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3-3 Point Shoulder Hit
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Joseki
The shoulder hit of White 1 is a common way of playing against the black stone in the corner. The sequence to Black 4 may be expected. It is clear that in this joseki, White is making outside influence, while Black goes for the corner territory. Next, the jump at a, continuing to emphasize the outside, is White's most common move. White can also block at b, taking the left side, or play tenuki and regard her stones here as kikashi.
The jump to White 1 instead of 3 is rare, but not unheard of. White is going even more for influence. However, Black's corner position is solid and his territory is not small, so White should only play this way if her influence is working very well with the rest of the board. - Goran - I belive this sequence is wrong:
This is one of the joseki I know although I have never successfully used it in an even game. (White 11 plays at a but I ran out of numbers.)
After White 1, Black 2 is considered correct shape. White 3 next makes nice shape as well, but it may be too slow, so she will often play tenuki instead. For that reason, Black 2 can also be omitted, giving Black the first chance to play elsewhere.
The white blocking move at 1 gives up White's quest for central influence, and focuses on the left side instead. Black 2 is the natural response, playing in the direction White neglected to play. After White stabilizes her group by the extension to 3 or a, the joseki comes to an end. Black should take this joseki into account when choosing between the marked move and b: it is often correct to play on the side where blocking with White 1 here is least interesting.
If Black gets to be the first to play in this corner after the basic joseki, he will almost invariably choose Black 1. The white stones jump to safety with 2, after which Black plays at 3 to deny White an easy base. White, owever, can also choose to ignore Black 1 and leave her stones to themselves: even if they are captured, Black will have to use so many moves to do so that it is not in all positions disadvantageous for White. -- Andre Engels (Feel free to make additions or corrections) This is a copy of the living page "3-3 Point Shoulder Hit" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |