Tear it apart.

[Jarmo]

I was feeling good about this game until I died to death. I appreciate all comments.

[EdLee]

Hi Jarmo,

I wonder if tenuki is bigger ?
( Seems B has three directions to enter/reduce; W won't get too big ? )

Q3 ?

M5 ?

N11 direction bigger ?

119 S11 ?

[Jarmo]

Thanks EdLee! I was most disappointed with the bottom right corner.

[Jarmo]

What do you think of the exchange through ? The easiest idea I could think of was just to take a big side and deal with the upper side later. Should I consider a different idea as black?

[EdLee]

I never remember if the exchange - is good or bad for White (and Black).
And feels too close to W's jumping stones, to me.

[Jarmo]

I have heard that the exchange is bad for white because it removes the potential to invade the corner.

[Krama]

Move 89 should be S17 not S18 and you are pretty much fine against aji white has.

[Jarmo]

Thank you. I should have played more conservatively while white was down. I think I could have lived with the clamp of :b129: at m8.

[Bill Spight]

I have heard that the exchange is bad for white because it removes the potential to invade the corner.

When I was learning go, that's what people said. However, pros have started playing it before making a counter-pincer, or even threatening one. One possible reason is that it prevents the diagonal attachment at P-17 if Black sacrifices his pincer stone.

Edit: Also, in the line in this game, if at J-17, at Q-12, Black cannot now jump to Q-18.

[Shenoute]

I have heard that the exchange is bad for white because it removes the potential to invade the corner.

When I was learning go, that's what people said. However, pros have started playing it before making a counter-pincer, or even threatening one. One possible reason is that it prevents the diagonal attachment at P-17 if Black sacrifices his pincer stone

People on Tygem play it all the times and I've never felt that I could "punish" it.

[Jarmo]

I have no ideas on punishing it as well. Overall I am happier with sente and the side I got, but I can't say if it is better than what white got in exchange. I am also curious as to when I should go back to the top side, or if I should go to the top side right away. When I play games with walls, I enjoy when the opponent jump in right away so I try to avoid it as long as possible.