Honte Lib 4
When double kakari is played, the moves up to
are joseki and the normal continuation. Where should Black play now?
According to a book by Otake, here is honte, while
immediately at a to attack
is an overplay allowing White to play at
. After
White can play at a but Black then has a chance to take the shape point at b.
In the absence of a black pincer stone the same corner sequence is the joseki, almost the invariable continuation.
In this case, is the pro play. When
is used to jump out, Black plays
and
and can then attack with a or b.
Therefore to call the immediate attack an overplay, in the presence of the pincer, requires a comment: that it neglects the pincer stone, rather than being a flawed attack.