Roberts vs Casey 6-13
Keywords: Ongoing game
White answers at
. He is rightly assuming, that this hits a weak spot, but
is too hasty. The game has a theme now: Will Black find a good moment to cut at a?
To begin with, he could cut immediately. White is separated into 3 stones whereas black is at least loosely connected to one group. This looks fine to me!
After White might even turn back to defend at
.
provides some aji to be used later.
The reader might consider the cut /defense at (a in the initial diagram) for any of the next moves himself!
Just a word about :
,
and
are setting up a staircase. Useful ideas might be found there, if Black wants to answer locally.
is a One-Two-Three error: forcing his opponent to a necessary move.