ogeima notes

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:52 pm

I've always enjoyed the ogeima shape, so I am making some notes to myself in the form of opening problems.

This game is from Chinese City League A. Han Yizhou 4p played black (ranked #174) vs Dang Yifei 4p (#77).
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/55445

Han Yizhou plays this opening:

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Don't know if this fuseki has a name, but this and the "orthodox" 44 point are by far the most common openings for pros to play ogeima.

Play proceeds to here, and black plays a move on the top. Where does black play?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play on the top side $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Answer to #1 and question #2:

Black makes a 4-space jump, and white responds with a 2 space jump:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play on the right side $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . W . B . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Now black makes a reinforcing move on the right side. Where should black play?

Answer #2 and Question #3:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B In the middle, and high $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . O . X . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Bonus middlegame question. A complicated situation has appeared, and white attacks black's ogeima. Where should black play?

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Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:10 am

In case you are interested, I played the large knight's enclosure in my final British Championship game, and talked a bit about it (both opening ideas, like comparison with small knight and impact on the outside attachment (popular in AlphaGo game 5 opening), and middlegame invasions of it) in my review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI8Sdsie2QQ .

hyperpape · Post by **hyperpape** » Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:44 am

My answer:

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I looked up the game, and the move is really interesting. Of course I did not even consider it.

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:38 am

My extremely amateur analysis of question 1.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play on the top side $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

The usual "normal" extension for white is like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B white wants a shape like this $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 2 . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If black plays there instead, the extension helps black and white has to make a more concentrated shape:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play on the top side $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . 2 . 1 . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But black could easily push further to the left, cramping white more:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B black gets more, white gets less $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . 2 . 1 . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

At some point, white will surely not respond with a tiny extension...

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

So instead white will probably split/pincer:

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

If black plays one point to the right, he has the space to two-space jump in response:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Good for black? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . 3 . . 1 . 2 . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . O . O X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . X . O . . . O X X . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So it seems like I can sort of motivate black's choice based on being close enough to white to cramp white's enclosure, but far enough away that black can two-space jump in response to the pincer/split.

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:53 pm

I haven't forgotten about this yet. #1 ranked Ke Jie has been in three games with ogeima in the last month or so. Two he played it as black, and one he played against it as white.
Luckily, all three start from the same position. White has two star points, and black takes the 3-4 + ogeima.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 the two three fours from black $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

In each of the three games, white takes the high approach, then chooses the avalanche, so the board is identical up to move 11.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 Avalanche!! $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . 1 X X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Here is the first game: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/55234

It was played in Chinese City League A. Ke Jie took black against Kim Jiseok.

In this game white chose the large avalanche:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 Large Enclosure meets Large Avalanche $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . 1 X X 4 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 3 2 O O X 5 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I haven't really studied the avalanche, but as best I can tell the variation to white 26 is standard or close to it, and then black has several options:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm26 You have this sequence memorized right? $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X O X X X O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . a X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 b . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

My first instinct would be to favor the top side and try to build towards my enclosure, but Ke Jie chooses "b" here. Eventually the fight spills in the direction of the enclosure:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm46 Avalanche: the full-board joseki $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . X O O . | $$ | . . . X . 1 . . . . O X O X X X O X . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , O X X O O O X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . O O X X . X X O O X . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . X . . . . O O O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . X X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

This is an interesting and very complex game, but I have two more to show, so I will leave it here for now. Large avalanche into running battle across the board.
Ke Jie wins with the ogeima opening.

Here is the second game: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/55298

Ke Jie plays black, and Tong Mengcheng plays white, in the first round of the Bailing cup.

This time Tong Mengcheng chooses the easy avalanche joseki:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 A joseki I can actually remember $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . 1 X X 3 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Black then approaches the lower right like so:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm15 Low approach $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

To me

makes intuitive sense, since white's avalanche is essentially influence pointing towards the lower right side. Breaking up that development seems natural.
My kyu eyes would probably not pick out

however. In retrospect it makes sense. If black slides, white will probably be happy to take a move on the side:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm15 trapped between a star and an avalanche $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . 3 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

The two space jump is a good way to settle on the right. Settling quickly means white can't attack with the influence of the avalanche.
In the game, white takes the narrowish estension, and black slides into the corner anyway.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 Slip n Slide $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

So where would you play now as black? In this game, Ke Jie splits the bottom:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 A Submarine beneath the Star $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . 9 . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 0 O 7 . . . . , . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

It's a bit off topic for ogeima notes, but

is one of those moves that I see in stronger players' games, but very rarely at my own level. In that position I probably would have taken the "simple" two-space jump instead of this second-line attack.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 This is why I am bad at go $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . 3 . . 1 . 2 . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

In the game black sacrifices the J3 splitting stone, and gets out. I want to skip ahead a bit because white invades the ogeima:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm46 Burning aji $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 3 . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 X 6 . X 7 O . . O . X X X X 9 . | $$ | . . 2 , . . 5 . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . X X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . X . O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

It seems like the point of

and

is to get

and

in sente. I assume this is to help with the attack on the top-right group.
But it uses up all (almost all?) aji for white in the corner, leaving black a solid 25 point (?) corner territory. So, my first question is, what do these moves threaten? What if white tries to save the aji in the corner?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm46 What if white attaches directly? $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . X . O . . O . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . 1 . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . X X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . X . O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Related to this, black could consider a different move after the attach on the outside.

above seems to be a dual-purpose move, trying to kill the corner aji and protect black's top-side stone. A move like "a" below would make "b" gote for white. So why doesn't black play that way? It seems the corner must be too dangerous, but the reading is hard

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm46 More reasons I am bad at go. Why not black "a"? $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 X . a X b O . . O . X X X X . . | $$ | . . 2 , . . 5 . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . X X . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . X . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O O X . . . . O . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . X . O . X . O . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Ke Jie wins this game too.

Finally game 3: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/55831

This time Ke Jie is white, and Tang Weixing takes black. The game is from the Jinli Smartphone Cup. I think this is the same as "Chinese A League", but I'm not sure.

Tang Weixing plays our favorite fuseki, and Ke Jie also picks the easy avalanche:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm12 Nice to see a familiar face $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X 1 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

And in fact the game plays out the same to move 20.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm20 The canonical ogeima nadare followup? $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Here Tang Weixing chooses a different play, taking the left side instead of splitting:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 Taking the high road $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . X X X X . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . O O X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . 2 . . . . . O . X . | $$ | . . . . 4 . . 3 . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

This line seems to show that black still has room to invade even after white reinforces the bottom. From here the game becomes fighting, and eventually white invades the upper left, but loses the invading group, and Ke Jie loses the game by 3.5. Three wins for ogeima!

These three avalanche games, plus the one I looked at before, bring up a natural question: is it better for white to take the avalanche in this fuseki? Do pros think this is the "correct" play? Let's compare to the basic joseki:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm6 Hey! I know this joseki too! $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . 8 . 7 . . . . 3 2 4 . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . 5 . 1 , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

here seems like a natural and good move. I think being only two spaces from the enclosure is actually much nicer in this case than the "normal" enclosure. For the normal enclosure this extension feels too small, but here it helps protect the corner, which has more aji in the ogeima. And of course

threatens attacks on the top white group. White can choose the solid connect for less aji, at the cost of giving black more room to breathe:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm6 My extensive joseki knowledge continues $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . c b a . 7 . . . 3 2 4 . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . 5 1 , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I think black still probably wants "b" instead of "a", because white can follow "a" with "c". Or maybe black would rather take sente and approach the bottom here.
Either way, I can at least understand pros being unsatisfied with these variations as white. Maybe that is what prompts the avalanche.

Realistically, if I play ogeima as black I would expect one of these beginner joseki from my kyu opponents, rather than the avalanche. But if they do play it, I will be ready. Unless they play the large avalanche, in which case I will likely misread something and lose the entire corner in a ball of fire.

-edited to hide many diagrams

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:22 am

So I was thinking about whether there are any pros who really like ogeima. It turns out there is a top pro who plays it a lot as black, one of the ones in the game I just posted, Tang Weixing 9p.

These are his last 10 openings as black.

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

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

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

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

Five games starting with ogeima, one with keima. Two mini chinese, one high chinese, and one approach

. One hoshi across ten games (in the high chinese).

So who is this guy? He's currently 23 years old, Chinese, ranked #22 in the world.

In December 2013 he went from unknown Chinese 3p to beating Lee Sedol in the Samsung final. In January 2014 he was ranked #14 in the world.
His win was part of making 2013 the first year that Chinese players held all international titles.

Since then his rating hasn't really fallen, but stayed steady while other young stars caught up and passed him by.
He made it to the finals of the Samsung Cup again in 2014, but lost to Kim Jiseok. In 2015 he lost in Semis to Shi Yue.

But in fact he is facing Park Junghwan in the Ing Cup final next week! Time to become a Tang Weixing fan!

Gogameguru has 3 commented games. One of them has ogeima, and I vaguely remember looking at it. I will replay it. An Younggil says
"Tang is very strong in the second half of the game, especially when he's losing. He plays even better when he's behind."

Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:45 am

I first came across Tang Weixing when I was at BIBA in summer 2013 and we visited the 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. I seem to recall he won the Men's individual (surprising Blackie, who expected Tan Xiao I think was the favourite to win), go4go has him beating Lee Donghoon 2p (now a rising star in Korea) in the semi-final but I can't find a final game.
http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34561

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:42 pm

Seems like he beat Byun Sangil in the final: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/34562

Interesting that tournament is also every 4 years, like Ing.

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:36 pm

Well, Tang Weixing took black the first game of the Ing Cup. He chose the orthodox fuseki instead of the ogeima, and lost unfortunately.
He won the next game though, so hopefully he can pull the upset against Park Junghwan.

In his very next game, Park Junghwan played ogeima himself:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm6 Park Junghwan (b) vs Park Jinsol, Korean League $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

I think this distant approach for white is much more common in pro games than amateurs.
I have played this fuseki as black many times, and I don't think I've ever had an opponent play this move against me.
Given that pros also play the "normal" high approach in this position, I don't think you can call

better.
It's interesting to consider though.

The first time I ever heard that the distant approach was "correct" is the Kobayashi fuseki:

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The idea being that

provides good support if black chooses to pincer. White picks the distant approach to make a pincer worse.

In the above fuseki, Black does sometimes pincer the high approach, but often just attaches, as we saw in the previous post.
A question for anyone who has an opinion: what do you think about the far approach for white in this fuseki? What do you think is the motivation?
Do you like the move?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm6 Park Junghwan (b) vs Park Jinsol, Korean League $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . 3 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . 5 . . , 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

seems like natural fuseki development.

caught me by surprise. I have seen pros play the shape jump at "a" before. This

seems way above my level. What is white trying to accomplish? It seems to invite a split with a very loose formation. In times like these I tend to fast forward in the kifu and see if I can understand the intent from the final shape.
I will put the next sequence in a hide tag, try to guess how black responds and what the shape looks like in the end.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 9 . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O 5 4 , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 7 X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm21 $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 X . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . O X O , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

emeraldemon · Post by **emeraldemon** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 11:33 am

21st Samsung Cup, round 1.
Tang Weixing 9p (Black) vs. Fan Tingyu 9p (White)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm18 $$ +---------------------------------------+ $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . X , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . X . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . X . O . X . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

Where does black play? Why?

Fedya · Post by **Fedya** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:02 pm

I would tenuki and play a wedge on the left side, because everything else seems passive to me.

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