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3-4 point high approach, one-space high pincer
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Keywords: Joseki
This pincer is undoubtedly severe, but joseki for it have taken a long time to develop (it has been adopted much more slowly than the Magic Sword).[1] For a time it was principally associated with Otake Hideo: that was back in the 1970s. There has been some recent research giving new joseki.
For many years it was assumed that
Black is expected to play
This is one standard continuation, which leads to a running fight on the upper side. White must of course attack, having given Black territory.
This is a current idea, with White playing for immediate life; White 11 at a completes a joseki.
Alex Weldon: What is the point of
Sorin Gherman: Alex, the purpose of [1]
These plays are currently being experimented with: Charles - you state above that connecting underneath is bad for Black. As a novice, the connection underneath would quite possibly be my preferred move here.
What are the considerations that make this a poor move relative to the others? It seems to me that 1 would support
Charles I had this played against me once, ages ago. After It was 25 years ago, and my opponent David Mitchell had been reading a Japanese joseki dictionary in which this diagram occurred. After the game he went back and translated the comment, 'bad for Black'. What's more he told me this, which is more than some players would do. Those were naive, unspoiled days. Yep, that makes sense now. Thanks for showing me - Phlegmatic
DJ: I've read somewhere that this pincer is quite strong in the Kobayashi Fuseki: the sequence in the diagram below is good for Black as a simple nozoki as
That's maybe why White often plays a or b instead of [1] A dirk is a long straight-bladed dagger. Hence the facetious name. Path: PincerPath · Prev: 34PointHighApproachOneSpaceLowPincer · Next: 34PointHighApproachTwoSpaceHighPincer This is a copy of the living page "3-4 point high approach, one-space high pincer" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |