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Joseki
  Difficulty: Advanced   Keywords: Opening, Joseki, Go term

Joseki means 'settled stones' and is in general a sequence of moves which lead to what is normally considered as equal outcome for both players.

Ishida Yoshio in the foreword to the Dictionary of Basic Joseki says,

Joseki are model sequences in the corners and, sometimes, on the sides. Sequences consisting of rational moves and giving an equal or near equal result are recognized as joseki and thus become the possession of all Go players.
Joseki are born, not made. A sequence only becomes joseki when it is played in actual games, is subjected to opposition and is able to stand up to all criticism. A sequence which contains irrational or unnatural elements or which gives an inferior result for one side will hardly meet with universal approval.

Although most commonly used as a standard way of playing in a corner, there are also josekis for e.g. cutting loose connections on the side and similar.

Many Josekis exist, some of which are played very often, others only in special circumstances.

Here's a list of Joseki related pages currently here:

4-4 point Josekis (covered in Ishida volume 3):

3-4 point Josekis:

3-3 point Josekis (covered in Ishida volume 3):

3-5 point Josekis (covered in Ishida volume 2):

4-5 point Josekis (covered in Ishida volume 3):

General Joseki discussion:

There are also some which describe how not to play josekis. Call them anti-josekis if you want:

Joseki Questions:

References:

  • Kogo's Joseki Dictionary, ([ext] external link) covers all basic joseki and secondary variations, common non-joseki plays, and many trick plays. It is packaged as a zipped SGF file. It used to be available by free subscription, but now you can simply download it at Gary's site.


This is a copy of the living page "Joseki" at Sensei's Library.
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