Compromised diagonals and joseki
Difficulty: Expert
Keywords: Joseki, Shape
There are a number of opening plays that are not recognised joseki, that make the compromised diagonal shape. When these are used in games by pros, there are some reasons.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/7/f275045e203268be8cedc230512fd2b6.png) | Not joseki |
This play has uses in the Chinese opening with a black stone at one of the marked points.
- Compromised diagonals and joseki 2?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/45/54c08457bc6dc7d8cf463dd7531cc943.png) | Accepted as joseki |
This play has become a standard one in the Chinese opening. Black does not actually attack the white stone, but tries to avoid helping it make shape in any way. After this, the white stone is light.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/43/d6e9ad172fc0771ef58110f965e0b2ce.png) | making shape |
Because is light, white will often either playing tenuki or jump away lightly, but if white does want to make shape here (immediately or later), this is one standard variation. The choice between here or at a, as well as the position of , of course depend on the exact position of the marked black stone.
- Compromised diagonals and joseki 3?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/47/d854f10753d594627492514ae04c81c4.png) | Almost joseki |
A variant in the 3-4 point high approach two-space high pincer.
is, although rarely, played by professionals. Usually there will be a stone like on the left side while the top right corner is black too. It is thus used defensively, intending to make a living group and avoid getting into a fight.
- Compromised diagonals and joseki 4?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/8/54915a0eb837f541ef13b31960a88bde.png) | Joseki? |
If Black here comes out with after the unusual pincer , what happens?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/25/4e4e6850fcd9885353a770054a342918.png) | Joseki? (black 11 at a, white 12 at b, black 13 at c) |
is played too rarely to recognise anything as joseki (except for itself), but the sequence here seems to be one of the candidates, being the only one I saw more or less replicated (although in a game with a black stone at the marked point, so a was not played, while b was not answered).
- Compromised diagonals and joseki 5?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/30/a3a276a92d6ee5c0dcb5c710d6fcb9bf.png) | 3-3 point |
is only played if White is very strong in this area; positions where feels more like an invasion than a kakari. After , White will usually play a pincer on the top to attack Black. Black can run away, or sacrifice and to get a position on the left.
- Compromised diagonals and joseki 6?
Charles This is also known as a way for Black to play, with the Chinese enclosure.
Charles Matthews, Andre Engels
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