What makes some moyos better than others?

ez4u · **#21**

At

you felt you had to invade the left side or it would get too big. So you invaded and you exchanged the six marked Black stones for the six white stones. This is a faultless example of making territory while attacking. Unfortunately White was the one attacking and making territory. Look carefully at your stones. They achieve nothing but escape from a small part of White's formation. After 72 they still do not have eyes and can end up subject to further threats in the future.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . W . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . W . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . B . B . B . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . B . B . B . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X X O . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . X O O X . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . X X O O X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . O X O . X X O O . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . O X O O O X . X . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X X X X . O . X . X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Move

to the star point in the middle of the top and ask yourself how much White can really make of the left side. Is it going to be more than Black can make in the upper right and center?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 1 . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . X X O . . . . X . . . . | $$ | . . O . . X . X O O X . . . . . O O . | $$ | . . . . . X X O O X O . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O . O X O . X X O O . . X O . . | $$ | . . . . O X O O O X . X . . X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . X X X X . O . X . X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

What makes some moyos better than others?

Who is online