zac wrote:
The joseki played on the right hand side, aside from what alphago "thinks", I had no idea that it would have been considered slow.
Writing more than 50 years ago, Segoe referred to an argument by, IIRC, Fujisawa Hideyuki (AKA Shuko) that, since Black retains sente, you could play that joseki in all four corners, leaving Black "obviously" ahead. So that joseki is not strictly equitable, but favors Black.
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What's the other options? The hanging connection and extend one further? Just hane after the attachment but then take sente? Actually learn how to deal with pincers to a low approach so that I don't hide my problems by always approaching high?
The remedy proposed was for White to omit the connection and take sente himself and play in an open corner, for preference the adjacent one. Later on you could see pros omit the connection and approach a corner, often as a probe.
AlphaGo showed how it was possible, perhaps preferable, to make a solid connection and then play elsewhere. That strategy had appeared in pro games, but was quite rare. I don't think that AlphaGo Zero has played it, but we don't have many of its games to go by.
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That extension on the top, I'm particularlyembarrassed by that. I swear I know better, but something possessed me, and it wasn't the spirit of a strong go player.
The return of the repressed, as Freud would say. It happens to us all.