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44 Point, Low Approach, Low Extension, 3-3 invasion
Keywords: MiddleGame, Joseki
Middlegame invasion
If White is strong on the outside, this invasion can be very severe.
HolIgor: If white is strong outside this is not the first corner joseki. Black has a lot of options to avoid bad result. The joseki should not be applied automatically, that's all. Instead of
if the surroundings in very hostile, black can choose to build eyes. In the opening
Invading at 3-3 right away gives White a cramped position. Black gets thickness and White only a small territory. That is, in the early stages of the game, where White can't afford to make the marked stone a heavy target. Instead of
Black can play HolIgor: This is nice and well known but I am not sure that if white cuts at b and black makes hane to kill black would actually win the fight. The group in the corner has a lot of liberties and black is split into two groups. I cannot read it all. I have to try it for white. If I am killed then it is only one game lost, the experience is worth more. If I am not then it was a hamete. Andre Engels: If black is not sure to win the fight, he should play on the outside first. At some point, he has a position where he can kill the corner, and white has to come back to resolve the corner, which means she loses an important tempo in the outside fight.
HolIgor: That's what the book says. Yet, the book does not show the cut. So, the problem is: let white cuts first, would it be that easy to capture the cutting stone? It is a difficult reading. At what moment black can either capture the cutting stone or kill the corner safely. If white has a stone on the side Yoshida does not recommend This is a copy of the living page "44 Point, Low Approach, Low Extension, 3-3 invasion" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |