Black
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White |
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to attack Black on line P, but it prevents Black from coming to R 2, which would mean 10 “Me”; it also prepares for O 2. |
White has the better of it.
Variation commencing at White's sixteenth move:
Black
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White |
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16. O 5. Not so good as No. 16, Q 2. |
17. R 2. |
18. S 2. |
19. Q 2. |
20. S 4. White secures the necessary two "Me." |
21. M 3. |
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Black now has secured territory at the bottom of the board and confined White to the corner with the better game.
VI
No Handicap
Plate 22 (B)
Black
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White |
1. Q 5. |
2. Q 3. |
3. O 4. |
4. R 5. |
5. R 6. |
6. R 4. |
7. S 6. |
8. O 2. |
9. "Tenuki" at Q 15. |
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White has the corner; Black can afford "Tenuki" at move nine because if White cuts at Q 6 Black can still get a good game. In fact Q 15 indirectly defends the connection at Q 6.