(; GM[1] SZ[19] AW[cn][co][dm][ek] AB[jp][jd][pj][dj][dp][pd][pp][dd][jj][cp][dn][en] LB[ek:7][dm:3][cn:1][co:5][cp:6][dn:2][en:4] C[Problem 23. Black to play. In this nine-stone game, Black played the attach-and-extend joseki with the sequence to 6. White 7 was an unusual move. How should Black respond ? ] (;B[ej] TE[2] C[Correct Answer. Black should push up with 1, ... ] ;W[fk] C[... forcing White to extend to 2, ... ] ;B[dk] C[... then turn at 3. ] (;W[em] C[If White 4, ... ] ;B[fp] C[... Black secures the bottom with 5. ] ;W[fj] C[If White 6 next, ... ] ;B[fi];W[gi];B[fh] C[... the sequence to Black 9 follows. <= ] ) (;W[dl] C[White gets a defective shape is she plays 4 here. <= ] )) (;B[dk] C[How the game continued. You might think that Black 1 would give the same result as the Correct Answer, but, ... ] ;W[em] (;B[fm];W[fl] LB[em:2] C[... after 2 and 4, ... ] ;B[gm];W[dg] C[... White attacked the two black stones, which were now heavy, with 6. <= ] ) (;B[fp] C[If Black had played 3 here, ... ] ;W[dg] C[... White would still have attacked with 4. <= ] )) )