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BQM 11
Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM10 · Next: BQM12
Difficulty: Expert
Keywords: Question
At move 32, White (Go Seigen) decides not to cut at a, presumably because the atari Black b and the ensuing awful shape is intolerable. Is there anyone out there who can read out the fight? Question 1: who wins the semeai if White cuts regardless? Question 2: even if White wins it or if she can't read it out to the end, is it preferable not to cut but play calmly in order to maintain pressure? Question 3: what would you do instead of cutting? (= Where did Go play - not too hard to guess). --Dieter
(unkx80: Black 8 can play at 10. And it's much better this way.)
--Matthew Woodcraft
So, if White keeps up the pressure with 7, Black lives with 8 in sente, and then connects at 10 to put the left side group in great danger. Yes, this seems intolerable for White. So, let's go back a bit. What if White doesn't defend at 5: give up the marked stone in exchange for having shut in Black. Too much of a loss? --DieterVerhofstadt Why would White play 9 here? Rather than White a, Black b, White c, Black d, White 10? Charles Matthews Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM10 · Next: BQM12 This is a copy of the living page "BQM 11" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |