4-4 point low approach low extension, slide, pincer
Difficulty: Advanced Keywords: Joseki
The pincer here may occur. White at a next is considered the main continuation, but there are other plays.
The other ideas for White here:
- play at a, Black c, then White f;
- jump out at b, which is discussed at 4-4 point one-space low pincer, one-point jump;
- play at c for tsukehiki, to avoid being shut in;
- White d, Black g, White e (played by Hasegawa Akira in 1938);
- White tenuki, Black f, White e to make some shape: 4-4 point low approach low extension, slide, pincer, tenuki.
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The tsukehiki variation
Black plays on both sides and takes sente. White stabilizes with a fair amount of profit. Black better treat lightly:[1]
White has avoided being shut in, while occupying the 3-3 point. Black's two configurations lack a base.
[1] For another way to this position see 4-4 point low approach one-space low pincer, upper contact.