3-3 point shoulder hit, tenuki variations

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White's tenuki

White may ignore black+circle in this position after the 3-3 point shoulder hit: White shouldn't play tenuki earlier, but Black has played on the second line and this could be a good moment. This plan was played a number of times by Go Seigen.

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Black's normal plan

Usually Black attacks with B1 and B3. Then W4 is the Go Seigen choice of haengma, treating the white+circle stones lightly (Black a, White b, Black c, White d can occur).

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Rin-Kato

This is from Rin Kaiho-Kato Masao (B) 1977-08-11, with colours reversed. The solid play with B6 took territory along the left side, in this case.


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Not a time to tenuki

If Black plays black+circle in this way, White seems rarely to play tenuki, in pro games.

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Hu-Yi

This is from Hu Yaoyu-Yi Ch'ang-ho (B) 2003-01-22. After W4 White is threatening to play at a. Black however plays tenuki; and after B9 has created a strong group to minimise what White can do on the left.

Charles Matthews


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