Both moves are possible, but I suspect the corner approach is more common in professional games. Here is an example (Yamashita Keigo versus Cho HanSuyng, Fujitsu Cup, 2008). You can probably figure out the sequence of moves which produced this situation:

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$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Oh, okay, thank you. Yeah, this seems to be the sort of move/position that's a little outside of my comfort zone, but is often reasonable, so I should try to mess around with it. Interesting how similar it is to the current position. I know the shapes are not uncommon, but still cool to see.

i tried to find a better move than this but i can not...seems like it is the only move possible.
if i get sente i will play top

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$$ | . . . O . . . . 6 , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . O O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . X . X . . . |
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Keep up the pressure and prevent him from attaching and making himself stronger.

N17 looks to have been a terrible decision. Why does Magicwand perform a test that a 5k could pass when the punishment is so drastic?

why did i play as above?? to stablize my group in sente.
see below.

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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 6 X 0 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . B 7 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . O . . |
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when he played marked knight move it didnt look right to me..
i think both a or b are better than that knight move.

Weird move.
I'm a little torn as to what to do.
So he might be thinking this:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 X a . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X 7 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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He'd atari at A and then I'd take and he'd get two eyes underneath. However, I see no reason to ladder this stone since when the fighting breaks out I'll only have to worry about the center (thank you mr. corner enclosure). Instead:

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . 6 X 2 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . . . |
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I invite this sort of fight, it can only end well for me. However at the same time taking the stone would be great for center influence but he'd take sente.

Yithril and I've been rivals since 2006, so I'm hoping after his recent power leveling in Korea, he can take down Magicwand.

Sakujo!

still trying to feel my opponent...

compromise

Again, this fight, totally not seeing a downside. Nothing to think about. Keep White split. He'll prolly strengthen his center first, therefore strengthening me, then try to sneakily ferret away some corner points. I don't know if I'll resist to harshly when I do that. In any case, I look forward to capping the side group or approaching the bottom left stone.

sofar i dont see any major mistake by my opponent.
and i see that he is very aggresive and i dont mind that at all.
i will cut and seal black as below. sofar my prediction was not good on how he will answer

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[go]$$Bcm21
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . 8 7 X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 6 . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . O X . . |
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Anyways I gotta think about this cut some more cuz the fight will get complicated, but fun.

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[go]$$Wcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 7 . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 8 . . 3 2 X a X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 4 X 1 5 6 . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . c b O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X X O . . |
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I don't want White to get 6 because then I have to defend at A or lose two stones (or lose the whole side) and that'd be horrific so I gotta make sure that's covered. The idea of the fight would be to lean at the top so that when I play a move at b or c it's got enough backup to seal off White from the center.

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[go]$$Bcm21
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$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . a . . X . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 5 4 . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 2 O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . 7 3 X X X O . . |
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This is the sequence I have to keep in my head while I play at the top to make sure the shape is right. Honestly, I'm not sure about 30 though cuz he might let me take the stone and counter atari but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Solidly controlling A would make this plan work. I dunno if White will die or not but it won't be a good result.

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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 2 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I have some plans as to how I am going to defend the bottom group should I have to take sente elsewhere. A is an interesting forcing move I don't think he can resist and get a good result. But I don't think I'd play there. Sometimes I read extraneous sequences I never use

I must be missing something.

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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X 7 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . 6 . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 3 9 2 X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 O 1 O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm11
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . 6 X X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4 5 O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 1 O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . O X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think this is the plan, let me take some small stones for a major wall. Terrible for Black. This is gonna take some reading

Did you change your mind? I thought that you had planned on playing 26 at the marked area instead of where you did:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X W . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 6 X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . X . X . X . . . |
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$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

yes i did after some thinking.. that cut is something i am looking forward to..but right now i dont think it is time.
my previous hanne move seems like the only move that will put pressure on isolated black stones. (and it appears to be damn good move and only move)
if i dont pressure him now he will pressure me first and i will lose the flow.

i can feel that my opponent is very strong, probably stronger than me.
but being stronger doesnt necessary mean that he will win.

i am enjoying this game very much. i hope obs will enjoy this game much as i do.