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VII

No Handicap

Plate 31

Black White
1. C 4. 2. Q 3.
3. D 17. 4. E 3.
5. D 5. 6. R 16.
7. R 5. 8. O 17.
9. F 4. 10. G 3.
11. O 4. 12. O 3. From here the game might continue as follows:
B. W.
N 3 P 4
O 2 P 3
N 4 Q 6
R 7 K 3

but this is bad for Black.

13. P 4. 14. P 3.
15. N 4. M 3 would be just as good. 16. R 4.
17. N 3. 18. S 5.
19. J 3. 20. C 11. White abandons the stones at E 3 and G 3. If he were to play at G 4, Black would reply at C 11 with too great an advantage.
21. C 14. 22. C 8.
23. D 3. 24. J 17.
25. G 17. 26. J 15.
27. J 5. Now the two white stones are cut off. 28. Q 12.
29. L 15. Black cannot venture any farther in. 30. L 17.
31. P 16. 32. P 17.
33. Q 16. 34. Q 17.[179]
35. R 15. 36. S 16.
37. P 13. 38. P 12.
39. N 13. 40. O 13.
41. O 14. 42. O 12.
43. L 13. 44. R 6.
45. D 7.

Plate 31

Plate 31