Aji in Joseki 1
Keywords: Joseki
Started by HolIgor
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Shimari with aji
This position is something recognizable. It happens when White chooses not to answer Black's press and Black takes the corner.
But the taste of that corner is a little bit bitter.
Even such a distant approach as
is a threat to revive the white stone in the corner.
B2 is honte here.
If Black does not reply to
, White can use this chance to break through or live in the corner.
KarlKnechtel: Maybe it is because I am only in the mid-kyus, but it is not at all clear to me that
is at all important to the sequence here... ?
HolIgor: With
, Black has to protect at
. Without this stone Black can accept the challenge to start a big fight.
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