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BQM43
Whilst playing a game today, I thought I had the corner sealed up. But then my opponent played the marked stone and, after losing the corner, I resigned. What should I have done?
I was worried that black would sneak through and connect up with the big wall to the right, so I tried to block this. Obviously, this was a losing strategy. He got real strong and I got split up (and surrounded on the left). HolIgor: Prior to reading any variations I'd like to say that with the strong support from the outside I'd expect black to live in the corner. So, my first concern would be to find how to limit him there while keeping sente. Then, having that basic variation I'd start to read out a possible kill.
Just minimizing the damage white presses black down. Black gets 6 points in the corner in gote. Playing at a is another gote move worth another 8 poitns dairi counting. White can make a similar profit elsewhere. That's basic.
Some points but gote.
White gets the stones in gote. So black cannot cut with 4.
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