Introduction

The lesson video is the following

Main position

In this lesson we have seen how to defend the corner in the following situation.

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Usually, black will choose C to get the largest corner possible. Unless white is extremely strong outside in which case A and B are playable.

When black choose C, the following sequence is played.

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If white as a very big move elsewhere, he might consider to tenuki with A. But there is still aji in the corner so to perfectly secure the corner, black should defend with either B or C.

Black tenuki

If black tenuki, the following sequence should be played.

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It is important to note that black has to give away part of the corner by playing 8. If black is greedy and try to keep all by blocking down at 8 as shown below.

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Then white will play the following sequences. With black 14, white is locally dead but white can cut at 15 and start a fight. It is hard to play for black as he must protect two weak groups.

Black protect at B

When black protect at 4, as shown in the next diagram, the invasion at A becomes impossible.

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Indeed, if white tries to come in, the same sequence as previously is played, But now, the stone at 4 is nicely place to create a tiger mouth making it impossible for white to play the cut.

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Black protect at C

The same idea is behind the move at 4 in the next diagram.

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Again, if white tries to invade with 7, the same sequence is played, but the cut at 23 doesn’t work as black can simply play at 24.

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