AlphaGoJoseki/DoubleApproachReaction

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After a double kakari upon its hoshi stone, AlphaGo shows us some new ideas. The attach, hane , extend continuation shown below (W1 to W3) is absolutely standard. For move 4 there are other options, but here we talk only about the second attachment.

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Starting point



Master makes this solid connection, allowing the push and cut threat inherent with a

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Master



Zero instead choose W3 whereupon there are options to play a which is big for both, and b which would remove aji for white.

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Zero


This article is primarily based on the [ext] blog post of Sorin Gherman


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