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PGB41
Keywords: Opening
Black has a clear advantage at this stage. The ponnuki was very painful for White, and White has to solve several problems at the same time. The area at the top needs reduction. If Black expands it, it might become too large. Another problem is the group on the left. If it tries to survive, it might turn out that the top would become really huge. At the same time White does not really have territory anywhere. So, White chose to attack Black's lower right corner :)
White starts with
Black counters with
White now has to continue the attack on the lower right corner. But
White could play at a, still taking the corner, but Black would get a wall. That would be better than what happened in the game. White played
Thus White lost the fight in the second corner. Things could not be grimmer for White. The game seems lost, but resigning after 51 moves is not in the spirit of amateur Go. [1]: The reference above to "saving the stone 8" seems unclear, since it is a black stone, not white. Next PGB31 This is a copy of the living page "PGB41" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |