4-4 High Approach 2 Space Wide Pincer
This is the base position I faced in a 3 stone game (I was white) against a 12k recently. It's not really what I expected out of a 12k :). My plans were based on a response at a, not
What I played didn't seem very good, I did keep outside influence which I wanted, but black seems to strong especally after . Furthermore,
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looks problematic too. Direct 3-3 invasion is going to leave Black with lots of influence that works well with his pincer and his star point stone.
This doesn't look good to me either... Black has much to large a corner.
I am finding it difficult to come up with sequences that are attractive for white.