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Fuseki Exercise 3 / Solution
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[Diagram]
Not the 'correct' answer

Scartol: The point a seems very important, because if White goes there, she starts to make a huge bottom moyo. But B1 is a dual-purpose move. It limits White's moyo and helps to stabilize Black on the left. So I would play there.

Dieter: I seem to remember the answer to this problem. I'll try to hint at the answer by giving some proverbs. Not all of them point to the correct answer by themselves but together they certainly do.

HolIgor: I don't know the answer but I'd play at d.

Bill:

Oh! That does not apply, since we do not know White's last play, do we. ;-)

Fhayashi: So what is the correct answer? d seems to fit the proverbs given above better than the B1 as shown in the diagram.

RafaelCaetano: I think d is the only move. Why isn't the answer given? Scartol, you are the one who created the page, right? :-)

AlainWettach: I also think that d is the only move. It is an urgent move which should be played before big ones (a for instance).

Vlad: Is d that big without B1? It doesn't make any territory... But in a real game I'd have played that too :)

Bill: Yes, 'd' is huge. (I apologize for my earlier joke. I thought that the solution and explanation would be forthcoming soon.)



[Diagram]
The 'correct' answer

  • Don't let your groups be shut in. Shut in the opponent's groups.
    • B1 seals the white group in on top.
  • Connect your stones globally.
    • B1 connects the black corner group to the black stone at J17.
  • Corners then sides then center.
    • Corners are more-or-less decided, so the next 'big' area is the side.
  • The urgent point before the big point.
    • B1 connects the black group at top, and sets up future attacks on the single white stone at L17. A white move at B1 will set up a future attack on the black stone at J17. Hence it is urgent, though it is not big in that B1 doesn't aim at taking a big chunk of territory.
  • Your opponent's good point is your own good point.
    • For the reasons above, B1 would be a good move for white if black doesn't play it first.

-Fhayashi

As played by Ota Yuzo against Shusaku in 1853, by the way. Followed by White x, Black y. Charles


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