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I apologize if I'm missing something obvious here, but if black 9 connects on the second line (with 7), then white tenuki, doesn't black on the 7-7 point leave white lacking for eyespace? All I really see in there is a Bent Four in the Corner at most, probably reduced to three by a hane. Can white capture the four on the left first? Or does the connection simply demand a response towards the center?

--Alex Baxter, 18k KGS

Floris?: Alex, I agree with you. I remember seeing this position in a game between Shusaku and Ota Yuzo (in their sanjubango) and white (black & white reversed) already had more stones in the center like this: