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Black now has 3 pretty secure corners. I don't think that I can afford to give away the fourth. I was tempted to play something like a, b, or 2 straightaway, but In all of those moves, the possibility existed that B could take either the corner or sente. After
I am thinking of the cap. I am getting a little uncomfortable about the territory balance, but I do think that W has more potential on this board. B's positions, while large point-wise and secure, are pretty flat, and he has nothing going on in the center. So far, it has been a peaceful game, which has been to my advantage as the weaker player.
I am thinking of the cap. I am getting a little uncomfortable about the territory balance, but I do think that W has more potential on this board. B's positions, while large point-wise and secure, are pretty flat, and he has nothing going on in the center. So far, it has been a peaceful game, which has been to my advantage as the weaker player. $$Wcm1
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.. Will see what his next plan is, but I'm thinking my biggest priority now is making sure his left doesn't balloon into something huge.
I sort of need to connect, or the exchange was bad for me I think.
was to either use as a fairly severe reducing move, or if he attempts to swallow whole, a pretty big aji creator to allow me to get into the left hand side. I've found a couple of sequences for White that I hadn't when embarking on the idea, so I'm not sure it's as clever as I'd originally thought. However, there's so much room for both White and Black to go wrong, that .. well, yeah, watch this space I guess!