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3-4 point high approach, inside contact, tenuki variation
Difficulty: Expert
Keywords: Joseki
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/16/030f98c002762a2cd9f2ed8055c6f378.png) | Joseki |
Normally in the 3-4 point high approach inside contact joseki, White continues at a or b, and both extend. However, it is also not uncommon in professional play for White to play to here, then play tenuki. Most usually, White will play in the upper right, trying to settle things there first before returning to this corner.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/2/8899fdb1ab8ba5cae8d5d393bd3068b5.png) | Cut |
If White is the next to play here, the joseki of course continues the normal way. For Black, cutting at is now normal. With the continuation to , Black builds thickness while white makes a base. If the upper right is White's, might be at a or b instead.
Although in the previous diagram is by far the most common answer, Black also has the more aggressive move at available. With , White accepts the invitation to fight.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/14/b8b7a4f31336cd143c0fd75ab57e9e11.png) | Continuation |
The continuation can easily get hectic.
Note: There is a ladder involved here; see Double threat ladder-maker
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/18/cb6f7e77f64a5bcca55bd234c31b4ccb.png) | Avoiding complications. |
If White wants to avoid complications, she can play here, or , , white a; which is similar.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/20/b7f4bfd64c06cbc400eb621002b67a1a.png) | Avoiding complications (2) |
A second way for White to avoid the complications in the previous diagrams is by giving atari at first. After , Black can build up thickness at a or b, or take sente to play elsewhere.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/20/bb79b6d6b1228c7ac515c064c42cb89c.png) | Another tenuki |
Not uncommonly, White plays tenuki yet again after . Black can finish the shape with here, or at a or b. After that, this corner is played out. Black has a lot of influence, while White has only little aji left, but such a result is to be expected given that Black has played three stones more than White.
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