I was reviewing one of my games where my opponent played a lot of 2nd line stones during the middle game. But the main thing I want to focus on here is how to live in opponent territory starting with this position:
White has invaded Black and started a contact fight. Black has 4 local responses to White:
- “nobi left”
- nobi right
- hane left
- hane right
Let’s dont try to master all of these at once. Let’s just focus on the best White response to each of these. I know them because I’ve played through the variations with the excellent KaTrain software. The question is: do you know the best White response in each of these 4 continuations by Black?
Relevant discusssion
“Attachment invasion to the 3-4 point. What did I do wrong?“
“Invasion josekis in a large 3-4 shimari“
“What is a good resource for learning common patterns of invading an ogeima anchored at the 3-4 point?“