EVENT BOARDSIZE 19 SETUP W D17 G17 K17 S16 R14 R11 Q5 R6 E3 E6 D12 SETUP B C15 B17 D14 O17 Q16 R17 Q3 R4 R5 C4 C7 H3 MARK C@K3 B@H5 A@Q6 \t@C7 COM Problem 132. White to play. Black has just played the marked stone. Should White aggressively follow up with B or C, or should she calmly connect at A ? ENDCOM W 1 Q6 USER CORRECT ANSWER ENDUSER COM Correct Answer. White should connect at 1, ... ENDCOM VAR W 1 K3 COM Failure. White 1 ... ENDCOM B 2 H5 W 3 K5 COM ... and 3 are aggressive moves, but ... ENDCOM B 4 H7 W 5 O3 B 6 Q6 MARK 5@O3 COM ... Black gets to cut at 6 after 5. White's stones are now scattered throughout the board and she lacks a unified strategy. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR B 2 P4 W 3 N5 B 4 N3 MARK 2@P4 3@N5 COM ... then force Black to play 4 with 3 after Black 2. ENDCOM W 5 D8 B 6 C8 W 7 D9 B 8 C9 W 9 D10 MARK A@K3 COM Next, White links up with her lone stone at the top with the sequence to 9. White now threatens an invasion at A, ... ENDCOM B 10 L4 COM ... so Black must defend at 10. ENDCOM W 11 C3 COM <= ENDCOM