BQM 209
34PointHighApproachOneSpaceLowPincer, kosumi, keima Question
Rui Naiwei in Essential Joseki shows this variation on page 125. There she calls it a situational joseki. Ishida's Joseki Dictionary does not have as an option.
Black presses at seeking to control the balance of the whole board. But after White makes the diagonal play of
, White has all the points. So lacking any special situation, Black can not use this diagram.
No other diagram is given for Black's response to .
What should White do if Black attaches on the inside at instead of
?
dnerra: I think the usual continuation is the following (I am not quite sure here, though):
The next white move is a nice shape tesuji that everybody who hasn't seen it should think about!
unkx80: I believe this also a joseki:
may be played at
for an extremely complicated fight which I am not too sure myself.
Velobici: Thank you very much unkx80. This is not too different from the game, there play went like this.
How should the Black handle the circled stone at this point? I felt that the result of the joseki favored White given Black's high stones and the right face a White position rather than a Black one, as might have happened if White had played at a .
mAsterdam: Could you please explain? (And check the colors? I assume you meant to ask how White should handle the circled stone. I circled it as there was no circled stone. Please remove this comment after editing).
Dieter: I think White may be happy to split Black this way.