Yose Jiten / Errata

Indeed, Black has erred, but Kano blames . Kano ignores the fact that and are miai, and that Black's error is .

Kano then shows this diagram (diagram 3), for Black to get tedomari.

at is better technique, but Black can still get tedomari with .

also gets tedomari, and - is technically correct play.

- is usually wrong. As it has an atomic weight of 1, Black should normally let White play on those points. But in this case it is the technically correct play, because and are miai, and cancel each other out.

See Infinitesimals.

Note: , -- and, in fact, the whole play --, shows that Kano assumed that the surrounding area was White's territory. See Assumptions of Yose Problems.

-- BillSpight

The diagrams are on the subject of Miai and Tedomari. What the book says is that there are three 2-point gote plays in the starting position. Because is sente by itself it may look attractive to play it and then turn away. However this is incorrect thinking as has become a forcing move that will give White tedomari as shown above. The correct play is to take one of the three 2-pointers, leaving the other two as miai (the example in diagram 3 in the book is playing the upper side hane and connection, leaving the other two plays as miai).

So I do not think this is an erratum. It is simply an example of incorrect play. Dave

Bill: I don't get the turn away implication in the phrase, which is tsui kuro 1 no de wo uchiso desu ga. I would render that as, it seems like Black can just play the de at 1, but.... or it seems like Black can play the de at 1 without thinking, but.....

is not gote. If Black ignores it he gives White one more point.