Life In 19x19

when you play a game with someone for the first time it is much harder for a stronger players to overpower weaker players.
but after few game weaker players know that they are weaker and play timidly. Stronger players knows exactly howmuch overplay is needed.
this game i will try to comment much as possible and try to not to overplay.

Me, playing the same old thing?? Never!

everyone already knows that i only play double star point when i am white.
below is what i expect from my opponent and white a or b. probably b since it is not even game.

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takin slow approach. Dont need any complications

Normal normal

may look like an odd approach, but the basic premise is that it prevents one of Black's goals (being to set up a framework based on extending and completing some of his shapes like this):

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: none
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As a result, an approach in either right side corner is fairly typical, simply as a combined preventative strategy and development strategy for White. The idea here is to allow Black the corner in exchange for giving White more development potential at the bottom.

The following is a very common continuation:

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[go]$$Bcm5 Prisoners: none
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White makes the beginning of his own framework on the lower side, Black mostly completes his corner, and then takes the bit point at the top for his own extension. If White pincers with "a", I'll be looking to take the corner, if White pulls back with "b" or "c", I'll take the large high extension to be consistent with building this whole framework thing.

normal fuseki. but somehow i dont like it. My opponent is very skilled in non contact fuseki.
Soon I will start complicate the game a bit. i expect my opponent to knight move approach to upper left corner.

We're playin' big - let me guess, there's a fight going to decide this game again ..

I feel White's move makes some sense. With the position White now has on the lower side, pulling back like this allows White a nice continuation on the left side:

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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: none
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Here, it feels like White has good chances on building a large framework, and getting the potential for a large amount of points is a bit more of a priority without komi. Of course, Black is similarly aiming towards a large framework, and sliding into the corner feels contrary to the opening so far:

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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: none
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With and low, it feels like Black is a bit flat and not making the most of the development potential that the 4-4 in the top right gives to the upper side of the board. The joseki with at "a" seems a bit poor for White for two reasons (see next dia), but I think White's happy enough to block here that this becomes largely irrelevant.

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[go]$$Bcm11 Prisoners: none
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Not only does the ladder with not work for White, but because the marked White stone is high, Black can jump as far as "b" to further reduce White's position. I don't think White can be happy with this situation.

So, regarding the game move, playing the high 3 space jump works to increase the framework size in the top right (and prevents the O17 approach from having a two space extension along the top) - the invasion isn't a particularly great risk right now, because Black can simply take the corner for reasonable profit:

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[go]$$Bcm13 Prisoners: none
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Sometimes Black can exchange "a" for "b" first, but White has some complicated resistances to this, so I tend not to unless that extra outside move is really clearly very valuable.

playing on the side will make this game too simple. I am down 6.5 points and making it simple is nogo.
My move above will create some more complications that will add some more variance to the game result.