Hey again, all. This is where I would introduce myself, but you've probably seen my introduction before, as this isn't my first rodeo (I can't help it, that phrase amuses me). I'm currently 5k, so this should be an exciting game from my perspective. I just need to play normally, and not let my opponent scare me. Similarly to how I played black against Fwiffo, I intend to play the the Kobayashi Opening. That is, if my opponent plays star points. If not, I'll decide how to respond based on where the stones are.

Shaddy has been struck by a fey mood!
You win ten cookies if you understand that reference. I'm planning on playing the Great Wall to intimidate Chew. If you are Chew, be intimidated. Rawr.

A friend of mine will be telling me I've already lost, as Tengen = game. However, I may as well play it out, and see what happens. New plan! As my opponent wants influence and to start fights, I'm going to try less to get moyos, and instead take a corner. Starting in the center is good for fighting and moyobusting, so I'll take points where I know they'll be. As for fights, I've played enough Ogre Battle to know what to do ("Fight it out!"). At this point I'm not worried about my opponent taking points in the middle, because tengen is a very inefficient way to do that.

Chew is very confident, playing a white stone ...

Also, Dwarf Fortress.

Tengen, an inefficient way to take points in the center? I will disabuse you of that notion. Anyway, great wall time. I like that 3-3 was played, because it goes perfectly with my idea to take influence.

Yes! I was actually thinking of doing this in my malkovich game but I chickened out. This will be a fun game.

This is my idea of fun anyway, probably not Chew's

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Yeah, not entirely sure the best way to fight this. Obviously avoiding ladder joseki (that's part of what I meant earlier when I said that tengen affects fighting). As I said previously, Shaddy's central influence will also help him be able to break up moyos. I suspect already that the largest moyo will be in the center. So I'll take points, build solid groups, and prepare to break up a central moyo if my humble opponent tries for one. I'm playing the 3-4 on this side so that Shaddy can't get an ideal approach.

LiKao: We use hide tags just to compress post size, and so that planning diagrams are not confused with actual moves.

Dusk: Yeah, I don't know much of anything about this fuseki, so I'm attempting to build a basic understanding from general fuseki principles, which... I'm not sure how well this will go. I've played against a great wall-like opening once in a tournament, but I was playing a game where I was given four handicap stones, which obviously changed the game entirely.

Topazg: One thing at a time! My opponent may be turning 'Corner, side, center' on its head, but I'm going to stick with it and see how it goes. After all, I haven't read that far in Sector Fights yet! I'm really curious how the board will look after the opening

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I expect something like this: I take each corner, then my opponent presses me down in the bottom left with the 4-4, then I get sente (if I'm willing to take it) to close the bottom right corner. Though I may not take sente from the bottom left, because getting shut in could hurt badly.

According to plan, so far. By the way, the Great Wall looks like this:

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but I'm considering stopping with the star points. It's somewhat harder to complete as white, because black gets so many free moves. Maybe I'll get sente elsewhere and come back to fix it.
One more thing!

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This 1 is joseki, not a, because if White plays a, Black can extend up and give him a cutting point.

Thanks for showing me that joseki error, Shads. At least I only made the error on my opponent's side of the joseki~. This move is what I promised I'd do. I'm playing high because I don't want to give a good approach, and also want my stone to work well with the top, in case anything interesting happens there. Still expecting the 4-4 from Shadonralkovich, instead of him finishing that wall.

I was extremely, extremely tempted to defy Chew's expectations, but I don't think I can justify finishing the wall and allowing him all those enclosures. Feels too solid for Black.