4-4 point low approach one-space low pincer, low double approach
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Keywords: Joseki
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/49/97ef13349aecc0981ea7c5177ed8e5f9.png) | Double kakari |
Although entering at the 3-3 point is the most common answer to the pincer of , there are other possibilities. One of them is the double kakari of .
and form a common pattern. After , Black has to choose on which side to block. After and , cannot be omitted; this point is too good to allow to the opponent.
is a thick move, but Black could also choose to play tenuki instead.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/40/168b9e6dc38ef8b7a85da693185e716e.png) | Outer block |
If Black blocks at , the variation to is to be expected. After this, Black has to deal with the white stone on the left; is one possibility. White is aiming at the cut at a, and might well play there immediately.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/15/165a6306f05545d1b8c9a06d056e8da5.png) | Quiet |
Black's third possibility is the quiet move of here.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/1/e6ffe6e3d1985525696ff48d935a5ad1.png) | Hane |
A second possibility for White is the hane at followed by . Now is the simplest answer. Black has sente. This is a good joseki for White if Black is trying to make a framework on the left.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/0a55ba2fb2b88bf465eeea5bf92380e4.png) | A fight |
here leads to a complicated fight.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/31/3d455c357da184e33bbc39b0369e7854.png) | Continuation |
We will show one continuation, from a professional game. creates aji.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/1/21a84127314d70513dd568aaa8d707d7.png) | Continuation |
Black gets a large wall, White the corner territory. White has the aji of pulling out? at a.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/44/68c0f43848d2ff7029ae4e2510469a52.png) | 3-3 invasion |
White could also invade at the 3-3 point after the exchange of for . If Black answers at or some such point, we get a transposition to the joseki above.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/16/ee48c197491f9118923e7f2591aef735.png) | Block (9 connects) |
Alternatively, Black can answer by blocking on the outside with . After , White's territory is bigger, but so is Black's thickness. In the rare case that Black can successfully challenge White to a ko fight, White can omit the - exchange.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/11/5e4ddbe90ab66250eeffd4c000c46977.png) | Left attachment (Black 11 at a, White 12 at b) |
The attachment on the other side with is rare. With this move Black is trying to build a wall facing the top, but he runs a serious risk that the original pincer (the marked stone) will turn out to be too close to it.
Here is one possible variation. Other moves, like c and 9, are even more rare with this pincer.
AndreEngels
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