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3-4 point high approach, keima
Difficulty: Intermediate Keywords: Joseki
This choice of For pro use of this joseki, see the keima joseki in fuseki.
After that Black at a is the standard play. The pincer at b is quite a new development in joseki (though played by Takagawa 50 years ago). Occasionally Black plays at c, but this leaves an obvious weakness and bad aji near a. Black tenuki at this point is rare (though in a game in the Honinbo book shows it, quite a rare case in which knowing a pro play can be detrimental). For White tenuki now, see 3-4 point high approach, keima, tenuki.
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Andre Engels: I cannot find any extension like Charles Two examples I have (Gogod) are Takagawa games from 1954 (as old as me). A recent one was Yoda Norimoto-Kobayashi Koichi 2002-02-18 in the Kakusei final.
There is also a fighting line, set off by
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AndyPierce: I recently came to grief (as white) after transposition to this line from the 34PointHighApproachOneSpaceLowPincer in this manner.
There followed some pushing with Ba, Wb, Bc, Wd etc. I wasn't happy with this because black got development on both sides and I felt my thickness was hurt by This is a copy of the living page "3-4 point high approach, keima" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |