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ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES
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VI

Plate 18

White.—Inouye Inseki.
Black.—Yasui Shintetsu.

Played December, 1835. No handicaps were given. This game is from a Japanese work called "Kachi Sei Kioku." The notes are taken from Korschelt, and as in the previous instance involve the repetition of some things that have been touched on in the preceding chapters.

Black

White

1. R 16.

2. D 17.

3. Q 3.

4. P 17.

5. C 4.

6. C 14. Just as good as D 15, which we already know.

7. Q 5. This may be the best play under the circumstances. The secure position Q 3–Q 5 supports the advance posts at C 4 and R 16 in equal measure.

8. Q 14.

9. P 16.

10. Q 16.

11. Q 15.

12. Q 17.

13. P 15.

14. R 15.

15. R 14.

16. S 15.

17. Q 13.

18. N 17. The eighth stone played at Q 14 cannot be saved. If White attempts to save it, the following would be the continuation: