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Non-Joseki Exercise 5 Solution
Keywords: Joseki, Problem
I found 3 cases in my professional database where this sequence was played (out of 3884 occurences of
This is the normal joseki. In the variant of Non Joseki Exercise 5, white has a stone at a rather than 9, which is a clear minus. My opinion as to why it is played so little is that white's corner remains rather small, while black gets an opportunity to defend his weakness (by playing
Why then has white, be it extremely rarely, sometimes played this sequence? I think it is because with this sequence it is hard for black to build a wall facing the left side. Thus, white is forcing black to switch strategy if black's intention were to answer This is a copy of the living page "Non-Joseki Exercise 5 Solution" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |