◇ Just read — no move neededHow do you DEFEND against a VCT? Not only by blocking — by counter-fouring. When the attacker plays an open three, look for your own four: the attacker must answer it, and while they do, YOU take the junction their chain needs. Here black's three already stares at both columns — a plain block loses to the 4-3 either way. White's diagonal is one stone from a four, and that stone is also a block…