Split-Fuseki

   

The term "Split-Fuseki" refers to various kinds of openings where a player - rather sooner than later (mostly within the first 5 moves in a game) - splits the corner stones of his opponent. The goal of this fuseki type is to make the game flat and to prevent early frameworks. It's an anti-moyo-opening. The split stone can be seen as a probe move or as a basis for further development. Games tend to be smallish, complex and hard-fought. Split-Fusekis of these kind are rare among top players though there are some professional games existing, but none with White. There is no deeper research existing about that kind of opening strategy, so it's not clear yet if that kind of approach is fundamentally flawed and just a possibility to surprise a player or if it's a legit opening strategy.

Following, there are some examples to show Split-Fusekis, letters indicate alternative split places. One can play that kind of fuseki with any cornerstones involved (3-3, 3-4, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5,...), so the given choice here is only a small fraction of what's possible:

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Split-Fuseki

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Split-Fuseki

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Split-Fuseki

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Split-Fuseki

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"I really don't want to play against Sanrensei"-Fuseki

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"Please, no chinese opening"-Fuseki


And where in the go literature does the term, "split fuseki", appear?

I am not aware that the term is "official", because there is basically no literature about it, but it just fits, wouldn't you agree?

tapir: See splitting move.


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