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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This is an interesting result. White's follow-up at the marked move was interesting, too.
From my sloppy analysis, it looks like white gets a slightly smaller corner compared to the joseki I'm used to, but black doesn't get any ko funny business, and white can put a bit of pressure on black. White also gets more points on the right side.
Maybe I should try to play this way in my next game - or at least the next one where I have the chance to get pincered with the two space high pincer against 3-4 approach...
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . 1 O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 C 6 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O C 4 3 . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I liked black's sequence, above. Faced with the earlier position:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . W O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O X . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm thinking only:
1.) Direct responses to white's threat.
2.) Can I live if I ignore?
3.) I don't think about the effect of capturing the ko and creating a nice shape on the right.
Granted, white got strong in the middle. But I still like black's way of thinking.
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . B B B . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . . W . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The marked white move above is very fascinating to me. Namely, I only thought of it as corner territory when I first looked at it. But it is almost sente to create a great attack against black's marked stones.
I think I think of the game too directly. I'd think with only a single goal:
1.) Corner territory? Yes? No?
2.) Attack stones? Yes? No?
3.) Reduce left? Yes? No?
Clearly, Master's plan is more strategic: Get corner territory + threat potential attack, or if he defends, then take sente. Something like that?
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X X X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X . X . . . . . O . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . X . O O O O . O X X . X . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . X X O X X X . O X . . |
$$ | . . B . . O . . . . X . . . O . O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I'm surprised about black's choice of doing 3-3 instead of doing something on the left. I might value the left too much. It could also be that black feels the need to catch up on points. Or it could be both.
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . B . O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . X . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . X X X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | O X X O X X O O . . O . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O O O . O X . O O O O . O X X . X . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . X X O X X X X , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . O X . . X X . . . O X O O . |
$$ | O . . . X O O O . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I like the marked move, above. In my game, I'd probably try something more tight:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O B X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . X . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . X X X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | O X X O X X O O . . O . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O O O . O X . O O O O . O X X . X . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . X X O X X X X , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . O X . . X X . . . O X O O . |
$$ | O . . . X O O O . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
But it's probably naive:
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . O 1 X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . 2 . . . . O O . O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . X X X O O . O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . O X O O X . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . X . O X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . O O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . X X X . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . X . O . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | O X X O X X O O . . O . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . O O O . O X . O O O O . O X X . X . |
$$ | . . . O . O X . X X O X X X X , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . O X . . X X . . . O X O O . |
$$ | O . . . X O O O . . . . . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Overall, what are my takeaways?
1.) I'd like to try white's choice of joseki for the top right.
2.) I should be less direct and simplistic in plans I make for my own games.
3.) I might value moyo-type shapes too much.
That's it for tonight. My noob analysis of a pro game.