I have read that in a couple of places too, but not that immediate kakari on the "good" side was the right thing - it was described as bad because of the natural direction it gives Black a few moves later in the opening, and it almost punishes itself.peti29 wrote:I remember Nick Sibicky mentioning in his videos thatis a losing move, so I approached immediately.
At DDK levels, sometimes evenjoellercoaster wrote:I have read that in a couple of places too, ...peti29 wrote:that
Do I have that right?
at 1-1 is not a losing move. at these levels. 
I'm sorry but i don't follow. I checked the lecture in-seong once made about san-ren-sei and there he sad the attach is "ok" and "possible". Maybe not as recommened and often played as other moves, but still not "bad". You may not want to give a detailed explanation with a lot of diagrams about this, then can you instead link to a audio-lecture of guo juan, where she talks about this in more detail?Sorry but this is wrong. Attach is a special purpose joseki and is played by weak players many many times when it is bad. Guo Juan 5p's advice is to banish this move from your repertoire until you are 5 dan as only then can you identify the rare occurrences it is good. Perhaps its popularity comes from its recommendation as a handicap joseki in that it's good enough if you start with loads of stones and is fairly simple.
You might as well say that this (like any) move was played if it is at least as good as all other moves. Do they have more specific advice?Knotwilg wrote:It's inseong who know when to play this move.
I felt somewhat uneasy about P-3. Luckily 
forced me to fix my shape (or at least make it somewhat better)
was bad. It later directly led to my win but I think its bad anyways.
mwhahaha
. I felt an urge to approach the top left but I didn't want to provoke a ladder-breaker and I also considered a direct take too slow. At least also caps Q-10 so it has more purpose than just taking. Was it a good move, or what could have been a better choice?
was unpleasant because I didn't want to use my wall to create minor territory. So I only played those few stones around L-4 to keep up my wall's influence.
is the infernal stone I was talking about. How to handle this move? I thought I ought to be able to kill it. But what if I fail? The risk was too high so I chose to protect territory instead. I still managed to put some pressure on the invading stones - but not enough. Is there a sure (read: fool-proof) way to kill ? (My choice for the beginning would probably be E-10 or F-11.) I'm really really weak at killing running groups, sigh...
I wanted to somehow utilize the aji in the corner to somehow protect around F-14 in the process - but it didn't work. (At least I gathered some points.)
My thoughts.peti29 wrote:
What happens if you pass after 67? How does black live? Notice that black played the a14 endgame too early (made you stronger) which means he threatens little by breaking into the side. He certainly can't live there so needs to run away. So instead of passing (which I think it's still not so easy for black to live after) play from the outside like f11. In fact answer once at d9 could be ok as ignoring shoulder hit is a little painful if you are unsure of killing, but the moves after that keeping the territory were very slack, surround at g10. Or how about answering 67 at f15 and declaring black's lone stone dead in a sea of white stones even if he gets to play 2 moves in a row (f15 is not a total pass as it cuts off black's easiest escape route and attacks from a very big distance). It's certainly funny and quite possibly true. I expect Cho Chikun could live inside, but I would easily kill a 6k, and against someone of my own strength I would not be sure of living or killing for either side. Basically you have too much respect for the soundness of your opponent's moves: leap at the opportunity to laugh in your opponent's face and crush his overplays to dust.peti29 wrote: - and
- Play L3. It's such a big difference between black and white getting this point. This move should appear automatically in your head as the key point after black strikes diagonally on the third line versus your fourth line stone.
. I remembered seeing it in similar situations so I thought of trying it out. 
was probably a mistake as I ended up cut. the intention was to rob white of his influence.
was one too far?
was so severe. I've been wanting to play J-14 for several moves but I didn't have the time.
I'm proud of this little plan which I (unbelievable isn't it) read out beforehand.
is simply stupid. Should have been R-7 or L-3 maybe.
aww, I wanted to play there. But somehow I managed to counter! Yay!I don't know much about the one space jump down in the upper left, but atpeti29 wrote:Crash and burn!
Ok, this game was a disaster regarding the outcome. Somehow I still feel it a success. I haven't felt that sweat and blood scent of fighting since DDK. (I was quite sleepy at the time of playing this. Probably that was the cause of two serious but stupid mistakes.)
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- I failed to notice :w160:-s significance. I blame my sleepiness.
- I managed to create a KO, yess!
- :b195: Ok, serious question time. I wanted to somehow utilize F-9 as a large KO threat. Was this a good idea or was I simply lucky. I gave my opponent yet another chance to play a KO threat, but! He would only get to profit on one - and I'll be the one choosing which one. Is this a valid tactic, or am I only being ignorant?
- :b203: is a stupid stupid misclick. I wanted to play L-18 but I never ask for undo. Were it not for this mistake I would have been able to save this group by the F-9 threat!
it seems bigger to take care of the lone white stone. Both sides would have solid positions, but black's would be higher, and black is more suited to playing an influence game that white, thanks to the 3-3 in the lower right.
and on makes me cry, and white's getting good moves free while black pushes from behind, and unless you can kill the white stones on top cleanly, I don't think the influence is worth it. Certainly not when black gives white the hane.
seems a bit slack to me. Black's already out, and this move doesn't threaten anything. I'd rather directly limit white's bottom, or seal white in on the top, or any number of other things. Maybe just jumping along with another one space jump; white's not going anywhere important. White is low everywhere and has less territory than black, so this should be an easy game for black.
to :b63. After 
, black can just stand up and peep both cuts to give white a weakish group. Giving up the stone seems like it gives white a lot of undeserved center strength. 
Don't be timid. Attack aggressively with a tight pincer at L16. That's what you built up the thickness for, right? It doesn't help the corner, but white will probably be running for a while, and you'll probably get sente to deal with the corner if you feel so inclined. N17 is a sort of halfway move that neither attacks strongly nor helps the corner very much.