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Black

White

moves slowly from a corner out over the board, and one side of the board is entirely filled with stones, while the other is completely empty. This is a sure sign of bad play. In the beginning the good players spread their stones over the board as much as possible, and avoid close conflicts.

the next move in order to balance the advantage gained by his adversary; this is something like castling in Chess.

9. E4.

10. C 10. If White did not occupy this point, we might have the following continuation:

⁠B. C 10⁠ W. C 7⁠
⁠B. C 13⁠ W. E 7⁠

and Black has the advantage, because White's stones at C 7–E 7 can only get one “Me” on the edge of the board, and later on must seek a connection with some other group. By constantly harassing such endangered groups territory is often obtained.

11. R 13. In place of taking this secure position on line R, Black should have attacked the white stone on P 17 with L 17, and in this way Black would have obtained positions on both line 17 and on line R.

12. C 5. White sees that Black plays too carefully, and therefore challenges him with a bold but premature attack that gives the whole game its character.

13. D 5.

14. C 6.

15. B 4.

16. D 6.

17. E 6.

18. E 7.

19. F 6.

20. H 3. As soon as Black answers this move, White will take territory on the right or left of H 3.