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IV

Plate 28

Black has a handicap of three stones.

White Black
1. R 14. 2. R 5.
3. P 4. 4. Q 3.
5. P 3. 6. Q 2.
7. R 7. Formerly in this case White played at L 3 and Black replied at Q 6. 8. R 6.
9. Q 7. 10. P 5.
11. O 17. 12. Q 14.
13. Q 13. 14. P 14.
15. R 15. 16. R 16.
17. P 13. 18. O 16.
19. N 16. 20. P 17.
21. O 18. 22. O 13.
23. O 12. 24. O 14.
25. K 17. 26. L 3.
27. C 14. At this move White abandons P 3 and 4. If he replied to Black L 3, then there would follow:

B. L 3, L 4, L 5, L 6, G 4
W. M 4, M 5, M 6, M 7

and Black has a decisive advantage.

28. L 5.
29. C 8. 30. C 6.[172]
31. E 14. 32. C 15.
33. B 14. 34. F 16.
35. E 2. 36. D 2.
37. D 3. 38. C 3.
39. E 3. 40. C 2.
41. J 3. 42. E 4.
43. G 3. 44. K 2. The importance of this move, when a territory merely has the protection of L 3–L 5, has been commented on before.
45. J 5. 46. P 6.
47. O 8. 48. N 12.
49. O 11. 50. H 17.

Plate 28

Plate 28