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Previous | Index | Next Diagram 12.1: White to play As will be shown, the missing stone at the hoshi point is a major defect for black. Diagram 12.2: Solution 1 wants to use the same attach tesuji. White can simply play and , a combination that would not work in the standard Carpenter's square. But because of the defect at , black's eyespace is reduced and after the corner is dead in Bulky Five. Diagram 12.3: Solution 2 is also possible. attempts to reuse the standard solution in Diagram 2.2. However, is good and black cannot survive. Diagram 12.4: Solution 3 If black plays , white again can exploit the weakness at to reduce the eyespace. This corner is dead too. Diagram 12.5: Solution 4 is also possible. Shown here is a different way to form Bulky Five. Conclusion: this corner is very weak with the missing stone at hoshi point. There are a number of other ways to kill this corner. I will leave the readers to practice and find them all. Previous | Index | Next |