BlueWyvern (ippoji lover): I strongly disagree with this proverb in that it fails to hold true for sufficiently large baskets. One of my favorite strategies is building a basket so immense that your opponent has no choice but to jump in and try to steal your eggs. When he does, he will soon find a lot of your eggs becoming out of reach, and has to spend so much effort making off with the eggs he has already swiped, that you can swipe eggs from his smaller baskets while he is not looking, perhaps even make off with a basket or two in the process.

Charles Matthews: At my level (EGF 3-4 dan) a high proportion of players do like omoyo plans. But strong (EGF 5-6 dan) amateurs in general don't, or at least can play all types of game. I draw an obvious conclusion, about thinking one can do as Takemiya does (while four or five stones weaker) as an 'infantile disorder'.

(moved from Ippoji/Discussion)