Fighting will start soon, but not yet

This is a continuation of my calm play. I'll just play here and see what happens. My goal is to limit the amount of territory has at the time while profiting.

I want to strengthen J17 stone for my C16-J17 trap to be still effective. It's not time to play E16 yet. But I don't know the standard response to this move when playing chinese opening, I just hope this is not too bad. Looks ok.

I'll jump here and then make a base, I guess. We'll see how it goes!

To expand on my thought process on my last move, my first instinct was to create a base first, but I have been told this is wrong, so I jumped with figuring that was the best thing to do before creating a base. I suppose it allows for more freedom if things get hairy or something like that.

I regret M17 now, it should have been O16 instead, I know this joseki the best, but it actually never crossed my mind. I think it would be ideal in this position.

With W12, I thought he had only one option (3-3), I didn't even think about this and I think it's a mistake. I'm blitzing this move, I hope I won't regret. Looking forward for his answer.

I think I'll dip into the corner here with and have fun with it. I'm assuming he'll respond with:

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[go]$$Bcm11 Captures (B:) (W:)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M . . |
$$ | . . . . M . . . X . . X . O . . 5 . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . M . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . M . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

And I'm considering several moves here. The X marks the moves I may play after the assumed . I'll be weighing my options heavily here. None of these may be the best move from a stronger player's point of view, but that's what I'm thinking about.

More verbose than I intended:

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[go]$$Bcm7 Captures (B:) (W:)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . . . . 4 . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . x . . 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

My inclination is very much to play 'a'. It uses both and J17, in a quite territorial way; and this looks to be a territorial game. Has anyone read Kato's book on the Chinese Opening? I think he may have treated (and liked) this move, though the work is slightly dated (I haven't read it myself). This move is somewhat tricky.

NB: The temperature is very much described by the size of x, y & z (in that order, I *think*).

If you do not wish to play my 'a', this is the normal way:

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[go]$$Bcm7 Captures (B:) (W:)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X . 8 . . 4 5 . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . 6 . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 9 . 0 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . |
$$ | . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |[/go]

You kick white towards J17, to give him a cramped position; then you help J17. There is variation in placing . Afterwards, black will continue building his Chinese with a play near/on the triangle; a very big area for both.


PS:
My first thought for (the game) was tenuki to R8. The corner's open, and I don't see a very severe attack anyway. I don't like the game for white.

PPS: I prefer at . is a vital point for the Chinese and a(n albeit secondary) Shimari extension.

This move is more of a peep than anything, I think, but when I thought it out, it could be pretty dangerous for . We'll just have to see how it works out. I debated over this move for awhile, instead thinking of playing:

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[go]$$Bcm11 Captures (B:) (W:)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . 6 . . . X . . X . O . . 5 . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But overall, I like where it is. It could be quite fun for to try and deal with. And this sequence is what I'm hoping for. Again, it's probably wrong, but that's what I see.

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[go]$$Bcm11 Captures (B:) (W:)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O X . . X . . X . O . . 5 . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

On second thought, I probably won't be able to capture, but that's fine. I think significantly depletes influence here, and I'm positive that can get set up pretty well on the left side because of

Is there anyone who understands this move? It makes absolutely no sense to me. But so far my opponent played calm and strong moves and he surely put some effort into . One shouldn't underestimate his opponent that easily.

But white's O17 group isn't that happy to be tenukied from at this point. Even if it was, doesn't threaten anything. I have strong groups that couldn't possibly come to harm if I ignored this move. As an invasion it fails too. The corner wasn't yet my territory and white is just giving me influence in gote.

Does he feel like he's losing and playing desperate moves? Does he hope to trick me somehow? Or did he just have too much coffee today and is ready to fight?

I have to play calm and solid move now and see what he's up to.

I have two supergreat awesome moves to choose from and I chose this. Lets see how he can justify his tenuki.

Well, I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting this move. I suppose I should have kept it simple and played here, but simple is boring. So I'm going to take a few risks. I wanted to play calmly, but I've decided against that. After this sequence finishes out, I'm going to take advantage of the top lefthand side. This could be pretty fun.

I believe this is the better side to block. If I played N13 now, he would have enough space to make two eyes, so I have to block him to deny that.

Figured I'd play here and see what I can get. Now that I think about it, this is going to be a "fun" situation! Ha ha ha ha ha, no, not really. Oh well, I put myself in it. Looking forward to how this game progresses!

Obvious. Some time ago I've read this situation that he can't make two eyes. I'll believe it, I don't want to think right now.

Trying things never killed anyone. Well, it did, but that's beside the point. I'm quite positive I can live here. I'll just have to see how it goes.

A must.

Exactly how I planned this. Let's see how it proceeds!