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Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM146 · Next: BQM148 I had this position (playing Black) recently and I wonder how to properly handle this fuskei:
My questions are:
Many thanks in advance. In the game I played the marked stone (see diagram below) because I thought that it would both expand my moyo and keep the white group from settling and the game continued like this:
Klaus: some ideas on the game continuation first:
a might not be the best. Locally, I would prever
Strangely, the game continuation turns out to be interesting for black again. Why? First (see diagram abouth):
This brings me to the conclusion, that Dieter: If you judge the global position, I'd say that Black has more secure territory than White but White has more potential for development. The marked White group is not settled, but I can't find a convincing, clear-cut way to attack it, as it as escape routes at a and b. it is difficult to tell whether the attack at either escape route will benefit Black more than it will harm him. What Black wants to avoid is that White develops while he secures his group at the same time, with moves such as c. Therefore, I plead for cutting down White's moyo first and let the relative weakness of the marked group linger until the chances on a beneficial attack are better.
I like the reducing move at
kokiri i agree with dieter's assessment of the situation.
The move that first occurred to me however is something like k. The idea is to put some gentle pressure on the white group on top whilst developing a position to help reduce the white moyo. maybe iff An immediate 3-3 invasion in the lower left corner is too crude I suppose?
Dieter: I wouldn't call it crude, but there is no way to predict at which point and how White will grab sente to play the multi-purpose move Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: BQM146 · Next: BQM148 This is a copy of the living page "BQM147" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |