He should have played B5 long time ago and I'll happily deny him that in sente I'm not going for a kill, I hope him to live small and sad life. I wonder if I could get more from the corner, but I'm satisfied.

I just realized how dead I was... that's embarrassing.
what to do now...

here is the deal, I am now behind, so i need to avoid getting attacked, and a undercut two space extension is really weak. So i am getting stronger.

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Is this actually the best way to strengthen a two-space extension? This does give B something to aim at in the corner, but it seems like B's position needs some altitude to be safe.

You are behind, but its not because your corner died. Getting the corner killed wasn't that big, its you allowing yourself to be sealed in that was the big mistake.

is locally correct shape, and one worth remembering. As you pointed out here, it has excellent followups at Q2, R3 and takes away the white attack at M3.

Trying to capture G3, which is a one space jump from white thickness would be a mistake as white. Trying to save G3 would be a mistake as black. G3 is now a useful but light reinforcement to the 'main' extension of K3-N3.

You will notice on that page, a cost of cutting is making black locally thick on the outside of the cut; which he would be happy about, here.


Assuming by jumping you're thinking of forestalling growth of the left side; the left side is still very open, and the forcing moves around C6 aren't going anywhere. Independently strengthening the bottom group indirectly makes a later invasion/reduction on the left easier.

I think reducing his moyo is a priority, and after, I'll try to build from my double wing.

I' m looking at a move in this area:

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Don't know for sure yet, but I think a move on the fourth line looks good

I decided on 5th line in light of a previous game I played... Now the fighting really being (besides the part where I went and died in the bottom right).

This feel good to me because it no move can cut i off from both stones I think... perhaps i would like something like this:

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I don't know how to play here. I just hope this isn't too bad. If some strong player is watching, I would really appreciate his thoughts of this position and how should white play with

If I were him I would be wary of possibilities at a or b.

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anyway I want to keep alive to preserve those possibilities, and this move seems like a good way to move out

Putting some pressure on him, strenghtening my own stone and building more moyo in one move. I don't think I could tenuki and extend my right bottom corner, it would open a devastating invasion.

I really just don't want to get surrounded

I hope I'm not falling behind. With this move I take a big corner in reverse sente and I aim at R12. If he defends, I still have J10 and then M/N17 and later some invasion into R13 area might still work, who knows I'm looking forward to his answer as it will strongly affect my next moves.

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I build of my double wing and now I can connect at either stone

I hope this is the right weakness to choose. Maybe one move too early, but I don't want him to fix it if he takes sente.

First things first. I remove the possibility of him getting a base and make a largish corner for my self. My weak group is stronger than has weak group so hopefully I can save mine while attacking him

I expect this to follow

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mwahaha all according to plan.