BQM74
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Keywords: Tactics, Question
I ran into this little situation recently on KGS. I was White. --BlueWyvern
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/8/ef3f3ce33f42ac01e75c235d63356a4c.png) | 5-5 Corner |
and seemed like a fairly reasonable way to deal with the corner, and after , I was expecting something like Black a, White b, Black c, or maybe an extension. Instead I got to which seemed to me like a brutish overbearing attempt to spoil my shape and make me heavy.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/25/2a2f3343fb86431bb9d528ecfc1f82c6.png) | Saving shape? |
I played and trying to threaten the marked black stones with a shortage of liberties.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/49/5f5dfc2a87428e1a7ab0eec1647553b1.png) | Finishing up |
I finished up like this, but somehow I can't help but think I may have gotten the short end of the stick here. How could I have handled this better?
Bill: Later comment.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/45/b99558220c738e5d0da8cc1dec27d180.png) | Net |
'Nuff said.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/24/64953ae97ffdfff220f9e7fcbaa17a41.png) | Connect |
Bill: Go proverb: Divide and Conquer.
is strong. Now is weak. Also, the exchange - looks pretty stupid for Black, doesn't it?
Actual go proverb: There's no fool who doesn't connect to a peep.
Charles Matthews I agree with Bill. That proverb would suggest that this connection ranks with basic instinct play.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/4/7f542c2b8c33d23d170b7d517cd476c0.png) | Alternative |
That (I think) is not quite right. The other reply worth considering is here. If Black answers at a and White then connects at b, White should be entirely satisfied (Black is heavier and has little prospect of connecting the upper and left sides).
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/30/16687dc3300488d1057654d0ea223ad7.png) | Fight breaks out |
What is worth spending time considering is this variation. Here White is cut and 'forced' into playing (White is probably happy to play here, though). White has the corner: is this a develop on both sides scenario welcomed by Black, or a one weak group between two scenario acceptable to White?
here looks best, anyway.
Bill: Added .
I think the initial comment about spoiling White's shape may involve a misconception. In the initial diagram isn't that good a play - almost as poor as a raw peep - and probably doesn't bring any advantage (it's a mistake to shed at about 3 kyu level).
Or 30 kyu level.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/45/e2d4432807747b022526e4cfc68a2c16.png) | Shape |
From the point of view of shape, here makes sense if Black has enough strength in the upper right to back it up.
Bill: B a or B b look fine.
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