http://intellectualpirate.com/blog/2007/06/24/study-this-morning/ Go for you and for me Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://intellectualpirate.com/blog/2007/06/24/study-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-5 David Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:56:01 +0000 http://intellectualpirate.com/blog/2007/06/24/study-this-morning/#comment-5 In the above diagram, If Black A, White B, Black C is the assumed consequence of playing away from this position. If White was simply to play at A in an attempt to stop this from happening, it would create something you should recognize as bad shape. Look at the result in your head: it is a long dragon, with the left side bound, completely blocked in along its length, so that all that remains is the head, which is pointed into the wall. In the above diagram, If Black A, White B, Black C is the assumed consequence of playing away from this position. If White was simply to play at A in an attempt to stop this from happening, it would create something you should recognize as bad shape. Look at the result in your head: it is a long dragon, with the left side bound, completely blocked in along its length, so that all that remains is the head, which is pointed into the wall.

]]>