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3-4 point distant high approach from the wrong direction
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    Keywords: Joseki

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The wrong direction

W1 is considered to be 'from the wrong direction'. However, when a stone like BC is present, it is a common joseki move.


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Peaceful play

Charles Matthews According to conventional ideas, the exchange B1/W2 should be quite good enough for Black. You can read about subsequent plays in this area at plays against low Chinese - follow-ups.

In the case of the theory of the Chinese opening, this conventional wisdom was been questioned and modified. That was recognised in the 1996 Japanese edition of Ishida.



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kosumi

B2 seems to be the oldest answer to W1. With W3, the joseki ends. White can follow up with an invasion at a (answered at b), Black can strengthen his left-side framework with Black c-White d-Black e. But usually in this position, the next move has to do with some position nearing the corner from the right or the bottom.



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Two-space pincer - keima

Nowadays, a pincer is more usual. There are two usual pincers. The first is the two-space pincer at B2.

W3 is a quiet answer, forcing B4 (although Black might play B4 at a instead, settling the shape more). Next White plays some kind of counterpincer, for example W5. This diagram shows one possible continuation.


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Two-space pincer - ogeima (White 11 at a, Black 12 at b)

W1 is a second possibility. Black naturally tries to cut White with B2 and B4, white fights this with W3 and W5. After Black 12, White defends at c or d, or plays tenuki.


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Two-space pincer - attachment (White 11 to Black 17 at a to f)

The third possibility is the attachment of W1, usually followed by the cut of W3. White attaches against the black stones to make shape for her own stones. I don't know whether there is any standard variation, but this one seems rather typical.


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two-space pincer - attachment (2)

A second possibility is W5, usually with the intention of creating a group in the corner.


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continuation

White gets a group in the corner, but her other group is weakened.



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One-space pincer - keima

After W2, the same answers are common as after the the two-space pincer. The keima has the same type of follow-up as before.


[Diagram]
One-space pincer - ogeima (white 11 at a, Black 12 at b)

After the ogeima at W1, the same variation follows again. Just as with the two-space pincer, this is the most common variation, but variations, especially W5 at W7, are again possible.


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Two-space pincer - attachment

After the attachment of W1, there are two main variations. The first is similar to the one before.


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follow-up

White again strengthens her group, giving up the corner.


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attachment - hane

The hane of W3 is a recent invention (the oldest game I found it in is from 1999). After B6, white continues with a, b or c.



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