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Wang Chenxing's new opening

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:39 pm
by brucosper
She's played this in a couple of games from what I've seen. Interesting to say the least.


Re: Wang Chenxing's new opening

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:48 am
by logan
Thanks for sharing : )

Re: Wang Chenxing's new opening

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:53 pm
by macelee
She was interviewed by a Chinese Go wensite. She said that the new opening was inspired by learning Go Seigen's games. She started using it in some informal training games, before using it in this year's rank promotion tournament. The only other game record I can find is:

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/42723

Re: Wang Chenxing's new opening

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:58 pm
by macelee
Wang Chenxing used this opening in yesterday's Chinese Women's league:

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/42838

As long as she keeps winning games, chances are she will use it again.

Re: Wang Chenxing's new opening

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:32 am
by emeraldemon
Very cool, I wonder how she chose that specific point? The gap between the two corner stones is ten lines, so if you were just splitting the gap evenly you'd pick one of the square points:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Why "a" ?
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . a . S S . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . S S . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]
I have no clue, I wonder if she picked it based some specific sequences (maybe breaks some ladder?) or if it just felt right.