Learning from professional games (1)

by Sorin Gherman

This article is based on game 1 of the Meijin title, 2007. The main idea came from raw variations I saw on CyberOro Go server during this game, which were most likely analysis of professional players following the game.

After move 32 in the game, the position in the upper-right corner is the one in Dia 1.

The local situation looks bad for Black: in the close fight White has one extra stone (but it is Black's turn next), and White has 2 more stones nearby (on the left and below) which will surely help if a fight spreads. But that doesn't mean that Black shouldn't try his best: Black should start by looking at the most severe continuations first.

Try to find the most promising, aggressive continuation for Black in Dia 1.

Dia. 1
Click to show solution - after thinking about the problem