Roberts vs Casey 6-13
Keywords: Ongoing game
White answers
at
. He is rightly assuming, that this hits a weak spot, but
is too hasty. The game has a theme now: Will Black find a good moment to cut at a?
To begin with, he could cut immediately. White is separated into 3 stones whereas black is at least loosely connected to one group. This looks fine to me!
After
White might even turn back to defend at
.
provides some aji to be used later.
The reader might consider the cut /defense at
(a in the initial diagram) for any of the next moves himself!
Just a word about
:
,
and
are setting up a staircase. Useful ideas might be found there, if Black wants to answer locally.
is a One-Two-Three error: forcing his opponent to a necessary move.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/31/44b67c6ec9529c06da4a8e1bd1eb2647.png)
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![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/13/8e88dd4660f6f518d5368990402b7ab4.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/26/7d8033231f35dba4f5e896b6d5c417ec.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/941fe7a319461156816544d6ab1399f3.png)
(move 13) the game comes to a pause: White has successfully invaded in sente. He can now defend at a and the game would be almost over.
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