[Contents]VNo HandicapThe following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.[149]White has the better of it.Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:BlackWhite16.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.
[Contents]VNo HandicapThe following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.[149]White has the better of it.Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:BlackWhite16.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.
[Contents]VNo HandicapThe following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.[149]White has the better of it.Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:BlackWhite16.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.
[Contents]VNo HandicapThe following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.[149]White has the better of it.Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:BlackWhite16.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.
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No HandicapThe following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.[149]White has the better of it.Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:BlackWhite16.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.
No Handicap
The following stones are supposed to be on the board: Black, Q 13, R 13, R 15; White, Q 14, P 16, Q 17.
BlackWhite1.Q 5. Black plays “Takamoku,” thinking to connect with stones on line 13.2.R 3. White plans to prevent Black’s connection and reduce the Black territory.3.P 3. This is an error; if Black wishes to frustrate White’s plan, R 4 is the correct play.4.Q 4.5.P 4.6.R 5.7.R 6.8.S 6.9.R 7.10.S 7.11.R 8.12.S 8. White has now made a formidable attack on the Black territory.13.R 9.14.P 5. If Black gets this point, his line would be too strong.15.Q 6.16.Q 2. Important; not merely[149]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.
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White has the better of it.
Variation commencing at White’s sixteenth move:
BlackWhite16.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.