Gomoto wrote:
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so E3 should have been at C7, then white draws back like Redmond advised A0 to do.
i didn't want that, so figured i had to jump into the corner before the door was closed completely.
But, as you say, i should have left it alone until the right time; i'm sure that's what my new heroin(e) A0* would have done.*
[ps how to make text wrap around a pic? and what the heck are "go" and "gwave"?]
after E3, D5 is better than either E4 or F3, even though it makes D6 almost look like a nose tesuji,... but it wouldn't be tesuji, because of C6? in fact, far from being a tesuji, it looks like a little dango all by itself, making it worth less than nothing to black.
so the situation after [D6..C6; E3..] is an example of an unusual situation in which reducing liberties (with D5) is stronger than increasing them (with E4 or F3), because white is well-connected and black has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 separated stones - yecchh!
that's very instructive, thank you.
i guess that means that (a) D6 was wrong direction, and (b) C6 was a good reply to D6, even though at first glance it looks kinda clumsy - although, then again, maybe there's an even better reply to D6 than C6?
i will advise black to either give up the game or buy another copy of Iwamoto's superb Introduction 'cos he's clearly got no idea of what it's all about (sob, sob). Still, at least i was correct to say it was a Beginner's question.
PPS. P2>R2 Doh! how could i not see that? Whisky, please - make it a double.
PPPS Oh! Oh!!!
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