44 Point Low Approach Attach / Discussion

Low approach attach, pincer  

unkx80: c is too passive. As for a or b, I can't tell right now whether which is better, but a seems to be a good choice.

Bill: Don't forget d.

And I wouldn't call a pincer. A double kakari, maybe. But why dignify it with a name? It is inconsistent. If White wanted to play , better not play first.

Tewari  

are perfectly common moves. is a very strange move. Perhaps this move order inversion clarifies the already apparent strangeness. In local context, is the only move: the hane reduces the white stone to 2 liberties, while making a hanging connection. A wider context may justify other moves. Dieter