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Use of kikashi to build up frameworks
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Opening, MiddleGame, Strategy
A simple example inspired by Fuseki Exercise 6.
This is a simple idea that is seen in pro play.
The argument for playing
In fact if Black simply plays Another factor is that after the suggested moves the point d becomes focal. This will matter most in a large-scale game; but this side formation is not specially likely to occur in omoyo games.
There seemed to be the implication in the discussion at Fuseki Exercise 6 Discussion that Black might avoid 1 when the marked white stone as present, as if
Framework theory assumes initially that one does play out kikashi to build up frameworks; and more generally that in the sensitive border areas (see free and fixed boundaries) one looks to expand the framework. This is true if you assume that frameworks should be developed ambitiously, to their full scope. That is, however, not the whole story. There is a time for consolidating frameworks, rather than broadening them; and an elusive concept of 'right-sized' frameworks. There is also a need for positional judgement in building frameworks, which can overrule bad exchanges that might be used in the construction process. This is a copy of the living page "Use of kikashi to build up frameworks" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |