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Dropping back with a diagonal play
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape

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Dropping back one line

This is from a game Nie Weiping-Ma Xiaochun (B) 1990-09-02.



Black has a problem with many cutting points here.

If Black plays at one of a or b, and White at the other, Black will block but have two cutting points.

The idea of B1 is to reduce the number by one, compared to playing at a or b. It is a bargain to do this at a cost only of one point of territory when White later plays at a.

Charles Matthews



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