Force White into the Center

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Advice on playing high handicap games as Black[1]

Pressure White

Attack and force White into cramped and overconcentrated positions and in the process Force White into the center

[Diagram]

Pressure

B1 makes it hard for White to get a base at the top. B1 uses and reinforces the marked handicap stone. White has to run into the center to find an other eye.


Note that this advice conflicts with the idea of confining White to a corner or side. The surroundings must be taken into account.

(In this case Black cannot confine White, anyway.)


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[1] The Second Book of Go, by Richard Bozulich


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