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Shape Problem 4 Connection
    Keywords: Shape, Problem

[Diagram]
Which connection?



Really, this is a no-brainer.

[Diagram]
Wrong connection

This is devastating for Black.


[Diagram]
Right way

Black may be worried about White's thrust at W2. (In fact, if White does not play it, why did he make the previous plays in the original diagram?) But how bad is it?


[Diagram]
First cut, shibori

W5 fills at B2.

White has horrible shape.


[Diagram]
Second cut

This is not much better. Now what can White do?

-- Bill Spight




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