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Reducing shimari region by kata
Play a kata for the third line stone. This is a wonderful reducing move. 'a' is another good point. Let us consider usual replies.
After this white can make a protecting move to the center. Black get some territory, of course, but this territory is obtained for 4 fuseki moves. If you take this fact into consideration you'd see that white has almost won the game. Opponent's territory did not grow.
You will see that the shimari region will not grow significantly. White's stones are far from the black's strength and are not very much threatened. Yet, black most often prefers this variation as it gives some power facing the bottom of the right side. This is a copy of the living page "Reducing shimari region by kata" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |