BQM 298
In a 5 stone handicap game, Black chose the attach-extend joseki joseki after the first kakari. However, this is normally only perfect, if Black has a stone around a. How can white make use of this very slight error?
Bob McGuigan: It isn't really an error for Black to play this way. Some people might criticize it as too solid but I think that is a matter of taste. The expected continuation would be:
Very (too?) solid play by White would be
at a, in which case Black might play at b to avoid complications. All these are "proper" moves. Of course White might take a risk by playing
elsewhere since it is a handicap game. And White might try other moves than
such as playing
at
or one point to the right of
. In the original diagram the point marked with a circle is an important shape point for Black, so White is not likely to tenuki after
.
Bill: The querent may have had something like this in mind. By choosing this joseki White can make the first play on the top side with
.
Segoe discusses this continuation (albeit in a four stone game) in his Strategy Dictionary.
and
are miai, so Black's play is fine. (Segoe does prefer
, because a Black stone there would work well with
,
, and
.)
dnerra: Maybe so, but I don't think we can talk about Black getting punished here. In fact, after seeing this sequence as the start of a handicap game, I would put my money on Black, as he found the good moves
,
and
.
Charles I doubt White can get any immediate advantage.
My instinct as White would be to play this
. For one thing, there are two 'normal' replies, at a and b; and Black may play at a (which I think is a small loss here).
Also the main joseki line after Black at b leaves a cutting point situation. Variations at 4-4 point low approach, tsukenobi, jump attachment.
If Black is strong enough to understand the meaning of the cut at c next, you probably are going to lose anyway ...
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