3-5 point low approach, press, tenuki variations
Difficulty: Expert Keywords: Joseki
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White has some aji
Naturally has a huge effect on
: but there remains something for White in the position.
White can also try for life in the corner. If is at a to defend the cutting points on the outside, White lives with b. Naturally all depend on White's chances of fighting a way out on the upper side, if Black takes a stronger line.
Another tenuki line, in fashion in the 1960s, comes when White ignores to play elsewhere. This was a move of Kitani, also used by others.
Then is a move to build thickness. With
White is alive; Black a after it threatens the corner with ko (Black b-f).