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Ladder strategy
Difficulty: Intermediate Keywords: Joseki, Tactics, Strategy
Moved here from Messages to people currently present in the Library. This may be a very elementary question, but is there a reference to a standard "set" of moves to set up an opponent into a ladder. For example, how to approach a single stone to do it. Another problem, when approaching the 4-4 point before, I would be concerned about which side of the board I would like to stake out as my own. Now I see I need to think about which side of the 4-4 to play, and whether it is low or high to determine which way I approach the opposing 4-4 corner. Wow - smack on the side of the head - This is Fun. Maybe I need to play in the center so I don't need to worry about this! Charles As for ladder strategy, that to some extent still seems to be a 'trade secret': no one really writes it up.
One idea that recurs is this:
kritz thanks Charles - your trade secret comment makes me think I asked the right question. Looks like it is time for me to review some games! kritz It looks like the pages attach-crosscut or atari-cross-cut? or cross-cut then extend page describe the basic set of moves. charles Are these what you were referencing as the "trade secrets"? Charles Not really: there are a number of such standard shapes, but I was thinking about the strategies for exploiting a ladder when it's there. Charles An instructive example from the recent opening game of the 28th Meijin match. Black was Yoda Norimoto, White Yamashita Keigo.
White initiated the taisha in the lower left: that implies a number of ladder questions. The connection
Presumably White felt it was too passive to play
Black fights confidently on the left side.
Black manages to capture See also /Discussion. This is a copy of the living page "Ladder strategy" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |