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Opening in New Years Rengo
The New Year's rengo reached this position early on, with black to play.
I entered a move at 'a' as black 9, which was criticised for various reasons, most of which I agreed with (had to really, they were made by much better players...). It seemed to be suggested that black should play in the top left, probably at 'b' or 'c'.
My question is: doesn't this (B playing in the upper left) lose the initiative for black? Say black 9 was played at 'd', to attack the white stone more strongly, and white then played 'b' to make a second shimari. I think black can then play at either 'e' or 'f' and rely on the weakness of the bottom left white stone to take control of the game. This seems fine for black to me. What do people think?
BillSpight: (For some reason Dave's text does not wrap around the diagram on my Netscape browser. {see if we solve that with one of our new 'super' line breaks - Dave} {Very nice! Thanks, Dave. :-))
B 1 puts pressure on White's marked stone. W 2 - B 3 is sente. White now regards her lower right stones lightly and plays in the top left corner. Moi, I like W 4. ;-) DaveSigaty: I think that W would be better off to play elsewhere directly instead of adding 2 first. The exchange of 2 for 3 eliminates the aji of W 'a' among other possibilities. If W ignores 1, it is not clear how B can enclose the W stone in a way that justifies having played three more times in the lower right. B 2, for example, may look severe but at some point B will have to demonstrate a refutation of W 'a' or add still another stone. This is a copy of the living page "Opening in New Years Rengo" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |