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Dropping back
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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Tactics

[Diagram]
Keima watari: Black 1?

The WC stone is a keima watari, normally a good shape.

How to answer B1 and preserve the connection?


[Diagram]
Dropping back

W2 is the basic dropping back idea. By conceding a little, White stays out of trouble.


[Diagram]
Immediate cut

W2 this way is a bad idea. After B3 White is in difficulties on the left side (reading problem).



[Diagram]
A middlegame position

This is from a game Qian Yuping-Nie Weiping (B) 1989-07-13.



How should White react to B1?

[Diagram]
First jump back ...

White concedes first with W1. Black's wedge B2 invites White a.


[Diagram]
Then run along ...

But White plays W1. After W5 Black has some sente profit. On the other hand White's shape is improved.


[Diagram]
Bad style

W1 here is quite a bad idea. Black's cut at B4 is strong, and suddenly Black can see some use for the BS stone.

Charles Matthews





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