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Side pattern from VER 2003
Keywords: Opening
The pattern on the lower side of the Vernal Equinox Rengo 2003 is interesting, if not so common.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/8a17f27db5732de378fd8b809a4ce1aa.png) | White to play |
In this case White at a to suppress is always a big play.
White b or c might also be played, depending on the overall position. Here as usual restricting to a side pattern means that more hits can be found, in a database, than for a whole-board pattern (not surprisingly, the rengo deviated from pro play a long time ago). On the other hand one must be careful in judging any sequence, in isolation from the global position.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/45/b22754ea0675afd9f69ae2f1790ae118.png) | White attacks |
If it is too slow for White to play in the right corner, this is one interesting way.
This has been played by top pros: Kajiwara Takeo against Otake Hideo in the 1970 Meijin League; Fujisawa Hideyuki against Kobayashi Satoru 1995-05-25 in the Gosei (when White had an extra stone at x). Taking White's corner position to be quite thick after , this is a natural direction of play.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/19/16447dbb79e465bedae1dab774429140.png) | White attacks, continuation |
Otake jumped out of trouble with . Then is a play from the old Chinese games.
and are usual, but lead into a very serious cross-cut fight. In Kajiwara's style, this led to a large-scale sacrifice sequence (and victory).
Charles Matthews
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