Problem 6075 goproblems.com

8 dan joseki

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Author	santa c	Created	2005-02-25
Difficulty	8 dan (history)	Source	large avalanche
AVG solve time	59 sec	Stars	3.67 (9 votes)
User attempts	317 / 3088	Collections	Instruction Required, Fun, Reverse engineering
Genre	joseki	Your attempts	N/A
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Created	2005-02-25
Source	large avalanche
Stars	3.67 (9 votes)
Collections	Instruction Required, Fun, Reverse engineering
Your attempts	N/A

(;AB[rr]AB[rp]AB[qp]AW[qq]AW[qr]AB[pq]AB[pr]AB[oq]AB[nq]AW[pp]AW[op]AW[np]AW[on]AW[qo]AW[mq]AW[lq]AB[mp]AB[mo]AB[kp]LB[jn:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jm:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jr:|]LB[js:|]C[Please mirror the avalanche on the right :)]AP[goproblems] (;B[cp];W[ep]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|] (;B[eq];W[dp]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|];B[dq];W[co]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|] (;B[fq];W[fp]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|] (;B[gp];W[cq];B[bp];W[cr]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|] (;B[br];W[gq]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|] (;B[dr];W[hq]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|];B[go];W[en]LB[js:|]LB[jr:|]LB[jq:|]LB[jp:|]LB[jo:|]LB[jn:|]LB[jm:|];B[ip]C[Well done! :)RIGHT]) (;B[hp];W[dr]LB[gr:1]LB[fr:2]LB[hq:3]LB[er:4]C[After the squeeze, running with A is rather pointless, without support it can be captured with B9 or else it can be kept low.]LB[bq:5]LB[bo:A]) (;B[go];W[dr]C[This way the 3 stones could be captured.])) (;B[dr]C[];W[bo]C[White could capture the corner too easily this way!]) (;B[go]C[The 2 stones at B4 are too weak to leave like this!])) (;B[bp]C[Is somewhat problematic and doesn't lead to the position on the right.])) (;B[fp]C[Actually it's the large avalanche on the right... (*Mumbles something about the small avalanche losing points according to pros, according to a player he chatted with recently*)]) (;B[bp]C[Is a possible move to avoid avalanche but avoiding it seems awkward as it is your goal.])) (;B[dq]C[Is indeed possible however it doesn't normally lead to the position on the right.]) (;B[fq]C[Is indeed possible however it doesn't normally lead to the position on the right.]) (;B[ip]C[Is indeed possible however it doesn't normally lead to the position on the right.]) (;B[gp]C[Is indeed possible however it doesn't normally lead to the position on the right.])) (;B[dq]C[The avalanche is indeed normally started by a komoku (3-4) however mirrored it doesn't start with this one but C4.]) (;B[eq]C[The avalanche starts with a komoku (3-4).]))