There was an empty corner, which is a good enough reason to tenuki many things. If black finished the joseki white would probably play in the empty corner rather than finish the joseki. In fact one idea is to peep the hanging connection, if white connects then black kosumis and if white takes the empty corner the peep has made white heavier so black has a better attack.illluck wrote: Black (Wang) played an interesting tenuki from a 3-4 high approach, contact from below joseki. The variation is not in Kogo's (well, rather, the first move of that variation was listed as "not recommended", but obviously Kogo's is a fairly non-authoritive source :p). The result looks quite interesting - if I played 3-4 I'd be interested in trying it out.
I wonder white white didn't atari at s4, if black connects it's a good exchange. Black has no threats to fight ko. Maybe she attaches to the other 4-4 and crosscuts or something to generate large threats first, but that entails quite a local loss, and white can back down from the ko without losing too much, probably less than black does by playing silly moves to generate big threats.
