3-5 point 5-4 approach, tenuki variations
Difficulty: Expert Keywords: Joseki
When Black plays the low stone, it is a well-known plan in pro games for White to ignore it and play elsewhere.
Black's next play here will be at or near a or b, depending on the importance of the sides. Of course if Black b and White a, White hasn't suffered much damage.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/0/0ea29102f2a5fc6e609fd67277091a5d.png) | Tenuki twice |
White might in fact wait until Black has played both stones before reacting. Coming out with the diagonal jump is a classic idea for light play here, as used by Shuho, Shusai, Sekiyama Riichi, Go Seigen.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/9/c773b0f935ad73cb4d1fa726bf159ca5.png) | Not in pro games |
On the other hand one doesn't see White play tenuki after , in pro play.
The double hane of and is just too good - White may never recover from this loss of good shape and influence.
Here is a tewari analysis of the previous diagram. Starting from a black small low enclosure, is not the most usual, but also not abnormal. is a standard answer, but for white to next exchange for is a big loss, making her stone heavy and allowing black excellent shape with while white's own position is hardly helped.[1]
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/0/cfe4c87123ef4f17ae54e8ad11fbae70.png) | Known for Black to pincer |
There are some pro games in which is played as a pincer, as shown, or at one of the marked points. The sequence from to and then Black a is standard. After that White must handle two weak groups in a cross-cut fight.
See also bending back.
Charles Matthews, Andre Engels
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![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/28/83ca322e59571a64159df4b1e797e8ed.png) | A normal sequence |
White's ordinary moves in this situation are and .
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