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5. R 15.

6. R 16.

7. O 3.

8. R 10. Formerly in such a case as this Black played at R 7. This move replied to White's move at O 3 and at the same time from a distance attacked White's stones at R 14 and R 15. It is better to confine the last two stones by the text move.

9. P 13.

10. R 12.

11. Q 15.

12. P 15.

13. R 13.

14. P 16.

15. N 13.

16. P 10. This move is better than R 7.

17. R 3.

18. R 4. This move is better than Q 3, which although it cuts off O 3 and R 3 would leave Black's stone at R 10 weak.

19. Q 3.

20. P 4.

21. P 3.

22. N 5.

23. L 17.

24. G 17.

25. O 17.

26. N 16.

27. P 18.

28. Q 18. Black is quite satisfied to have merely the necessary two "Me" in this corner, because he has a much larger territory to the left.

29. J 17.

30. C 10.

31. Q 6.

32. O 4.

33. M 4. This move is better than O 7 because Black could follow at N 3 in that case. Q 6 is a "Sute ishi" or sacrificed stone. It has the effect of forcing Black to play 34 O 8, and later on will help still further to narrow down Black's territory. At the same time every attack on the Black position from the outside would be made more effective by the presence of this stone. Possibly it could also be used later in "Ko." Black makes his 36th, 38th and 40th moves in order to secure his position which is weakened by the presence of the white stone at Q 6.

34. O8.