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4-5 point 4-3 approach
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Joseki
The conventional answer to Looking at professional play, a and e are the common answers (not counting tenuki). Black b is much less common, other moves are very rare (for games of the last ten years I get e 55%, a 40%, b 5%, others 1% - Andre Engels) 1. Keima
White has approached at Dieter: Could it be that this joseki hasn't been covered yet here at SL ? Charles I think that's true (except for the Get Strong at Joseki problem discussion, and the tenuki line).
This depends on the situation on the whole board[1]. When White played
There is an important ladder to consider after Black b. Finally
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After
Tenuki with 3. Ogeima
This ogeima variation can become pretty complicated. In fact 4. ThrustHere's an idea I've been toying with...TheDownwardThrust --BlueWyvern (Not joseki.)
5. Inside attachment
This gives the same final result as in a 3-4 joseki (3-4 point high approach, keima); with the difference naturally that here Black starts and ends with sente.
It is also quite common for White to play tenuki here after
Not always! This is the position after 19 moves in Tsukakoshi Tsuneyasu(White) - Takagawa Kaku, Spring Oteai, 1935-05-19. White responded to Black's initial 5-4 with an immediate play at 3-4 and the rest followed. :-) --DaveSigaty So? I do think that both players took the emptiness of the rest of the board in account when choosing their josekis - Andre Engels This is a copy of the living page "4-5 point 4-3 approach" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |