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Approach on the open side

When in doubt from which side to approach a corner, it is usually better to take the open (or wider) side, i.e. the side where there is more space to make a base and/or more potential territory to be destroyed. This is conventional wisdom and hence often defied these days, as can be seen in database search.

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