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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 the usual replies.
After this white can make a protecting move to the center. Black gets some territory, of course, but this territory is obtained for four fuseki moves. If you take this fact into consideration, you'll see that white has almost won the game. Her opponent's territory did not grow.
The shimari region will not grow significantly. White's stones are far from black's strength, and are not in great danger. Black usually prefers this variation, however, 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. |