Basic tenuki joseki
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Basic tenuki joseki
= tenuki,
= tenuki.
;-)
Charles Zenuki?
Alex Weldon: Wow. We've discovered a joseki with more possible continuations than the taisha joseki. :-)
unkx80: Before we know it, we will have endless recursion. =P
Dolgan: Not if you are playing on a board with only finite intersections. Positions mustnīt repeat. But playing on infitely large boards is much more fun. Sure you canīt play in the corner and, well the game may last for a while, but noone ever loses. And the one to use the ladder has to play the ladder-breaker.
MK: Note, that this joseki occurs in every game. Sometimes it occurs even twice. Therefore it wins every popularity poll.
Variation:
= tenuki,
= tenuki,
=pass.
Dolgan: Here White has to tenuki again, because else Black would pass with sente.
This joseki is often laughed at. Why? It is a joseki like every other joseki. --RobertJasiek
ChrisSchack: Just think - you can even play it in more than one part of the board at the same time. VERY versatile...
The joseki was well known already during the Edo period. See, e. g., some fighting games of Shusaku. --RobertJasiek
Calvin: I guess this is the only sure-fire way to avoid aji keshi.
Another Variation:
- tenuki,
- tenuki,
- pass,
- resign.