EVENT BOARDSIZE 19 SETUP W D17 D4 C7 C16 C15 F17 SETUP B Q16 Q4 D15 C14 D13 C9 MARK 1@D15 4@C16 2@C15 3@C14 5@D13 6@F17 7@C9 8@C7 COM Problem 21. Black to play. If Black plays the joseki to 7, how should he respond to White 8 ? ENDCOM B 1 E9 MARK A@C12 USER CORRECT ANSWER ENDUSER COM Correct Answer. White is threatening to invade at A, so Black should defend his position on the left side by jumping to 1. ENDCOM VAR B 1 Q10 COM Failure. It is tempting to make a sanren-sei on the right side with 1, but ... ENDCOM W 2 C12 COM ... in that case White would invade at 2 and ... ENDCOM B 3 B13 W 4 D10 B 5 C10 W 6 C11 B 7 B11 W 8 B12 B 9 A12 W 10 B10 B 11 A11 W 12 D9 B 13 B9 W 14 C8 MARK \t@F17 COM ... make thickness with the sequence to 14. This thickness and White's marked stone now serve to diminish the power of the sanren-sei formation on the right side. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR W 2 R10 MARK B@R8 B@R12 COM White would then invade at 2. From this position, Black would play one of the points marked B and a joseki which involves the whole right side would be put in motion. (See Get Strong at Joseki 3, Joseki 9.) <= ENDCOM