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Invading shimari
   

It is not recommended to invade shimari before you'll get strong at the outside. But with strong position in the center and in the case when the influence black gets is not going to help him much, go for an invasion.

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Diag.: A very good place to invade


Here's something I remember from my first go series of articles I read a quarter of a century ago.

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Diag.: How black kills the invasion

But it is quite thin and if the surrounding is favourable for white white has a possibility to cut and make a fight of it.


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Diag.: Ko

If 8 is an atari then white can make a ko-fight of it. Usually I consider this type of ko as an I-lose-nothing-ko, which is a very pleasant ko to fight, any compensation for the group is good.



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