The Strong Player Plays Straight The Weak Plays Diagonal/ Discussion

Calvin (11k): To me, this example doesn't add much and is quite confusing. W2 in the original example, pushing into the diagonal, is a bad move. I think you need more than one diagonal to say something interesting.

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white spoils black's shape

Consider this.

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follow-up

White has this follow-up, which creates two cutting points at a and b.

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what about this shape?

It's harder for me to think of an example showing the problem with this shape. Maybe more stones have to be added than in the above example, but this is the thing I would be trying to understand by reading Minue's page.


unkx80: I suspect one of the reasons is this:

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Straight

B2 or a is good. It applies pressure on the W1 stone.

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Diagonal

B2, a or b is weak. It hardly applies any pressure on the W1 stone. Both B2 and a make W1 a play on a compromised diagonal. Try not to make plays that improve the status of stones your opponent has already played.



Also, this:

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Straight versus diagonal

Black's stones is weak compared to White's stones, even though both players have invested two stones each. White can aim at a later for expansion. Black also has nasty aji at b.


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