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3-3 Point Invasion query 7
Keywords: Joseki
What about playing at b instead of a, especially when there's little room left for White at left side ? HolIgor: This is not a very well defined question. The 3-3 point invasion is not what I call an early corner joseki. It is played later in the game when the surrounding stones define the strategy. And the first question Black has to answer is usually: the direction in which you'd like to have influence. If White has not much space to develop on the left side, it is possible that Black would have a nice territory pressing from the other side. The next thing Black has to consider is playing double hane with the purpose of exchanging the outside for the corner. And yet, there are situations where b is good.
Andrew Walkingshaw: I'd be suspicious of the bad aji this leaves.
Now Black's b followed by White's a is bad shape for Black, as above, and if Black plays at a, cutting at b is superior to the normal result round here - White has no hane at c.
HolIgor: If Black chooses
HolIgor: I agree that here Black was inconsistent and lost as the result. This is a copy of the living page "3-3 Point Invasion query 7" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |