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Playing against sanrensei
Keywords: Opening
It is fairly customary for Black to use the one-space pincer against a white approach to a 4-4 stone, in the sanrensei formation. Normally, White will enter the corner. and Black will gain magnificent thickness, a result which in my eyes is very good for Black.
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Therefore, if Black wants to keep his framework, he should refrain from attaching:
Both a and b are seen in professional play these days.
It is wrong for Black to attach against the second kakari stone as shown.
On top of that, White has the cut at a and the aji at 'b' to look forward to. Charles Matthews I'm having some difficulty verifying what is said here. I haven't yet found any pro games exactly matching the first diagram.
Just looking at the upper right (including
Floris Barthel You beat me to posting that ^_^
Just as a sidenote to this variation, black has a HUGE endgame concerning this position but should not be played inmediately as it removes the aji of the two stones. Dieter: Aha ! I can see Guo Juan is consistent in her teaching ... FlorisBarthel: Did she teach you this too? :) Charles Well, I had figured out that this is a Guo Juan lesson: she played this joseki against Rui Naiwei in 2001, for one thing. Anything that gets posted here is supposed to be discussed, though. We haven't really started on whole-board opening theory. This is a copy of the living page "Playing against sanrensei" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |