Staircase ten

Staircase ten  

This is the staircase ten and is together with the bulky ten the biggest corner shapes that can be turned in a seki by the attacker.

The vital point for this shape is at a

seki  

The importand idea is that after , and are miai after that it becomes quickly a seki. Black can play at for a ko but black needs to make the first ko threat.

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