Life In 19x19

Posted: **Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:54 pm**

What are your thoughts about this follow up to white? I ask because I played a game where this happened. I still won but I didn't know if I played it well or if my opponent made a mistake.

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My this is what I played in the game.

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I'm really curious about two things. Did white make a mistake or did he know what he was doing? And secondly what is the optimal way of responding to

Posted: **Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:21 pm**

I can't say much, but I know

is a legitimate invasion of the sanrensei.

Posted: **Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:46 pm**

I should clarify that. I know it's a legit move, I'm curious about how white played it out.

Posted: **Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:51 pm**

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I don't know if

is a mistake, but

very probably is. Why? Because it allows

, which makes a hane-at-the-head-of-two-stones shape, which is good for Black.

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While normally pushing from behind is not so good, in this case Black gets to make a wall on the fourth line while White makes third line territory. Note

. It is the standard play in this kind of situation to coordinate with the

stone. Each step by White adds only 2 points of territory in the limit, while each step by Black (this early in the game) adds more than 3 points worth of influence. (DrStraw and I are in close agreement about that.)

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looks like the right play for White. Then

is simple and strong. Now if

connects at 9, Black has a good play at 5. After

and

, it is not clear where White should play. If White plays as in the diagram, he is a bit overconcentrated.

Edit: DrStraw spelling corrected.

Posted: **Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:18 pm**

To add to Bill's post, if I may: notice the first move

is a hane;
anything other local reply seems soft, to me.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:23 am**

Bill Spight wrote:Each step by White adds only 2 points of territory in the limit, while each step by Black (this early in the game) adds more than 3 points worth of influence. (Dr. Straw and I are in close agreement about that.)

This seems quite reasonable and a useful general observation. Does there exist a thread where you and DrStraw have discussed this?

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:27 am**

EdLee wrote:To add to Bill's post, if I may: notice the first move is a hane;
anything other local reply seems soft, to me.

I would name

an "osae", just because it blocks from above.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:32 am**

I can't say much, but I know is a legitimate invasion of the sanrensei.

There is not a single example of this in pro database games, even late in the game.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:42 am**

John Fairbairn wrote:
I can't say much, but I know is a legitimate invasion of the sanrensei.
There is not a single example of this in pro database games, even late in the game.

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure a professional developed this move.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:56 am**

It looks strange to me too; not a usual invasion in my experience. What I have seen is it played when white caps the middle hoshi stone and black answers that cap with his own cap, as in a spectacular Cho vs Takemiya game I've posted here before (and that's where white has already taken both corners and black has walls facing the right side). Cho ends up living by losing a corner. Something else I've seen is Shuko advocating the 2nd line invasion under the middle hoshi in later positions arising from the san ren sei.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:30 am**

Aidoneus wrote:
Bill Spight wrote:Each step by White adds only 2 points of territory in the limit, while each step by Black (this early in the game) adds more than 3 points worth of influence. (Dr. Straw and I are in close agreement about that.)
This seems quite reasonable and a useful general observation. Does there exist a thread where you and DrStraw have discussed this?

Thank you for the correct appellation. Bill seems to want to refer to me as Dr. Straw, not DrStraw.

As for your question, I don't recall a specific thread, more just comments scattered throughout the forum.

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:42 am**

That looks like a good topic for a separate thread.

http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10399

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:04 am**

Abyssinica wrote:
John Fairbairn wrote:
I can't say much, but I know is a legitimate invasion of the sanrensei.
There is not a single example of this in pro database games, even late in the game.
Are you sure? I'm pretty sure a professional developed this move.

GoGoD has no examples with san-ren-sei. Nevertheless it can give us some ideas...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc Murase Yakichi (White) - Hattori Hajime 1857-07-01 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . O . O O O . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . X X X . , X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . O O X X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . . | $$ | . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . 8 . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . 6 . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X , . . . . 5 O . . . . O , . . . | $$ | . . . 0 O . 7 . 3 1 2 . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . 9 . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Note the marked stone below was played as a ladder (upper side) breaking attachment on top of the White stone so White continued at the top originally, leading to an 'attachment underneath' by transposition.

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The marked stone below is another ladder breaker. Note that all the examples where the player on top (White below) pushes at

are situations where the opponent (e.g. Black below) holds one or both adjacent corners.

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Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:20 am**

John Fairbairn wrote: There is not a single example of this in pro database games, even late in the game.

I found one (move 130):

Posted: **Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:47 am**

daal wrote:
John Fairbairn wrote: There is not a single example of this in pro database games, even late in the game.
I found one (move 130):

Hardly qualifies as a sanrensei at that point.

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