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B2Bomber
    Keywords: Shape, Humour

This is the B B2 Bomber. No matter what you may think, it is not an efficent way of enclosing the corner. It is, on the other hand, an overwhelmingly powerful shape to use in a fight.

[Diagram]
B2 Bomber



Please note that the following discourse is only for very advanced go players. Unless you've reached 0 dan, don't try to understand it. Most importantly, is that you do not attempt to use this shape unless you understand its dynamics.


It is, for instance, a very solid shape for attacking. The following illustration shows its strength in action:

[Diagram]

Notice how weak the white stone is. In fact, it is so weak that it can be practically considered dead. This is just one example of its power, and many times a play that prevents its formation is large.


[Diagram]

Here, the white stone is decimating black's entire position. Notice the major difference between this and the earlier diagram. Before white was weak; here, it is studendously powerful!

Clearly the creation of a B B2 Bomber is game deciding, If you can understand its strength, the saying goes, then you are a 5d. Indeed, one can only imagine how differently games would go if more people devoted a turn or two to forming a B B2 Bomber.

For instance:


[Diagram]
corner

This position is a common shape enclosure. Later in the game, it will usually evolve into something like


[Diagram]
corner

Here, even a 5k can miss what's happening here -- a B B2 Bomber is under formation! One more move and it will be almost unstoppable. White must strike now.

Compare the next two diagrams:


[Diagram]
corner

[Diagram]
corner

Both take the corner enclosure and add a stone, whether it be white or black. The primary difference between the diagrams, besides for the obvious points, lies in a principle discovered by a Korean pro:

Differential Influence.

Yes! As strange as it may seem at first, the B B2 Bomber, when formed, is an example of Differential Influence?!

{Upon rereading this, I cam to realize that this website does not have any adequate pages on Differential Influence?. Hopefully, one will be made or I will be forced to explain this high dan concept in this lowly page about the B B2 Bomber!}



This is a copy of the living page "B2Bomber" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2004 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.