Playing at a would feel contradictory to black's previous move at 7. White could respond at b, and no matter what black next plays (descending is the move that appears best, to me), black is still a bit cramped considering white took the territory so easily. The corner isn't even fully secure yet after a-b-c, so must have nothing to do with whether a is actually good or bad, and everything to do with whether black feels like it. Hopefully, there is still aji in the corner if white plays here again.
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Elom needs to go back to basics. When opponent attaches hane or extend should be natural instinct, not tenuki. In the other game it was even worse letting his opponent connect to the pincer. Shouldn't try to be so fancy. lWhite d5 now is good.
I see no devastating way to continue in the bottom left, so I guess I'd better respond. Black is being very active, and if I focus on just one part of the board, I will fall behind fast.
I felt it was quite possible to deal with this variation-- black doesn't mind having a strong cramped group in this situation as white's attack at 4 isn't so effective, so black gained from the 9-10 exchange. Hopefully. Theoretically.
What? Now black doesn't seem so smart. The strong black group doesn't effectively cover the left side, so an extension from is still necessary yet unplayably slow.
And black could get sente moves in the corner to secure life for the upper left group and make the white group weak enough (vulnerable enough to attack) to make the upper side a little lager ( white wouldn't want two black moves in a row, or white could become the object of attack). I don't think white will play this way-- in fact, I have know idea as to where black could play next.
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I can't tell whether white will play a or b. I don't think there's any need to rush around b; black couldn't do anything severe without giving white a lot of influence, anyway, I think.
I cannot say there is anything particularly wrong with fig_1.15 (note that I don't draw diagrams or lay out stones before I play my move in correspondence; my opinion may change when I see them , but it feels like black is not really trying in this game, being lazy...
Maybe this is too far fetched, but I think this is a better way than simply playing at 5 in diagram 1.15. If white tries to punish black at a, black can use b-d. Pulling back at e seems best, as b gives black more options, I think.
Black may try to sacrifice, but after , it just doesn't seem good enough. In fact, I'm not sure white must play 6 If black plays at 4 instead of 3, white descends at 3 and after the sequence a-d, it's hard to find a brilliant result for black even after pushing on the top (is it 100% sente?), maybe due to the with group on the left.
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