Inside cut  

This page discusses the inside cut at , instead of the standard hane at a. The cut is considered an overplay but not easy to refute.

Atari  

Black can take the corner, while White takes influence in gote. Black's original approach ends up in an awkward position but there's aji at a.

Fight  

Usually, the aim of Black's inside cut is to follow up with . Then with and further, white turns the position into a variation of the avalanche joseki:

Avalanche variation  

By playing like this, black can also get into the same position from the small nadare joseki. is a trick play, and so is the position above.

Variation  

If , and White's capture of 2 is better than Black's single capture

Variation  

If Black tries , it ends in failure. After connecting on the first line, White can keep Black in shortage of liberties.

Mistake at 4  

If here, she ends up with two severe cutting points.