$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 3 5 . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O d . 6 X W 4 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . c X O 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . b 2 9 . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . e a 0 . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 3 5 . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O d . 6 X W 4 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . c X O 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . b 2 9 . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . e a 0 . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Anything allowing White to solidly connect looks wrong, so ...
Not that I read it but White can't hane at because of the ladder. So probably is better as a lateral stretch.
$$Bc Katago's main line (11 at a and 12 at b)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . 7 X O a . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . b 6 X O 2 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . 9 5 4 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . 8 0 . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Katago's main line (11 at a and 12 at b)
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . 7 X O a . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . b 6 X O 2 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . 9 5 4 . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . 8 0 . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The triple hane is not natural for me but it works, even if White solidly connects, White can't disconnect the two black groups. The fate of the stones and is not clear, they may be sacrificed.
Further comments
If Black cuts first, Katago's main line is the following, and is 3 points worse:
$$Bc Black cuts first
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . 4 X O 3 . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , X O 1 . . X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . 2 . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$Bc Katago's main line
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 4 0 8 . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . . X O 5 6 X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X O 2 7 9 X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . a b d . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . c e . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Katago's main line
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 1 4 0 8 . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . O . . . X O 5 6 X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . X O 2 7 9 X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . a b d . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . c e . . . O . |
$$ | . . X . O X . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . , . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . O O O X X X . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . O X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . O X . . O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . . O O X X . X X O X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . . . X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
This position feels a bit unusual, because it seems Black may have missed the typical joseki move in the upper right? Unless there is a different sequence that leads to that result.
In the joseki I know that results in a shape like the upper right, normally Black plays a hane at R18 instead of merely extending at Q18. White blocks, Black connects, then White needs to add another move to not die, which is usually at S13.
Although I guess it's a little uncommon regardless that white still gets to play this clamp much later, as it is common for black to add a defense here to stop the clamp.
Anyways, it may be instructive to compare and contrast how Black should handle White's clamp in the perhaps-more-standard shape, as follows:
$$Bc Black to play here, as a contrast/complement to jlt's position
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . X X O . |
$$ | . . O X O X X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O O O X . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O X . . . . . W X O O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O X . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
It's interesting that small difference in strength of the black stones makes the difference between wanting to sacrifice them or not... but also in the variation where black got the hane, the winrate/score are only slightly better than sacrificing in the original game!
@jlt - the position I posted should exist, no? Black doesn't have an extra move.
Black got 1 stone at R18, white lost the stone at R18 but got extra stone at S18 and S13. So it's still exactly balanced in moves made by each side.
Position #69, another elementary shape that I missed. Not really a big mistake but an illustration of the fact that some simple moves are still missing in my brain policy network. Black to play.
$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . X W X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O X . O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . O O X . . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O O X . X X O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O . X . X . X O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . X O X X X . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . X O O O X . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . O X X . , . O X O O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X X . O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . O O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . X W X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O X . O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . O O X . . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O O X . X X O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O . X . X . X O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . X O X X X . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . X O O O X . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . O X X . , . O X O O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X X . O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . O O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Answer:
$$Bc this is slightly better than the solid connection
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . X W X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O X . O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . O O X . . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O O X . X X O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O . X . X . X O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . X O X X X . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . X O O O X . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . O X X . , . O X O O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X X . O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . O O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc this is slightly better than the solid connection
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X O . O . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . . . . . . . X X X . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . X W X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O O O X . O . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . O O X . . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . . O O X . X X O O O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . . O . X . X . X O O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X X . . . . X O X X X . O O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . X O O O X . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . O X X . , . O X O O , X . . |
$$ | . . X O . X O O X X . O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O . . O O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
First, my eyes were drawn to a, but then I thought that b may be good?
$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . b O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . b O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . a . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 6 O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 1 O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 5 O 4 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X a . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 6 O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 1 O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 5 O 4 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X a . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
White can cut later at 'a' but Black will sacrifice 2 stones and both parts will live separately.
If Black doesn't play there then later White can play 'a' below. This threatens the cut 'b' which is much more severe than in the previous diagram.
$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . a X X . b X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . a X X . b X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
What about trying to cut off the D12 white stones, by playing:
$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Bc Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X X X X O O O X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O O X O . . X X . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . O . O . . . . O X X O . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . X O X . . |
$$ | . X X O O . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . X . X O . O . . O X X . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . O . O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
I suppose it must not work, but in my first glance at it, it looked promising...
From my kyu perspective, White would just sacrifice two stones, which is not so big:
$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 2 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X 3 . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 2 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X 3 . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |[/go]
but the AI thinks it's a wrong sequence for White because the weakness C17 is still there, so the following is a much better move
$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 4 O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . 2 X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 7 3 5 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 6 O . 0 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 9 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
[go]$$Bc
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . 4 O , X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . 2 X X . . X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 7 3 5 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . 6 O . 0 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O 9 1 O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X O . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X O . X O . . O X . . O . . . |[/go]
Black cannot cut immediately because White threatens to kill A14 so...
$$Bcm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O O 1 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . O X X . 3 X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . O O . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X W . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X W . X O . . O X . . O . . . |
[go]$$Bcm11
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 2 . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . O O 1 X . . O X O O O . . . X . O . |
$$ | . O X X . 3 X X X X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . O O . O O . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X O . X X X . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O X X . . O O O O X X O . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O X W . . . , . O X . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X . X W . X O . . O X . . O . . . |[/go]
Now, Black could capture the two marked stones but it's not very big at the moment.