First off, I'm going to start recording some free lectures to be put up here and on the main Sundaygolessons.com site. I'd love some suggestions as to what kind of topics you guys would want to see. It could be tesujis, professional games, game reviews, etc. so let me know.
Today I went through some of my joseki books to freshen up. I usually forget joseki 10 minutes after I've learned it so I review them a lot to make certain that I understand them. The one I came across today was fun.
Black 1 through White 6 I'm sure you've seen before. It's like the first joseki everybody learns. There is a nice move for Black if White plays elsewhere that he can try (among others) and that's the move at 9.
It probably looks like it should die to you. Well, Black might get captured but it depends on what White does. Good thing being captured isn't everything.
The idea here is that if Black directly plays 11 then he can sacrifice for some forcing moves on the outside. But, Black has a better move than just directly doing this.
Black should probe first at 11 and see what White does. Like this White is split in half.
I'm learning this variation right now and it's taking me awhile to figure it all out. Maybe I'll get to use it at the tournament, who knows :P
