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XIX
No Handicap
Black | White | ||
1. | C 4. “Komoku.” | 2. | E 3. |
3. | H 3. “Nikken basami.” | 4. | D 5. White attacks the stone at C 4. |
5. | D 4. | 6. | E 4. |
7. | E 5. This is a bad move if White replies correctly, otherwise Black gets the better of it. | 8. | D 6. |
9. | F 5. | 10. | D 2. This is an important move; it attacks the black stones on line 4 and also prepares for White to extend at G 4. C 2 would be bad, as Black would play at F 4. |
11. | B 6. Black defends his threatened position. | 12. | G 4. |
13. | F 7. | 14. | D 8. White must extend. |
15. | B 2. | 16. | H 4. |
Black’s third stone at H 3 is now called “Uke ishi,” or a “floating stone.” White has the better position.