Swedish Fuseki
This 'fuseki' was made up in the swedish channel on KGS partly because they/we wanted their own fuseki/opening, partly as a joke and partly since god said that 6-7 is the best opening.
This should in no case be considered a good opening ;)
A swedish opening begins with a 6-6 or a 6-7 in one corner and followed up by a 5-5, 6-6 or 6-7.
The swedish fuseki has mainly 4 strengths:
- Confusing the opponent. The seemlessly (only seemlessly?) worhtless starting moves can throw your enemy off guard.
Also, many players will notice that you build a large center moyo and will put a lot of effort into destroying it, even to that case that they will sacrifice many moves to destroy it while you can peacefully build up a large territory on the sides. - No life securing moves. All of the groups on the board are quite well connected and in case life is needed, it's not that difficult to make eye here and an eye there. A move which otherwise would be needed to secure the base isn't needed.
- Favorable ladders. Since you control the center, you will likely have a lot of favorable ladders.
- Forgot what else is good with this fuseki.
Large corner enclosing swedish fuseki
A variation of the swedish fuseki, the large corner enclosing swedish fuseki (just made a name up) is to souround each corner and build side/center influence, if black, tengen is usualy the first move.
Example sequence and likely not a joseki.
(Upper right is an example of how the fuseki user should emphisize the sides/center moyo).
A more useful variation would be the corner enclosing swedish fuseki where the moves are played closer to the corner in a sente sequence.
Small corner enclosing swedish fuseki
In order to suceed with this fuseki, the opponent should ignore your approach and play in another corner, before sourounding the last corner, you then attack the corners in sente attacks which will give you side/center moyo but leave some cutting points behind. The last corner is usualy left open.
Example sequences and likely not josekis.
(Personally, I kind of like the small corner enclosing SF)
Counter: Hoshi keiga%%
%% Common play as white respond with a low keiga to black's hoshi kata-tsuki.
Following this method, white renders a large and stable corner for the price of a strong enclosing on black's behalf. White may want to continue with the marked stone, by which a similar sequence follows. If black suceeds with enclosing the left side, he is in an emminent lead, according to me. The marked black stones are decent future threats for black, while white would like to play at the circled black stone, both for territorial gain as to disrupt black's shape. Omitting 5 and rather play moves such as 6 or 7 directly may also be possible plays by black. 8 is a sente move on black's behalf as, being omitted, the following scenarios may occur.
White here stretches for the left side, sacrificing the 16-16 group and giving black an enermous lead.
Here, white chooses to rather sacrifice the 15-17 group in order to save the 16-16, once again a great bonus on black's behalf.
Responses to komoku will follow soon.
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