A funny-looking move I've been trying every once in a while (when I'm not out fighting the Zerg) is
. Seeing how it's never seen and not in the databases, it is not unreasonable to conclude that this is a bad move. However, the question I'd like to pose is: what is the best White can really do?Claim: I think the best White can really do is force Black into playing a hamete and then playing the refutation to gain a slightly better result.
Which is the same as:
Here Black has several options (such as 'a' or 'b') One may consult a dictionary to find the variations after
. But this raises the question of whether White should still go along with this if he doesn't know the hamete refutation.
Of course White also has the option to play
at 
, but this only forces Black into playing joseki and I feel an opportunity disappears. Which is the same as:
If W feels there is a perhaps a stronger way to play and tries something like
:It seems up to
this result is no good for W. Any other less intuitive moves also seem to lead to similar results (this is where you guys come in to prove me wrong or agree). So what do you think? Is the strongest way for White to handle
in the original diagram to force Black into playing the hamete? What if White doesn't know the hamete refutation? Ideally there is a simpler way to handle for White that also gives the slight advantage. Thoughts welcome.
About it being famous, I thought so at least.. Perhaps you know this better than me 
. Obviously it's important to not have a closed mind, and I would always try to understand where I am wrong, but...sometimes there are more important things 
. And even it's only good in a specific situation, that makes Araban's suggestion also an interesting idea for that situation.