Handicap

WhiteBlack
1. G 4.2. D 7. This is another defensive move.
3. D 3.4. E 3. This is better than C 3; in that case Black gets the worst of it.
5. E 4.6. C 3.
7. D 2.8. E 5.
9. F 4.10. C 4. C 2 is not so good.
11. C 2.12. B 2.[[142]]
13. E 2. White must look out for his three stones. B 1 would be a bad move.14. C 10.

The corner is divided, but Black has better prospects.

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Handicap

WhiteBlack
1. F 3.2. C 7.
3. C 9.4. D 3. Black’s three stones are now called “Ogeima shimari”; they are supposed to bea strong formation protecting the corner.
5. C 5. The point of this variation is to show that White can strike in on this moveand yet live.6. D 5.
7. C 6.8. D 7.
9. B 7.10. B 8.
11. B 6.12. C 8.
13. D 6.14. E 6.
15. E 7. White threatens from the outside.16. C 4.
17. B 9.18. E 8. Black cannot venture A 8, as his four stones would then die.
19. A 8. “Watari.”20. F 7. Takes.

White has entered the corner and still his stones will live. [[143]]

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