(;
AB[gc][dd][jd][dj]
AW[fd]
PL[W]
TR[gc]
C[White's response to the marked play?

Source:
    "The Pleasures of Banality", Charles Matthews
    American Go Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 42-43.];
W[fc]
TR[gc]
C[White is happy to block here, because this exchange can become bad for Black.

But what should Black do now?]
(;
B[dc]
C[In handicap games, perhaps Black is aiming for this result to make corner territory and steal White's base?  But ...];
W[ef]
C[... White has this sequence.];
B[cf];W[hc]
C[With this clamp, White starts to make shape on the top edge.];
B[gd];W[gb];B[hd];W[ic];B[id]
C[White still has some weaknesses, but Black requires accuracy to exploit.

In practice, this type of development in high-handicap go is at the top of the slippery slope of exchanges, in which Black presses hard, but gets no unmixed advantages.]
)
    (;
    B[gd]
    C[Standing up here is better for Black.  With this approach, at least Black can develop sound positions on both sides.

One possible sequence follows.];
    W[fe];B[cf];W[gb];B[hb];W[eb];B[ic]
    LB[hc:A]
    C[Black protects the cut at A.];
    W[cc];B[cd];W[bc];B[dh]
    C[This result may appear passive, but Black's advantages include:
1.  Solid formations on both sides.
2.  The potential to integrate these formations with a whole board strategy.]
    )
)

