Continuing with the plan. I think black's hane in either direction is inferior to the solid drop-down because it leaves more aji for me to exploit later. For example, it's easier for me to live with either group by threatening to link up with the other.
Letting white connect here would be just too pitiful. I have not decided yet whether I will fight or not after the atari at and the sequence tp below. I think I might tenuki after (to play , for instance). It looks like the weakness at 'a' might allow me to live in the corner.
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O , 1 O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . 2 X W . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Since black decided on this variation I will show you what I mean about black's hane. If my group get's pressed/surrounded and black tries to fight with it I can always live.
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . 6 . 4 5 X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . 3 2 . O O X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O , . O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X W . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If black tries for something like this, I can capture his corner unless he aquires additional liberties and takes mine away. I intend to fix E16 if black allows me, possibly trading the p17 group as I anticipated.
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . 3 . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . 5 4 2 . O O X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . . O , 6 O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X W . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Because of the above, if black tries to run out the three stones, I will take the corner at E16 and I might keep him weak with the triangle here if he plays like this. I've shown the variation where he pushes out in an earlier diagram. He might try for something in the corner, but right now it's inadvisable to try and live there for him as I can just let him and grab other big points.
All in all I think this fight will go my way, unless black can come up with an amazing plan.
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . O O , X O O X O X . 1 . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O O X O . O 2 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . B . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Any of these three seem good for white, but I'm probably missing something crucial. In any event, blacks group isn't that strong so I can take advantage of that. I don't think this fight will be too much trouble.
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . B . . . | $$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O O X O . O . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I can pull out my stones with below, but it doesn't look so good. I can't do much damage to the white group on the left, and the one coming from the top side is out in the middle and can make at least one eye at the edge, so it's not exactly weak. Jowa says, "Don't run"
[go]$$c $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O O X O . O . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . 1 . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , b . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . a . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
That doesn't tell me where I should play. The first moves that caught my eye were 'a' and 'b' above. However, I have bad aji in the upper right. I couldn't find a good answer to this combination :
[go]$$c $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X O . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . O X . . | $$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . 3 . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X O 4 O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . O O X O . O 2 1 X X O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
It looks like white wins. The move I played removes this aji, giving me solid profit in the upper right. White certainly won't spend another move to capture my stones right now, so I might get the opportunity to pull them out later. My guess for white's next move :
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . X . . . . O O X O . . . X . . . | $$ | . O X . X X X O O X X O . . O X . . . | $$ | . O O , X O O X O X . . . . O , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . X O . X X . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O O X O . O . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . W . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . O . O . . . . . , . . . X . , O . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Game still looks playable for both at this point. Let's see where he plays next. Out of these possibilities, I think a is the most likely candidate, as it seems the biggest move on the board.
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