4-4 Point Low Approach, Iron Pillar
Keywords: Joseki
- Has this been described? What would be common white move after
? szabgab
- My understanding is that
is more common when there was already a black stone part way down the left side, possibly as far as the star point. A two space jump to
appears to be an expected continuation. 44PointDiagonalAttachmentLowCornerEnclosure#diag11, BQM360#diag3, and 33PointInvasion#diag6 provide partial discussions. mrand
tapir: This is extremely rare without supporting stones along the left side. For comparison look at the 3-4 point joseki below. It is somewhat similar, but unlike the 4-4 stone the 3-4 stone already closes the door to the corner.
is the most common answer to
approach to
.
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