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Fuseki Exercise 4 Solution
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Black first

Jasonred I'm not even going to pretend I know the answer to this, just gonna present my views...

Black already seems reasonably strong in upper right corner: I don't think a is necessary yet...

At b looks reasonable, since the whole point of the Chinese Fuseki is to deal with your opponent when he invades your moyo? '' However my favourite here has to be c, for some reason. I think that I can give up some territory in the bottom right, for extra influence towards the center of the board. By building upwards after c, I think I can steal enough territory to decide the match, which makes up for letting White build a base in the bottom right. Also, assuming I somehow mess up and let White's bottom right base get out of control, I would hope that my extra strength at c would be enough to let me save the bottom middle group, maybe connect it to the top?

Following the "corners then middle then center" theory though, d seems a reasonable choice, since it takes more of the top, and also controls more of the middle.

In short, I don't know the answer. At all. Bleh! But please correct me where I analysed wrongly!

Dieter: I think c is the second best point. I can't prove with 100% certainty that b is better but here is my reasoning.


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White can settle her group while taking territory or ...


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Severe

Or settle this way. If Black resists with 2 at 3 ...


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Black first

... White breaks up his position and the marked black stone is not very effective.


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Black first

Instead, Black can make territory while attacking, a very desirable thing for any player. While White makes shape for her group, the big point at c still stays available.

unkx80: Just to add to what Dieter mentioned, I would say that it is important not to let the lower right white group settle. If that group makes a base and settles down, White will find it easier to invade Black's framework on the lower side and the right side without worrying about the life and death of the group on the lower right.

Jasonred: Excellent! You're right, deal with the invasion, which is almost in the center of your territory, before going off and trying to get more. Can someone also analyse a and d? Or just d, if my suspicions are correct and a is a silly move and not really worth considering...



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