Center Shimari

   

The "center shimari" is an uncommon opening for Black, formed by placing a one space jump around tengen.

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Center Shimari


Though less popular even than the Tengen opening, it has occurred ten or twenty times in professional play.

[Diagram]

One conceivable continuation:


It can be expected that White will take three corners, while Black will have one corner and the right to the first approach.

See also: Strange Pro Opening 2 or Fuseki Experiments

Terminology

The center shimari is arguably not a shimari, since it does not literally enclose anything. Nonetheless, the term appears to be somewhat established.


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