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He has two options now: to chase me towards the bottom, removing his own territory, or to chase me to the top, threatening his line of stones. Not sure which he'll choose, but I think I can get a spare move in to play C13.
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) -- W will have to keep an eye on it:
is bigger, presumably because I need to defend it, perhaps something like 'a'. But I do not think this is the case. As for ignoring
is bigger than
. White had to play 2 moves to make black respond in the right here. On the other hand, he is going to get some much needed outside influence.
looks threatening, but does no real harm so long as
gets my group out. I don't currently have 2 eyes here, but with