Learning joseki loses two stones strength
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Learning Joseki Loses Two Stones Strength - Studying Joseki gains four stones strength.
This often cited proverb is intended to visualise how learning Joseki by 'rote' is useless or even worse. The aim is not to be able to replay a sequence, but to understand what each move does and how this particular sequence affects the whole board.
Hence, studying Joseki does help you improve, because it increases your understanding of the game. However, see joseki/discussion for a lively debate on this.
dnerra: I really like the korean proverb that I just learned: "Learn your jungsuk, but then forget it!"
Example
Fujisawa Hideyuki shows an example of where blindly following joseki is not good.
White 1 - White 7 is joseki. However, White 7 is kikasare. It is too passive. White should make use of its strength on the left and play the cap at a, as in the following diagram.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/0/fba5a660e7eb440ec5ead37810f4c766.png)
W retains corner aji
Anonymous: Incidentally, White's move 5 in the above diagram may be a mistake in that it removes a possible 3-3 invasion in Black's upper right corner. So this may be best for White.
tapir: After ,
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White may not have time to care for 3-3 invasions for a while... Well, I doubt this part of the advice.
Further reading
- Whole board thinking
- Joseki as a source of bad habits
- The great joseki debates
- Some thoughts about studying joseki
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External links
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Rafael's Go Page.
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