3-4 point high approach, thrust

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The Kitani move

Go Seigen has this to say about B3: B doesn't want to play a so that W would play at B3 to form the "avalanche shape", so B3 move applies the proverb "opponent's key point is also my key point."

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Standard Continuation

Note that White does not necessarily play at a immediately.

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Another possibility

White may also play sagari instead. However, this is probably only good if white already has some stones along the top side. In a game where Kitani played this against Go Seigen, Go had the following to say about this variation: The sequence to here would be certain. Not only would Black have a peep at a (followed by a response at b ) and then an extension to c , W3 and W5 are also unsatisfactory.

(Though I suspect that many things unsatisfactory to Go Seigen might still be quite acceptable in an amateur game...)


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