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BQM 152
Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM151 · Next: BQM153
Difficulty: Intermediate
Keywords: Opening
From a six-stone handicap game:
After the upper left was played out a bit, White just played the marked stone. What is the proper direction of play?
In the post-game analysis, I thought
Rich: Bill: This isn't really a question of the direction of play, which is a global concept, but of divide and conquer. Rich's suggestion is a good one. How about this?
White's Dieter: ... which strengthens Black's top group (virtually connected to the right) which slightly weakens White's top left group. Divide and conquer, without a doubt.
Someone else suggested this variation to take the right side of the board.
I assume this is the follow up. I didn't like this result as much for Black. It seems to me that Black is split in two in this variation, and that the other result is better. What do you think? Or is there a better way to answer the marked stone? Dieter: In this variation Black seeks territory at the right, treating the three White stones as being strong. They are not. Thickness prevails at this stage. Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM151 · Next: BQM153 This is a copy of the living page "BQM 152" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |