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5-5 point
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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Opening

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Diag.: Opening at a 5-5 point

The 5-5 point has occasionally been used as the first play in the corner. The idea was experimented with during the New Fuseki era, often with the intention of forming a 3-stone "shimari" by adding further stones at the points marked a (pillbox). More recently, 5-5 point openings have been used with success by Yamashita Keigo (especially in the Gosei tournament --- a pun on the word go, which also means 5 in Japanese).

DaveSigaty: Pieter Mioch has a nice introduction to the 5-5 point in part VII of his [ext] gentle joseki series.



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