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3-5 point low approach, press, tenuki variations
Difficulty: Expert
Keywords: Joseki
It isn't expected that White can safely ignore : but this has been seen in pro games.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/22/4510db2f923c0d7c7cf243f121085915.png) | White has some aji |
Naturally has a huge effect on : but there remains something for White in the position.
White can start with to salvage something from the position.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/36/2a4744fdc16f4512cad39d7596a8d686.png) | Try for life |
White can also try for life in the corner. If is at a to defend the cutting points on the outside, White lives with b. Naturally all depend on White's chances of fighting a way out on the upper side, if Black takes a stronger line.
Another tenuki line, in fashion in the 1960s, comes when White ignores to play elsewhere. This was a move of Kitani, also used by others.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/41/298869bbcf7cef9bde314a7b2310dacb.png) | Black becomes thick |
Then is a move to build thickness. With White is alive; Black a after it threatens the corner with ko (Black b-f).
Charles Matthews
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