I have a question regarding a recent game of mine where my opponent played a surprising move and I wasn't sure how to answer.
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$$ | . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . 5 . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . 9 4 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Next w played 1 which I don't know about.
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[go]$$Wc deviation
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The cut felt natural and the following sequence emerged.
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[go]$$Wc continuation
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$$ | . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . 3 1 2 . a . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . X O 4 O . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 7 5 6 b . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I analyzed this for a while but couldn't find a better variation. Living in the corner is bad for black and there seems to be no way to capture either of whites stones. Blacks shape is a bit weird, maybe 8 should be somewhere else (a,b for example)?
On the plus side, this sequence made white's original pincer a very slow move and allowed me to make a shimari in the upper left. Is that enough for black?
One more variation: Blocking seems to be unsatisfactory, because after W3 the descent at a has no good corner follow-up except for some endgame (so w can ignore and take 6 for himself) and the following sequence favors white because of the 3-4 exchange.
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[go]$$Wc alternative?
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$$ | . a 2 X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 4 1 , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . 3 X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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