EVENT BOARDSIZE 19 SETUP W D16 C14 C3 B6 C5 D5 E6 D7 E4 E3 H4 Q18 O17 L17 K17 L16 L15 SETUP B B3 A4 B5 C4 D4 D3 D2 D6 K4 Q5 Q3 Q9 Q14 Q16 R17 K16 J16 K14 MARK 6@L15 4@L16 2@K17 5@K14 3@J16 1@K16 COM Problem 155. Black to play. Black has reduced White's moyo with the moves 1 to 5. Taking the overall position into account, how should Black answer White 6 ? ENDCOM B 1 L14 USER CORRECT ANSWER ENDUSER COM Correct Answer. Black should block at 1. ENDCOM VAR B 1 H13 COM Failure. If Black blindly plays the joseki move of 1, ... ENDCOM W 2 M13 COM ... White jumps out to 2, erasing Black's moyo. Since Black's moyo is bigger than White's, the exchange favours White. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR W 2 K15 COM If White pushes through with 2 ... ENDCOM VAR W 2 R4 MARK 1@L14 COM The actual game. This position was taken from the second game of the 3rd Kisei title match, played between Fujisawa Shuko (White) and Ishida Yoshio. When Ishida played 1, Fujisawa probed with 2, ... ENDCOM B 3 Q4 W 4 L7 COM ... then jumped to 4, thereby avoiding the unfavourable result in the Correct Answer. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR B 3 J14 W 4 J15 COM ... and 4, ... ENDCOM B 5 H14 MARK A@C17 COM ... Black builds a huge moyo in the center of the board. Black is now aiming at the invasion of A. <= ENDCOM