Aji In Joseki 1
Keywords: Joseki
Started by HolIgor
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/4/1586d3f6e9d2591893d1b00b5a2a153c.png) | Shimari with aji |
This position is something recognizable. It happens when White chooses not to answer Black's press and Black takes the corner.
But the taste of that corner is a little bit bitter.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/34/11a5f425f1b1b29bd05e8f434b027d47.png) | Black 2 is honte |
Even such a distant approach as is a threat to revive the white stone in the corner.
B2 is honte here.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/5dfcc9a19be3c6e0049899bfafef071c.png) | White has a chance |
If Black does not reply to , White can use this chance to break through or live in the corner.
KarlKnechtel: Maybe it is because I am only in the mid-kyus, but it is not at all clear to me that is at all important to the sequence here... ?
HolIgor: With , Black has to protect at . Without this stone Black can accept the challenge to start a big fight.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/26/90f575c02c3a453798d54e82fe45656f.png) | Starting a fight |
The fight is difficult for both as it is.
So White will start it only in the case when some helping stones appear nearby.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/510e2475a4e7d32cddcc7d6de0cd6f3b.png) | A clamp is another option |
But this fight is difficult for White too.
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