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Ni Ren Sei Fuseki
Ni Ren Sei means roughly "Two Star(point)s in a Row" in Japanese. And is the name applied to the formation below. It is a very common beginning for both Black and White in modern Go. Despite its presence in handicap games for hundreds of years, it was not commonly used as an even-game fuseki until the New Fuseki Era in the 1930's.
Both Black and White begin the game by playing Ni Ren Sei along opposite sides of the board. This is a very common start in both professional and amateur games. Note that if Black wants to play Ni Ren Sei, White can not prevent it. Once B 1 is on the board, B will certainly be able to play in one of the two adjacent corners (at either 3 or 4). If next Black plays at 'a' the fuseki is considered a San Ren Sei fuseki (three starpoints in a row). Ni Ren Sei is used to describe the fuseki when Black chooses another course, for example, approaching the White stones with 'b' or 'c'. Ni Ren Sei is a very fast, flexible approach. Black (or White) sketches out the briefest of frameworks along one side and then turns elsewhere. This is a copy of the living page "Ni Ren Sei Fuseki" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |