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JamesA: Hi BlueWyvern, I've been looking at your fuseki pattern with GoGod and Kombilo and found just 11 pro games where black used this method. Of those games, 6 were won by black and 5 by white.

In 3 games, black's next move was 'a'. White won 2 of those 3 games though. The most popular next move for black was 'b', and black won 3 out of 4 games played that way.

It seems, then, that for white to play nirensei is not necessarily bad, indeed Rin Kaiho, Cho Chikun, Cho Hun-hyeon and Yi Ch'angho are some of the pros who have played white in this position.

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Diag.: Funky Chicken Fuseki


As for the marked stone being an 'absentminded' play - well, it was played by Cho Hunhyeon in 1995 and although he lost, he was playing Yi Ch'angho so it may not be because the move was bad. 9 dans don't tend to play absentmindedly.... That game continued up to 10 and a big fight started.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Funky Chicken Fuseki


Although the marked play above is not good at making territory, it threatens the black stones above more than a play at 'b'. For instance, an invasion at 'a' may be possible later. The marked stone and the stone 2 to the left of it are a strong and influential way to play.

I think that maybe the reason you have such success with this fuseki is that you have thought about it a lot, and is more indicative of your strength with a fuseki you like, rather than the strength of the fuseki itself. For instance, I like playing nirensei with black a lot more than the chinese, and my success rate is much higher with nirensei. No one could argue that the chinese is a bad opening for black!



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