KGS Plus lecture for 30/10/05

Yilun Yang
Framework-oriented Chinese opening for B at the top, territory for W at the bottom.

* Stressed usefulness of 5pt extension - showed a comfortable invasion into a 6pt extension.
* See effects of white approach - 3rd line stone at top is territorial - developing a wall facing is inconsistent
* help the weaker stone; help the inside stone get out; OK to touch the weaker stone if it gets HEAVIER
* avalanche leading to two outcomes which work well or badly with two stones already played.
light - sabaki escape
* W reducing stone can't settle immediately - needs a handful of forcing moves - need to touch things - choose to touch strong things
* three touches then a fast jump - also examined the effect of B's cut
* when still not settled, a crosscut and sacrifice to get even more forcing moves.
* Pushing battle where consideration is who needs libetrties mopre to decide extend or hane.
* Long liberty battle at the bottom - always looking for ways to get more liberties

KGS plus lecture for 1/10/05

Listened to the Mingjiu Jiang lecture from Saturday last 1st October. Studied the close-in pincer to the approach to 4-4 - which direction to block and when it is OK to tenuki. I saw the wall-of-3 and two-knights moves pattern come up several times, also at the top when he used a knight's move approach to a 3-10 stone - much better than going on top when you don't want the opponent to walk through your moyo. Also looked at two knight's move approaches to the 4-4, when it is OK to go in to the 3-3 if you have outlying stones in both directions, and which direction to then cut - towards the one further out.

Sheet Music Plus - Julio S. Sagreras: Guitar Lessons (Books 1-3)

Sheet Music Plus - Julio S. Sagreras: Guitar Lessons (Books 1-3)
This page from book 3 of Sagreras's Studies happens to be the exact piece I am practicing at the moment.