More Influence! More I say! - Basic Baduk

These 2 games on OGS I got quite a bit of control over the center, especially in that second game where my opponent seemed to take it as a personal challenge to give me all the influence that he could...
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[@ericbailey4641]

Hell yeah, good game.😊

[@xoreign]

4:37, what's stopping white from pushing and cutting?

[@paracovo]

If you mean D13-E13-E12... Black's not really in any danger there.
There's the attachments and shoulder-hits to C9, a threat to ladder at E10 (this one's probably the best of the bunch?), hane at B13...
Even if black played really crude, like the atari at E11, threat to ladder at F11 and then connected, they'd still be out.
Like, no matter how I try to look at it, that cutting stone seems to be feeling mighty lonely at the end.

[@sjs9698]

that seq also leaves w with three stones at a massive 3 liberties, right by the aji at/around b16: idk exactly how B can use that best but i see options for doing severe damage to the corner (after B saves the two stones that get cut off). as a general rule (handy for folk like me whose reading isn't the best) its not a great idea to add stones to a group to reduce the liberties it has, or to require a fix afterwards in gote

[@godkingcthulhu138]

🦑

[@alexandertidde4917]

is J17 basic?

[@paracovo]

It's the joseki. As long as you know how to follow up, the invasion at G17 doesn't really threaten the group.
But if you're uncertain, you can just do the shorter extension at H17, it's not that bad.

[@silmaril555]

Why is your OGS interface in French, just curious.

[@dwyrin]

i change languages on my clients regularly just for fun