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unusual three-stone enclosures
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Difficulty: Dan level
Keywords: Opening
Based on the 4-4 point:
The 3-3 invasion here is a famous reading problem. See 364463 enclosure.
The most common way for White to invade here is at a. See BQM21 lower right for the 3-3 invasion. Its own page at 364473 enclosure.
This doesn't seem well co-ordinated as far as taking the corner is concerned, but is seen in pro games.
The butterfly. If pros now make these enclosures, against traditional teaching, there could be several reasons:
As part of the 'Korean style' (also seen in players such as O Meien), the use of this enclosure is probably more often because of reasons 1 and 2. The 3554 enclosure is also a source of several unusual three-stone enclosures. See also: pillbox, 355563 enclosure, 464464 enclosure, super pillbox, Three Crows, unusual enclosures Path: EnclosureTechniques · Prev: UnusualEnclosures · Next: Pillbox This is a copy of the living page "unusual three-stone enclosures" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |