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Another painful move, but it feels like I have no choice for now. I don't think he can just seal me in next:
I think this either lets me disconnect his groups or capture those two stones. I would just play it now, but it looks like it doesn't work since he can capture my top group first by just pulling out the stone that I just locked down. The game's not looking good, as I assume that he can either seal my living group in sente or force it to scramble while he builds up the middle
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I think this either lets me disconnect his groups or capture those two stones. I would just play it now, but it looks like it doesn't work since he can capture my top group first by just pulling out the stone that I just locked down. The game's not looking good, as I assume that he can either seal my living group in sente or force it to scramble while he builds up the middle
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and carelessly expected him to continue down the wrong road. I should have simply played
around L15 to contain him nicely. The upper right is not interesting so I will not use the trigger to drive him into the heart of my influence. I do not think I can expect to kill him so I do not want to destroy my potential in a fruitless hunt. For
I considered J18, letting him play first in the center (I assume he would not answer directly). That would essentially eliminate the remaining bad aji of Black cutting through the thin connection of my left and center stones. However nice that would be tactically, I think it is in the wrong direction strategically. My first thought here is L13 next and push Black to the right before playing a shoulder hit at O10. However, my second thought is stretch to M13 and challenge Black more aggressively. That is what I am still pondering.
Seems a little more effective than expected. At least I did not go on a hunting expedition with this kind of back door hanging open. So, grit my teeth and get on with it.