Source:
Problem diagram.
Black plays.
Go World #5, Jan-Feb 1978, pp. 49-50
Solution follows
(or click here to download SGF)
Vulgar.
Black 1 is a heavy move. With the strong White wall above,
and without support from any Black stones from below,
Black's group has become a big target.
Correct.
Black 1 is the ideal shape move in this position to
create a light shape.
Would you have seen and made this move in a real game?
I hope you would have, because I wouldn't have!
If White plays 2 elsewhere, then later on Black can hane at 3.
With 5, Black has a resilient shape.
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