What is blacks next move......

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What is blacks next move......

Post by Hazushi »

Follow it to the end, Whats the best move for black, best course of action ect, ect?







This was the end result of what happened during play for those who are intrested...
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Re: What is blacks next move......

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F3, C6, C9, L17 all look good, ordered by my guess as to their goodness.

F3 -- make a base, approach, weaken the M5 group.
C6 -- approach
C9 -- attack the top-left white group and have miai to settle (C6 and C12)
L17 -- attack the top-right white group
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Post by EdLee »

Hazushi, what are the levels of the players? The :w28: wedge is suspect
because W got himself a broken shape:
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$$. . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$. . . . . . # # . O . . |
$$. . . . O W W # W . . . |
$$. X , O . . # . , O . . |
$$. . . . . . . . # O . . |
$$. . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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EdLee wrote:Hazushi, what are the levels of the players?

I dont really know I would Imagine 4-6k.. I can do 7k at best and I lose to them at about 20-30points average. But I dont really know they are friends and are guys that went to japan when they were in the military and came back knowing how to play the game and when they were visiting family in the area we sat about and they played a game and I watched. I was just curious about it I know black is a stone weaker than white though.
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Re: What is blacks next move......

Post by Solomon »

My initial line of thought:
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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , X . . . . , . . . O O , X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . d . O O O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X , O . . X . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 1 a . b . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Letting White play at 'a' is annoying as it's a nice extension from D4 and threatens to connect underneath at 'b'. By playing :b1: , you settle your H4 stone which will make it easier for you to attack M5. Ideally, you want to launch a double-pronged attack on both M5 and O13 and this is the ultimate goal you should establish in this game until the dust settles, after which 'c' is a big move you may want to consider later on. If White responds to :b1: , consider 'd' as a follow-up, which is the soft spot in White's shape.
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