4-4 point low approach low extension, slide, attach

    Keywords: Joseki
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Small knight extension, slide, attach

Apparently, B4 is a fairly recent Korean development from a dozen years ago.[1] It aims to develop a group on either side of the white kakari (develop on both sides).

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Joseki continuation

White must play hane on top. Next W7 at a or b is normal.

If she plays hane underneath...

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White's mistake

White will be pressed low.


[1]

Bill: Actually, it has been around for a while. It appears, with variations, in Suzuki and Kitani's Small Joseki Dictionary, published in 1965.


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