Unexpected Moves: How to Respond

It's so nice when you know some techniques or variations and everything goes according to your plan. But you should always expect the unexpected. Your opponent's ideas can be different from yours so they can always play a strange opening, an unknown joseki or a move you've never seen before. Let's see how to approach that when it happens.
This lesson is from our course "The Main Principles of a Glorious Opening":
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00:00:00 Adapting to new knowledge
00:00:51 What if my opponent doesn't play by the book?
00:01:09 Example 1
00:02:11 Another unusual move
00:03:48 One more "what if"
00:05:02 A sudden attachment
00:06:55 An unknown opening
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[@laliborio]

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Really, thank you!

[@GoMagic]

We're happy to help!

[@Check_001]

I think that unexpected and blatantly stupid moves are two different things.
Opponent might take unusual corner variations like starting with 5-5 and this one is really unexpected as well as capable of containing some trick play (which is why unexpected moves are usually played). Trick play can be really hard to identify in unusual moves further into the game when simple block is not an option. So I'd say that one should be prepared to big surprises even if they think they play solidly against illogical moves.

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[@myboy_]

Video couldnt have come at a better time! Feel like i just got to the point of knowledge where i understand how little i know!
In any pursuit, its very frustrating when you decide to start playing the game "right" and youre still losing against someone less knowledgeable, just placing stones where it feels good. Can be tempting to say "no, youre not supposed to play there!" You know its technically a bad move, but dont have the skill yet to punish.

[@GoMagic]

Indeed in Go if you can play a strange move and justify it, make it work - it's all good =)

[@Check_001]

In high level games players know they shouldn't be playing in some way because their opponent can easily punish them at their level. But being low level player we still have to prove a move doesn't work. And if we cannot prove.. well, then that totally works and we can only deal with it

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[@GoMagic]

De nada=) saludos desde Vietnam!

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I don't even know the rules of Go.

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Go Magic has a great Rules of Go series you can check out!

[@GoMagic]

Then you should check out the Go rules series on this channel

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[@etvb-e2568]

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[@GoMagic]

Vadim tries to do that but sometimes he fails. =) We really hope it doesn't make Go theory feel different for you.

[@Check_001]

@@GoMagic If I'm right what his original language is judging by the name (Russian), I can totally understand him. Neutral pronon here by default is "he" and it's only natural to project this kind of thought process into other language lol.