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I think Chew is forgotting what the taisha actually looks like. It starts from a black 5-3 stone, not 5-4.

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I think with the tengen stone Black is almost obligated to play something like this.

But it is something I've wanted to try out. I'm going to give him a bit more in the corner than I'd like due to the pincer stone, but some things can't be avoided.

Why do this if it's not joseki? Because I don't know a proper joseki from the low pincer to do what I want. The joseki I prefer, usually, is this..

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Black encloses the pincer, playing for influence. Unfortunately, this wrecks the bottom for me, and encourages white to play in the last corner. 4 can be at A without an altered result.

But, I'd prefer to end up with something more like..

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this sequence, where I play a, white plays b, and I get C, is more or less what I'd like to shoot for. The cut at D is troublesome, but unlikely to be large enough for white to play immediately.

We'll see where it goes from here, though, white has many options for how to respond to my overplay.

Wishful thinking! Don't forget your opponent's forcing moves.

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This looks a bit too good for white: he has a large corner and potential on the left and sente, since black should probably play an extension next (if black just takes the corner w can split the side). Then w can take the lower right.

Anything else just looks soft or risky. I can get get pressured here, but the results I see look doable. A 12-18k friend glanced over my shoulder and asked 'Well, you're going to play there, right?' My answer was 'Probably, but I don't want to.' If the bottom right gets huge, it could be trouble. We'll see.

I don't think this is great for white.

Let's take a look at why.

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This sequence looks kinda like an avalanche joseki. Except for one thing.. The marked white stone is out of place. Both A and B are usual for this joseki, I don't think anyone would play this though..

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6 is clearly out of place.

At this point, I'm not certain of how to punish this weakness, but I think it involves cutting.

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I suspect play will move along these lines, and I may end up attacking 14 and 16. It's interesting, and I'll have to look at it to decide if I want to give up influence in this area in order to take a corner.

White can resist giving up the corner, at the cost of giving me a lot of influence.

I need to deeply consider continuations after Chew's next move.

Like I said, I don't see a lot of possibilities. I expect this:

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Changed my mind, my prior plan was too passive.

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$$ | . 6 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 O X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . 3 B O X . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . |
$$ | . 4 2 W 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I get the corner, or...

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$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 8 O X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . 6 B O X 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 1 W 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I get the corner?

So, several choices here...

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$$ | . . b d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X z . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . a X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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A-D are moves that I considered. C lets white solidify the corner, in exchange for big moyo. But I don't like the thought of losing sente, and the cut at Z needs protected.

D seems like a bad plan, since it forces white to fix without accomplishing anything for me.

B is.. complex, but out of order. Until I play A, B lacks strong teeth.

So we're back to A, which activates the cut at b, and makes C a killing move. Again, I think this looks like avalanche, but I don't clearly recall what happens next.

Maybe..

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$$ | . 6 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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this is good for me, since I have influence all over, and white's a little unstable a couple of places.

It's hard for me to say whether this is equal or not, but the aji in the corner is nice, and my outside group is settled.

Other choices for white include..

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$$ | . 9 O X . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . 7 0 . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . 1 X O X 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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White gets strong on the outside. This looks like a poorly played small avalanche joseki, where the marked white stone is out of place.

But, depending on how white values the lower side, this may be playable. The marked white stone is weak, and black has room to steal the corner, so I'm not entirely displeased with this result, especially given that I take sente to go take the lower right corner.

I can't see any better moves for white than playing e2, and I'd love to know if there's something I'm missing.

CSamurai wrote:this is good for me, since I have influence all over, and white's a little unstable a couple of places.

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

To reduce one more of B's liberties, perhaps :

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

W has no weak groups and the two empty corners are miai for W.

CSamurai wrote:Other choices for white include..

$$Bm19
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . 5 3 4 . . . . . .
$$ | . 9 O X . 8 . . . .
$$ | . . O X . 7 0 . . ,
$$ | . 1 X O X 6 . . . .
$$ | . . . O 2 . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ ---------------------

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[go]$$Bm19
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . 5 3 4 . . . . . .
$$ | . 9 O X . 8 . . . .
$$ | . . O X . 7 0 . . ,
$$ | . 1 X O X 6 . . . .
$$ | . . . O 2 . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ ---------------------[/go]

No.

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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . 5 3 4 . . . . . .
$$ | . . O X 6 . . . . .
$$ | . . O X . . . . . ,
$$ | . 1 X O X . . . . .
$$ | . . . O 2 . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ ---------------------[/go]

B cannot save , so perhaps:

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

Okay, need some more liberties before I can try to eat the corner. Even if I couldn't eat the corner right away, I'd want to push here to give cutting points or make W fall back a bit.

Hey, I guessed right. And we're back to this move. I really don't think I have a lot of other options, since I've played it this way, this is what my answer has to be.

I can't wait to see which direction white chooses for response.