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Allowing Two Shimari Discussion
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Opening
With the emphasis on speed, begun in the New Fuseki era and brought about by the introduction of komi, is it still true that allowing the opponent to make two shimari is bad? There are some professional games where two shimari were made by one player. Gobase yields six games where White plays a san ren sei against two shimari. The results are equal. I think many amateurs automatically play kakari in order not to allow two shimari. Me for example: I discovered this while analysing my own ideas on Go theory. It is a proverb I followed subconsciously. I still feel happy when allowed to make two shimari. Feeling happy can help to play well, but being overly confident in an equal position is a mistake. Opinions?
For example, this version of the enclosure opening has occurred a number of times between top players. Obviously Black's corners are bigger than White's. But White has komi.
Dave Sigaty: Pieter Mioch touches on this in This is a copy of the living page "Allowing Two Shimari Discussion" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |