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Big Wall
The Big Wall is an opening strategy invented by BruceWilcox and is explained in his book Ezgo - oriental strategy in a nutshell. The idea is to build a big wall of stones stretching from one side to the other, defying all conventional opening strategy. Seemingly silly, it is remarkably effective. Two reasons: one is that if the opponent sticks with conventional opening moves, they turn out to be suboptimal. According to a professional player, White should prevent the wall from being perfected. The other is that your opponent will tend to underestimate you, because you play such "silly" moves. Try this at home !
--DieterVerhofstadt (1k)
How about an example of the suboptimality of a conventional opening move? -- BillSpight Hehe. You got me there, Bill. I'm merely quoting Wilcox. I've just learned the word "suboptimal" and I was eager to use it # : - 7. -- Dieter This is a copy of the living page "Big Wall" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |