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4-4 point low approach one-space low pincer, tenuki
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  Difficulty: Dan level   Keywords: Joseki

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Tenuki

When White ignores Black's pincer here, it is most usual to play on top (marked stone). Black at a is another possibility.


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Tenuki

White may simply take up position on the side as shown, allowing Black the good shape bulge play at 3. This would be part of an overall plan.


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White wedges in

White can get enough by wedging in at 1 to live, if Black responds on the outside at 2. This is joseki, with White completing the shape with 11 at a.


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Black resists

Black can also play from the inside with 2 here. This is fashionable, having been played often by pros in 2002. Now Black 4 at a involves a ladder question; but playing 4 as shown in the diagram is forceful.


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Sharp

This continuation is being played currently: White has some other options, but White 5 (similar to the solid connection in the staircase) leads into a pushing battle in the centre.

Charles Matthews



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