EVENT BOARDSIZE 19 SETUP W D16 D4 R14 P16 O17 P17 Q17 R17 O15 O14 O13 SETUP B K4 Q4 Q10 Q13 R13 Q15 P15 Q16 R16 O16 N16 M15 COM Problem 152. White to play. Both White and Black have weak stones in the center. How should White continue ? ENDCOM W 1 M13 USER CORRECT ANSWER ENDUSER COM Correct Answer. White should force once with 1, ... ENDCOM VAR W 1 D10 COM Failure. White must defend her stones on the right. If she makes a sanren-sei on the left with 1, ... ENDCOM B 2 M13 COM ... Black will go on the offensive with the sequence from 2 ... ENDCOM W 3 O11 B 4 M11 W 5 O9 B 6 M9 W 7 O7 B 8 Q7 COM ... to 8. Black has secured territory on the right, made influence in the center, and White's stones are in big trouble. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR B 2 K15 VAR B 2 N17 COM Black could also play 2 here, but White's stones in the corner are safe, so she could just ignore it. <= ENDCOM ENDVAR W 3 N10 COM ... then jump to 3, reducing the potential of Black's moyo at the bottom. White's stones are now in no danger. <= ENDCOM