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Posted: **Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:48 am**

I have also been wondering if I've been handling this "non-joseki" variation correctly:

The normal joseki is the following:

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Instead of

above, many of my opponents play

in the following. I've been playing as shown in response. Instead of

, I've also played A or tenuki. The result seems good, but is this the right way to go? If so, then presumably,

is not joseki because white gains little and gives up a lot more influence.

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Posted: **Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:31 am**

Posted: **Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:51 am**

Bill Spight wrote:See viewtopic.php?p=226174#p226174

Thanks! Must have missed that one

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