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Outside attachment discussion
Keywords: Joseki
A reading question regarding the 5-4 opening
A common response to Black opening with Although a is a common next move, see the following diagram for another possibility.
Black can turn at Care to guess what White should do ?
In this case it would be wrong for White to capture a stone by playing at
Instead, White should come out with However, the interesting reading question comes up here. It can be verified that if White presses once more with c, Black can kill White in the corner by responding at b .
Hence after Black
The fact that Black was supposed to play a instead of attacking with How should White take advantage now ?
As far as I can tell, the Get Strong at Joseki 2 book does not answer this question, but since the book does say Black should play a instead of Please place your answers below.
[1] See problem 84 of Get Strong at Joseki 2 [2] See problem 89 of Get Strong at Joseki 2
unkx80: My intuition calls for this. Needs verification.
Eric Osman: Looks like a good start, but can't Black put up a more interesting fight with a instead of
unkx80: I don't think black can win the capturing race. This is a copy of the living page "Outside attachment discussion" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |