stones on the left hand side will get considerably weaker. Of course W can protect but than it is easy to break through the wall. I will show diarams in next couple of posts.
This is starting to look bad for me. I should have protected this group instead of enclosing the corner. I guess the result of that joseki wasnt good for me at all. NOw I have a weak group and W will make profit by attacking it. I have to run away. Anyway, maybe I will be able to mount some counter -attack on the left hand side group later, but for now I have to run...
Nice! The attach is over. maybe W could have put some more pressure on my group. At least, now both W and B groups are settled. I think this is the tesuji for making my group stronger.
This is not possible because of the ladder. So, anyway, I am behing now. Probably about 20 pts. So, I have to find a way to start fighting now, but leaving this group while taking points would be overdoing it, I think W could make his moyo enormous while attacking my group if I didnt ddefend it.
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