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by EdLee Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:59 am
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by Aphelion Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:47 am
EdLee:
Why not push through? It seems to be worth a few more points without really destroying any aji, and gives you 'a' endgame.
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by Dusk Eagle Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:12 am
I would play the same as EdLee did.
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After
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, white can still push at 'a' anytime.
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by Joaz Banbeck Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:23 pm
@topazg: I just joined this thread, so please pardon the late question.
$$Bcm7 Prisoners: :w100: :b100:
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In the above position, you played 'a' with no explanation. Did you consider 'b'?
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by topazg Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:39 pm
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In a rush Joaz, so no time to give a proper response just yet - will send one through in a couple of hours
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by Solomon Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:01 pm
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by topazg Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:23 pm
@Joaz:
$$Bcm7 Prisoners: :w100: :b100:
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To be honest, it was just personal preference, I don't think I can honestly give a justification as to why one is better or worse than the other. The left and top are both very interesting. I'd rather not approach the lower left just yet, so that leaves "a", "b", "c", "d", or "e" I think. I've been keeping a reasonable eye on professional games recently, so I've been happy with anything that I would want to play anyway, that looks similar to a move and position where it was played professionally. The idea is we both top corners want to develop the top, and both left corners want to develop the left, so by approaching here I either get to develop the top (although I was planning on sliding and pulling back at J17 rather than my normal move at K16), or I get to double approach. Had he played the pincer I was expecting at J16, I'd prepared C14 in response.
Here are the beginnings to some recent, contextually similar, professional games
Thoughts on the last move:
Well, this is interesting, I have no idea whether this will be good for me on the left or not. If he pincers, I'm thinking of one of the following:
$$Wm16
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I think "b" lets him fix "a", and doesn't do a lot for me. "a" looks exciting, and I'm really tempted with it. Something as follows perhaps?
$$Bm19
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If he fixes the cut, I'm playing that 2 point extension myself, and I feel reasonably ok with the board as a whole. I predict something like:
$$Wm16
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by Joaz Banbeck Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:41 pm
To observers:
topazg wrote: ...
If he fixes the cut, I'm playing that 2 point extension myself, and I feel reasonably ok with the board as a whole. I predict something like:
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...
$$Wm16
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I've got a theoretical fuseki question here. Is the marked stone really a good place for black to develop? My gut reflex is to say that it is compromised by the wall nearby, and therefore as long as it has running room I don't need to bother with it until the temperature drops a bit. I might play 'a' in this position.
Any profound thoughts on the subject would be appreciated.
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by Loons Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:45 pm
Some idle speculation @Joaz
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by Joaz Banbeck Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:01 pm
@Loons & other observers:
I'm not really looking at it from the point of view of an alternate joseki, rather I am looking at it as a variation of this:
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...in which we would reflexively abandon or at least discount the marked stone. ( 'A' is a DDK move, right? )
Next, what about black playing 'a' here?
$$Wm16
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Another way of asking the question is: how far away does the marked stone have to be before its character changes from 'abandon for the near term' to 'reinforce immediately'?
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by EdLee Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:15 pm
@Aphelion
Aphelion wrote: Why not push through? It seems to be worth a few more points without really destroying any aji, and gives you 'a' endgame.
Good question. That's a standard bad habit.
Killing that one liberty
removes some bad aji for B and
creates more bad aji for W.
You never know when that extra liberty will come in handy.
There are many variations and follow-ups from the joseki position; W is not concerned about (a) now.
$$Wm16
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it hurts W and helps B (e.g. removes W (c) aji):
$$W Reference joseki
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;
W would not do the (a)-(b) exchange now.
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by Magicwand Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:06 am
Aphelion wrote: EdLee:
Why not push through? It seems to be worth a few more points without really destroying any aji, and gives you 'a' endgame.
$$Wm16
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yes you can play that way also.
they are both played by professionals.
ed already explained his side of the story.
now ..i have seen top professionals answer as below.
surely if is at least 1 point better for black with liberty filled.
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by EdLee Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:55 pm
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by EdLee Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:15 pm
Again,
was non-trivial for me.
If the double approach stone is on the 3rd line at
instead of (x),
W has the choices of (a) connect, (b) extend, (c) 1-space pincer, (x) shoulder-hit the
stone,
and possibly many others:
$$Wm18
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is at (x), so I want to try the kosumi and see what happens.
- 
, white can still push at 'a' anytime.
was non-trivial for me.
instead of (x),
is at (x), so I want to try the kosumi and see what happens.