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3-6 point pincers
   

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Diag.: query?


A comment of Alexandre Dinerchtein: what is wrong with White 2 here?

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Diag.: corner


The result is that White has a base, in fact is effectively alive. The play at a is a big point, to prevent White being shut in.


Miyamoto Naoki's article at [ext] http://gobase.org/articles/miyamoto/ dismisses this pincer, assuming Black at 3-3 is the only move here.



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