3-4 point, high approach, inside contact, pull back
Keywords: Joseki
White pulls back at . This move either transposes into existing joseki or allows for early tenuki.
If -
the pattern transposes into the tsuke hiki joseki. White can already tenuki at
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While this shows a transposition of the Large avalanche joseki which KataGo evaluates as better for Black.
So what might be the purpose?
White would settle for something like this. Indeed KataGo thinks that this is a more favorable outcome for White than the previous diagram or the large avalanche.
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