. } —/ — BRITISH GO JOURNAL Tecanicel Editor: John DIM:C#D Vol.L pei INTER’ 1267 Supervising Sditor: Jobn BARRS Price: 1/3 (incl. postage) ALL CORRESPCNDHIC3 TC: John Diemond, NOTICS TO ALL CLUB SECPSTARTZS AND UN Annual subscriptions for 1968 becoze due cn 1st JANUARY. Please resit your subscription proaptly to ensure receipt of el! copies of the 3ritish Go Journal. "e regret that es a result of devaluation the annual subscription to the monthly sagecine "GO RSYIZn" has now teen raised to £4 4s. day 24%. Kare’ Tae princi All entries must Se in SP ICHSEL?3 ASTER TCURTAMSYT (Classes 15-17 and 13-2¢} 4 SBCRICH TOURIMGTS (Clesses 22 ond wesiter) ce 5 EANDICAP TOURTAE . (for éll pleyers}: . Send your registration wi dates, together vith your clers, aud tour deposit cf 40 DY to the follering eccount: details of tie accoancdation require?, end sents to be entered, and a +G. Kanitz, 1-BERLIN-18, Heckerden 287 i Sperkesse Berlin i dei de: a8. later then 2ist to ensure thet eccomzedetion i: Gestekaus. Extensive prospects end a mep of the city rill: veal, and a tour of the city will teks place efter the 10 an on the 22th. Tf you will be ettending the Buropeen Co: 3.0.4. end give details of the tournenents you Leve entered. y the at's play ( ght's piay ( pley (e3-24) brea 6 2 grata 2.28. 183 eS en move 4C is obviously rubbish. wondeys ead Fridays srsong3200 TALLASIY,ar ies no SEs THIS SERIES WILL WOT be especially systezatic as e comparison to the non-handicap jose: ledge to go further. le from now on, in andicap series, but will deel with the more populer end leave the reader with ea sufficient working know- In this issue we shell consider the most comuon josexi evolved over the last 15 - 2C years: 1 c4, 2 03, 3 h4. This last play is typical of the "pincer" or "squeeze" play often encountered in many differing positions and is aimed at preventing W ex- pending his position along the s side whilst at the same tine pressing # into the centre or the cerner and thus building territory or e sphere of influence along tae w side. 4 06 Tais is designed to settle this region quickly end easily, but at the same tine leaving behind a number of opportunities, mostly for 3, because th: extension can be cut or B can secure the corner and leeve W floating without a proper base for forning eyes. It also threatens to encircle the pressure h4 with 6 14, This latter play though it hen ord ueos becouse it leave whilst threatening tho corner ones. $d? is possible, and one of the correct repl be advocated as it allows W too mucz 1 applies, though with less force, to § Sc? sefeguards c4 end expends along the w side. V rill now usuall play elsewhere. Later 7 g6 is good for B, egressively attack: position, reducing it with sente, end strengthe: i 803, 9 b3, 10 dd AND 11 ¢5, 12 48 (c2 would W completely into i 18 e3, 18 £4, 20 eS (Leavis later) QR 11 ¢2, 12 cS, 13 43x, 14 7 18 ¢2, er 6 14, 7 £6 is again best for B but & E there is the poseivility of connecting at h3. 3 has two choic! 10 ¢3, 11 08, 12 d4, 13 eS, 9 d4, 10 BS, 11 g5, 1443, 15 16 32 to play cleeri This can trenspose into Il if 3 plays S cS, € ¢3. However 3D can sli 6 cS, 7 dS end cause grees cosplicetions. If 7 nevertzeless does not lik the variation where ho gets centrel inZluence above in II ae can answer S ¢3 wi 6 a6, 7 » 8 £6 (leaving c7 for B and c& for T es good plisys for later on).4.24 This is a very secure, and Zeirly advanced, play. It aine et teking away tne corner with c2 er to pincer one of the stones at cd end a4. It is the strongest and most important of the ensvers to 3 h4 es it sacures a sta~ ble base. This is a very good example of o kosuci pley, see No.l P.?. $43 is e very solid and easy pley cuite often seen. It secures the corner without eny question ct all but loaves W with a stable group end sente. Tae only josexi is: 6 d2, 7 c2, 8 d4, 9 c3, 10 a5, 11 6 This last pley is very inportant for othervise W could pley 12 cS wita gente and completely enclose the corner. (Zeing completely enclosed end having to fora two eyes is very bad and should be avoided whenever pos- sible by leaving en escepe route out of the encircling stones.) $66 plays to make en extension along the w side, to ¢9 or cl0, but giving up the ccrner. B now threatens to pley at 43 and take away W's vase. W now has tro elternetives: 6 c2, 7 ¢9 or cl0 (the larger exten- sion is usuelly pleyed but it leaves en invasion point at c3) OR 6 c3, 7 D3, & d4, @ cS, 10 c2, 11 clO (in this case c9 is not good because the B corner hes been strengthened, and hence the invesicn at c@ is much r to cope with and kill). : 54? is ussful on some occesions whe: than cl0, but this extension is thus gore cp: pley the second variation above, but end wait for the eppropri: B wents to extend further than ‘ter 5 dé. So 7 must piey sinply 6 c2, 7 ell tine to invade et ¢3 or co. Se5 can > a sean ist order cf 6 very complicated, but is ¢ good. One variation » 7 eS, 863, ¢ b3, 10 d5, 11 cd, 12 dé, 13 47, 14 c2. ai portent, played in the reverse order would ron e8 becozes on ingortant soint for beth playars. By oe & of other plays that ery rare or too coaplicated to be é: could ay 1t with he » but these are cither HANDICAP cs: ) I(e) SLACK EXTENDS OY TEE WEST SIDS Continued (1 tory on the £3. B almost i: end severly p ‘ker then about cless 25. 11 cS (necessary for life), 12 the cutting point at 46) AND 2C cll end 3 is better of2, ing), 16 e6 OR 15 ¢5, 16 £7 3 can gain en adventege BS (tee cut et £3 now would lend to 2 be advantageous for 2), 20 f. eS, 15 46, 19 25, ay at cll for x not be so goed es ons which ro ensue), 29 2 98, x ould now 213 28, 3 should not avanswer 14 45, e6, 16 tro sec 15, 2b4, 3 b6, 4 a2. 4 is @ standerd technique, pley nents best point; if B were to play hero corner vould should be able to verify for yourselves. Also occasionally played ere 7 06 cnd 7 dS, usuelly only ty adven- ced players. There are two elternatives efter 7 bG: building up a pozer- ful voll along tae w side with 8 c6, 9 b7, 10 b8. 11 cS (c83 would only provoke bS capturing the corner), 12 8 13 42, 14 62, 15 62, 16 e3, 17 etc. as in 7 d2 above AND & b7, 9 cS, 10 d6, 11 42, 12 2, 13 c2, 1S d?; while this letter josek. is not wrong it leads to needless coz: plications efter the cut with 15 and hence is not for handicap genes Sligatly trickier is 7 b5, evarently inviting 8 b3, dut this i what W wants es then $ cS, 1C d6, 11 42, 12 e2, 19 c2, 14 e8, 15 £5 £6, 17 g8, 18 £7, 19 nS fevours %. So the best pley is 8 a2, reduc the corner and the proper jose @ 7, 10 c8, 12 b3, 12 9, 13 (this stendard safe extension protects £3 egainst e certain 3 tack; 13 09, 14 33, 15 gS, 16 cl0 is good for 2). 14 tS, 15 cS, 16 46, 17 c2 (otherwise 3 kills the ccrner with bZ). Should steke of @ 2; 10 dé, 11 cS, 12 43, 13 #5, 14 § 78, 16 £7, 17-hS is good for Bes tne co: rae o sexi after 1 22, 2 = 3 03, st oh Go 2.3 43 This is ple ul well, as i645 _ The strongest ansvar, and following the prov: stones in a ercas-cut'. W nor has two possidi: 702. Aci end the common e2, 10 b2, 11 dl, 12 7 cS. Net so good, but occasicnelly pleyod to trick 3. B can take the outside influence and give up the corner by: 33, $ 42, 1¢ e2, 11 c2, 12 £4. W cennot cut at dé now because cé would threaten both bi end 67. OR 3 cen seve the corner and capture two stores by: 2 23, 9 d2, 10 e2, 11 cé (12 b3, 13 b2, 14 dé, 15 b7 ond 16 d4, 17 a2 or 16 05, 17 e6 ond tho ¥ stones die; notice that 17 a2 is the only pley which will guarentee unconditional death for the W stones). ‘extend fron one of the ties: a steble rroup, éy pincered. Tho josexi is: 3 03, 2 Tais is best for bota players. 6 ¢5 This is also possivle, and alnost es effective es he nes ere forced: 7 b4, 28, 9 é2, 10 e4, 11 e2, 12 93 13 £4, 14 bS bS, 14 bd, 15 d5, 18 e5, 17 cdx, 18 d6, 19 b2, 2C cS, 21 c2 (provided that the ladder formed efter 15 by 16 a4, 17 cx, 13 05, 19 cS, 20 25 is The s:cond variationg is still etequete for 2 beceuse ne te end kes e very strong fornation). 13 is is generelly played to prevent 3 ¢: a pesition on the vs end is usually o i roeckes ¥ on with 4 43, but +! stone and et the ni to fora e 1 te 2 tho corner towards the natureily be cut be recone ndicap games. Te on protect the co is play, sopare v7, 12 b8, 13 bs, 14 cB. ver % Ceaser but y sole3, 22 e7 end now 3 has e strong position for ettacking ¥ on one or bota sides. The corner is also not very large for B can reduce it to just two eyes by: 1 cl, 2 b4, 3 b2, 4 25, 5 23, 6 a? (if 2 b1 then 3 bd, 4 c4, S 68, 6 b2, 7 a5, 3 bS, 9 £3, 10 atx end the corner has becone a ko; it cones to the seme ko if instead of 6 b2, 6 dix, 7 e3, 8 b2, $ aS, 10 dS is pleyed). Ig 15 e7 the strongest reply is 16 diC, 17 e8, 18 cll weakening the W centrel stones end gaining territory. Now ¥ will separate the B groups, but this can be safely countered with: 19 eS, 20 £6, 21 f5, 22 g6, 2303, 24 b2 AND 25 c3, 26 c2, 27 ct, 23 e2, 29 £2, 30 22, 31 ad, 32 @3, 93 aS, 34 g5 (3 now hes the advantage) OR 25 b4, 26 £2, 27 72, 28 g5, 29 £4, 30 e2, 31 n3, 32 c2, 33 a5, 34. g8 (elso giving 3 e alight advantage). EB. 5 6 Played to confuse B and is similar to D, tie proper reply in this case being 6 d6, 7 b7, 8 cS, 9 b6, 10 d7, 11 DS, 12 b4, 19 eS, 14 dS. Should W pley 7 cS then 3 b? will kill the W stones. 4. 3 a2 Not good in this case as it eliminates all possible attacks on 3 leter if B replies properly wita: 4 3, 5 j3. also B gains more secure terri- tory then W. There are a nurber of other possible plays such a¢ 3 c4, 3 cS, 3 cB etc. which ere very occasionally seen, but it is not pessibie to deel with all these here. EANDICAP JOSEKI INDEX (3) 39 40 402 41 4ie 42 42. 42> 439 44 45 46 462 £3 7 3 4g = - - - = = 6 core - - - - - ds = - os - of a2 bé - dbS a2 be b2 e2 c6 ob? 42 2 a bg bs c2 b7 cS b7 C2? C2? Oo bo a6 cy be a0 eS cS d2 b8 cS bS £2 45 cS bl e6 c3 e2 cS dB dé ef £2 as oS 480 47 48 49 422 50 Si S2 522 52 1 £3 £3 £3 2 7 <7 7 a a3 8 a2? 4 2 43 3 5 cd 48 £5 £6 8 ia 6 a5 cS oe eh as dé 7 oS? b4 <6 07 5? 8 03 e3 48 47 «cS? S a a db? dS 10 -c2 ed a? e3 a? 1S 2 bS 7b 12 3 b4 ba ba 3eb Hitchens and No Hook, both members of the London Go Club, rere aar: on 10th Novenber. Cencratutetions fron ell of us! 35YOUR _STREIGTS STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE IN YOUR CANPAIGN to raise your strength es a So player you aust loarn to win large hendicap geues against stronger players - end do this consist- ently. You will only be able te do this waen you heve learned to stay out of trouble. ‘The nine hendicep stones ere pleced where they are the least help to you - teken by themselves, one at a tino. Taey don't surround terri- tory; they don't form wells. Black's aia must be to unite these stones into groups to fora solid positions, and thite will try to involve Black in hand to hend fighting before he can do this. In cloce fighting the over-all edventegs of these handicap stones is lost end White can rely on nis experience to win most of these snaller engagements. No metter hor much you enjoy tuese little strugzles you should avoid thea. Your main task is to hold your opponent at ern's length, end clud hin to death with your positionel advantage. If you cannot enjoy e gene besed on this cold-blooded strategy, then this erticle is not for you. Steying out of troublo with a clocr-cut strategy is the royel read to reising you strength. Mistakes con be detected end enclysed. But the other type of des-eat-dog play can never be completely enclysed, even dy masters, end your cpinion of where you zade your error will prove to be lusion in your n iter. e Use of Jos Tae first step toveris staying cut of trouble is to learn a few cor- ner openings very well. This will do three things for you: first, you will begin with @ scund daso in cach corner. Second, you will lead cut to- werds the centre to connect with other groups, end prevent “nite from se: zing large territories there. Third, you will learn standard forms of ploy that will be useful in tactics throughout the some. The "tsuke- jos (1 d4, 2 £3, 3 £4, 4 & 1 for this pursos it confines 5% ch you will find discussed in deteil out into the centre with 3 and S$, yet at the seze ressure on Shite that white cennot leap to seize the corn it is only by. sacrificing the 2-¢ position. Tais sequence feirly often in zester genes, and not only in the corners. Tne veriation 6 e3, 7 43, 3 e¢, $ eS, 1 45, 11 dé, tae beginning of 2 close fight which Bleck will win if ne deteils (13 is key play}. Zut the beginn i] if he wants to stay out of trouble, Jicck cen thvert t! of 2 by the sinpl @5, il 46, Black bu corner on the fourt i stones. Tae resource fi is one of tas al in other parts of the roaca @ hostile fcrnation It is eoauea tence of 0. Rosroack from approach a Thite need you aay te put seldoz froa Even wien this aeans a stall extension fer Black th B at d2-di-nd-gi, ¥ et £3-j3; 1193 is e very inpor waich you may hesitate to noxe at the proper tiae. Sut this point becones epperont if White plays 1 13. tion is no lonver insecure, ne does not neve to run into the contre and Block aust zuerd ageinst an invasion of the rigat hond corner. Unfortunately, the decinner con't elways restrain his 33oe Ms oe > Tet 39; Gin. ectly egeinet tho waite stone. This is ozectly what ne aiculé not ag) ney de seen by oxamining some of the possible consequences. ite acy choos to pley ca t p ef Black, for the sexe of central ae nce With 2x4, 313, 4 Sné, 6 25, Ze cen also Ploy ndornenta Black with 2k, 813, 412, § 22 te can establish Eiseel? with £9 oF j4, or push through with 22 or n2. Black ney have en- ticipated sither cf taese, but Waite hes a nore ingenious ray of getting 2, 213 is calculated to get Slack into 2 sroet. If wo essuce that Slack is fairly edroit at 2 then a provable cours: is 3 k4, 1c m2, 12 11, : likely to bo ployed leter in the gene B32 ying on the wecimess et 5, to proceed: is to establish hinsalf in corner with 19. It coes with out spying thet Waite dees not neko this kind of approach if the Slack well on the fourth line will by ony kind of value. ‘ Thie is exactly the kind of trop that you evoid by slay: point avey, at 13, as a matter of course, scovere? thet be si y Aéezonally o¢e Yet forca eo tain situ fault. ell Bleck & 8-0 be Pe 0 tt eoha o hia no gocd enatsoever. ation, and the edis ere ms of this typo seen end nother, you a: and nest of ¢: roader ig chellenge} toBleck: Akire RASZGAVA (7 den) White: Kezuo #UKaI (7 en) Raceiving 5.5 points komi. Most coments are by Shimpei ACKI, ¢ connentator for the Go Review. ee ce B can now occupy dlé end efter this 3 d3 4 c16 solidification of his position ez- S ql? 6 cS ert a powerful on T's % and 18. Playing at e16 or e17 would be too Therefore you snould take notice passive as then 6 cS or 6 dS secures of the importence of 20. two cerners eas = oe if ¥ were to enswi sr with b13. 23 ee elS, 24 d15, 25 did, 25 b pee ls The most conaon ansvsr. would follew, resulting in B con- 20 al7 structing en even larger well. If 11 418 12 18 Wowere to rasist with 22 dle, then 139 al6 14 17 23 eld, 26 d13, 25 412 and now WT 1S als 18 elt hes to defend wees point clS. 17 116 19 di3, 20 ¢ci2 would net be good This is ebsolutaly essential. Should es B places less pressure on tie ¥ B fail to pley here ast stones cn n side. teinly suport £1é ° 20 ¢12 how 17 effectively neutral potential shore of influen correct ng up better end elso ect thening his upper etones He) oie how 1G efter GO O'S et 1g ji, 19 2b 18 helps to balanced, HoH Let us exenine ple; appen should att nh RL int for Notic: 3 pes acugh normel under the cir ust be scen as a sign of ¢ eble humility. In contresti well of influ ninself. 5 83 ps reahly divides the 7 38 0? This ceanot bs cuitted if 3 wants to eveid © pleyine at p7. 3 could also naturally provent this by sia- ply pleying p?. In this ovent alse zust play ct 38 to evoid boing conteined in the corner. There is not much difference betveen these two plays. 34 FS cut at.p7 then 35 stones. Should i 38 p8 37 p? 38 r3 After this 5 can continue to const- ruct a strong well cf influence by 82 8, 40 rS, 41 plo. 39 3 40 2 W coulé nave driven a wedge into B' position, elt the situation i not now the sexe as it was after move 31 inesauci as the sequence 39 Res token piacs. As tefora cen predict tho sé 6 > 3s are pleye connecti 2 the prinal 2 his txo groups. Hovover, it may be seid thet his 'stend’ ob 47, by trengtaening his point of enchor, ore thon edequetaly cekes up for ais somewnat passive menoeuver. Yo mey tus conclude thet t initial encounter between the two players hes ended feirly equally. 32 al8 Most of you mey wonder - end with good reason ~ waet ¥ had in mind by suddenly playing aere. Briefly ste- ted, W hes put out a facler to esc- ertein B's line of strategy. are censtently used escnz strong Pleyers end thers would be no end of saould wo attex S pa t Feolers ive study of its techni . s lot it suffice to sey ti $3 i; the corract answer in‘ this casa. ee ee rl8, pl, rl7 end 2s8 a a fa i 2 ae ‘ & 8. 4 of Se 3 ada Bai: OBS Su te 88 9 san e8 fa ae o 8 #8 i a " i, s 4 3 a wy 4 ‘3 ¥ 3 $ 8 . a5 gs Soa tos age i! a8 Ue oa Ss 88 oa #e bo 2 ga He Sa 86 Be Sa on MB fas 19 Fh ty Ag as eee Sea gag 8 ges 8 § 8 $ 2b BS eS oe 6 64 gle pews eS 03 zl? 63 18 65 j ce aE i: $7 f12 hh the + stoning his om ction q ‘Se con: reventin; Pp. de over fo: sh o ti 63 alg hare: oe 6S £13 annot do $0 eSx gos 2a acy ers goo is, nect with 17, 72 £19 wit d without ta: 7 a ko i 69 gic, 2 18x, 70 © fight. ow eee to set oa B Ai) 3 gis lays 7 te reply an excising ex solut aid not 78 = Tey 3 he: = ader mls ke =e 77 83 9: table You ney vy ©: elsewna: ab son of inraz~ ené enter- uid ha pley at 222, suro te countor with nl2,"cepturin; beth stcnos. 103 311 It ig rogrettcble thet 7 did not first exchange 1C3 ¢i3, 107 15 for thon Se would heve noth feer efter 110 111, 11 rll 12, 128 oll, 114 as tho cut at pl2 deosn't work, ond ho captures the B stonos. £108 111; 110 nl2 egein cep- exchengs is not for that matter, ee ee ill nest corteinly pouncs on > cd. % y ¥ did not piey 132 ¢3, Sut 3 08, 134 09, 18 clS, 136 48 (bd: ugs cf G3), BP Dot eis a od et a tate re i ¥ Boa & LOO bo & Om yh a A tata Sh ae e Bo oa2 would also be gote, but this lee~ ves 174 to be played with sente. 173 1 174 e2 207 lS 205 bs 175 n18x 176 all 209 e19 210 cle 178 tursetoned fiscenaceticn et 211 eS 177 @2 178 a1 ’ 213 cl 172 £2 130 <3 215 12 1s2 j16 217 12 219 16 221 ela 222 j18 223 +8 224 8? 2 played at ly et rie "£130 7