The Power of the Star-Point

Subtitled The Sanrensei Opening. Ishi Press book G32 from 1988; translation by John Power of Takagawa's book Sanrensei no Iryoku published as volume 5 of Bessatsu Igo Kurabu in 1975.

A book about the sanrensei opening from the perspective of the 1970s.

Available as reprints on Amazon.

Reviews

See David Carlton's review

Table of Contents

• Glossary of Japanese Terms
• Preface
• Introduction: Invitation to the Sanren-sei
• Chapter One: Sanren-sei Fundamentals
• Chapter Two: Sanren-sei Josekis
  • The Inside Approach Move
  • The Attach-and-Extend Joseki
  • The Attach-and-Extend Joseki (2)
  • The One-space Jump
  • The One-space Pincer
  • The Two-space High Pincer
  • The Three-space High Pincer
  • The Knight Capping Move
  • The 3-3 Invasion
• Chapter Three: The Sanren-sei in Action
• Fuseki Interlude
• Chapter Four: Turning points in the Sanren-sei
• Fuseki Interlude
• Chapter Five: The contemporary Sanren-sei

Sample Material

to be added

Other Languages

German: SANREN-SEI. Die Power-Eroeffnung published by Brett und Stein Verlag in 2010.