HolIgor/Mistake 1

Black is bad  

Black is bad (continued)  

tderz As Black seems alive after the - exchange, why is there a necessity to creep low with ?

trying to fight  

tderz I would certainly consider here. White has the choices , b and a. All have pros and cons, but if the corner can live after (in gote?), Black has at least split the white forces. Adifference of some points in the corner does not seem interesting to me at this stage.

civilian? The mistake to me is in the original diagram. Sure, reinforces the corner, but it leaves tragedy in the side.

Correct joseki  

civilian? Now if White takes here, you can clamp and threaten connecting under or over. (White should probably play at a if she wants to take back some of the corner.)

Clamp counter-attack  

HolIgor/Mistake 1 Conclusion

Bill: What about in the original diagram? It looks better at to me, but it is complicated.

And then earlier, what about ?

HolIgor: Yes, I want to know about that too. The tsuke tobi was so unexpected for me that I did not know what to play.