Mini-chinese variants

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Orthodox mini-chinese



The normal placing of the third stone in the mini-chinese is black+circle, on the third line. See SmallChineseFuseki.

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High mini-chinese



Playing on the fourth line is also known in pro play. For example O Meien made this formation against Kato Masao in the 1994 Judan.


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Rin's pattern

Rin Kaiho tried this way for Black a couple of times.


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With a 3-5 point

This unusual type was tried by Jowa in 1822, Kamimura Kunio in 1974. It is more likely that one tries to combine a play at a, that is, a 5-3 point 'the other way round', with a play such as b, for the sake of balance. That would be a Kobayashi variant, though.

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To the left

With the marked stone one to the left. This has been tried by Aragaki Takeshi.


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When White is at 3-3

A position of mini-chinese type is also an option here for Black. B3 is the common choice, but c and d are also professional plays.


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New pattern: "mini mini Chinese"

Cho Hye-yeon calls this pattern the "mini mini Chinese": see her blog entry at [ext] http://loveku.livejournal.com/41949.html for some analysis. See also: Micro Chinese.


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