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ryojimari sides
Keywords: Opening
Rotated position
This position is basic for understanding the enclosure opening. It was assumed before komi go that White should prevent Black from making this formation. Classically White assumed the need to intervene either at
If Black does get to play both
What is seen in pro games is that both players will usually pay attention to big points at or near the marked points first. Black's play to build up the framework is at a, for balance. But he doesn't necessarily rush to play there, which would be a rather one-sided strategy. White too is not likely to play on the upper side directly: there is a ten-line space, meaning that a wedge can easily be played there. But that doesn't mean that White's priority is in that direction, looking at the whole board.
The difference in this case is that the small high enclosure is much better for building a really large-scale framework. When Flat position
Here we can call Black's position 'flat' because all stones are on the top four lines of the board.
White universally plays to get a stone into the marked areas, before coming in on the upper side. Black too takes a big point rather than play immediately there. This is a copy of the living page "ryojimari sides" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |