Vital point example

   
[Diagram]

Vital point

To B8 White has yet to establish a base. Textbooks will tell you that a is the vital spot for Black to attack White, threatening b.

In an example of the proverb my opponent's vital spot is my vital spot, White may well play at a to make shape:

[Diagram]

Making shape

...and this is the book continuation.

[Diagram]

Making shape

B8 fills the marked Ko

although this sequence appears more common at the top level. the sequence a,b,c,d follows.


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