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Some recent rare openings
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:10 pm
by macelee
First, check the recent games of Seo Joonghui 5p in the Korean B league.
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/byplayer/1237Somebody played a rare 4-9 opening against him. Then in the next game, he used it against his opponent and actually managed to win.
Then there's a very unusual game in the Japanese Shinjin O tournament:
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/57851Its first move is at 4-8 position, followed by four 3-3 moves, and later followed by 2 second-line moves approaching the 3-3 stones.
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:28 pm
by Uberdude
That Japanese game is bonkers! Do you think they were drunk, or maybe white thought if black is going to do weird moves he wanted to show he can out-weird him and still win?
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:06 pm
by ez4u
Uberdude wrote:That Japanese game is bonkers! Do you think they were drunk, or maybe white thought if black is going to do weird moves he wanted to show he can out-weird him and still win?
But I think White's initial idea in the Japanese game was quite nice. When faced with one of these weird openings, just imitate Black rather than try to counter what is certainly a prepared opening. I'll have to remember it for future reference.
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:19 am
by findol
There is also this one from korean B league:
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/58214White 2,10 and 12 are really unusual, and there is a lot of other crazy moves by white during this (short) game.
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 12:23 pm
by shoryuu
Kim kiwon started playing some Black hole-ish openings recently without having history in pro games of doing so.
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:25 pm
by macelee
shoryuu wrote:Kim kiwon started playing some Black hole-ish openings recently without having history in pro games of doing so.
You are right. He tried really hard. Here are a number of games I find. For each game, I post its board position at move 30. You can see he is really after some sort of cosmic style.
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/55924
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http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/57837
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http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/57997
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Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:32 pm
by macelee
Also Onoda Takuya's 2nd-line approaching move is not an one-off. See another example:
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/57325
Re: Some recent rare openings
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:19 pm
by shoryuu
Oh lol. Just found out Onoda is Sonoda Yuichi's pupil. Figures.