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“JOSEKI” AND OPENINGS
149

Black

White

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

White

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.

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

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.

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.