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Establishing frameworks - A complex example. |
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In this even game, only Black conforms to GCS. White 4 is an attempt to limit the expansion of the black framework. Judging this as no immediate threat to the one existing (notional) framework link, Black expands the framework on the other side. White 6 is a slightly dubious attack to sever a link. |
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Continuation |
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The sequence that follows up to white 16 is joseki (optimal set sequence). But Black chose this particular joseki purely for the purpose of maintaining the framework stone and link. When asked about following joseki, one Japanese professional go player said "Study but do not follow joseki -you should just play the best move!" It is certainly a common error, even amongst amateur dan level players to play joseki by rote without sufficient regard for the overall position. Following GCS can cure this failing. Indeed, the GCS adherent can confidently diverge from joseki in order to comply with GCS directives. |
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