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Hosai's formation - high variant
Keywords: Opening
This side formation was much more popular than Hosai's formation itself (enclosure at a), for reasons of balance. Black with another play at b can make a good territorial formation. According to Kato Masao in Go World 6, this pattern was known as Sakata's "sure win" fuseki in the early sixties. Ogri
It is natural for White to play the wedge
This seems to be the other common way to play that is seen in pro games. Here White is much more settled, but takes gote.
This is a copy of the living page "Hosai's formation - high variant" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |