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Fuseki Study Article Published in SGJ 14 PLUS a Number of Extra Study Game Studying Fuseki This supplement contains the Fuseki study article published in SGJ 14 PLUS a number of extra study game. More years ago that I care to remember I played at the Enfield Go Club in north London. I arrived early and put the Go sets on the tables – on one I set up 9 stones and waited to be annihilated by whoever walked through the door first. Over time my skill improved and I got to play even games. The problem was that I had no idea what to do – there are so many ways to play and so many choices that I tried something different every game. This was amusing but not helpful – after a few months my teacher and strongest player at the club Francis Roads suggested that when playing Black that I pick on a single fuseki shape and try to play that for a period of two or more months. (Obviously if you are playing White is more difficult to pick a consistent pattern). Francis’ advise was excellent and helped me then and since to study and learn fuseki (opening strategy) and joseki (opening tactics). This section contains a number of professional games all of which start with the same shape for Black shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 The shape is good for study because you can almost always achieve it by starting with a hoshi such as 1 in Figure 2. It really does not matter which corner White takes you can play 3 in the other adjacent corner. White will almost certainly take the empty corner so you can complete the shape by playing ‘A’. Once you are happy with your understanding of the shape you can change the fuseki slightly by playing ‘B’ instead of ‘A’. So, the following pages have games that all start with this shape – there are games played this year and others played many years ago. Good luck with you study, it is hard work but it is worthwhile – here is what you do…. Figure 2 First memorize the game. This means playing the game through several times with the score, as you do so you will notice moves that look odd or that you have difficulty in remembering – write the move number of a piece of paper. Once you think you memorized the game, turn over the kifu (game score) and try again. You will make mistakes but eventually you will memorize the whole game. The second thing is to review the moves you noted – try to understand what was going on and play out as many sequences as you want to gain that understanding. This first game was played on 20th June 2007 in the Chinese City League. Black: Cho Hansueng 9p White: Weon Seongjin 7p Figure 3 Komi is 7.5 points Moves 1 to 50 Black wins by 3.5 points Ko moves 68 at A 71 at 65 74 at A 77 at 65 80 at A 83 at 65 86 at A 91 at 65 94 at A 99 at 65 Figure 4 Moves 51 to 100 Ko moves 5 at A 8 at 2 11 at A 12 at 6 14 at 2 17 at A 20 at 2 Figure 5 Moves 101 to 150 Ko moves 78 at A 81 at 71 84 at A 87 at 71 92 at A 95 at 71 98 at A Figure 6 Moves 151 to 200 Ko moves 3 at A 4 at B 7 at 1 10 at B 12 at 1 46 at C 50 at 2 Figure 7 Moves 201 to 250 In order to keep the Sydney Go Journal to a reasonable size I have attached a number of .sgf game files of professional games that use this Fuseki pattern. Enjoy your study. Figure 8 Moves 251 to 260 Event Year 2007 Chinese City League B Date 2007-06-20 Black Cho Hanseung Black rank 9p White Weon Seongjin White rank 7p Komi 7.5 Handicap 0 Result B+3.5 Round round 3 49 43 41 39 33 32 44 45 2 42 40 36 37 46 1 48 38 50 34 47 35 30 31 16 12 15 26 29 7 27 23 24 11 21 8 25 19 17 5 3 9 4 22 28 20 18 6 13 10 14 Diagram 1 (1-50) 58 57 59 93 62 54 53 100 79 92 56 64 52 51 85 78 65 A 84 98 87 60 61 95 90 81 82 97 96 88 89 69 73 67 75 55 72 66 76 70 63 Diagram 2 (51-100) 68 at A, 71 at 65 , 74 at A, 77 at 65 , 80 at A, 83 at 65 , 86 at A, 91 at 65 , 94 at A, 99 at 65 . 7 13 24 1 6 A 2 39 36 35 34 33 22 4 32 31 18 19 16 3 30 27 21 9 38 28 15 10 37 26 29 23 44 43 45 42 25 50 48 41 40 47 46 49 Diagram 3 (101-150) 5 at A, 8 at 2 , 11 at A, 12 at 6 , 14 at 2 , 17 at A, 20 at 2 . 96 94 66 93 100 97 85 86 79 68 80 67 90 99 69 74 71 A 88 89 64 70 76 73 91 62 72 75 58 65 63 77 59 61 60 52 83 53 51 57 54 82 56 55 Diagram 4 (151-200) 78 at A, 81 at 71 , 84 at A, 87 at 71 , 92 at A, 95 at 71 , 98 at A. 39 31 37 17 32 20 15 38 21 5 6 13 36 9 16 14 8 34 33 11 35 18 C 19 A 30 2 49 29 1 B 42 22 45 41 40 44 43 48 47 23 24 28 26 25 27 Diagram 5 (201-250) 3 at A, 4 at B, 7 at 1 , 10 at B, 12 at 1 , 46 at C, 50 at 2 . 51 56 58 57 52 55 54 53 59 60 Diagram 6 (251-260) Event 1st Saikoi League Date 1956-02-22 Black Iwamoto Kaoru Black rank 8p White Takagawa Shukaku White rank 8p Komi 0.0 Handicap 0 Result B+R Place Nihon Ki-in 39 41 33 30 37 38 4 3 35 31 32 25 10 12 18 34 36 13 11 9 14 17 7 24 40 15 16 20 22 23 19 21 42 8 6 26 28 43 44 1 5 2 29 27 48 47 50 45 46 49 Diagram 1 (1-50) 81 100 80 98 97 99 84 89 92 94 91 90 93 59 72 66 96 67 73 82 64 65 88 86 78 76 77 70 71 62 63 87 55 79 74 69 58 56 60 61 83 75 57 68 52 85 95 53 54 51 Diagram 2 (51-100) 42 8 3 1 7 6 50 48 47 45 2 46 49 4 5 9 15 44 43 11 10 16 13 12 14 18 17 19 29 31 28 21 24 27 20 26 22 23 30 25 40 34 39 38 35 37 33 32 Diagram 3 (101-150) 36 at 32 , 41 at 33 . 74 71 72 52 98 93 75 73 97 76 66 51 91 67 59 92 94 57 58 60 68 77 99 56 64 63 86 87 70 69 A 65 90 62 61 55 89 54 53 96 95 88 84 79 82 85 81 80 83 Diagram 4 (151-199) 78 at A. Event 40th Honinbo Date 1984-08-20 Black O Rissei Black rank 7p White Otake Hideo White rank 9p Komi 5.5 Handicap 0 Result B+1.5 Place Nihon Ki-in Round 3rd Preliminary, Group 1 Semi-final 4 26 12 50 10 48 1 7 9 16 44 8 18 20 24 30 46 6 22 28 38 2 14 5 3 40 36 32 34 42 Diagram 1 (1-50) 62 52 56 66 68 86 100 98 74 64 60 96 72 70 94 92 58 54 80 78 88 82 84 90 76 Diagram 2 (51-100) 36 18 34 38 12 28 32 14 1 2 4 30 24 26 40 3 6 16 8 10 5 20 7 9 22 46 50 48 42 44 Diagram 3 (101-150) 56 58 74 60 90 68 64 62 96 54 76 52 78 86 82 98 70 92 84 Diagram 4 (151-200) at , 66 at 60 , at , 72 at 60 , at , 80 at 60 , at , 88 at 60 , at , 94 at 60 , at , 100 at 60 . 5 A 38 30 7 34 6 36 24 40 32 42 12 18 50 44 2 3 48 1 16 10 9 46 22 28 4 Diagram 5 (201-250) 8 at A, at 5 , 14 at A, at 5 , 20 at A, at 5 , 26 at A, at 5 . 100 72 56 90 66 58 76 98 96 52 94 62 60 64 78 A 84 88 82 70 Diagram 6 (251-300) 54 at A, at , 68 at A, at , 74 at A, at , 80 at A, at , 86 at A, at , 92 at A. 8 9 2 12 3 B 60 50 38 24 20 32 26 56 58 48 5 14 6 42 18 1 A 54 36 30 Diagram 7 (301-361) 4 at A, 7 at 1 , 10 at A, at 1 , 16 at A, at 1 , 22 at A, at 1 , 28 at A, at 1 , 34 at A, at 1 , 40 at A, at 1 , 44 at 20 , at 32 , 46 at A, at 1 , 52 at A, at , at B.
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