BQM 434
Keywords: Joseki, Question
White can also avoid fighting, by playing
as the staircase. This is White's plan of preference when Black has a stone already in place on the left side.
See discussion at 45103 enclosure, and comments below.
Naive kyu question: what if
at
when the ladder is bad for black?
hhw: Did you mean something like this in the original question? White doesn't look too good, maybe can play b instead of a with the ladder.
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