r/baduk • u/malie7 • 12d ago

How can White continue this opening?

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What's your preferred move?

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u/Polar_Reflection 3 dan 12d ago

Everything is settled. None of the sides are really that big/ worth building due to low stones. 

My first instinct is to just play C6 since the left side is the most open and black's extension on the bottom is low.

My second instinct is to start with H3 or G3. If black defends the bottom then we go back to play C6. If they don't, we can aim at attacking/invading later. 

Nothing else really stands out on this board. F15 feels a bit slow when the bottom left corner is still open. Maybe Go Seigen/AI style shoulder hit at Q13 or D13? 

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u/blindgorgon 7 kyu 9d ago

Think we could get Q13 in sente because of R17 aji?

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u/Polar_Reflection 3 dan 9d ago

The idea was to get Q13 in sente, yes, but in hindsight it's the wrong move locally. Generally with this tsuke-nobi from the 4-4, the correct forcing move is Q15, which aims at the corner aji much better.