3-4 Point High Approach, Two-Space Low Pincer

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Overview

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Pincer

The low pincer at B1 is so rare that it literally doesn't rate a mention in Ishida. It's considered to lack severity: if white tenukis, then black doesn't have a strong followup. (Although since the AI revolution, we know that this is equally true of other distant pincers!) This pincer has become more common in pro games since 2010 (appearing in about 600 out of 80,000 games).

Most commonly, white will indeed tenuki, and black will follow up at one of a, b or c. If white does reply to B1, the most popular choices for W2 are keima at a, ogeima d or inside attachment e. Hanmanchu: Also f, g.



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Development after 2018

In recent years, this pincer is more popular and shows up in pro games.

Pro game example: Fan Tingyu - Shi Yue, 2024

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Fan Tingyu - Shi Yue, 2024

White chose the ogeima W1 here, before pincering himself at W5.



Pro game example: Weon Seongjin - Byun Sangil, 2024

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Weon Seongjin - Byun Sangil, 2024

White chose the keima W1 here, leading to a difficult "windmill" type fight.

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Continuation

The fight in the corner proceeded like this. After W9, black continued on a.



Pro game example: Park Jungwhan - Liao Yuanhe, 2018

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Park Jungwhan - Liao Yuanhe, 2018

White chose the inside attachment W1 here. After B10, the corner development can come to a temporarily halt, although white decided to continue on a here.


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