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Side patterns
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Opening
A pilot classification of side patterns (19x10). IndexingIn alphabetical order we have hoshi, komoku. mokuhazushi, sansan, takamoku as names in Japanese for the 4-4, 3-4/4-3, 3-5/5-3, 3-3 and 4-5/5-4 points respectively. It happens that this is also a sensible priority order in which to look at formations, based on frequency in contemporary go. Therefore a lexicographic order hh, hk, hm, hs, ht, kk ... and so on is reasonable for look-up. To distinguish formations of two stones of the same colour we write for example h,h for alternating play and h;h for nirensei (two 4-4 points of the same colour). h;pm and h;om are respectively parallel and orthogonal versions of a 4-4 and 3-5/5-3 point on a side (there are two relative positions that need to be distinguished). Other pages about side units and patternsSome other pages about sides include Kobayashi variants, mini-chinese variants, variant 135s, further 135 variants, ryojimari sides, jabberwocks, preferring to pincer. The wedge variants path includes a number of examples drawn from standard side patterns such as nirensei. The co-ordination between adjacent corners page is trying to get a grip on some more advanced issues. hh Section h;h Two StarsAlso known as nirensei, parallel 4-4, parallel hoshi.
hk Section h;ok
h,ok
This is possibly the most complex and rich side pattern - appearances to the contrary - judging by the number of mainstream continuations (about 20). h;pk
h,pk
hm section h;pm
hs section kk section k,ok
k,pk
km section ks section kt section mm section ms section mt section ss section st section tt section This is a copy of the living page "Side patterns" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |