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BQM 108
Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM107 · Next: BQM109
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Tactics, Question
kokiri : I played a 3 stone handicap game against a British 2 Dan this weekend and the following sequence came up:
It was a three stone game and I invaded as marked. The continuation is below:
Low Invasion Of Mixed Three Space Extension describes white's response as aggressive and the continuation seems obvious enough...
...after white plays a bit in the corner, I get to play at
unkx80: This sort of invasion must be common, and one which, as a supposed 2kyu, I ought to know but from Get strong at Invading and other sources I can only find examples of the attachment shown in Low Invasion Of Mixed Three Space Extension. Thus my question is: what went wrong? Of course the black group on the left hand side also died later, but that is another story...
unkx80: How is this?
kokiri The Right hand corner was the following taisha (mis)variant, quite thick but I guess black has a workable position.
This order of moves, actually my first thought, was played in an old game by Otake Hideo, leading to a ko.
Bill: I'm a square zero kind of guy. I would say, as a practical matter, what went wrong was the lack of preparation. In theory there may be nothing wrong with the invasion, witness professional play. But if you are taking 3 stones, why duke it out when you have a good alternative? IOW:
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