3-4 Point 4-4 Attachment

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The 3-4 Point 4-4 Attachment is a joseki surrounding the 3-4 point. Before the AI revolution, it was rarely played, mostly as a special strategy against the Chinese fuseki. The same position can occur by transposition, when is the first move in an empty corner and white ignores a ko threat at .

More recently, this pattern appears in a lot of pro games even when the Chinese fuseki is not played. It's hard to talk of established joseki yet, since black can reply at any of a through d, and each of these has multiple possible variations.

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• (Blog) matagen (3k): Resigning in Sente - 3-4 Approaches - the 4-4 Attachment (2021)