No Fuseki
Keywords: Go term
Typically the opening involves dividing up the board in a fuseki. However, occasionally in games fighting begins immediately in one corner and spills out across the board.
Examples include:
- Kitani Minoru and Hashimoto Utaro on 21 March 1928. See below.
- Takenaka Kotaro 1p (White) and Matsubayashi Yoshihiko 1p in the Spring Oteai April 1934. See single-minded large avalanche.
- Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Koichi in the
first game of the 47th Honinbo title, 15th and 16th May 1992.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/33/8258daf001fd6f6d69db04c8d3ce5d92.png)
Kitani Minoru and Hashimoto Utaro on 21 March 1928
The action in the lower right finally ends when Black extends with . White preempts the bottom left with
. But does Black turn away to the empty corner at the top? Of course not! Instead he digs right in with 6 and the two of them go at it again. But this is running to too many diagrams, so...
I will simply add that the board looks like this 45 moves later when White finally turns to the last open corner. --DaveSigaty