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3-3 Point Keima Kakari
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Joseki
Against the black stone at 3-3, White 1 is considered not to be a correct kakari. Black will play at 2, and to avoid a black move there, White is more or less forced to play at 3. The problem with this move is that she is pushing Black along the fourth line. The black territory is considered to be worth more than the white influence. Also note that Black is walking ahead of White, and that White is still open on the edge. Rather than White 1, any of the marked points is regarded as joseki.
I'm not disputing the idea that this approach to 3-3 is less-than-joseki. It does however have its uses, and is seen in pro games. In this sort of case White has a large-scale framework across the top side to consider, so that the previous white plays on the left are really preliminaries to taking the big point at 3. White 1 does something about the open skirt, though of course not a complete fix. Further to that, a few examples from a database search are in this pattern:
The point presumably is that White 9 makes a good shape with the marked stone. The example above isn't convincing to me, any more. This is a copy of the living page "3-3 Point Keima Kakari" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |