Joseki-related life-and-death example 4

    Keywords: Joseki, Life & Death

The material below is moved from J-groups. The analysis of the life-and-death is actually the bulk of the joseki analysis for this joseki. --unkx80


Joseki

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Not recommended!

Black should under almost no circumstances ignore the double kakari and let White play W1. But how does Black continue if he decides that he has to play this line after all?

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J-group

Black retreats to san-san and White tries to keep his eyespace as small as possible.

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Kikashi before living

Black plays the kikashi of B1 and B3 before living in the corner, in accordance with the proverb.



Discussion

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Life-and-death

The hane at BC is absolutely neccessary for living. Without it the black group dies.

A very extensive discussion can be found at J-groups.


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can't hane in sente

How does black live if white retreats with W4 so that a black play on [circled point] is not sente?

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extend instead?

guess: With the extra liberty at [squared point], black doesn't fear a white placement at [circled point] so he can extend down the side instead.


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