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II
No Handicap
| Black | White | ||
| 1. | Q 15. “Takamoku.” | 2. | Q 17. |
| 3. | P 17. Black attacks from the outside. | 4. | P 18. |
| 5. | P 16. | 6. | O 17. White plays to get territory on one side or the other; he [145]will sacrifice one of his stones on line 17.[145] |
| 7. | O 18. This stone is intended as a sacrifice to aid Black in getting the corner. It is better than Q 18. | 8. | N 18. White plays to secure the left-hand side. |
| 9. | Q 18. Black now secures the corner. | 10. | O 19. Takes. |
| 11. | R 17. | 12. | O 16. An important stone; it is played to secure White territory on the left, also to aid in an attack on the right-hand side. |
| 13. | P 14. This is also important as it extends Black’s territory; he cannot neglect it. | 14. | K 16. White returns to his original plan and secures territory to the left. |
Even game.
Suppose Black neglects P 14 on his thirteenth move, we would then have the following continuation:
| Black | White | ||
| 13. | “Tenuki.” | 14. | P 14. |
| 15. | Q 14. | 16. | Q 13. |
| 17. | R 13. | 18. | R 12. |
| 19. | Q 12. | 20. | P 13. |
| 21. | R 11. | 22. | S 12. |
| 23. | S 11. | 24. | S 13. |
| 25. | R 14. | 26. | Q 11. |
| 27. | P 12. | 28. | S 10. |
| 29. | R 10. | 30. | Q 10. |
| 31. | R 9. | ||
White has the better of it. [146]