3-4 Point High Approach, Two-Space Low Pincer

The low pincer at is so rare that it literally doesn't rate a mention in Ishida. It's considered to lack severity: if white tenukis, then black doesn't have a strong followup. (Although since the AI revolution, we know that this is equally true of other distant pincers!) This pincer has become more common in pro games since 2010 (appearing in about 600 out of 80,000 games).

Most commonly, white will indeed tenuki, and black will follow up at one of a, b or c. If white does reply to , the most popular choices for are keima at a, ogeima d or inside attachment e. Hanmanchu: Also f, g.

References within Sensei's Library

• 3-4 point high approach (with the comment experimental/rare)
• BQM 22
• Quasi-pincer

Development after 2018

In recent years, this pincer is more popular and shows up in pro games.

Pro game example: Fan Tingyu - Shi Yue, 2024

White chose the ogeima here, before pincering himself at .

Pro game example: Weon Seongjin - Byun Sangil, 2024

White chose the keima here, leading to a difficult "windmill" type fight. 'a' is an alternative to and is discussed in Joseki Revolution, page 45 (Proof that the low pincer is good) and also in 3-4 point low approach two-space low pincer, section extend-extend, kosumi.

The fight in the corner proceeded like this. After , black continued on a.

Pro game example: Park Jungwhan - Liao Yuanhe, 2018

White chose the inside attachment here. After , the corner development can come to a temporarily halt, although white decided to continue on a here.