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Handicap
[Plate 21] (B)
| White | Black | ||
| 1. | O 4. “Ikken taka kakari.” This is the fourth method of commencing the attack. | 2. | Q 6. This is Black’s best answer.[[139]] |
| 3. | R 8. | 4. | P 7. Black intends to follow up this move on one side or the other, the two pointsbeing Q 9 and M 3. This is called “Hibiku,” or “to echo.” |
| 5. | Q 10. White defends on one side. | 6. | M 3. |
| 7. | N 5. White must get out. | 8. | M 5. |
| 9. | M 6. | 10. | M 4. |
| 11. | P 3. | 12. | Q 3. |
| 13. | O 8. | 14. | L 6. |
| 15. | S 6. | 16. | S 5. |
| 17. | R 5. | 18. | S 4. |
| 19. | R 6. | 20. | P 4. |
| 21. | O 3. | 22. | S 2. Black prepares to form “Me” in the corner. |
White must now play at O 6 to save his stones on the left side.
This “Joseki” is very much spread out; it is difficult to say who has the better of it.