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[RobertJasiek]

I'll pin you down on that, hehehe, just kidding.

I am not worried:) Acquiring the remainder of those fundamentals was my major effort from 3d to 4d. The reason may have been that I improved so quickly to 3d that I had lacked time until then to notice those fundamentals. Therefore I guess that players reaching 3d more slowly would already have those fundamentals as a 3d.

1) it is supported by friendly stones
ad 1) What does it mean to "support"? An own stone nearby somewhere? How far away? What if there are own stones and opponent's stones?

You have a right to ask like that but OTOH my books' texts do not assume my rules definitions' precision. So indeed the reader is assumed to develop a reasonable understanding of "supported". The principle does not prescribe a particular distance. IOW, there can be varying degrees of support. Nearby (not overconcentrated) stones support better than a single stone in an adjacent corner. The latter does provide some support already though. Since you mention the general case with possibly also opposing stones, let me point to Vol.2 and its formal influence model, with which one could work out whether friendly stones do support or opposing stones hurt more.

2) the opposing stone shall be attacked severely
ad 2) Huh? The most common pincer joseki, the one-space-low-pincer often leads to the pincer stone itself being attacked after having expanded the corner.

(2) is an option. The four options are joined by the conjunction "or". Therefore it is not necessary that (2) has to apply to your follow-up example development of "the pincer stone itself being attacked". If that is the pincer's intention, then the options (3) or (4) can be the initial aims of a near pincer.

3) shapes shall be settled quickly
ad 3) Does a DDK know what it means to "settle a shape"? Even I as mid-SDK only vaguely know what it means

Maybe not. Maybe this phrase becomes familiar if one reads lots of books that use it frequently. - I do not expect a DDK to understand everything at once. I am happy if he understands 50%.

4) a reply shall be provoked with a high probability
ad 4) What consequences does a high response probability have? Can a DDK assess that? I would assume that is has to do with keeping sente, but actually, I am not sure.

I agree that possible consequences could have been worked out in detail and I am getting your point that each bit of theory in the book (such as a principle) could have been studied on a next lower, finer detail level. Like Capturing Races 1 goes a full detail level deeper than Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races;) Thank you for suggesting me a possible later book series The Fundamentals' Fundamentals:(

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[RobertJasiek]

difficult to unreasonable to make a book such a wide range of playing strength as that which you claim for your books.

As a 15k has just told me, he likes and is confident to learn a lot from both my Joseki books. Previously I had similar statements in the DDK range only from 10k to 13k readers, from SDK players of course and in the dan range up to a strong 4d. Difficult to write? For me it is more a matter of time during which I do necessary research (Joseki 2 or Capturing Races 1 each about 6 - 8 weeks) and the writing. (I would guess though that research experience or alternatively particularly good go study experience is a requirement.) Unreasonable? In view of the received comments, I rather say: reasonable!