Keima kakari

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Opening, Joseki, Go term

A keima is also called a knight's move. A kakari is an approach (or attack) on a single corner stone.

So, a keima-kakari is a stone that approaches a corner stone by being a knight's move away.

It is approaching the single corner stone low, on the third line.

[Diagram]

a keima-kakari

White 1 here is a keima kakari. A keima kakari is often used to approach a hoshi stone, as it is flexible and can respond to whatever Black does (unlike an invasion at the 3-3 point which is very limited).

It is also a very common approach to komoku.


See also



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