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3-4 point high approach, two-space high pincer
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Two-space high pincer



We study in some depth the following variations:


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Other possible variations

Some other variations. The inside attachment at g is not considered good with this pincer (see 3-4 point high approach, two-space high pincer, inside attachment). White h was tried in a title game (Judan match game 1, 1971-01-06) Otake Hideo-Hashimoto Utaro. White i is a rare move; White j is not so rare.


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An emergency measure (White 11 at 'a')

White 1 (i above)is an emergency measure, only to be taken in special circumstances. In the sequence to White 11, Black gets a large corner, and probably in sente. Only rarely is this a good result for White.



This is quite an old pincer (from the 1930s) but relatively unexplored until about 1970. An early reference is the Go Super Series book by Hasegawa Akira.

The book Essential Joseki is perhaps a better introduction than Ishida, but gets the history of the main line play b a little wrong. It was introduced 1952-03-11 by Fujisawa Kuranosuke, as he then was, in a jubango game against Go Seigen. Go Seigen was (is) a great innovator, but in this case his opponent deserves the credit.

A problem with studying this joseki is that some of the books emphasise old lines from the 1950s, or trick plays.


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