3364 Enclosure

3364 enclosure  

This is the most orthodox enclosure built from a 3-3 point.

White intervention  

White normally tries to establish a group nearby, rather than attack Black here directly - for example by playing at one of the circled points.

If White decides on an intervention, the tactic at is used in pro games. After and , we have a position better known in the variations for the 4464 enclosure.

Charles Matthews