Lost in (pro) opening?

[Uberdude]

I think it was around 68 you lost.

I have a cunning plan:
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That's much more enterprising than what I did, which was rather obedient, uncreative, and with little thought!

[tapir]

Did you consider playing W8 at the starpoint? If you do not like the result after the attachment, that would be the first move you could do differently to avoid the attachment right away in my opinion. Incidentally it seems some professionals started to play it very recently as well. Just a few examples but almost all from recent years.

Can anyone comment on the development that the attachment is now after a brief period of being the prominent play by black again played less than the "old" pincer? It seems professionals do indeed like White in these variations nowadays.

[Uberdude]

Did you consider playing W8 at the starpoint? If you do not like the result after the attachment, that would be the first move you could do differently to avoid the attachment right away in my opinion. Incidentally it seems some professionals started to play it very recently as well. Just a few examples but almost all from recent years.

Yes, I also considered 3rd line below hoshi rather than hoshi itself, or 2nd line attach probe under the shimari to make r8 less appealing if he nobis out and then I play hoshi. But at the time I was quite happy to play that joseki (for the first time, at least in a serious game) to learn about it.