6-4 point

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Unconventional corner opening play developed by Sekiyama Riichi. This is played about 0.1% of the time. Recently it has been used by Yamashita Keigo.

[Diagram]

6-4 point

Commonly White then approaches at a, or Black makes a shimari at b or c.



There are some recognisable 6-4 point joseki. They usually occur in practice as tenuki joseki.

W1 is possible too, but invites the severe play B2: this position has the reputation of being the toughest of the double kakari family. (See 4-4 point, double high approach.)



Calvin: A double 6-4 opening is sometimes used by Shirae Haruhiko. Recently, Yoda Norimoto used two 6-4s as white in a game against Cho Riyu. The fuseki starts like this:

[Diagram]

Yoda Norimoto, 9-dan (W) vs. Cho Riyu 6-dan 52nd NHK Cup.


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