Never give up on a contact play

   

Most people tend to avoid contact play in openings as it presents clear disadvantage for the user. So if somebody takes you on a contact play always react by extending or doing hane. To know is that crosscuts are obvious and extending the play is almost always the solution. So little tricksters that hope for the atari are tricked at their own play.

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Contact Play (black to answer)


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