35 is just too predictable and the subsequent moves way too simple. Once Black gets out I could jump out at A or cover at B. Black is never really in trouble because if he ever feels the top right group is weak he plays C and makes a strong shape.
This is the way I'm thinking it'll go but who knows. Black could respond with A instead of 36 but that's if he really feels his group is in danger. After the exchange of 35 for 36 I might play at B but I have to wait for Kirby's response. If the game thus far is tells me anything, he'll find a good response.
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What do you guys think about black instead playing the attachment at O16 in an attempt to make white over-concentrated? Or does it still give white too much? As for know, how about coming out and splitting at 015?
The attachment seems fine to me. White gets a lot, but it's going to be hard to prevent most of that, anyways. Black's resulting thickness seems like it would be worth the result. That said, Kirby's move was also my first instinct, and I'm not sure if either is necessarily better in this case.
I really like how Kirby's playing this one, especially the last few moves. While he often seems fairly hesitant in Malkovich games, if he feels it this time, he's not allowing it to affect his play. The past few moves in particular, seem to demand control, taking MW's patented "flow".
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in the diagram above, white can have forcing moves along the spaces that are marked with "x". This allows white to develop on the top easily. I don't like it that much, since white can also build a postion on the right with no problems. He'll also get sente. It's not that great, I think.
A move like "e" has not much meaning, for the same reason that I mentioned in an earlier post. It tries to take territory, but doesn't even do that well.
The move at "b" really feels like aji keshi. I've been burned by aji keshi in the past.
I almost played "c". It gets my group out. The reason I didn't was because it doesn't really feel right. It doesn't put much pressure on white on either side. It just has a single purpose: running out. White can then chase me later in the game, maybe. It just doesn't feel right, exactly.
For the same reason, "f" might stretch a little further, but it still doesn't feel right. It's also a little thin, allowing for black to potentially peep and split me in the future.
The move at "g" pushes from behind, letting white to build up a wall.
So I decided to jump out one further than "g" and play at "d". The reason is because white cannot cut me immediately, because he hurts his stone:
It almost goes without saying that directly pushing and cutting is terrible for White, I destroy my own stone at the top for no reason and Black gets to push out into my area of influence. I also decided against directly playing A because I don't want my top area to get damaged too much before I start some chaos on the right. No thick positions = no attacking later.
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I guess since he protected that stone, the cut becomes severe. I guess the basic thing to do is just protect the cut... I wonder if this is slow, but I can't think of a better move right now...
primarily because white gets a position on *both* sides, and black is still left without much in the corner.
I played the move I did to avoid this, but now again, I'm faced with the possibility of white getting a position on both sides. The marked stones seem strong:
so it is hard to deny white much of a position on the top. I would like to avoid allowing for him to be too comfortable on the right side, too. In other words, I want to find a way to pressure these stones effectively:
Well, if I'm going to put up a fight, I should pressure him, right? I think that the move I am playing here is putting pressure on the white stones, while at the same time building potential with my bottom right star point.
Again, since two points are open at "a" and "b", I can't hope to make much territory in the top right at the moment:
Well Kirby just doesn't fall for anything does he. So my group in the middle isn't solid but playing from it directly would be painfully slow so I have to deal with Black's thing in the lower right. Directly invading the 3,3 gives him way too much influence.
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My first instinct is to try to seal white into the corner. As such, I want to play on the outside. However, this sequence might arise from that way of playing:
Because of the marked black stones in the diagram above, I would not block at "a" - I would be too over-concentrated. I would want to block at "b". Therefore, the following position is probably bad for black:
Both allow white to move in with a move like "e", for example. However, maybe "d" is not so bad, because the side isn't really territory for me anyway.
That is, maybe something like this is OK for black:
I think there is too much risk to split apart the marked black stones if I play this way. So I will be gentle with white. I will not resist. I will let him take the outside. I expect something like this:
[go]$$Wcm41 Has Captured: B - 4, W - 3 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | X X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X . X . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | X X O . O X . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . X O O X O . O . , . . O . . X . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X b . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . O O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Yay for joseki. That went pretty much as I planned. That area is Black's, unless something horrific happens. I mean I guess I could try some stuff like peeping at A but the only move I probably have there is to reduce at B. Now, the reason I wanted to make a group here was to make it so the bottom side wasn't worth much for Black so I could play at C. I think Kirby will try and attack my group on the right though. I'll have to think about what I'll do then.
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in the above diagram. White may play like this: