i am going to put little bit of twist. i will see if he plays as below.

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[go]$$Bcm11 Move 11 - Prisoners: B=0, W=0
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . X 1 . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Magicwand's move surprised me a bit. I expected one of the following if he didn't tenuki:

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[go]$$Bcm12 Diagram 1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

or

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[go]$$Bcm12 Diagram 2
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O W . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . a . . . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I wanted to do this to help my corner a bit, and then tenuki in a big spot such as "a" in Diagram 2, above.

I still feel good about this plan, but there is the downside, especially in Diagram 2, that my corner is pretty open for invasion. I don't think it's a terrible thing, but it's still an attribute of my tenuki.

The reason I was OK with tenuki-ing before was because I felt that white couldn't capture black in one move, so I still had opportunities to do things to him. Furthermore, I didn't want him to have control of the game.

So with that in mind, my first thought is to treat white's move in the same manner as Diagrams 1 and 2 from above, and tenuki at a place like "a", again... But, I think that Magicwand's last move gives me a bit of an opportunity to help my corner out a bit more.

By playing the move I selected, I not only help the corner, but leave some threat if white tenuki's:

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[go]$$Bcm1 Diagram 3 - White tenuki somewhere...
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 O 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 6 . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

both white and black are cut off, but I feel OK about the fight. I have confidence in my reading ability, and I don't think that the fight is bad for black.

Also, if I reconsider, I might not cut directly at in Diagram 3. It might be better to keep the threat of the cut, and play in a different way for . I'm still not totally sure about that. I could also sacrifice some stones to get a good position on the top. If white tenuki's here, I'll think for a bit about which option to go with (if any, for now).

But either way, white may protect. And in that case, I'll get to decide where to play again. If white does tenuki, I'll decide upon whether or not I want to exploit the cut immediately, or to just let it linger, depending on where he plays in his tenuki.

Furthermore, even if white tenukis and I never get to play the sequence in Diagram 3, I will still have helped my corner stones.

On top of that, the white move in the same location is also sente, at least locally. I feel good about this move.

My move could be a bit slow, but I still feel better about the benefits of it than its slowness.

I keep debating with myself whether the nove I made was bigger than approaching the bottom right corner.

Go is a hard game.

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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 2 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . d . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Possible? I mean, White can still dig into the corner with 'a' and trade the groups, but Black could manage to get Sente and try something on the right side? Pressing with 'b' or playing 'c' as a probe to take San-San?

I don't think is a good idea, simply because it eliminates the possible move of R15 for Black, which if played in conjunction with S14 can make a nice corner (though not appropriate here because it would damage R12, just explaining the possibilities). While the peep does make White heavier, it also makes Black heavier as well and this is important. is the right idea for moving out, but White also need not worry very much because he has R16 and lot of room in the center.

i dont know about him but i feel like a flat tire. then i should played there first??? i didnt expect that.

Ah, so he tenuki-ed. I wonder if my last move was too slow. I keep going back and forth on it. Although, the aji still remains for me to play R13 in times of trouble, so I feel OK about the move still, on one hand. It's really hard for me to say whether or not it was bigger than approaching the bottom right corner. It's really hard for me to say...

So anyway, my main point in playing here is to grab some easy territory while I still can in the bottom right. White has moves around the side points on the bottom right. I don't really like proverbs that much, but there's one, I think, that says something about playing the 3-3 when there are stones on the side like this... I think.

Well, who cares what the proverbs say? I like this move, because I hope to get sente from it. If white does:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . a b . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O 1 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . 7 5 3 2 B 0 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O 2 . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . a . 1 B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 9 8 0 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

white will probably want to protect with moves like "a" in the diagrams, because black otherwise has moves like "b" to exploit the weaknesses in the walls shown. So if white plays this way, there's a good chance I'll get sente - which I like.

White may try a different type of counter to the 3-3, but I think things should be alright.

I considered the move "c" below, for a bit:

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[go]$$Bcm14
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$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . c . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But I think that the 3-3 is simpler, leads to less (likely) variations, and has a good chance of ending in sente for me.

So what will I do with my sente, provided I get it? I'm not quite sure, yet. As mentioned earlier, I can try to exploit R13 immediately... But I might let that linger for the case of an emergency. I'm thinking of some of the following points, if things go my way:

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[go]$$Bcm14
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$$ | . . . . a . . . . b . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . c . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . d . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is just one possibility for white to deal with the 3-3, again. It's also possible that white does something like this:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 1 . X B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

or this:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . 3 2 B . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

and, of course he could do all of these by starting blocking from the other direction...
But I think that I'm OK with all of them for now.

I guess white might also choose this one:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X B 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think it'll be OK, though.

Continuing from previous analysis...

Now that I think about it, there's a decent chance that white will play a double hane. I have to be careful about my response to it, if he choses to do that.

Here's one possibility:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O B . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

However, I'm going to think about how I want to respond after this. Ideally, I still get sente.

Of course, if black doesn't double-hane, I'll go alone with the original plan.

i am trying to get sente and moyoize the middle.
it will intimidate my opponent into an overplay hopefully.

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[go]$$Bcm20 Move 20 - Prisoners: B=0, W=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X W 3 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Doesn't this depend on a ladder?

If magicwand resists,


So then he'd have to play like this?


I see that the second result does give white the moyo he wants, but doesn't this damage the right side?
Or is there another variation not found in Kogo's ...

I almost thought that Magicwand had made a mistake. I was thinking of the following:

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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . 0 O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . 9 O X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 7 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 6 1 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 X O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . 4 O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

and then I win the ladder... But...

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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

looks pretty dangerous for me. Magicwand can sacrifice his stone, and I get all clumped up. He has some strength on the right side, so I don't like this.

So maybe this result is better for Magicwand than the 3-3 sequence I was planning out, but I can still get sente:

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X O 2 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This also doesn't seem to work, by the way (just one variation that I don't like among several):

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . 9 O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . 8 O X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 2 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Wcm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O B . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . O O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . X O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

is a throwin, captures the throwin (I guess I could also tenuki, but I still don't like the result for me).

All in all, I can't see a good way to make the marked stone in the last diagram work to a result that I really like... At least with the game move, I get sente.

He is a very tricky fellow, that Magicwand.

This looks good for black to me. Maybe connecting now after 10 is best, but consider that if you don't connect and instead develop black 1,7,9 (I'm not sure what's best, but maybe P9?) you're looking pretty good I think.

It's unfortunate that Black fell for the trick play:

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[go]$$Bc Bad for Black
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X O 3 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . 8 . O X 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Note that if Black doesn't play 5, then White 5 is sente or Black's group dies in ko. The difference between the two diagrams is that in the first one, Black is totally sealed in, but not in the second.

So what is the antidote?

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X O 9 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 2 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

As much as I'm not a fan of Kogo's, it does offer a solid variation, though it depends on the ladder:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X O 5 |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X 3 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black has the convenience of having the ladder to play because is not a ladder breaker:

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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . e b 8 1 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c 7 O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . d 0 O X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . 9 O X 2 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 3 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think that white played the strongest defense for , because it doesn't give me the hane below in semi-sente:

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[go]$$Bcm1 White sente...
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

whereas if he played another connection such as the following, I'd have semi sente because of "a":

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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . W O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 2 1 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I got some territory, but white's getting some power in this area... I'm thinking of activating my R12 stone. I'm not sure if I'm going to do R13 directly, or do something more indirect, yet. This requires a bit of thought.