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The Trojan Ponnuki
Keywords: Opening, MiddleGame
The Trojan Ponnuki[1], a prescribed opening by KarlKnechtel:
The squared points were suggested by friends on NNGS as potential first moves for Black (after not much thought); the circled point is my own suggestion (also not based on much thought).
Why would Black fill in the diamond? I think the guy was joking. :) Charles Matthews This is more like an endgame problem. Would one really want to play this game more than once?
As Black, I would be tempted to crawl with Black 1, to see if White answered at a. White at b might in fact be better (getting ahead with a one-space jump). But it would allow Black at a to create shape defects. The pairs of points c and d might be considered as nearly miai. In a sense one has to wonder if Black's central group is going to become weak: if so, White can aim to combine plays like d and e to take territory upper right while attacking.
Black 1 here isn't polite - White should by all means play 2 instead of connecting against the peep. [1] Misnomer - see the diamond page. This is a copy of the living page "The Trojan Ponnuki" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |