IV

[Plate 28]

Black has a handicap of three stones.

WhiteBlack
1. R 14.2. R 5.
3. P 4.4. Q 3.
5. P 3.6. Q 2.
7. R 7. Formerly in this case White played at L 3 and Black replied at Q 6.8. R 6.
9. Q 7.10. P 5.
11. O 17.12. Q 14.
13. Q 13.14. P 14.
15. R 15.16. R 16.
17. P 13.18. O 16.
19. N 16.20. P 17.
21. O 18.22. O 13.
23. O 12.24. O 14.
25. K 17.26. L 3.
27. C 14. At this move White abandons P 3 and 4. If he replied to Black L 3, then therewould follow:

B. L 3, L 4, L 5, L 6, G 4
W. M 4, M 5, M 6, M 7

and Black has a decisive advantage.

28. L 5.
29. C 8.30. C 6.[[172]]
31. E 14.32. C 15.
33. B 14.34. F 16.
35. E 2.36. D 2.
37. D 3.38. C 3.
39. E 3.40. C 2.
41. J 3.42. E 4.
43. G 3.44. K 2. The importance of this move, when a territory merely has the protection of L3–L 5, has been commented on before.
45. J 5.46. P 6.
47. O 8.48. N 12.
49. O 11.50. H 17.

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