Conceal a dagger in a smile

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Some nearly joseki type thing

White sacrifices the marked stone freely, but if the situation calls for it, there is still a hidden dagger - the aji - left in this stone.

-- lavalyn

Forgive me, but I'm having trouble seeing the aji here. Could you give an example, perhaps, of a situation where it would be of important?

-- Lynx

The whole corner shouldn't appear in a game with players who know what they are doing.


The correct diagram should be like this:

[Diagram]

See also 4-4 point one-space low pincer invasion, interception.

[Diagram]

At an appropriate moment white may play a or b to destroy all the black territory. One must however be careful not to produce a weak group at the wrong moment. Basti


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