Joseki - Volume 1. Fundamentals / TOC

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This table of contents is shortened and widened. The actual table of contents is available [ext] from the author's site.

1.1	Introduction	The Difficulty of Understanding Josekis			13
1.2		How to Read this Book			13
1.3		Overview			15
1.4		Acknowledgements and Technical Remarks			16
2.1	What Is a Joseki?	Model			18
2.2		Opinion and History			19
2.3		Local Equality			21
3.1	Occupying an Empty Corner	The 3-3 Point			25
3.2		The 3-4 Point			27
3.3		The 3-5 Point			30
3.4		The 3-6 Point			32
3.5		The 4-4 Point			34
3.6		The 4-5 Point			37
3.7		The 4-6 Point			40
3.8		The 5-5 Point			41
3.9.1		The Start of the Opening	Introduction		42
3.9.2			Symmetrical Moves		44
3.9.3			The Asymmetry of the 3-4		45
3.9.4			The Asymmetry of the 3-5 and the 4-5		48
3.10.1		Empty Corners during the Middle Game	Timing		54
3.10.2			The Most Important Corner		55
3.10.3			Where to Play in the Corner		57
3.10.4			Examples		58
4.1.1	First Move in the Center	The 10-10 Point and Nearby Points	Mirror Go		65
4.1.2			Center Influence		66
4.2		Irregular Moves			68
5.1	Corner Enclosures	Introduction			70
5.2.1		Features of a Corner Enclosure	Open Corner		72
5.2.2			Closed Corner		73
5.2.3			Open Side		74
5.2.4			Closed Side		75
5.2.5			Narrow Enclosure		76
5.2.6			Wide Enclosure		77
6.1	Approach Move to a Corner Stone	Introduction			78
6.2		Entering the Corner			79
6.3		Between Corner and Side			81
6.4.1		Checking Extension from a Side	General		82
6.4.2			Low and Near		83
6.4.3			Low and Far		84
6.4.4			High and Near		85
6.4.5			High and Far		86
6.5		Center Block			87
6.6		Middle Game Invasion or Reduction			89
6.7		Ko Threat or Ladder Breaker			90
7.1	Pincer	Introduction			94
7.2		Features			95
7.3		Near and Low			97
7.4		Near and High			99
7.5		Far and Low			100
7.6		Far and High			103
7.7		Very Far and Low			104
7.8		Very Far and High			106
7.9		Center Block			107
7.10		Examples of Not Playing a Pincer			109
7.11		Returning the Pincer			110
7.12		Other Pincers			111
8.1	Symmetries	The Colour Symmetry			112
8.2		The Corner Symmetries of Mirroring and Rotation			112
8.3		The Symmetry of a Corner Enclosure			113
8.4		The Symmetry of a Corner Stone and Approach Move			113
9.1	Move Types	Introduction			114
9.2.1		Connection	General		116
9.2.2			String Connection		117
9.2.3			Direct Connection		118
9.2.4			Indirect Connection		120
9.3.1		Cut	General		122
9.3.2			Crosscut		122
9.3.3			Large Scale Cut		124
9.3.4			Invasion		125
9.4.1		Capture	General		126
9.4.2			Normal Captures		128
9.4.3			Cut and Capture		129
9.4.4			Net		129
9.4.5			Ladder		131
9.4.6			Removal		133
9.4.7			Contributing to a Capturing Race		134
9.5.1		Eyespace and Territory	General		136
9.5.2			Protecting and Expanding Eyespace and Territory		136
9.5.3			Reduction		138
9.6.1		Extension	General		139
9.6.2			Normal Extension		139
9.6.3			Entering the 3-3 Point		140
9.7		Checking Extension			143
9.8.1		Pressing	Setting up Pressure from above and Pressing		145
9.8.2			Fencing in		147
9.9		Introduction to Thick Shapes			148
9.10.1		Thick Extension	Single Extension		149
9.10.2			Bipolar Extensions		150
9.10.3			Multiple Thick Extensions from a Crosscut		150
9.11.1		Thick Block	General		151
9.11.2			Directional Block		152
9.11.3			Connecting Block		152
9.11.4			Cutting Block		153
9.12.1		Thick Connection	Thick String Connection		153
9.12.2.1			Thick Diagonal Connection	Thick Diagonal Pair	154
9.12.2.2				Thick Diagonal Pair and Jump	155
9.12.2.3				Thick Diagonal String Connection	156
9.12.3.1			Thick Jump	Standard Shape	156
9.12.3.2				Solidified Standard Shape	157
9.12.3.3				Standard One-Point Jump	158
9.12.3.4				Jump from Hanging Connection	158
9.12.3.5				Jump from a Thick Wall	159
9.13.1		Thick Cut Protection	Solid Connection		159
9.13.2			Hanging Connection		161
9.13.3			Empty Net		163
9.13.4			Thick Throw-in		164
9.14.1		Thick Turn	Attacking a Single Stone Worth Defending		165
9.14.2			Leaning on a Light Stone		166
9.14.3			Playing at the Head of at least Two Stones		167
9.14.4			Mutually Blocking Turns		167
9.14.5			Successive Turns		167
9.15		Thick Capture			168
9.16.1		Light and Thin Shapes	Short Light Jump		168
9.16.2			Thin Block		171
9.16.3			Thin Connection and Thin Turn		171
9.16.4			Light Remainder		172
9.17.1		Attachment	Diagonal Attachment		173
9.17.2			Jumping Attachment		174
9.17.3			Nose Attachment		175
9.17.4			Clamp		175
9.17.5			Free Attachment		175
9.18.1		Creating Possibilities	Wedge		176
9.18.2			Threatening a Connection		178
9.18.3			Preparing a Crosscut		178
9.18.4			Threatening a Cut		179
9.18.5			Making Cuts Severer		180
9.18.6			Atari		181
9.18.7			Threatening a Capture		182
9.18.8			Threatening to Fence in		183
9.18.9			Threatening a Squeeze		183
9.18.10			Putting Helping Stones in front of a Wall		184
9.19.1		Eliminating Possibilities	Escape from Atari		185
9.19.2			Defense against Capture		186
9.19.3			Miscellaneous Examples		187
9.20		Sacrifice			188
10.1	Meanings of a Stone	Introduction			192
10.2.1		Construction	Defense		192
10.2.2			Connection		193
10.2.3			Construction of a Development Direction or Movement		194
10.2.4			Protecting and Expanding Eyespace and Territory		194
10.2.5			Installation of a Proto-group		195
10.2.6			Construction of a Group		196
10.2.7			Construction of a Sphere of Influence		196
10.2.8			Construction of Thickness		197
10.2.9			Developing a Nearby or Another Group		197
10.3.1		Destruction	Cut		199
10.3.2			Reduction		200
10.3.3			Weakening		200
10.3.4			Attack		201
10.4.1		Combined Construction and Destruction	Capture		201
10.4.2			Block		202
10.4.3			Exchange		203
10.5.1		Creating Possibilities	Threatening Thick Shape		204
10.5.2			Threatening a Connection		205
10.5.3			Threatening a Cut		205
10.5.4			Making Cuts Severer		206
10.5.5			Threatening a Capture		207
10.5.6			Threatening a Break-in		208
10.5.7			Creating Miai to Develop Either Group		208
10.5.8			Test		209
10.6		Eliminating Possibilities			210
11.1	Development Directions	General			211
11.2.1		Corner	Movement to the Corner		212
11.2.2			Intended Movement to the Corner		212
11.2.3			Corner Block		213
11.2.4			3-3 Block		213
11.2.5			Corner Block and Edge Reduction		214
11.2.6			Corner Block with Threat		214
11.3.1		Edge	Edge Block with Movement to the Corner		215
11.3.2			Edge Block		215
11.3.3			Intended Edge Block		215
11.3.4			Edge Block with Movement along the Edge		216
11.4		Between Edge and Side			217
11.5.1		Side	Side Block and Corner Reduction		217
11.5.2			Side Block		218
11.5.3			Intended Side Block		218
11.5.4			Side Block and Movement to the Center		219
11.5.5			Side Block and Intended Movement to the Center		219
11.5.6			Side Block with Threat		220
11.6.1		Between Side and Center	Block between Side and Center		221
11.6.2			Block between Side and Center with Threat		221
11.7.1		Center	Center Block with Intended, Not Urgent Movement		221
11.7.2			Center Block with Intended, Urgent Movement		222
11.7.3			Center Block with Threat		222
11.7.4			Moving Out		223
11.7.5			Intention of Moving Out		224
11.8		Developing from a Crosscut			225
12.1	Miscellaneous	Evaluation of Territory			226
12.2		Local Move Selection			230
12.3.1		Aspects of Extensions and Checking Extensions	The Gap Between a Wall and Extension		233
12.3.2			When to Make An Extension		240
12.3.3			When Not to Make an Extension		242
12.3.4			Where to Play a Checking Extension		243
12.4.1		The Behaviour of Some Specific Shapes	Bad Escape from an Indirect Capture		244
12.4.2			How to Play Nets		245
12.4.3			The Vital Point of Two or Three Stones		247
12.4.4			Capturing the Cutting Stone		247
12.4.5			Superfluous Cuts of Successive Turns		248
13.1	Exercises	Problems			250
13.2		Answers			254
14	Index				262

Joseki - Volume 1. Fundamentals / TOC last edited by tapir on June 7, 2011 - 20:18

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