Dankovitch I: Shaddy vs. dts

Shaddy · **#21**

i think that if we play a normal opening, we will end up simply aping pro moves- but if we do something odd, then we have to use our own judgment, which reveals how we think, and is therefore more interesting.

Shaddy · **#22**

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Marcus · **#23**

Shaddy wrote:

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I don't often see this approach/invasion. Is there any thoughts attached to this, or is it considered a common approach that I can look up myself?

Chew Terr · **#24**

Okay, I can see a few local followups:

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Since white will probably play for the second diagram if black goes for the first, I think black will go for the final diagram. This seems logical with his focus on outside thickness. White may jump when pincered, but that turns into a fight that's okay for black, it seems...

amnal · **#25**

Marcus wrote:

Shaddy wrote:

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I don't often see this approach/invasion. Is there any thoughts attached to this, or is it considered a common approach that I can look up myself?

This approach isn't particularly common, because it cedes the corner without really trying. White would normally play like this if he has some particular non-corner goal in mind. In this case, he wants to make a strong group on black's upper side, and judges this to be worth more than the territory loss.

I think this is actually not such a great plan, it is too scared of a moyo or a fight (in fact, I think this is very often the case when amateurs play it - I often see it in handicap games against my 5-3 point, as the opponent fears me).

To accomplish the same goal, I would personally prefer a or b. a splits the side without settling the corner, so it leaves more aji to exploit. b is a standard 5-3 approach designed to make a strong group, but it leaves white more centre strength. c also seems possible - it goes along with black's plan a bit, but this isn't a bad thing, and I'm sure white can do fine out of it if he wants to.

freegame · **#26**

I do not like :w5:

Black can now play the following to get a very nice result:

dfan · **#27**

Already I am learning something. I kind of wanted to pincer, as it would double as an extension from the shimari. But 1) corners are big, and 2) freegame's variation shows how Black still gets a nice attack.

daniel_the_smith · **#28**

I agreed with amnal during the game. White's approach gives up enough in the corner that I am happy just to take it. Freegame called the next three moves exactly, so I'll just post them:

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EDIT: on reflection, I think it'd have been better if I just posted one move. I won't do multiple again.

Marcus · **#29**

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This would seem to me to be the most logical continuation ...

daniel_the_smith · **#30**

I would have played there, too, maybe Shaddy can tell us why he didn't...

Shaddy · **#31**

I felt that if I play there, black will just jump up and reducing would be annoying. I can attach underneath the pincering stones and live anytime. I believe that the right move would be jump, though this is a very painful move to play.

Dusk Eagle · **#32**

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Let's say that white invades and lives like this (I made up the actual living shape, so it might not represent ideal play, but clearly white can live in that area without a problem). To me, black feels very overconcentrated on the top side, especially when moves like 'a', 'b', and 'c' exist. So I would go as far as to say that IMO, a black one-space jump is bad here.

Chew Terr · **#33**

Hmmm, interesting. Did you perhaps just enclose the bottom right, then?

Shaddy · **#34**

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hehehe... seems i forgot what i actually played.

freegame · **#35**

@ Dusk Eagle, remember that black has sente after a corner invasion. I would not mind playing black in that position with sente.

some other thoughts:

I would conciser playing like this. for several reasons see below the diagram.

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1) This white structure is now very strong, allowing white to attack without much worries later.
2) White can seal in the corner by attaching at a as a follow-up.
3) Black does not have a single move to enclose the moyo. he can either enclose the top or the corner but not both with one move.
4) We already concluded that whites approach at the top was probably not the best choice, so white can not expect to came back from this "mistake" in only 2-3 moves, else it would not have been a mistake.
5) maybe a bad reason, but this white structure reminds me of a common variation in the kobayashi opening, and if pro's play it, it can not be all that bad.

But apparently M15 is not what white played in the game.
I don't think white can afford to tenuki, so maybe white played P15 first.
the reason I do not like this is that black can decide to play like below,
If white played M15 first black does not get this choice.

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if

@ a, black can cut at :w12:

, not a nice cut,
but black is stronger around, making it a good fight for black.

*edit, while writing this post the next move was made already, I put quite a bit of time in it and thought it would be a wast to just delete it all :-?

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daniel_the_smith · **#36**

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daniel_the_smith · **#37**

Let's try and get this started again...

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dfan · **#38**

This is where I always unthinkingly jump out to a and then one second later realize that maybe I was supposed to play b or c instead to block the connection.

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Marcus · **#39**

dfan wrote:

This is where I always unthinkingly jump out to a and then one second later realize that maybe I was supposed to play b or c instead to block the connection.

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I think I'd play 'c' here. :w8:

seems to be the weakest stone, and I believe the common wisdom is that you don't want to attach (or shoulder-hit) a weak stone when you want to attack, right?

Chew Terr · **#40**

Marcus wrote:

dfan wrote:

This is where I always unthinkingly jump out to a and then one second later realize that maybe I was supposed to play b or c instead to block the connection.

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I think I'd play 'c' here. :w8:

seems to be the weakest stone, and I believe the common wisdom is that you don't want to attach (or shoulder-hit) a weak stone when you want to attack, right?

If the top left was a regular knight's enclosure, I would play 'b' in a heartbeat. However, since it's a bit more loose, I would jump straight out to 'a' and threaten to harass one side or the other. That said, I lost a game the other day because I played the equivalent of 'a' instead of 'b'... =D

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