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Why we do open on Tengen
Here will lie useful information about opening on Tengen. Feel free to add what you think should be added. See also Tengen. Clearly, on a 9x9 board (and smaller) the tengen opening is very strong. Black can play here and claim the side opposite his opponent, as well as ther center. Most of the time at 9x9 I open here.
On larger boards, it's really a speculate play. I don't think I'd play it as White, though I can see that, with komi, it might be workable. To be, a tengen opening makes more sense as Black, at least at my level (beginner), since Daniel-chan I have opened successfully on Tengen on 19x19 on several occasions. Focusing on influence pointing towards the middle is a huge point in playing these games. I usually try high approaches instead of low, for example. This is a copy of the living page "Why we do open on Tengen" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |