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.

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Not joseki

This play has uses in the Chinese opening with a black stone at one of the marked points.




Series by Charles Matthews, Andre Engels


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