BQM 277
Kyu question: Up to
is considered even. White is mostly settled, but
has a lot of aji. What to do if black crudely tries to directly use this aji by escaping with
? Anybody have reasonable continuations for white?
xela:
at a is more promising: see 4-4 point low approach after wedge for one possible continuation.
Bill: And if Black runs like so, he ends up with two weak groups, and an obviously wasted stone (
).
tderz: White has two groups too and
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are not ultra-strong :-) .
Food for thought: once Black has defended, he could activate the cut at f.
What if Black starts fighting immediately with the brutalo-cut at g ? (perhaps the-group becomes weak?)
tderz: If
, I would prefer to cut directly with
.
Thereby White has only one group.
This renders
and
looking really awkward (because of the cuts) as a and b are miai.
In addition, the nice
-wall enables White to play the pincer c or the invasions d or e.
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are not ultra-strong :-) . ![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/20/be0f24c1580f8653837bf3cf8310e054.png)
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