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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . 1 . . . .
$$ - . . X W . . .
$$ - . . . , . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . X . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .[/go]

I am unsure how to respond to W 1, can anyone show some solid variations?

As far as I know, this is a peaceful joseki.

The simplest way is to just extend back. White will probably fix his position and black will have sente.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . 1 . . . .
$$ - . . X W . . .
$$ - . . 2 , . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . X . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .[/go]

Black can also counter-hane. White cutting at instead of leads to black getting more corner territory.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------
$$ - . 7 . . . . .
$$ - . 4 1 . . . .
$$ - . 5 X W 3 . .
$$ - . . 6 2 . 8 .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . X . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .[/go]

The title says "large knight," but the diagram shows a two-space jump. Did you mean to ask about something other than the diagram?

This is what he means:

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[go]$$Wc
$$ ---------------
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . 5 . . . .
$$ - . . 4 1 . . .
$$ - . . . , . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . 2 . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .[/go]

elsewhere.

is the large knight's approach. is the contact play.

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Ahh, ok. Would've realized that had I looked more closely rather than glanced and not seen a knight's move.

To me both sequences seem--well-- anemic.

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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . 3 1 . . . .
$$ - . . X W . . .
$$ - . . 2 , . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . X . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .
$$ - . . . . . . .[/go]

3 here seems to be a vital point for both players. If W tenuki, B 3 if not sente is close.
So W 3 is reverse sente ( or close to reverse sente ) and though W is low and ends in gote ( but overall the same amount of moves spent in the corner, my feeling is that B shape is just miserable.



In this diagram W has the slightest bit of bad aji to the right of 1, but I can't help feel that B has loads more bad aji.

I can't help but fell that in both cases B is worse off considering that he spent one more move in that corner.

If you don't like anemic sequences, play tighter approach moves - if you act like W has cooties, you won't have any severe follow-up when he takes sente. Why did you play the ogeima kakari in the first place? Presumably you weren't angling to get corner territory.