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Plate 18

Played December, 1835. No handicaps were given. This game is from a Japanese work called "Kachi Sei Kioku." The notes are taken from Korschelt, and as in the previous instance involve the repetition of some things that have been touched on in the preceding chapters.

1. R 16.

2. D 17.

3. Q 3.

4. P 17.

5. C 4.

6. C 14. Just as good as D 15, which we already know.

7. Q 5. This may be the best play under the circumstances. The secure position Q 3–Q 5 supports the advance posts at C 4 and R 16 in equal measure.

8. Q 14.

9. P 16.

10. Q 16.

11. Q 15.

12. Q 17.

13. P 15.

14. R 15.

15. R 14.

16. S 15.

17. Q 13.

18. N 17. The eighth stone played at Q 14 cannot be saved. If White attempts to save it, the following would be the continuation: B.W. P 14 O 14P 13 P 12O 13 N 13O 12. O 11 etc. If White had had an opportunity of placing a stone on the line of retreat at say E 3, then White could have saved No. 8. (This has already been explained in defining the Japanese expression "Shicho.")