White has six liberties and the upper center is empty. If B were to play around there, that would be worrisome. Besides, if W keeps trying to move out in the normal direction his groups would flee to the center (which far stronger players than I have suggested
), he's inducing B to surround a large area.
is empty and offers a (somewhat awkward) direction for W to flee to in an emergency.
"a" might be good too. It whispers to me, "Black, separate the two white groups", which would strengthen d11 without strengthening g10. But a doesn't make a play for part of the upper side. If it were me I would probably play j16.
is empty and offers a (somewhat awkward) direction for W to flee to in an emergency."a" might be good too. It whispers to me, "Black, separate the two white groups", which would strengthen d11 without strengthening g10. But a doesn't make a play for part of the upper side. If it were me I would probably play j16.
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thanks you, dfan, for organizing this.
at H12 because he loses them like this: