Attach-block
This sort of pattern:
is a contact play (tsuke) and
a block (osae). This is a territorial way to play.
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Empty triangle versus cutting points
White normally plays
immediately to give Black the so-called hat shape. Then White has to deal somehow with the two cutting points a and b. Neither side has perfect shape here, therefore.
Before
is played, there was some aji at c - which disappears after
. Black can play attach-block as an attacking technique, to make White heavy. When White is defending a group, the atari play
is probably something that White must play.
See attach-block joseki.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/17/aeccb6a4fb7eb0f0ed0cecbb64b6dfbc.png)
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