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Diagonal attachment - as inferior shape
Path: DiagonalAttachmentPath · Prev: ThreeSpaceExtension · Next: KosumitsukeJoseki
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Shape
According to Cho Hun-hyeon, the White kosumi is a weak player's diagonal. There is a star point joseki in which this shape occurs, but in general it should be avoided [1][2].
Charles One way to understand the issue here is to see that Black a is a good way to play after That's just one aspect of the problem for White with this shape: it tends to concede some influence. Actually, if you analyse continuations after the diagonal contact then tenuki you can see two good follow-ups.
Here
This
The cut with
If White tries to cut the other way, with
And here it seems like White has more worries than Black. Usually
[1] See joseki as a source of bad habits. [2] Charles This one shape should be studied in relation to its subsets, in fact.
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