Gomoto's Joseki Studies #2

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:48 am

What is your next move?

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Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:49 am

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:51 am

The Joseki continues ...

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:56 am

Variation 1:

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:58 am

Whites strongest move is now probably tenuki.

(a and b beeing the alternative moves)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . b X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . 4 6 . 7 . . . . $$ | . a 1 2 5 . . . . . $$ | . . 8 3 . . . . . . $$ | . . . 9 . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:03 am

The shown variation is played seldom by pro players, but highly rated by Prince Phillip. Oh sorry, I wanted to say Leela Zero.

Here are some examples from pro games:

Yang Jaeho 7p - Oh Kyuchul 4p, W+8.5 (Komi 5.5)
36th Korean Kuksu, winner section round 2, 1992-03-25

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . 3 5 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X . . . X . O . . X . . X . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Abe Yoshiki 1p - Sato Yuta 1p, B+Resign (Komi 6.5)
43rd Japanese Gosei, preliminary, 2017-04-05

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . O X O O . . . . X O X . . . . | $$ | . . X O . O X . . , . O O X X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . O . . , . . O . O O X . . | $$ | . . X . . X . . . . . . . O X X X . . | $$ | . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:38 am

What is blacks next local move after tenuki?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . b . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . O O . X . . . . $$ | . a X O X . . . . . $$ | . . O X . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:42 am

a is a mistake for black and not to be feared.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . O O . X . . . . $$ | . B X O X . . . . . $$ | . . O X . . . . . . $$ | . 1 . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:43 am

Therefore b is the correct follow up for black.
(It is not sente.)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . B . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . O O . X . . . . $$ | . . X O X . . . . . $$ | . . O X . . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:50 am

White 2 is the answer to blacks strongest attack.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . B . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . O O . X . . . . $$ | . 2 . O X . . . . . $$ | . . O X . . . . . . $$ | . 1 . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:19 am

Variation 2:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . 4 6 . . . . . . $$ | . 7 1 2 5 . . . . . $$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:20 am

White has now two options:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . b . . . , $$ | . . O O . . . . . . $$ | . X X O X . . . . . $$ | . . . X a . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:25 am

Variation 2a:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . . O O 5 . . . . . $$ | . X X O . 3 . . . . $$ | . . . X 1 . . . . . $$ | . . . 2 4 . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Additional info: Rin Kaiho 9p - Hisai Keishi 9p, W+7.5 (Komi 5.5)

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:29 am

Variation 2b:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 0 6 9 . . . . . $$ | . . 4 5 . X W . . . $$ | . . . O . 1 2 . . , $$ | . . O O . 3 . . . . $$ | . X X O X . . . . . $$ | . . . X 7 . . . . . $$ | . . . 8 . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

Gomoto · Post by **Gomoto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:32 am

Variation 2c: (situational)

Black plays at a or tenuki.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ +-------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . 3 . . . . . $$ | . . . . . X . . . . $$ | . . . O . . . . . , $$ | . 1 O O . 2 . . . . $$ | . X X O X . . . . . $$ | . . . X . . . . . . $$ | . . . . a . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . ,[/go]

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