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OgeimaGakari

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Kakari

 

34 two-space low approach
    Keywords: Joseki

[Diagram]
Diag.: Large knight's approach



White can choose this approach (kakari) to avoid a severe pincer.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Black's common reply

Black's diagonal response at 2 is simple, and good for territory. White at 2 can be considered still to be the standard answer, but extending as far as a is increasingly see in pro play, for a lighter position.


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Diag.: Black's other replies

The other important answers for Black are at a, b and c (decreasing popularity). Tenuki is possible but not that common.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Kobayashi fuseki

White often plays this approach in the context of the Kobayashi fuseki, meaning that the marked black stone is present - in fact in that case this has become the standard way. In that case Black 1 is at least as common as the diagonal play at a, with the obvious meaning that Black gives priority to building up the left side.



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