Mon 21 May 2007
tonights study
Posted by David under Game analysis
Tonight, I am studying a game between two highly ranked amateurs on KGS. I am done with the opening and am now about to start the middle game fighting. The white player uses the 4-4 stones for quick flexible development and specifically plays to thwart the chinese fuseki.
Now, my mind, I got to the move shown here, and had some questions about why white did this. The last move is shown in closeup at this picture:
now maybe its just me, but it appears that now if black takes this sacrificial stone, it will end in a gote sequence for black or worse simply doom blacks 4 stones to die with no eyes. A little bit later, the scene looks like this and develops to this point:
There’s not enough on the board to count territory with any meaning, but influence abounds, and so far I think white has done favorably, after some initial problems in the lower right corner. Black has recently staked a claim to the upper left in retaliation. Iron pillar to keep sente pressure on white, stretching away from a hane. one white prisoner stone so far.
what do you think so far?
