The following game shows a fuseki which illustrates the proverb that one should extend from a crosscut when there are no other stones nearby.
You can download an SGF file of this game.
Ricbit: The above link is broken?
DaveSigaty: I just came across this game - the epitome of the proverb? :-)
Takao Shinji 6p (Black) takes on Yamashita Keigo 6p in the final of the 30th Shin'ei Tournament, a lightning television tournament broadcast on TV Tokyo 2000-3-19,26.
Takao tries Yamashita's own 5-5 point opening against him and Yamashita replies with a play at tengen. The fun starts with 10. Naturally Black crosscuts!
Both of these guys know their proverbs! A nice little pinwheel shape develops in the center of the board.
White went on to win the game and thus the tournament.
Does it seem to anyone else that pros are much more likely to play this kind of wacky game when they are on live television? This seems like the kind of go that would be likely to lead to crazy new things that would interest a viewing audience much more than a quiet game or an incomprehensible (to most amateurs) taisha fight. Do professional go players do this kind of thing on television because it will enhance their fame and demand more than just another victory?
HolIgor: It looks very much like Shindo Hikaru's last game in preliminaries to ths fictional Hokuto Cup tournament, doesn't it?